life
School is hard, so hard. I love what I'm learning and am constantly reassured that I have chosen the right profession. When I started, I couldn't even imagine there being enough info to learn about the eye to fill up 3 years of classroom instruction. Now, I am so overwhelmed and stuffed with info that I don't know where I'm going to store everything that I still have to learn. I start seeing patients in May and I still suck at everything related to ocular health checks. I think that will end up being my forte in the end. The more oozy, bloody, and crusty- the more interesting.
When I was on my medical mission trip in El Salvador, I had a taste of virtually unrestricted patient care and it was amazing. Although we had limited electricity, hardly any equipment, and were confined to cramped and hot clinics, we still helped hundreds of people to see clearly and dispensed about 600 pairs of glasses. It was amazing to provide glasses and meds to individuals in extreme poverty who had waited hours for our services. Most of the people had never had any sort of medical exam before. I found RP in one guy, but I didn't know how to say "you are going blind and there is nothing we can do" in Spanish, so I gave him a hug and had my teacher handle that one. I'm nervous for the 1st time I have to tell someone they are going blind, have a brain tumor, etc.
Every day I am more amazed at how precisely the human body is constructed.
I'm ready to get married and settle down.
I'm ready to make a difference in people's lives.
Hurry up school and let me move forward with my life.
When I was on my medical mission trip in El Salvador, I had a taste of virtually unrestricted patient care and it was amazing. Although we had limited electricity, hardly any equipment, and were confined to cramped and hot clinics, we still helped hundreds of people to see clearly and dispensed about 600 pairs of glasses. It was amazing to provide glasses and meds to individuals in extreme poverty who had waited hours for our services. Most of the people had never had any sort of medical exam before. I found RP in one guy, but I didn't know how to say "you are going blind and there is nothing we can do" in Spanish, so I gave him a hug and had my teacher handle that one. I'm nervous for the 1st time I have to tell someone they are going blind, have a brain tumor, etc.
Every day I am more amazed at how precisely the human body is constructed.
I'm ready to get married and settle down.
I'm ready to make a difference in people's lives.
Hurry up school and let me move forward with my life.