NPLEX Results

Congratulations to everyone who wrote NPLEX (and Boards) and passed.  It was great to get the results sooner than expected and see the right number of capital "P's" on my results page.  Thank-God!!  I would age another 10 years if I had do all that again...it makes me shiver just to think about it!  However, the exams are extremely difficult and failing the first time is not necessarily a reflection of intelligence or your ability...

Post Surgery

Well, I don't intend this blog to be overly personal but I thought that I should update my mothers situation to say that she is recovering well.  She believes that her orthopedic surgeon was a perfectionist (which is a good thing!) and that he gave her good instructions before she left the hospital.  The silver lining on a horribly painful and frustrating we...

The Canadian Health Care Crisis Just Became Personal

This week has brought my family up close and personal with Canada�s overburdened and sometimes depersonalized health care system.  Last Wednesday my mother broke her leg.  My dad took her to the nearest emergency (at the Durham hospital) where she was evaluated and sent home with a partial cast to wait for surgery.  The attending MD also prescribed Ibuprofen as my mom mentioned she doesn�t tolerate some Tylenol (most likely due to...

Transition time

The last few weeks have seen a tremendous amount of change for my family and I.  After writing Board exams, we packed up our apartment in Toronto and took a cross Canada road trip to relocate to Calgary Alberta.  This has also been a time of transition from medical student life to business owner. Over last 4 years, as the title of this blog indicates, I have provided prospective students and advocates a unique inside perspective of...