rant

Okay..so this is a little rant about boards! Why are step 2 boards so expensive! How does one expect a medical student to pay over 1600 dollars for a test! It is crazy. The written is about 500 and the PE is about 1100. You have to add in a flight and hotel room in Philly too! It is just so much to think about right now. I don't even have the money, which is why I have yet to sign up and the test dates are pretty much booked up until November now for the PE, which sucks! I don't know how everybody does it!

One positive is that I am pretty dead set on OB/GYN at this point. I started ER (today was my second day) and it isn't as bad as IM but isn't my bag either. So far I have done my first intubation though, which is exciting! I also did my first ER pelvic exam on a woman with pelvic pain. My doc asked if I need him to come me and needed me in the room and I said no that I had and I would be fine, which I think made him happy ( I did have a student nurse help me out, you have to have someone else in the room duh!). Two days down of ER 14 to go! Hopefully we get some cool trauma on New Year's! Okay I shouldn't say that..but I can't help it!

white christmas

It is snowing..a lot! whoop..too bad I can't go anywhere now.

Done with IM..thankfully!! The rotation was way too boring for me. Now off to ER on Monday!

ugh

Feeling exhausted..and have the feeling i am be abused on this rotation..HEY doc I do NOT like hospital food..if you are going to let me leave for the day please do it before lunch and not right after lunch (I would much rather go home and eat duh!). Also, just because you are working 21 days in a row does NOT mean I need to, in fact I am not allowed to by 'school rules' but since you grade me I feel like I can't say anything to you about that. Well, anyways two days down like 19 to go...or something like that!

Ps. I can't stand internal medicine..not for me! Wish I could just skip it. I am bored!

Boy oh boy

I started my internal medicine rotation yesterday..so far it is okay but just not my thing. I find it completely uninteresting..ugh! what is up with starting so early in the morning anyways lol. I must make it through the next four weeks. My doc is kind of crazy anyways. He is working something like the next 21 days in a row and expects me to do the same..I know it is silly but we are not supposed to work weekends as students..we are only students. How does he expect me to work so many days in a row! It is just nuts.

Oh and why are docs so weird for the most part?? For instance, today a nephrologist on the floor was talking about how he loves to fart in the isle at grocery stores and watching people walk by? So odd.

Also, I am stilling here worried about everything in my life right now...praying to God that he help my through it! I don't know why I put myself in these positions.

Done with radiology. I am happy about that. I loved the doctors I was with just not radiology itself. It was a lot more boring than I expected. I guess it just isn't for me. My doctors did make an effort to show me more ob/gyn related topics when we had a break. We did have a TON of mammos. Thanks breast cancer awareness month!

sleep sleep

I am currently on Radiology, which is pretty awesome I must say, however, you have hardly any interactions with other people! I have fallen asleep, well almost, the last three days. It is hard to sit in a dark room like that for hours and nod off especially when you aren't doing much! The doc I am with is great. He is really funny but just not much of a people person. Today he asked me what my top five albums were since he says he can learn a lot about someone based one what music they listen. I totally agree with that since I am such a huge fan of music myself! He also keeps trying to talk me out of being an OB (in a joking way!). He says..why would you do that to yourself? They have a horrible lifestyle! I have a great lifestyle..be a radiologist! He has also told me that he really can't stand talking to patients and hearing about their problems and that third year was the worse year of medical school for him since he actually had to talk to patients...good thing you are a radiologist buddy! He is a really cool guy though. He doesn't really have social skills though! If you had more patient interaction with radiology I might actually consider it...but since you really don't, I don't think I could handle that for the rest of my life!

long day

Today was my last day of OB/GYN. It was great for the most part. However, I was traumatized from watching my first circumcision. It was horrible! I felt so bad for the little guy. Who would want their two day old baby strapped to the table and screaming like that? So sad!!