The Joys of a Medical Marriage
This week I have been a medical school widow. This is the final week of tests for this semester and Ben has been going non-stop. With all the exams and our spouses' first experiences doing very personal examiniations I thought this would be a good time to re-post one of my favorite lists!
You Know You're Married to a Student Doctor When...
…you open up your sewing box and find sutures
…you can’t watch a medical show without hearing complaints about everything they are doing wrong
…you can’t be in the bathroom when he/she is washing their hands without getting sprayed by the “doctor shake” when they are done
…you tell him/her that they are getting on your last nerve and they draw an accurate picture of a nerve with a little stick person on it
…you find yourself constantly washing scrubs and white coats
…your house is littered with office supplies bearing the names of various pharmaceuticals
…you can’t complain of a scratchy throat without having a tongue depressor shoved in your mouth and your spouse looking at you from behind a tiny light
And here are some new ones from myself and a fellow med school wife:
1. Your spouse brings home a speculum to use you for practice and it constitutes as "date night".
2. You catch your spouse practicing surgical knots on the garbage bag ties.
3. You are getting an epidural during labor and your husband wants to watch.
4. You are undergoing a c-section and as they are sewing you back up your husband says, "Cool, I can see your intestines!"
I know there are some other good ones out there, so lets hear them! Add some comments!
You Know You're Married to a Student Doctor When...
…you open up your sewing box and find sutures
…you can’t watch a medical show without hearing complaints about everything they are doing wrong
…you can’t be in the bathroom when he/she is washing their hands without getting sprayed by the “doctor shake” when they are done
…you tell him/her that they are getting on your last nerve and they draw an accurate picture of a nerve with a little stick person on it
…you find yourself constantly washing scrubs and white coats
…your house is littered with office supplies bearing the names of various pharmaceuticals
…you can’t complain of a scratchy throat without having a tongue depressor shoved in your mouth and your spouse looking at you from behind a tiny light
And here are some new ones from myself and a fellow med school wife:
1. Your spouse brings home a speculum to use you for practice and it constitutes as "date night".
2. You catch your spouse practicing surgical knots on the garbage bag ties.
3. You are getting an epidural during labor and your husband wants to watch.
4. You are undergoing a c-section and as they are sewing you back up your husband says, "Cool, I can see your intestines!"
I know there are some other good ones out there, so lets hear them! Add some comments!
Okay....I am laughing so hard right now!!!! I'm going to have to borrow that post and put it on my blog if you don't mind. :) Here are some additions that carry on in my life being a medical students spouse: Caffine is a staple in the pantry, your husband recites anatomy in his sleep, you go to bed alone and wake up to a man smelling like fermaldahyde.
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