I hate retracting (standing absolutely still and holding the incision open so the surgeons can see what they're doing).  I did it for over 12 hours today.  I got a 15 minute break.  My arms and back hurt sooooooooooo bad.  On the bright side, I got to cauterize an artery, hold the colon and tie some knots (ohhhh, ahhhhh).  The worst part of this ( Read more... )

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Ok, now that it's been over 6 months since my last update, I figured I should finally get around to that...

School

June-Psychiatry, my first rotation. I am not going to be a psychiatrist. I'm a little too sympathetic, and when my patients were depressed, I was depressed. However, when I had a manic patient, life was good. My favorite patient was " ( Read more... )

Today is Sunday (also known as Lisa Cortez Hendrick's birthday--but it's probably too early for me to call her and tell her that).  I'm at the hospital...I'll be here until noon tomorrow, and I'm bored out of my mind.  I actually paged myself to make sure my pager was actually working.  So, since nothing is going on, I figured I should do something ( Read more... )

After spending countless hours on the phone, I think I've managed to get everything straightened out before I head out next week.  For those of you who want to know... I'm living in Beachwalk Apartments in Novi... right across the hall from Steph--my good friend here at med school.  I'm not quite sure how that happened, because there are 240 ( Read more... )

Yes, finally, I'm updating... but not much.

First of all: 10 things I've done that, as far as I know, nobody else on my friends list has (stolen from Elizabeth and Jody from like 3 months ago)

1. I lived in Scotland for a semester.
2. I ate sushi in Austria.  On Easter.
3. I've worn nothing but a sports bra and shorts in class.
4. I've lived in an ( Read more... )

Wow, I really need to start updating more frequently ( Read more... )

Yet another massive update:

Christmas was fun.  I got my digital camera!  Yay!  and a few other small things that I wanted.  The day after Christmas (my mom's b-day), we went down to Mt. Pleasant for the Ted Nugent concert.  Never, ever again will I volunteer to go to a concert put on by this man.  It was HORRIBLE!!!!  First of all, my mom and I ( Read more... )

Two days, two entries. Amazing ( Read more... )

So, it's been a good long time since I've updated this thing, and since then, not much has happened. Here's a quick rundown ( Read more... )