By Monica Swanson Thank goodness it’s March and spring has sprung (or has it?). At least we know it’s coming soon! Whether it’s warm and sunny where you are or not, we’re all ready for sunny days ahead. If your family has had its share of hot cocoa (or warm ginger tonic!) this year, maybe it’s time […] Continue reading →

Question: My family (including two small children) and I are relocating this summer for my husband’s new job after seven years of living in the same area for residency and fellowship to a city where I know no one. I am scared about leaving our support network of friends and family nearby. Can you offer […] Continue reading →

By Robert Sewell, M.D., F.A.C.S. I’m an old school general surgeon. I graduated from med school in 1974 and after a five-year surgical residency in San Antonio, Texas, I started out on my own, ready to cure the world. Boy was I raw. Like many of my peers, I got married during medical school, and […] Continue reading →

By Sarah Helms Ask anyone who knows me, and they will tell you a few standard, upbeat responses regarding my one-year relocation to Tennessee for my husband’s orthopedic trauma fellowship. “How great to have a year to be with the kids while they’re still so young!” “Live it up! You’ll never get another chance to […] Continue reading →

By Jessica Cilella This year, I’ll be spending Valentine’s Day alone. Physically, I won’t be alone. In fact, I’ll be surrounded by a few close friends and thousands of costumed tourists, enjoying the sights and sounds of Mardi Gras. By alone, I mean spending yet another special day away from my longtime boyfriend, Jon, who […] Continue reading →

(Editor’s Note: In this week’s post, Marriage and Family Therapist and medical spouse Kim Blackham responds to a reader’s question from her September post on medical marriage.) Question: We are MS2 (MS1 was rough) and we have lots of layers to our situation. One of them is that we have two kids under four years […] Continue reading →

By Sarah Johnson As days and decades go by in my life and relationships, I’ve been pleased at the end of a year or another milestone that I continue to discover lovely surprises about my husband. He turned 33 a few weeks ago and indicated that this was a tough birthday for him, cranky about […] Continue reading →

By Stacie Johnson Last year I made a New Year’s resolution to not clean as much. Yep, that is right, I declared I wouldn’t clean my house. I decided that time with my four year old was worth more than an empty sink, sex with my husband was better than a clean kitchen and cuddling […] Continue reading →

By Monica Swanson It’s that time of the year again…freezing cold temperatures in many places, and the cold and flu season hitting hard! Now I don’t know if I’ll get any sympathy, but even here in Hawaii, we’ve had some really cool nights! In case you’re wondering what a “cool night” is in Hawaii, we hit the mid-to-upper 50’s this […] Continue reading →

(Editor’s Note: With a new year upon us, many of us have hopes of better health in the future: emotional, physical, spiritual and, especially in the medical training years, financial. Here are a few lessons learned the hard way from a medical spouse during residency.) By Tonya Adams When my husband started medical school, we […] Continue reading →