Thursday, June 9, 2011
My Journey To Becoming An M.D. In My Forties!!!: Wake Up Call
My Journey To Becoming An M.D. In My Forties!!!: Wake Up Call: "Today I had a wake up call! It was really a work in progress but culminated today into an ER visit. I have been having and still have a mi..."
Wake Up Call
Today I had a wake up call! It was really a work in progress but culminated today into an ER visit. I have been having and still have a miserable headache that has lasted a week and I had tightening in my jaw. Shortness of breath also plagued me today and I was worried that I could be a candidate for a heart issue? What I learned after 4 hours in the ER was that I had a clean CAT Scan and EKG and I also had perfect blood pressure, no anemia,no elevated white blood cells and I wasn't pregnant(LOL-But I already knew that)!
The ER doctor said I need to follow up with my regular physician and get to the bottom of these headaches and so I am going to get right on that but meanwhile he suggested I eliminate all processed foods and de-stress. "I'm on it Doc!"
So, I've long known that I will have to master stress management in order to enjoy my life as a physician and why not start NOW!
It's time for a life overhaul!
So here is the plan:
Add Yoga
Add Meditation
Add More Organic Foods
Add More Laughter
Add More Alone Time
Add A Team Sport
Add 3 Phone Calls a Week to Friends
Delete Processed Foods
Delete Negative Thoughts
Delete Negative People
Delete NEWS
Delete Most Caffiene
The above list is a work in progress but it's a start. Life Overhaul in Progress! One happy MD to BE coming up!!!
The ER doctor said I need to follow up with my regular physician and get to the bottom of these headaches and so I am going to get right on that but meanwhile he suggested I eliminate all processed foods and de-stress. "I'm on it Doc!"
So, I've long known that I will have to master stress management in order to enjoy my life as a physician and why not start NOW!
It's time for a life overhaul!
So here is the plan:
Add Yoga
Add Meditation
Add More Organic Foods
Add More Laughter
Add More Alone Time
Add A Team Sport
Add 3 Phone Calls a Week to Friends
Delete Processed Foods
Delete Negative Thoughts
Delete Negative People
Delete NEWS
Delete Most Caffiene
The above list is a work in progress but it's a start. Life Overhaul in Progress! One happy MD to BE coming up!!!
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Life Happens!
Anyone who has a goal and wants that goal more than anything, probably wakes up everyday with a nagging feeling in their stomach of all the things that they have to get done to work towards their goal. The feeling doesn't go away no matter what the day brings and at night when you lay your head down, it's still there. It follows you in your REM state. If you don't know what I am talking about, it's hard to explain. I guess it's like waiting for a newborn baby to come or a wedding day. So the items on my list may seem minor to some but everything, I mean everything I do, takes me one step closer to being M.D. Tammy!
So today, like everyday, I woke up with my ever evolving to do list. Each item neatly arranged according to priority and today like many others in my life, I saw a complete stalling of each and everyone of those items with the exception of ONE! Guess what it was? Can't? It's okay, I will tell you. It was a to-do item for my daughter. My beautiful, wonderful, amazing, OMG MOM I GOT SO MANY THINGS TO DO BEFORE I GO TO COLLEGE MOM, daughter.
Yep that's her! And this is what we did today. Well part of it anyways. It was a pleasure to spend the time with my daugther and well worth the strain I now have placed upon myself for not doing the other items on the list. Just look at that $6,000 smile above. :-)
So besides taking her pictures, we made our road trip plans to find housing in San Francisco this month and we enjoyed some great laughs with Tatiana(my oldest daughter), Brittany(my little sister) and Yvette(Tatiana's best friend). Yep! Instead of completing my property search for my 10am appt. tomorrow morning we tackled the mall and a picture studio full of a bazillion pregnant ladies and little kids and family men who looked like they might rather poke their own eyeballs out than be in that place. AND instead of my 1.5 hours of math homework and a 1 hour run by the water, we went to Sushi Deli 1 and enjoyed San Diego Rolls, Crunchy Rolls, California Rolls and Tereyaki Chicken. And just to top it all off on the way home all five of us girls sang Adele's "Someone Like You" at the top of lungs in the car.
I came up with a moral to my own story. It's Sunday! It's okay to put the nagging feeling in your stomach to rest sometimes and just let loose and enjoy this time that is precious in every moment that it presents itself. I can do this anyways. I know how to juggle and shift. Tomorrow I will get up extra early and complete that property search. Tomorrow I will do 3 hours of math and tomorrow I will just run by the water like I intended to today and all will be well!
P.S. those are random people on the Seaport Village Boardwalk. I just thought you'd like to see where I am going to run! :-)
So today, like everyday, I woke up with my ever evolving to do list. Each item neatly arranged according to priority and today like many others in my life, I saw a complete stalling of each and everyone of those items with the exception of ONE! Guess what it was? Can't? It's okay, I will tell you. It was a to-do item for my daughter. My beautiful, wonderful, amazing, OMG MOM I GOT SO MANY THINGS TO DO BEFORE I GO TO COLLEGE MOM, daughter.
So besides taking her pictures, we made our road trip plans to find housing in San Francisco this month and we enjoyed some great laughs with Tatiana(my oldest daughter), Brittany(my little sister) and Yvette(Tatiana's best friend). Yep! Instead of completing my property search for my 10am appt. tomorrow morning we tackled the mall and a picture studio full of a bazillion pregnant ladies and little kids and family men who looked like they might rather poke their own eyeballs out than be in that place. AND instead of my 1.5 hours of math homework and a 1 hour run by the water, we went to Sushi Deli 1 and enjoyed San Diego Rolls, Crunchy Rolls, California Rolls and Tereyaki Chicken. And just to top it all off on the way home all five of us girls sang Adele's "Someone Like You" at the top of lungs in the car.
I came up with a moral to my own story. It's Sunday! It's okay to put the nagging feeling in your stomach to rest sometimes and just let loose and enjoy this time that is precious in every moment that it presents itself. I can do this anyways. I know how to juggle and shift. Tomorrow I will get up extra early and complete that property search. Tomorrow I will do 3 hours of math and tomorrow I will just run by the water like I intended to today and all will be well!
They always say WOW! When did you decide to do this?
And my answer is always, "when I was a little girl."
When I was a kid I had the best pediatrician. His name was Dr. Pierre Salgado. He had his own practice in a little house in the heart of Richmond, CA and I always enjoyed the visits to his office. He had this amazingly cool accent and he was an inspiration to me at a very young age. He had this "cool power" of being able to heal and I wanted that too.
When I was a kid I had the best pediatrician. His name was Dr. Pierre Salgado. He had his own practice in a little house in the heart of Richmond, CA and I always enjoyed the visits to his office. He had this amazingly cool accent and he was an inspiration to me at a very young age. He had this "cool power" of being able to heal and I wanted that too.
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