Got to do a paracentesis today! Way cool!

Drained 15L off this poor guy's belly. No, that's not a typo. No, I didn't mean 1.5L. 15. FIFTEEN. That's just craziness.

Man, was he breathing easier after that. And he no longer looked 14 months pregnant!

An accountant should not tell the daughter of two accountants that amending a T4 can't be done. Especially when it can ( Read more... )

This whole planning a wedding thing... is currently taking up too much of my mental activity. Dammit. Must go get ready for evil work now.

... started my medicine rotation. This is, of course, why not posting ( Read more... )

I slipped down the stairs this morning -- surfed down several on my foot, elbow and tailbone. I hurt. :(

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Dear migraine,

Please vacate the region of my left eye and temple. I'm afraid I need my head for other important things.

Please also take the nausea and vomiting with you. I didn't particularly need those additions to your pounding presence, although they did make the drive home ever so much more interesting.

Yours painfully,

Me.

As I left after the exam today (which I won't talk about because it wasn't stellar), I noticed there were protestors on the corner. So I thought to myself, Hrm, who's on strike now? And then I thought, I hope this doesn't mean trouble and picket lines to cross. Cause I'll cross them, regardless of the however valid the strikers' argument may be, ( Read more... )

It's very frustrating to go from a rotation where you see lots of patients, are actually trusted to interview them on your own, where your opinion and input actually matter, where your days are really quite busy and you actually feel like at least a semi-important player... to go from that, to one where none of the above are true ( Read more... )

... apparently I'm allergic to baby kiwis ( Read more... )