Anyone still alive out there in journal land?

Saw a 3+ congenital posterior capsular cataract yesterday. You can ddx the congenital type based on color (not yellow) and the impact it had on VA (much less than the age-related type would have ( Read more... )

First diabetic exam yesterday. No DR. Blood glucose level of 255. Intraepithelial neoplasia, which I mistook for neovascularization of the cornea. Won't make that mistake again!

I'm becoming faster in my clinic exams. No interesting patients to report yet, but I'm becoming a presbyope machine.

Tuesday marks the beginning of the end. Hopefully.

Had my first SCL fit on wednesday ( Read more... )

First back-to-back today. Both presbyopes. First guy had a laundry list of conditions and medications and I got bogged down in case history. Need to work on making that section faster. MUCH faster ( Read more... )

Crap. I already forgot I was trying to keep up with this thing ( Read more... )

As usual, I'm fuming about the same old thing I have been for 14 years. When will it end?

I'm going to start up this journal again. Tonight I received my white coat from PUCO. Had a nice ceremony, some nice food, and a whole lot of responsibility dumped on top of me. Years ago I could hardly imagine what it would be like to actually examine and treat a patient. And I'll have my very first one in exactly one week. Patient experiences ( Read more... )