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it's been a while since my last entry.
life's been alright; free time is scarce, so i spend it fulfilling only absolutely necessary social obligations (few and far between) like going to birthday shannanigans, and being completely antisocial (most of the time) like playing warcraft by myself in my room. i've upgraded from rubin dorm, which is where i lived my first two years, and i'm now in a triple in greenberg hall with two friends from school (andrea and brianne). i love my new room. it's painted honeydew green (i did it myself) and i have furniture and bedspreads to match. when i'm not in at work i'm pretty much always home.
rotations are alright. i've only had internal medicine and surgery, but both are 8 weeks each and allegedly the toughest two, so at least i now have only good things to look forward to (i start peds in 2 weeks, hooray). medicine was the bane of my existence, and even though i ultimately received a good grade, i have to say...it's not me. i'm actually enjoying surgery quite a bit; the personality fits me better. there's high turnover of the patients; they're generally younger with good prognosis, and instead of switching their medications around all day long and measuring urine output and what not, we actually get to go into the abdomen, or wherever, and make immediate differences. i had a really cool chief resident on general surgery and he even let me make the initial skin incision! there's nothing like cutting skin open with a really really sharp knife; it's like cutting butter. anyway, i'm sure people are grossed out, so i'll stop.
my sister is a little over 20wks pregnant...her pregnancy is like a marker for my life on the wards. she got pregnant around the time i started rotations, and by the time she delivers i will have been on the wards for 10 months. every now and then i get an ultrasound jpg from her of the baby - it's kind of disturbing that while i'm on the wards learning my trade, an entire baby will have emerged from a sperm and an egg.
anyway, i'm taking my surgery shelf exam a week from this friday, so i need to begin drawing out a studying schedule. i've come to realize since graduating from college that i really do hate to study. i do an absolute minimum of studying and am flying by the seat of my pants. it's a bad thing to realize about yourself when you are in a career where you'll be taking standardized tests your entire life. alas, one of these days when i get burned i'll probably change my study habit, but for now i would still much rather spend my time playing warcraft.
life's been alright; free time is scarce, so i spend it fulfilling only absolutely necessary social obligations (few and far between) like going to birthday shannanigans, and being completely antisocial (most of the time) like playing warcraft by myself in my room. i've upgraded from rubin dorm, which is where i lived my first two years, and i'm now in a triple in greenberg hall with two friends from school (andrea and brianne). i love my new room. it's painted honeydew green (i did it myself) and i have furniture and bedspreads to match. when i'm not in at work i'm pretty much always home.
rotations are alright. i've only had internal medicine and surgery, but both are 8 weeks each and allegedly the toughest two, so at least i now have only good things to look forward to (i start peds in 2 weeks, hooray). medicine was the bane of my existence, and even though i ultimately received a good grade, i have to say...it's not me. i'm actually enjoying surgery quite a bit; the personality fits me better. there's high turnover of the patients; they're generally younger with good prognosis, and instead of switching their medications around all day long and measuring urine output and what not, we actually get to go into the abdomen, or wherever, and make immediate differences. i had a really cool chief resident on general surgery and he even let me make the initial skin incision! there's nothing like cutting skin open with a really really sharp knife; it's like cutting butter. anyway, i'm sure people are grossed out, so i'll stop.
my sister is a little over 20wks pregnant...her pregnancy is like a marker for my life on the wards. she got pregnant around the time i started rotations, and by the time she delivers i will have been on the wards for 10 months. every now and then i get an ultrasound jpg from her of the baby - it's kind of disturbing that while i'm on the wards learning my trade, an entire baby will have emerged from a sperm and an egg.
anyway, i'm taking my surgery shelf exam a week from this friday, so i need to begin drawing out a studying schedule. i've come to realize since graduating from college that i really do hate to study. i do an absolute minimum of studying and am flying by the seat of my pants. it's a bad thing to realize about yourself when you are in a career where you'll be taking standardized tests your entire life. alas, one of these days when i get burned i'll probably change my study habit, but for now i would still much rather spend my time playing warcraft.