serendipti's Diaryland Diary 8:47 a.m. - Thursday, Jul. 28, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- High and low lights So some of the highlights and lowlights of the last couple weeks: LOWLIGHT #1: I am constantly sleepy. Like any time I have like even a half an hour between surgeries, I try and sneak a nap in the call room. I have turned into one of those people who falls asleep during lectures, in meetings.....head nods, almost hits my chest, I jerk it back up, then slowly start to droop, head nods, almost hits my chest..the cycle continues...I am always sleepy. :( LOWLIGHT #2: I have turned into one of those tools with a pager. A pager goes off in a room, and I start, look down at my pocket, fumble for my pager to make sure I did not get paged. Multipy this by the number of other med students and residents in the room, and that is the collective reaction of the entrire room as soon as a pager goes off.....I am just one of many tools in a tool box....double LOWLIGHT #3: I have lost about 5 pounds in the last 5 weeks. Not a good rate if you ask me. And this is without trying. LOWLIGHT #4: My GERD has gotten so bad I need to suck it up today and fill my PPI prescription (proton pump inhibitor). One more med, yaaay. LOWLIGHT #5: I am so tired, I feel like I really don't care about having a good interaction with my patients, chatting it up, or anything of the sort. I am all about in and out so I can get to my next one. I catch myself doing stuff like that over and over again, and I try and stop it, but when you have 3 back to back surgeries that you have scrubbed into, then you have like 4 consults in the ER and you have been at work since 5 30 am and now it is 11 pm and you are doing post-op notes on your patients, mustering the energy to care becomes next to impossible. As a result, I don't really like myself when I am tired. Which really bodes well for this field, don't you think? Okay, now that I am devastatingly depressed recounting a few of the lowlights, let's switch gears and go to the highlights: #1: AMY IS BACK!!! Nothing better in the world than to look forward to coming home to someone at the end of the day and not having to eat dinner alone. Nothing sweeter at all. #2: We found Amy this awesome little apt half a block away from me that we are moving her into this week. We found this great pimpy light green velvety couch, and these great vinyl chairs to go with the formica dining table. So that is work, but fun because her home is taking shape. #3: Dean Mendez said he'd approve a 5 week elective block for some family medicine rotation in California. THat means I go home from Aug 19th to Sept 26th, and the best part is that Amy is doing an Irvine rotation then, so we overlap for 4 of thise weeks. And that is when we will have moved into the new house, so between playing with Rohun and helping set up and going surfing with Amy, things are going to be SO-WEET!!! #4: My parents have joined Ballys Gym. They go for 2 hours every morning, 6 to 8 am, and have no injuries thus far, and mom feels an increase in energy and dad feels good, and as a result, bhai and bhabhi are working out so the fam is being healthy and that makes me super stoked. #5: Dad's oncologist says things are not too bad just yet, i.e. he does not need another bone marrow biopsy right now, and he can prolly go to India for a couple months. And, mom apparently does not have cardiac issues because although she had two abnormal EKGs, her echocaridogram came back normal. So in sum, Mom and Dad are a stable as stable can be for the moment, and this is a beautiful thing. Okay, my patient is in the pre-op area, gotta do some work, but I need to finish this high-low list later on. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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