We'd be doing our clerkship in Internal Medicine starting Wednesday and I am preparing for it mind, body and soul? (As if!
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However, I am staying positive about the feedback from previous blocks that IM isn't really as "toxic" as what it's been played up to be. The quotes that have inspired my optimism: "Parang OB lang siya" (OB = the most toxic part was LR/DR duties) and "Mas na-toxic pa kaya ako nung Pedia" (Pedia = the only department where one deals with a very resistant patient and his almost as-resistant family).
Expect me to resurface pretty much around the time I'll be celebrating my 24th year in this free world.
But, I know I won't be able to stay away from going on "small holidays" every once in a while.
I know I would never have survived all these years in medical school if it weren't for those hours I spent having DVD marathons, devouring fiction books and binge-shopping.