- I got to scrub in on my first surgery today, a right hemicolectomy! It was SO crazy seeing him breathe while he was open ( Read more... )

This weekend, in a nutshell ( Read more... )

So it's my last full day on my urgent care rotation and in retrospect, I am so glad I took this rotation. It may have been a mess in the beginning with me being sick, but I saw so many relevant things to my future career. There have been times on rotations where I felt like I wasn't learning practical things and more or less just jumping hurdles ( Read more... )

I know that I still don't know anything (or at least feel like I don't) but I really am starting to think like a clinician. This summer when the program had a panel of 2nd year students coming off their rotations come talk to us, one of them said there comes a point where you start asking questions based on your differential diagnosis. It sounds ( Read more... )

I haven't written consistently for a while and I always have so much to say, but haven't taken the time to do it. So here is a big random list of stuff going on in my mind ( Read more... )

One year ago today changed my life. Wanna know how? Ryan and I decided to go to Edgewood Plantation, a so-called haunted bed & breakfast to spend Halloween night. Although we didn't find any ghosts that night, we still had a blast. And it was both our first times ever staying in bed and breakfast. The next morning, before we checked out, we were in ( Read more... )

1. I got to pull out an IUD today, just like that.. as in, my new gyn preceptor for the week was like, "I'll let you do that." I had no idea it was that simple. All you do is insert a clamp, grab a string, and pull. Nevertheless, it was pretty damn cool ( Read more... )

May I just say how amazing my fiance is ( Read more... )

Today was my preceptor's day off. She let me know in advance that I could do as little or as much as I felt comfortable with, and that some of the other providers there would be happy to answer any questions I had -- and that was that ( Read more... )

Last night was my first midnight shift EVER. I was actually somewhat depressed to have to leave last night after being so sleepy, but I fueled up on some S-bux from the cafeteria and that kept me going. So what goes on at Duke overnight? A stroke code, status epilepticus in need of intubation, PE with classic S1Q3T3 and Virchow's, hypertensive ( Read more... )