III exam 2 quads AM

1B PM

Requirements

What a snowy day! I thought I would die on my way to the VA when I turned onto highway 89. I am glad to report that I arrived safe and in one piece. I was hoping for some good SRP this morning but it turned out to be 1 quad of a II. Meh... At least I got some anesthetic done and another pano and set of BWX.

I find the demographics at the VA to be interesting. People come in here from all walks of life. I have learned over the years that everyone has been delt a difficult deck of cards custom made for them. If you talk with someone long enough they may open up a little about their own personal refiner's fire and suddenly you may realize that life could be so much worse. We are all too aware of our faults, and the things that make life hard for us. What we really need is someone to love us, people to build us up, to give us hope. I think many of the world's problems could be solved if we (myself included) took a step back, stopped thinking so much on ourselves, our problems, the things we are dealing with, let go of selfish desires and then live to lift another, to lighten another's load.

Case in point: this morning a semi truck driver fell asleep and crashed into the median on the freeway destroying the truck, losing some 42,ooo lbs of beef on the road, causing I-15 to shut down for hours during rush hour traffic thus putting many many people off schedule. The driver is fine but he (assuming it's a he) has to deal with his boss, the police, and a fine among other things. I am sure he will get yelled at and reamed for his actions and while he did cause a lot of damage I thought of being in his shoes right now. I would be traumatized from the accident, probably shaky. He will more than likely lose his job and have to find alternate work. In this economy that is not going to be easy. How will he pay the fines for the damage done without a job? The last thing he needs is for someone to tell him what he did wrong and be gruff with him about the situation. I feel bad for him.

I can't say that I have much to write today. I had a class III this morning. I was only able to get 1 quad done because she had to leave and go to work. My idiot pm patient decided to no show after they told me two hours prior they'd be here. My class III is coming back in a few minutes. I better finish. It would have been nice to know the other one wasn't coming. I could have had another hour of scaletime for my class III but such is life.

I have a new nick name... Shamu. We have a lot of things in common.

The birth control for men thing has had to take a back seat while I study for boards. I don't think its going to fly in this world.

I have come to the conclusion that I am sick of winter. I am sick of being cold. Unfortunately, it will be cold for another 2.5 months. Lovely.

Professor Perry helped me this morning. I appreciated his help and words of advice. He's very efficient too when it comes to getting PE's done and such.

I miss having my VA day on Wednesdays. Tuesdays are alright but I was in my comfort zone on Wednesdays.

Boards...boards...boards.... I am ready for them to be over. I can't imagine trying to study for nationals and anesthesia at the same time. I am so glad that changed.

I have nothing wise, witty, or worth reading to write so I suppose unless some great thing happens or comes to mind, this will conclude my blogging experience for the day.

Hmmm....

Mockboards last week went well. I about had a melt down when I thought my patient had a "fuego" or coldsore. It turned out to be just chapped lips so that was awesome. I nearly burst into tears again after I finished scaling because I was sure I failed and that would be discouraging seeing how my mockboard patient is also my board patient. I ended up passing mockboards and that was a relief. I am much more confident now. I did 29% better than the last mockboard.

Clearly Life is Not Fair

I have been giving serious thought to switching my focus in health care from scrapping crap off teeth to inventing. My first task: Birth Control for Men. Women have enough short sticks in regards to the reproductive aspect of life. I think it is only fair that if women have to have cramps, menstruate, have mood swings, be pregnant, get fat while being pregnant, have difficulty losing pregnancy weight gain, give birth, feel like crap after giving birth, and go through the whole process again the least men could do is take birth control so women don't have the added stress of birth control side effects. For those of us to whom it is recommended for medical purposes, surely there is a better way but because our world is so caught up in birth control for women they have yet to branch out and find alternative methods to treat female dysfunctions. I could be wrong, perhaps there are alternative options but because we have this "pill for every ill" syndrome, health care professionals jump first to pills to solve everything. Take the doctor on campus for example. I have my opinions on him.

As for the clinic aspect of my writing this glorious day... 1B in the morning. 1B in the afternoon.