if you don't have something nice to say...

Sometimes, the lessons we learned in Disney Classics such as Bambi hold supreme even as we venture out into the adult world.

I haven't posted in a while. Basically, its because I didn't want to talk about Internal Medicine. It wasn't at all what I was told it was going to be, and it has almost turned into another pediatrics rotation, only this time I have an amazing co-student, just a resident who is extremely bipolar

However, in the last 24 hours + that I spent in the hospital were truly some of the best I've had on this rotation. I had no idea that we had a spanish speaking only patient, until I happened to just be tagging along w/ one of the interns and he's like "i feel bad, i can't even talk to this woman" and i'm like, dude, I can.... IT WAS AWESOME. Such a great feeling. I can't tell you how exciting it is, when I can finally tell someone "hey how are you feeling? this is what we're planning to do today. I hope that it helps. Let me get you something for that cough" she seemed soooo completely relieved. I can't imagine what it must be like to be in the hospital, with no translator and NO ONE can talk to you. Hand gestures can only get you so far.

My mom had a really good idea, I should make some flashcards for Mrs S and she can hold them up to tell the nurses what she is feeling. I think I'll make them and even if she is gone in the morning, they can possibly help another patient at some point.

Otherwise, I really don't like this rotation too much. I feel like I can't win for trying, ya know?

All I want to do is get through it.

ANyway, its a short post, but other than Senora S I really don't have anything exciting to tell yet... :) I'll let u know if I do....

and i'm back!

I went to Florida last weekend. I needed a break. I spent easter on the beach, yes it was not warm enough to be there in a bathing suit, but I did it anyway! lol

Obviously everyone else in Florida had brains enough to not go but not me! lol :)


Anyway, I needed that break so badly. I started Pain management the week before, and its basically shadowing unless they can do an epidural in the tailbone, which means I get to do it, because there's absolutely NO way to hurt the patient. And to make matters worse, people were just not showing up at all, which as a medical student makes you worried because those make for "great teaching moments" because nothing else is going on. And Thursday was horrible. We were closed friday, so Dr E felt like it was his job to make sure that I learned tons on THursday... and none of our afternoon patients showed up. So for 3 hours he pimped me on Pharmacology and Physiology. I surprised myself w/ knowing something about physiology, but i bombed all the pharm... and he'd asked me a bunch on tuesday but clearly i didn't learn enough in that amount of time. I started CRYING. What is wrong w/ me?!?!?!? how totally embarrassing. I am really mad at myself for that. I need to stop worrying about letting people down. Its not about that. SO that was when I KNEW i had to get out of there.

So down to Florida I flew... Well, i spent 3 extra hours at detroit airport because of the weather, and spent the night in Atlanta's airport and THEN flew to florida, but I did get there. I spent the entire week playing nintendo, going to random doctor appointments (including a root canal YUCK) and going to the beach. It was great. I got bumped off my flight coming back and spent an extra day. It was nice. But now I'm back in crappy Toledo. Weather suuuucks lol

I'm going to Athens this weekend, and I am SOOOOO excited to go. I miss it.

I'm planning to move back to Athens in early 09 to finish up my rotations there. I really just don't see the point of spending so much time here when I am not happy, and I could be really happy there. So thats my plan! :) :)

So anyway, this is a short update but only because I had a week off and I'm just happy to have had a break!

More later!