I've had a stressful 24 hours. Yesterday I was working at Hy-Vee and i opened up a dial-pack for an oral contraceptive and a dead cricked fell out on my hand. Last night i was watching tv when i noticed my kitten attacking a rather large spider on the wall. It took over an hour for me to get up the courage to try to kill it (i was unsucessful and ( Read more... )

currently i am avoiding writing a summary of an article i had to read for school....i have to present this information tomorrow. it's terribly tedious and boring...i just want to sit here and bitch about it.

thanks for listening...

My sister is sick with either typhoid or dengue fever. I'm terrified of the medical care she is recieving in a third-world country, even if the peace corps medical volunteers are taking care of her ( Read more... )

It is unusual for me to dream about current events in my life, but last night I did. I woke up so ANGRY at everyone not on my side in the dream. I wonder if I'm always going to be an angry and bitter woman, if I will ever get passed this hate...

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If you were to recieve a kidney from a deceased donor, what sort of infectious transmissions would you worry about? HIV, CMV, Hep B, Hep C? cuz those are the infections that would worry me. but the correct answer to that question is RABIES ( Read more... )

Did you know there's such a thing as vanishing bile-duct syndrome? I'm curious where the bile duct vanishes to...is there a special heaven for vanished bile ducts?

AHHH!!! I showed up today for rotations and my preceptor's not here!!! He wasn't feeling well yesterday so I imagine he's sick, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm here all by myself and the doctors have been asking me tons of questions (What's the dosage for Ganciclovir/Valganciclovir/Acyclovir in these patients with bad renal function? What ( Read more... )

*sigh* I'm tired of writing about the clinical trials done on the safety and efficacy of IM Abilify in Agitation in Schizophrenia/Schizoaffective Disorder/Schizophreniform Disorder and in acute mania or mixed eipsode in Bipolar I disorder (as defined by the DSM-IV and PEC scale). And when I finish this paper, I get to start writing my presentation ( Read more... )

I went riding yesterday with Sheena and Carrie. It was......indescribable. We went down some back roads by LaPorte and ended up in the most beautiful meadow by a river. We even saw a few deer out in broad daylight. (And two of the biggest black angus bulls ever.) The freedom and peace of the whole afternoon.....I am rarely so content.