Jordan Blaire

EM PGY-1 🩺 “Impossible is not a fact, it’s an opinion. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary...”

[Barstool Ducks @BarstoolDucks]

Holy shit

[emilyetaylor @emilyetaylor23]

Me when Oregon shuts out Texas Tech

[Jordan Blaire @jordanblaire]

@FitFounder Walk

[Allison Fitzgerald, MD, PhD @allisonoconn]

The amount of delusion I have putting on sunscreen everyday as a resident. This skin does not see the light of day.

[FOX College Football @CFBONFOX]

1️⃣3️⃣-0️⃣

@oregonfootball is 13-0 for the first time in program history 🦆👏

[Barstool Ducks @BarstoolDucks]

DUCKS ARE #1 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2012!!

[🟢 @cookinquack]

This Oregon Ohio State game

[GoDucks @GoDucks]

Ducks over Bucks. #GoDucks

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

Best Olympic photo so far🥉🐴😃

[Jordan Blaire @jordanblaire]

@v_shiv24 Love you too 🤗❤️

[Jordan Blaire @jordanblaire]

Now that I’ve had some time to recover and process, I thought it might be helpful/ therapeutic to make a thread on my experience with going through the SOAP this match cycle. #Match2024 #SOAP2024

[Jordan Blaire @jordanblaire]

If there’s anyone going through the same thing who needs to vent, needs support, advice, a friend, ANYTHING at all, my DMs are always open 🤗 we’re all going to make it through to the other side, we’re going to be kickass doctors, and we’re going to make the world a better place.

[Jordan Blaire @jordanblaire]

These struggles feel less heavy with the knowledge that I am headed to a program that hypes me up, supports me, and shows how excited they are to have me join their team.

[Jordan Blaire @jordanblaire]

This process taught me many lessons in a short amount of time, the most important being that it is 100% ok to choose yourself, and to protect yourself throughout this journey. That’s ultimately what I did, and I think my future self, and future family will thank me for that.

[Jordan Blaire @jordanblaire]

I still struggle with the shame that I “gave up”. I struggle with the “failure” and with disappointing all of my Ob/Gyn mentors and preceptors telling them that I will not be joining them in their field.

[Jordan Blaire @jordanblaire]

I wasn’t ready to give up, but I also wanted (needed) security and stability, so in addition to the 9 Ob/Gyn programs, I included 29 EM programs, and 7 gen surg prelim programs. By Thursday morning, first round, I ended up accepting a spot at a wonderful EM program.

[Jordan Blaire @jordanblaire]

Before that Monday morning, I had seen the light at the end of the tunnel, but now that tunnel was about to be extended at least another year, with no guaranteed end. Tbh, my self-doubt and fear response kicked in. Could I handle possibly having to do this all over again?

[Jordan Blaire @jordanblaire]

For the past 4 years, I have missed weddings, parties, date nights, going to the gym, sacrificed time with friends and loved ones, all as a means to an end. I made these “short term” sacrifices as a trade off to achieve my goals and dreams. (I know this wasn’t a requirement)

[Jordan Blaire @jordanblaire]

I always thought that if I didn’t match, I would SOAP into a prelim year and reapply. I still battle with the “if you truly love it you’ll never give up”. But that’s such an easy mentality to have when you are not living that reality.

[Jordan Blaire @jordanblaire]

For me, the most difficult/ exhausting/ impossible part of the SOAP process is being expected to make life-altering decisions in an impossibly short amount of time after losing all hope and confidence in both the system and myself.