There was a big spider on my ceiling. Instead of smashing him with a kleenex or throwing him the toilet in a kleenex, I decided it would be nicer if I trapped him in a cup with a piece of paper over the top and transported him to the garden. Is it strange that I feel like I've done my good deed for the day? (cause you *know* all I've done for all ( Read more... )

Last week we did our "end of life" unit of lectures. While it was a more emotionally charged topic (or perhaps, *because* it was) I was looking forward to the change of pace from the usual diabetes, diarrhea and drugs ( Read more... )

Oh, my horribly neglected blog ( Read more... )

I happened to see this article on CNN.com today: Are you an obnoxious patient?With the advent of so many resources online, and the continual portrayal of doctors as larger than life characters, it's easy for patients to expect doctors to be some kind of diagnosis machine and little else. While I love House and Grey's as much as the next person, can ( Read more... )

Posting is the last thing I should be doing the night before my Principles of Infectious Disease final (we call it PID, which seems fitting, as it is the source of much pain and perhaps even infertility, heh) over about 2 quadrillion protozoa, bacteria, viruses, fungi, and, yes, worms, worms, and more worms, but I felt the need to anyway ( Read more... )

Today there was a lunch talk sponsored by one of the student organizations that was a two-sided presentation on the use of antibiotics in raising livestock. One of the presenters was a woman who worked as a veterinarian with the National Pork Board, and the other was a guy with an MFA who was doing research on antibiotic use in animals. It was ( Read more... )

Wow. Time flies. Obviously I've been neglecting my blog for far too long, and I'm hoping to get back into the blog routine now that the majority of "busiest semester of med school" is over and done ( Read more... )

I have a lot to say about school, I just don't really have much time to say it. First pharm test on Monday morning. In the afternoon, I meet my very first real hospitalized patient ( Read more... )

This is my kind of day. Its about 55 degrees and sunny, and class doesn't start til 10:30. My shuffle played me a jazz song I danced to once, followed by the theme from Love Actually.

Today, anyway ( Read more... )