and I want it to stop!
In just a couple of hours I'll officially start my Internal Medicine rotation. I don't wanna.
I'm stressed and freaked out. I'm so not ready, in fact I'm the opposite of ready. I'm as un-ready as anyone could possibly be. Ever.
Oh Goodness!
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
scrubs, blood, surgeons
I'm a week away from finishing my Surgery rotation. I refuse to do it. I am in complete denial about it. I just don't want to leave this pretty pretty world of relax, scrubs, blood and surgeons.
The rotation in itself is not as cool, it has a lot of opportunity areas, but Surgery in itself is a pretty cool branch of medicine. During these 3 months I've come to realize that I love the OR. Everything about it suits me.
First and foremost are the scrubs! Oh goodness! If I could wear scrubs to work for the rest of my life I would be a whole lot happier. It's really like being in your pajamas all day. They are easy to wash and iron and nowadays there are way too many different designs to chose from. I'm actually developing a thing for scrubs, so far I've got about 7 -8 different sets, and I'm so tempted to buying another one online. But I shall resist. My emptying pocket demands my restrain.
Secondly its the blood! Medicine is not medicine without at least a bit of blood every day, and if instead of a little its a lot and it comes splashing everywhere, even better! The more the merrier! Its just exhilarating to have a some blood, it kind of remembers you that you're dealing with a friking LIVING person! It bleeds 'n all, it has to be real! hehe
Last but not least are the surgeons themselves. There is no way anyone can argue other residents are as fun as surgeons. I simply compare the residents offices and let me tell you what there is to see.
Anyways... I guess at some point I'll have to accept the fact that good things can't last forever. I start internal medicine next Monday, I just hope it's not as bad as I'm expecting it.
The rotation in itself is not as cool, it has a lot of opportunity areas, but Surgery in itself is a pretty cool branch of medicine. During these 3 months I've come to realize that I love the OR. Everything about it suits me.
First and foremost are the scrubs! Oh goodness! If I could wear scrubs to work for the rest of my life I would be a whole lot happier. It's really like being in your pajamas all day. They are easy to wash and iron and nowadays there are way too many different designs to chose from. I'm actually developing a thing for scrubs, so far I've got about 7 -8 different sets, and I'm so tempted to buying another one online. But I shall resist. My emptying pocket demands my restrain.
Secondly its the blood! Medicine is not medicine without at least a bit of blood every day, and if instead of a little its a lot and it comes splashing everywhere, even better! The more the merrier! Its just exhilarating to have a some blood, it kind of remembers you that you're dealing with a friking LIVING person! It bleeds 'n all, it has to be real! hehe
Last but not least are the surgeons themselves. There is no way anyone can argue other residents are as fun as surgeons. I simply compare the residents offices and let me tell you what there is to see.
- The surgery office has a pair of real skulls hanging from the room, several funny phrases, anecdotes and general memorabilia pasted on the wall, a fridge, a comfortable couch, a computer, a TV-DVD combo, a laparoscopy simulator, a phone, a shelf of surgery books and occasionally a Wii. Oh, right, and a bunch of assorted crapp
- The internal medicine office has 2 computers, a telephone, 2 individual sofas (not good for sleeping), a cork thingy were a bunch of serious-looking papers are posted, and a big shelf of books.
Anyways... I guess at some point I'll have to accept the fact that good things can't last forever. I start internal medicine next Monday, I just hope it's not as bad as I'm expecting it.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Gone with the wind
holly shit!! I could have DIED today!!
If someone would have told me yesterday what was going to happen in the following 24 hrs I would have never believed it.
You see, there was a wind storm today here, and it cause a lot of damage to the city. I mean, a whole load of car crashes, broken signs, fallen trees, etc.
During the morning I was at that hospital, in the OR watching a tonsillectomy when all of a sudden the lights went off, I freaked out a little, then a couple of seconds after it came back (powered by the generator). We didn't gave too much importance to the incident, and continued with our duties. At lunch time a friend of mine wanted to go to the store to grab something to eat, so we decided to venture outside. The first -employee's only- door was closed and guarded by 2 security guys, we complained of the fuss for just some wind, and decided to try the public access. We went to the street ... and HOLLY SHIT! Right outside the door we saw this:
Next thing I know... the frikin' wind was blowing my clothes and my hair in all directions, I even felt it was pushing me. And let me tell you something, I'm a bit heavy, so this freaked me out a little. My so-called-friend (whom I'm still mad at) told me I was over reacting (ha!), and insisted in going to the store. It turns out it was closed, because the power went off in several blocks. We came back to the hospital to be informed that all non-emergency surgeries have been canceled, and since we were not on call, we left. On my way home I was so scared, the street signs, trash, leaves and whatnot were scattered all over the place, I felt my car being MOVED by the wind!!
I started to really freak out, but tried to keep calm and finally decided I didn't want to go home, and ended up at my university hospital. I really though it was not such a big deal, and that I was exaggerating as always, however I got a bit anxious since my two younger sisters were flying here to visit me for spring break. As I drove to the airport to pick them up I saw some disturbing things. Signs were ripped, trash was all over the place, all the traffic light were off, a cloud of dust etc. It looked like a tornado has just passed. I finally arrived to the airport, and it turned out there was no power there either, all the stores and restaurants were closed, the screens were not working and I could not know whether or my sisters' plane had arrived already. I waited for about 40 minutes, and then I saw them.
They told that the fight had about 20 mins (of a 1hr trip) of heavy turbulence, people were crying, throwing up, and freaking out. But since we're apparently young and careless we just laugh about it and went home.
The trip back was uneventful, no collisions or traffic jams... just the post-tornado look all around. It started to get dark, and I started to worry the power would be out in my block too. Luckily it didn't. (Really luckily, most of the nearby blocks are off) We unpacked the TON of food my momma sent me (:D) and went out to grab some dinner. EVERYTHING was closed! Even the convenience stores! We ended up at a Vip's, which was packed since it was the only decent restaurant in a considerably large area.
We came back to my appartment, I checked the internet and just now realized the magnitude of it all. Here are some pics of what happened just on the areas where I drive/live/work on a daily basis.
We're all fine, don't worry. If you want to know more details of what a mess the city was you can go to elnorte, or a small note in english here.
PD: I apologize for the writing in this post, I'm in a hurry but this is a totally deardiary blog experience, and I had to write it down.
** please notice how I crossed out that word, muajaja that was my VERY FIRST HTML WRITING EVER!!! I'm soooooo Techie
If someone would have told me yesterday what was going to happen in the following 24 hrs I would have never believed it.
You see, there was a wind storm today here, and it cause a lot of damage to the city. I mean, a whole load of car crashes, broken signs, fallen trees, etc.
During the morning I was at that hospital, in the OR watching a tonsillectomy when all of a sudden the lights went off, I freaked out a little, then a couple of seconds after it came back (powered by the generator). We didn't gave too much importance to the incident, and continued with our duties. At lunch time a friend of mine wanted to go to the store to grab something to eat, so we decided to venture outside. The first -employee's only- door was closed and guarded by 2 security guys, we complained of the fuss for just some wind, and decided to try the public access. We went to the street ... and HOLLY SHIT! Right outside the door we saw this:
Next thing I know... the frikin' wind was blowing my clothes and my hair in all directions, I even felt it was pushing me. And let me tell you something, I'm a bit heavy, so this freaked me out a little. My so-called-friend (whom I'm still mad at) told me I was over reacting (ha!), and insisted in going to the store. It turns out it was closed, because the power went off in several blocks. We came back to the hospital to be informed that all non-emergency surgeries have been canceled, and since we were not on call, we left. On my way home I was so scared, the street signs, trash, leaves and whatnot were scattered all over the place, I felt my car being MOVED by the wind!!
I started to really freak out, but tried to keep calm and finally decided I didn't want to go home, and ended up at my university hospital. I really though it was not such a big deal, and that I was exaggerating as always, however I got a bit anxious since my two younger sisters were flying here to visit me for spring break. As I drove to the airport to pick them up I saw some disturbing things. Signs were ripped, trash was all over the place, all the traffic light were off, a cloud of dust etc. It looked like a tornado has just passed. I finally arrived to the airport, and it turned out there was no power there either, all the stores and restaurants were closed, the screens were not working and I could not know whether or my sisters' plane had arrived already. I waited for about 40 minutes, and then I saw them.
They told that the fight had about 20 mins (of a 1hr trip) of heavy turbulence, people were crying, throwing up, and freaking out. But since we're apparently young and careless we just laugh about it and went home.
The trip back was uneventful, no collisions or traffic jams... just the post-tornado look all around. It started to get dark, and I started to worry the power would be out in my block too. Luckily it didn't. (Really luckily, most of the nearby blocks are off) We unpacked the TON of food my momma sent me (:D) and went out to grab some dinner. EVERYTHING was closed! Even the convenience stores! We ended up at a Vip's, which was packed since it was the only decent restaurant in a considerably large area.
We came back to my appartment, I checked the internet and just now realized the magnitude of it all. Here are some pics of what happened just on the areas where I drive/live/work on a daily basis.
We're all fine, don't worry. If you want to know more details of what a mess the city was you can go to elnorte, or a small note in english here.
PD: I apologize for the writing in this post, I'm in a hurry but this is a totally dear
** please notice how I crossed out that word, muajaja that was my VERY FIRST HTML WRITING EVER!!! I'm soooooo Techie
Monday, March 17, 2008
spring break
So hey, its the first day of spring break, I'm on call and I've just been informed that I'll probably be stuck in the ER for most of the day... damn! I sure didn't expect to be in Cancun flashing people or taking tequila shots from anyone's belly but still... man, it sucks!
I'm not even supposed to be here, a fellow student asked me to cover him because some relatives were coming and I gave in, you know cause I'm a good person 'n all. But I am so regretting this. You see, today its a holiday here in Mexico, well not really, but still most people take the day off, which to me is what holidays are all about. In a hospital that means that a bunch of people are lucky and don't have to show up in all day, and a couple unfortunates get to be on call 24 hrs. I was one of the lucky persons, buy my goodness (read: unability to say no) made me trade days. Supposedly its 5 of us covering the Surgery service today, but 3 did have clinical activities at their hospital. So it turns out that from 7am to probably 6pm it's going to be JUST 2 OF US!! To make things worst, I'm not in what one would call speaking terms with this other guy! Damn!!
Upps, a patient just arrived. Gotta go, I'll probably post something again later, given that the internet is the only friend I'll have for the next several hours.
It's going to be a long, long day today.
I'm not even supposed to be here, a fellow student asked me to cover him because some relatives were coming and I gave in, you know cause I'm a good person 'n all. But I am so regretting this. You see, today its a holiday here in Mexico, well not really, but still most people take the day off, which to me is what holidays are all about. In a hospital that means that a bunch of people are lucky and don't have to show up in all day, and a couple unfortunates get to be on call 24 hrs. I was one of the lucky persons, buy my goodness (read: unability to say no) made me trade days. Supposedly its 5 of us covering the Surgery service today, but 3 did have clinical activities at their hospital. So it turns out that from 7am to probably 6pm it's going to be JUST 2 OF US!! To make things worst, I'm not in what one would call speaking terms with this other guy! Damn!!
Upps, a patient just arrived. Gotta go, I'll probably post something again later, given that the internet is the only friend I'll have for the next several hours.
It's going to be a long, long day today.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
vasame los gleenex
Last Friday I cried like I haven't cried in soooo long. Oh goodnes! Not even a baby been taken from his mother AND candy cries as hard as I did.
The culprit is this:
I cried the whole movie! Seriously. From the first 5 minutes 'till the very end. It was just too sad. I'm aware that I've been know to cry during commercials and that maybe my threshold for crying is a bit lower than most people, but still. If you watch this and not shed at least a petty little tear, its not a heart you've got in your chest, its a stone, yo!
I cannot remember the last time a movie made me cry this much. Maybe it was Michael Keaton's My Life, but that was a whole different cry. That was a mourning, sobbing, cant-really-breath kind of cry, while this time it was a constant stream, even when I laughed, still tears came down my cheeks. It was a good cry.
You should really watch this movie, yet a suggestion from me is to go to the theater prepared with a huge pack of Kleenex. I mean it, you'll need it. You will thank me afterwards.
Well, gotta go eat something.
Ciaooo
PS: I love you :)
The culprit is this:
I cried the whole movie! Seriously. From the first 5 minutes 'till the very end. It was just too sad. I'm aware that I've been know to cry during commercials and that maybe my threshold for crying is a bit lower than most people, but still. If you watch this and not shed at least a petty little tear, its not a heart you've got in your chest, its a stone, yo!I cannot remember the last time a movie made me cry this much. Maybe it was Michael Keaton's My Life, but that was a whole different cry. That was a mourning, sobbing, cant-really-breath kind of cry, while this time it was a constant stream, even when I laughed, still tears came down my cheeks. It was a good cry.
You should really watch this movie, yet a suggestion from me is to go to the theater prepared with a huge pack of Kleenex. I mean it, you'll need it. You will thank me afterwards.
Well, gotta go eat something.
Ciaooo
PS: I love you :)
Letrero 4
I know its been a while... I've been quite busy lately with exams and other academic stuff.
Anyways, this is the 4th delivery... Enjoy!
Ok, I get it, no puedo salir fuera con ropa quirúrgica, solo que me queda una pregunta, si salgo dentro puedo conservarla??
Update: recuerdan el letrero 1? Bueno, pues unos dias despues de que tome la foto alguien cruelmente lo arranco... but good news!! Acaban de poner otro parecido!! haha El martes llevaré mi cámara :)
Anyways, this is the 4th delivery... Enjoy!
Ok, I get it, no puedo salir fuera con ropa quirúrgica, solo que me queda una pregunta, si salgo dentro puedo conservarla??Update: recuerdan el letrero 1? Bueno, pues unos dias despues de que tome la foto alguien cruelmente lo arranco... but good news!! Acaban de poner otro parecido!! haha El martes llevaré mi cámara :)
Thursday, March 6, 2008
letrero 3
Finally... the 3rd one.
Este no es un "letrero" propiamente dicho, sino una grafiteada en las tablas de las literas de la mipera. (mipera: llamese aque lugar donde duermen-vegetan-sobreviven los mips; mip: médico interno de pregrado)
Amo a la wera, creo que su elocuencia para describir el internado es incomparable. Donde quiera que estes wera, I feel you, sister! Gracias por hacerme sentir que no estoy sola en esto!
Bueno, ya tengo que estudiar para mi examen de mañana, pero queria escribir algo aqui que ya tenia esto muy abandonado.
Este no es un "letrero" propiamente dicho, sino una grafiteada en las tablas de las literas de la mipera. (mipera: llamese aque lugar donde duermen-vegetan-sobreviven los mips; mip: médico interno de pregrado)Amo a la wera, creo que su elocuencia para describir el internado es incomparable. Donde quiera que estes wera, I feel you, sister! Gracias por hacerme sentir que no estoy sola en esto!
Bueno, ya tengo que estudiar para mi examen de mañana, pero queria escribir algo aqui que ya tenia esto muy abandonado.
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