I graduated.  Clint graduated.  Clint moved.  The cat is living at my house.  Nothing else has changed.  And that's the problem.

 I did two really awesome surgeries yesterday- a penile implant and a hydrocelectomy (which is the drainage of fluid build-up in the scrotum.)  The reason this hydrocelectomy is noteworthy is because the scrotum of this man was the size of a watermellon.  The penile impant surgery was crazy in and of itself... they place a set of balloons in the ( Read more... )

Went to Orlando over Spring Break.  Everyone was sick and now I am too.  Don't know what I'm going to do about work on Monday.

My car gave me trouble on the way up.
I caught a cold.
I lost my wallet.
I'm pretty miserable.

On the up-side, though, I got to play a cool game with Colin and the boys.
Saw the Wesley Willis documentary "Joyride" which was ( Read more... )

I graduate from Surg Tech school on May 20th and I'm pretty sure I have a job lined up for me at Holy.

I'm switching over from general and GYN surgery to ortho. Working on bones feels kinda like shop class to me. I like the drills and saws and smell of cement. I'm still more comfortable in general surgery but I need to know bones. So, here goes ( Read more... )

COLIN PETERSON should come over this weekend and play Magic so my Horny Elf deck and beat his Gay Elf deck and send him home crying. =]

Work/school has been exhausting but fun. Saw a huge hernia recently- biggest I've ever seen. Once she was under anesthesia she had like a little muscle spasm (like a cough or something) and this little bump that ( Read more... )

Gotta love a good debate.  (Not the political kind either.)  Just a friendly debate between a couple intelligent and somewhat open-minded people in front of a Scruby's BBQ joint for several hours.  What a good night!

This weekend I get to babysit Jon and Cappy's uncle which will pay my car insurance and phone bill this month so I am happy.

How is ( Read more... )

What is the point in having a weekend when you don't live near any of your friends?

 I just got my next clinical rotation assignment.  It's for Holy Cross starting next Wednesday.  So, tomorrow's my last day at Broward General, which is kinda sad.  Fortunately, a lot of the doctors use all of the local hospital's so I should get to work with them again.  The residents and techs that I've come to know stay put, however, so I won't ( Read more... )

So, I've done a little over 50 surgeries so far including lot of pediatrics, which is nice because babies are much easier to look at than gross, saggy-skinned old people.

So far, my favorite surgeries are:

• 
  pediatric surgery 
• 
  hand surgery
• 
  dental (yes, I even get to pull teeth at the hospital)

My least favorite surgeries are:

• 
  D&C's 
• 
  Arthroscopies

Yeah, so Matt and Spill's Rock Band video is better because they have this this called "talent." But talent is no substitute for Pandel, Brandon, and Cappy.

Mike sings "I'm So Sick" by Flyleaf:


________________________________________________________________

Cap and Brandon sing "Orange Crush":



( Read more... )