New Year, New Adventures

Hello to all my faithful followers!

"In the silence You are speaking, in the stillness you are moving, in the Chaos You are still here, here with me."

Well a lot has changed since my days of running around in Arizona.

Within the last month I passed my board exams, graduated (yup its true, ya'll have to call me "Dr" now), moved out to west LA, and started my residency and a brand new job.

New town, new job, new life.

Needless to say life has been a tid-bit nuts for me lately, but its all very exciting. I thought I could continue to document my adventures throughout this year to see what God does and the challenges that lie ahead. After 2 weeks as a resident, I've already been met with struggles and challenges that have pushed me to question who I am as a therapist, and who I would like to be.

I am not going to lie, I thought it was going to be quite an adjustment going from working with professional baseball players to working for Kaiser in South Bay. However, it hasn't been too much of a change. No matter where I am, or the people I'm working with, my job allows me to help better feel better and get back to their lives.

Today I taught an 85 year old woman with a spinal fracture how to cough without getting excruciating pain. She was incredibly grateful and I'll I did was show her one little thing. Then I got to hang out with a sweet little 7 year old who was in a car accident with his father (who is a surgeon) and made an experience that was so scary for this little boy turn into a fun afternoon (ya thats right, I can be fun.) Then I had a 35 year old marathoner that was so grateful for my ability to give her some real answers to why she can't run beyond 6 miles without getting pain.

My life is a total new adventure. Every patient I see is new to me. There is no routine, there is no "been there, done that." I am a raw, unpolished, new grad with a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and motivation to really be the best therapist I can for these patients, while trying to glorify God in all that I do.

The Adventure begins.