Silent night...

[ayradyss]

Slept almost 14 hours last night. It is a day off. I finished charts and did H&P dictations 72 hours overdue.I have recovered something of my old strength, but not enough yet, O Best Beloved. The memories, I think, were never clear. I fall asleep on the dictaphone at 0300 when it has been a steady stream of admissions - seven in a night, one to

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[lemur_lady]

Sorry if this comes across as creepy and weird, but are you Nykki Keim, Indiana Academy class of 1997?

[ayradyss]

I am...and now you get to reveal yourself :)

[lemur_lady]

Holy crap it's a small world.

I'm Carolyn Kibbey, same year as you but I burned out before graduating. I friended you on here many many months ago because someone quoted you in metaquotes and I enjoy your writing style and was interested in your subject matter. It wasn't until a few weeks ago, when you used an icon that shows your face, that that nagging sense of recognition started tickling the back of my brain. I checked your profile and saw you belong to iasmh, so I thought I'd venture a guess.

Weird.

[drake18746]

Whenever I teach somebody something and they truly understand it, I always feel like I haven't really taught them anything. Same goes for learning; whenever I learn something very well from somebody, be it becuase I understand everything on the first run through or for some other reason that I can't fathom at this time, they always say that they aren't really sure if they taught anything to me

[deadrose]

You *will* survive this. Not only that, it will give you a core that you 'll use in years to come, knowing that you did it, that you can get through the constant onslaught, the near-delerium of trying to learn, use what you've already learned, and do it all in real time with real patients.

(This message funneled through me from my father, who did it too)

[clypheous]

I'm amazed that with the stress and the working conditions and the hours that as many people as do become doctors. It's a great calling to be in and if I had it to do over again I might have chosen that field instead of the one I did end up in. I can only hope that your sense of accomplishment and knowing that you're helping so many people can keep you going

[reignofjade]

I look foward to hearing your stories.