Win!

[anoudegozaruna]

You know that 9-hour exam I took about a month ago? I passed! *does happy dance* Yay, I don't have to quit med school. I didn't do as well as I would have liked but it wasn't horrible, either. So I'll just be happy and relieved for now and focus on the next exam

Comments

[godsgirl7]

You passed! Awesome! :D

Oh gosh, please take care though... :/ Hopefully you can find something easy to eat so that you can at least have some food in your system!

[anoudegozaruna]

Yay for passing! ^_^

I think I got lazy this week because I knew I'd be gone for about 3 months starting Oct. 1st, and I didn't want to accumulate food in my fridge. So I kinda just didn't cook anything.

[becky_49]

Congrats!

I saw an open heart surgery too when I was a student. It was interesting, but uneventful. I was surprised by how relaxed the surgeons were though - throughout the surgery they were talking about the TV shows they watched the previous night.

Hope you get a chance to eat. I don't have meal breaks at work and eat whenever is not busy. I've gone an entire 8-hour shift without eating or going to the washroom, and it sucks.

[anoudegozaruna]

Thanks!

Yeah, once the heart went on bypass, everyone just kinda chilled. My surgeons were talking about AIs and the theory of technological singularity, how in the future, AIs overpopulate, take over the world and eventually swallow the galaxy. You can hear so many fascinating conversations in ORs.

One of the things about anesthesia is that you don't have designated break times between cases to go eat, drink or use the washroom. I'm gonna have to learn to adapt to that.

[anoudegozaruna]

Thank you!

You probably don't want to know how many surgeries are performed by underfed, sleep-deprived residents, then. But yeah, I think I'm only getting away with this 'cause I'm a med student now and the lives of the patients do not rest in my hands.