IDIOTS

Let me just take a few moments to vent. I called my AM patient on Tuesday to confim Thursday's appointment, at 8:00. My patient said she would be here. A few hours later she called but I missed it so I called her yesterday to see why she called. She denied calling me but I again confirmed this appointment at 8:00 AM. She said she'd be here. So... 8:00 AM rolled in this morning and no patient, 8:05-no patient, 8:10- no patient, 8:15-no patient. So I decided to call her. She's at home. Yeah. Just chillin at home. I told her she has an appointment RIGHT NOW and she seemed unconcerned that she is late but said that she would leave in 5 minutes. GRRR!!! This is my class IV. I have to have this patient come. I have 3 quads to complete and with her lateness I hope I will still get it finished. Scratch that, I don't care if I go into my lunch, I am going to finish her and she can just lie in my chair with her mouth open for 3 hours because chances of getting her back in are slim to none. Not to mention I just want to be done with her. I am so frustrated!

Production Day

AM class III 2 quads. I love it when my patients don't speak English!!!

PM: class 1B, class II OD

I was not as productive as I had hoped to be. After doing the job shadow I am really ready to be out in the real world doing my own thing. (Especially after getting a job offer.) I have a hunch that I can do in 45 minutes to an hour what I accomplish in clinic in 2. It amazes me how it takes 2 hours to do an OD sometimes at WSU but at the VA it gets done in 5-10 minutes. It'll be nice to just be left alone. I do appreciate Professor Perry's instruction though. I like how thorough he is and how he sits down with me and really makes sure I understand what the heck is going on. I don't like the radiology situation though. Its a pain in the butt to wait and wait and have it down the hall and around the corner.

Still lookin for a man I can commit to.

Yesterday was a good day in clinic although I was kind of put out I didn't have a Spanish-speaking patient. In the AM I had a class II and put in my first perio chip and in the PM I finished my class V exams.

VA: better this time. My patients actually have teeth this week. 8 quads 1B, 4 quads II