I began my “diary” as a way to keep my loved ones updated half a world away, myself in Grenada – West Indies and everyone else in USA, on my well being. I was not in the best physical health and there were a lot of people worried that I may not make it back …alive. What came out as a result of my highly optimistically edited updates, at least initially, is a story of the wonders I discovered while studying in what can only described as “tropical paradise”. Alas, the tropics were replaced by the hectic life in the New York City – The Big Apple… with many wonderful discoveries and lessons to learn from. And then, the first, and likely last, five months of my internship as a brand new doctor.

The work includes brief glimpses into both what I studied in Grenada course wise and what I did outside of class. When I began my clinical years of training in New York City it has brief snippets about interesting cases I've encountered and lessons I learned along the way, prejudices that were dropped, frustrations, and adventures outside of the hospital walls. Lastly, it is closed with my adventures and lessons as a freshly minted unlicenced doctor in my first, and likely last, five months of internship in family medicine.