Last night, I discovered the world of medblogs, and now I'm hooked. (Thank you internet, for stealing yet another day of my life.) Some of my favorites:
M.D.O.D. www.docsontheweb.blogspot.com
Musings of a Highly Trained Monkey www.highlytrainedmonkey.blogspot.com
Scalpel or Sword www.scalpelorsword.com
It got me wondering about what I'm writing this for, who I'm writing it to, etc. The idea of writing a medblog is appealing in a sense. I could use an outlet for venting--try as she might, my wife just doesn't always get it. I also work in a single-coverage ER for the most part, and I sort of miss having other docs to talk to. On the other hand, I spend enough time at work, that when I get home, medicine is often the last thing I want to think or talk about.
I want to write about what I'm thinking, which more often than not is not related to medicine, and may or may not be all that interesting. I would love for my friends to stop by and read a few posts, but most of my friends aren't in the medical field and aren't the blogging type, if there is such a thing. And with such a lack of direction, I'm not sure I can count on any consistent audience of strangers out there.
So, I guess I'm settling on this blog being for me. Well, me and that faceless stranger I'm talking to in these posts who always cares what I have to say, no matter the subject, and is intensely interested.
For anyone else who happens to wander by this blog, deal with it.
Oh...and feel free to leave a comment...
7 comments:
Write about anything you want, it's your blog. Welcome to the medblogosphere!
You're right about wanting to talk about medicine even after work. I am eleven years after work and miss talking about things that medical people are interested in. The medical blogs satisfy that part of me that is still thinking about medicine in a world of people who don't want to think about it, let alone talk about it. Welcome to the blog world. Old nurses still find value in your ideas and experiences.
I find each word fascinating.
I believe writing helps people. As when we see our own thoughts written down it can help us to analyse our own actions, becoming a better or more insightful person perhaps. As well as venting out anger that needs to be vented somewhere that is harmless.
I believe that you writing let's people that you used to hang out with and be friends with (or perhaps are still friends with from a ways away) see a window into your life and can still feel the association that they once had and might still miss. It allows a little glue from a friendship to remains strong, and possibly stay fast.
That, or at least I can pee myself laughing at the shared misery of others.
-slicy
Come back! I like your blog, and you're a good writer.
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