Is it just me or is anyone else on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Boy I heard all the time before we started school "medical school is so hard. a lot of couples get divorced in medical school." but nobody said anything about residency. medical school was a walk in the park compared to this. i never see my husband, and i know some of you have it even harder than i do. how are we going to get through this without eachother? this is the first month for crying outloud, and i already feel like i cant do this anymore. jenny, i dont think you knew how true the title of this blog was when you wrote it. "they're off playing doctor and we're home whinning about it." that is for dang sure. sorry to be such a downer. please tell me i'm not the only one having a hard time coping. hope you are all doing better or at least handling this better than me.
amy
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Amy, I hear you, I am hating this schedule and this is really the first week that has been kind of rough. Especially with the kids. It's like I have 3 shadows 24/7. WHere is my down time, or at least my girls night, come on right.
Jill
I was feeling the same way yesterday; just wondering all day, "How am I going to do this?" Hopefully today will be better for all of us! I wish I had some good advice, but I don't! I guess just knowing that we're all going through the same thing should help. It's true that medical school had nothing on this. Hang in there!
-Ann
Amen! med school, shoot! this is way worse. It has lately started to really wear on me too! I feel like it's me and kyler ALL the time and no breaks. And i don't have my network like with you guys! Kyler is always asking where his dad is. I feel like they barely get any time together. I know I don't have it quite as bad with only one child and some schedules are worse but i can empathize with you guys. Ann is right at least we are in it together!
-Rach
I too am hating the wife of an intern life. I just didn't want to be the first to call "UNCLE." Well I am calling it now. And if being away from Jason isn't bad enough his program just had their second dinner meeting (spouses and kids not allowed.) Yeah being married to a Doctor is real glamorous! Ugghh! I just hope that next year won't be this bad. I have given up hope that this year will turn out better than it started. Things have looked up some. Jason used to get hounded at work so when he came home I had to be so nice and couldn't complain at all but now I can complain a little. What a great life. Anyone want to trade?
Maggie
Sorry this is so negative. I just want to vent on this subject.
Alright! I'm putting my "two cents" in as well! Amy you're right! People were always commenting about how hard medical school would be and it was cake compared to residency. My complaints are minimal. I don't think Shyler's schedule has been anything like the other guys. But, I do remind him when he gets home that I've been on call for 72 hours straight and I desperately need a DATE!! I feel like our whole family is flying by the seat of our pants...aka FHE, family prayer, meals together, etc. We don't have a good schedule and it all sort of happens when we can make time for it meaning when Shyler is around. I'm married earning a degree in single parenting.
Britt
I hear ya Amy.. I had a DR appointment and they gave me this "emotional wellness" survey. I filled it out honestly thinking I'd just tell the DR that I'm really ok, it's just a lot of external factors etc. Well she recommended I get a psych eval/ consult anyway because my "score" was too low. Basically they're afraid I'm depressed. I'm not really, its just HARD right now. Life is difficult and the looming knowledge that it's going to get worse doesn't help!!!! ;) James is q 3 as well but all that changes next week, so we'll see. I haven't scheduled the consult. Might not be such a horrible idea, though. Whew. Hope you can come visit soon! HUGS, Jen
I love hearing that we are not alone. Brett has a much easier schedule this month, and just today I was assess my life ( in my own mind) and thinking wow I can finally come up for air. The last few weeks I was thinkin I might drown. I was feling very overwhelmed, but it is reassuring that Heavenly Father knows I can only handle so much. I am thankful that Brett has a chance in his schedule. I feel like I'm not on call 24/7. I hope you all are hanging in there. I know we can all do it. Even on the hard days I know Heavenly Father is mindful of us and he will bless us somehow. Love ya, Kami
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