Today was one of those days that is hard to describe ( Read more... )

I am on the last hours of my last call night for Pediatrics. So far this experience has been good. I really like my resident, he is a cool guy, and I get to be on call with him, which made things much better for me ( Read more... )

Sorry I've been so quiet. I'm in Hong Kong just visiting family and such. I'll have to fill more in later.
We just got back from China yesterday. I just realized how disjointed this is.

I have been living at Lauren's home for the past two weeks while I do my Family Practice rotation here in NJ. So far things have been going pretty well. I have seen La (wwwyay!) and the people in the clinic are nice. There is just always a lot to learn...including the proper way to frost cupcakes ( Read more... )

Every so often, life just has to remind you how stupid you can be.
Usually every day I have quite a few of those moments, but today there was a doozy of a reminder.

*sigh* Good thing I have time to study while I am in NJ.

I'm currently on the first half of my surgery rotation, which has placed me in the Burn unit. I'm on my last week, but I can tell you I will be so excited to change. This has been the three hardest weeks of my life (and given more time there will be a week somewhere else that will be harder). I have been placed in a world that is so foreign to how ( Read more... )

and yes I did pass my boards.

out popped two boys, Derrick and Dwight, which brought much joy. Their sister was excited to have two new "toys". They were much cooler than dolls, and there were TWO of them. She wanted to be a good big sister and take care of them, so she did all the things that big sisters do: help with feeding, holding, and of course as they grew older, tease ( Read more... )

I started my first rotation on the 6th. They just basically gave a short orientation and then dropped us off with our team...and we were off...and I still feel like I'm running to try and catch up. The sad reality is that I probably will never catch up. It's amazing that I have paid for the privilege of feeling stupid. I know nothing. Everyone on ( Read more... )

Sometimes I wonder exactly why I signed up for this who med school thing.

I am taking the part one of the boards on tuesday...and while I would like to get it over...I'm flipping out because this exam covers everything that I have learned (or possibly not learned...or should have learned....or didn't learn so well) for the past two yearsA part of ( Read more... )