This year, on 14 January, the Trust for Social Achievement Foundation gladly welcomed the students of the G. С. Rakovski”, Tarnak and “St.. St. Cyril and Methodius”, Kovacica, who together with their teachers and the team of Center Amalipe visited us to greet and greet us on the occasion of the Roma New Year – Vasilitsa. Read more “Vasilitsa 2025 – Legends and traditions of the bridge between cultures and new beginnings”
Month: January 2025
The vocation of Maria Simeonova from Velingrad
My story about my dream to wear a white apron “like the doctors”
“Willpower is the most important thing in medicine.” – Paracelsus
I’ll never forget the first time I stood face to face with a patient. We were starting the practical part of the course and I thought to myself, “I’ve learned the theory, now all I have to do is dare to apply it”. The patient had a thyroid problem. What I had to do was take a history, question him about his condition and palpate the gland to find out what the changes were in its size and function. I was so excited I forgot to introduce myself. I felt like my heart was going to skip a beat. My throat had constricted and I felt like I was going to pass out at any moment. Luckily for me, the patient was also a medical person, so he knew exactly what was happening to me. He was very responsive, the smile never left his face, and it just so happened that instead of me pre-empting him, he helped me relax and demonstrate what I had learned. At the end of the review I was completely relaxed and confident that I could cope. The history was taken, the gland palpated. I realised that everything so far had been completely worth it. There was no longer a shred of doubt that this was my calling.