Hi world, I’m still alive! It has been way too long since I updated my blog. To be honest with you it’s hard for me to keep up blogging in addition to my other social channels; Instagram and TikTok take up so much of my time nowadays. I haven’t forgotten about this little space though, the website that started my journey in social media to educate and entertain about dermatology and skin health.
This is definitely an occasion to celebrate because believe it or not – it has been years since I started blogging. A decade! Almost a third of my life! (Yeah I rounded)
10 years ago I had finished my second year @stanford.med and I heard about this brand new medical journalism fellowship being offered. I jumped at the chance. In true inaugural fellow / guinea pig fashion I was sent around the world, working @who press office in Geneva, taking masters of journalism classes @stanford and then making TV news @nbcnews medical unit. I was asked to blog about my year’s adventures and so…it all started!
Back then my blog took up a tiny corner of the Stanford global health website and I blogged every week about what I learned. Then after I returned to campus and started third year clinicals I felt compelled to continue blogging as a creative outlet. I didn’t know what specialty to choose and I felt so envious of my classmates who knew their path. The blog became a diary of sorts, a place for me to reflect and share my experiences with others.
In ten years this space has grown to be much more. I love connecting with others in this community, using social media to educate, and also to have fun along the way!
Recently a patient told me she had been following my blog since I was an intern. Her son was at the same level of training at the time and she wanted to learn more about what his life was like. She shared that through my posts she got to understand what her son was going through. She said she has “known” me through my various phases of training, my cross country moves, @taeminthekitchen promotion from bf to husband, and now my adventures with little Dotori.
I felt so touched and connected to her, and also humbled that she has watched me grow up here on social media. It’s the truth – so much of my 20s to now 30s has taken place documented on Tea with MD, from my anxiety over choosing a medical specialty to now trying to juggle my career with a toddler. I grew up in this space.
I feel emotional writing this because I’m just so immensely grateful for this community. Thanks for lifting me up when I’ve hit my lows, cheering me on when I accomplish something new. Thanks for being here as I stumble my way across different life stages. None of us have it all figured out but it has been amazing discovering next steps together.
Many many life updates to come soon. you guys so much.
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