I'll just leave this here.
To Being Doctors to Be
Friday, July 5, 2013
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Busiest. Night. Ever.
Well, I can officially say that I survived my first night shift at the hospital.
But when I say survived, I mean barely.
The doc got in around midnight and from that time till 8am he was just an energizer bunny. Which in retrospect was good when you take into consideration that at about 3 in the morning there were 27 patients on the board with more coming in, and when I left at 8am there were 9.
That might not seem like much, but since he was the only attending (granted he had 3 really good residents), and not all of the patients were there for completely BS reasons, and there were a few parents who were just frustrating to deal with, it was one hell of a night.
Overall though, it was a good experience. I managed to stay awake and on my toes the entire night (because well, with a night like that, you don't have time to think about being tired, or even having to go to the bathroom).
I can't wait to do another one :3
But when I say survived, I mean barely.
The doc got in around midnight and from that time till 8am he was just an energizer bunny. Which in retrospect was good when you take into consideration that at about 3 in the morning there were 27 patients on the board with more coming in, and when I left at 8am there were 9.
That might not seem like much, but since he was the only attending (granted he had 3 really good residents), and not all of the patients were there for completely BS reasons, and there were a few parents who were just frustrating to deal with, it was one hell of a night.
Overall though, it was a good experience. I managed to stay awake and on my toes the entire night (because well, with a night like that, you don't have time to think about being tired, or even having to go to the bathroom).
I can't wait to do another one :3
Friday, June 28, 2013
Now that it's summer time
I figure I better get back on updating this.
I really had every intention of keeping up with this during the year, but it really just proved to be impossible.
End of OMS-I
The second semester really kicked a lot of people's butts, but I did manage to kick some of it right back with some considerable amount of force. Yeah, take that Neuro, and then Hematology and Immunology came along and just laughed at me.
But all is said and done, and I was able to go home on May 31st saying that I had officially finished one year of Medical School, and that I was officially A.S., OMS-II. It was quite exciting.
Hello vacation
The morning after, was the beginning of my last summer vacation ever. EVER.
So what was the most appropriate thing to do? Fly off to the Philippines. Naturally.
I have to admit, the Philippines was absolutely amazing, and after 2.5 weeks of sun, warmth, sleeping in, enjoying life, I really did not want to head back to NY. But there I was, sitting on a plane stuck with countless crying and screaming toddlers going back to JFK.
Being all science-y and stuff
Since I got back, it was a struggle to get back on a normal sleep schedule since I was doing nothing for a few days, but then I started doing research at school for the Summer Research Program, and I will probably continue working under him throughout the Fall Semester. (Yay for money)
I have to admit, I hate grunt work, but as the days go on, I get to do more things and get more involved in the various projects that my PI is working on (including mine), and I find myself happy to be doing bench work again. Kind of makes me miss those days at undergrad.
Back to being a shadow
Anyway, between going crazy over the last block of classes, I was also running around applying to be a volunteer/shadow at a nearby hospital in the Pediatric Emergency Department, which just so happens to be where I want to eventually work, so it's really no big deal. (I wish)
Now that that's all set up, I will officially start shadowing on Saturday night. Yes, nights. I'll start off with a 12am-8am shift.
I swear, I'm not crazy or anything.
I really had every intention of keeping up with this during the year, but it really just proved to be impossible.
End of OMS-I
The second semester really kicked a lot of people's butts, but I did manage to kick some of it right back with some considerable amount of force. Yeah, take that Neuro, and then Hematology and Immunology came along and just laughed at me.
But all is said and done, and I was able to go home on May 31st saying that I had officially finished one year of Medical School, and that I was officially A.S., OMS-II. It was quite exciting.
Hello vacation
The morning after, was the beginning of my last summer vacation ever. EVER.
So what was the most appropriate thing to do? Fly off to the Philippines. Naturally.
I have to admit, the Philippines was absolutely amazing, and after 2.5 weeks of sun, warmth, sleeping in, enjoying life, I really did not want to head back to NY. But there I was, sitting on a plane stuck with countless crying and screaming toddlers going back to JFK.
Being all science-y and stuff
Since I got back, it was a struggle to get back on a normal sleep schedule since I was doing nothing for a few days, but then I started doing research at school for the Summer Research Program, and I will probably continue working under him throughout the Fall Semester. (Yay for money)
I have to admit, I hate grunt work, but as the days go on, I get to do more things and get more involved in the various projects that my PI is working on (including mine), and I find myself happy to be doing bench work again. Kind of makes me miss those days at undergrad.
Back to being a shadow
Anyway, between going crazy over the last block of classes, I was also running around applying to be a volunteer/shadow at a nearby hospital in the Pediatric Emergency Department, which just so happens to be where I want to eventually work, so it's really no big deal. (I wish)
Now that that's all set up, I will officially start shadowing on Saturday night. Yes, nights. I'll start off with a 12am-8am shift.
I swear, I'm not crazy or anything.
Friday, December 28, 2012
Have I mentioned that I'm terrible at keeping up with these?
Well, if I havn't, I'm absolutely terrible at updating blogs, as you can see. I was just lurking about the interwebs when I realized, hey, I have a blog, and I don't think I've posted in it for a while. Sure enough, as per usual, I don't even remember which e-mail address I use for the login. Sure enough, as per usual, I check when I last updated, only to realize its been approximately 2 months since I updated.
Okay, last I posted, I was at the point in the semester where I was trying to balance off show rehearsals, and school. So the show turned out to be absolutely amazing, one of the best experiences I've had at Molloy, and to the entire casts' surprise, we had a great turnout. All my amazing friends and family came out to see which made it even more special for me <3. And thus, most likely ends my theatrical career.
Once the show was over, it was crunch time. Between that huge seminar paper, pointless Forensics assignments, and a whole ton of other things that I don't even remember now because it seems like the last month of college was forever ago, I worked, I ate, I spent a lot of time on campus, and I spent a lot of time with friends.
Finals week, because of the massive amount of take home finals/presentations that were considered to be our final, was pretty much a breeze.
After that, Gala. Probably the most amazing weekend anyone could ask for to close their college career. We got dressed up, took lots of pictures, we danced, we slept in a tent, and had croissants and brie for breakfast. The night was a good night. The following day/night was pretty awesome as well.
Between Gala and Graduation was a mix of family things, hang outs, Graduation parties, catching up with old friends, getting to know new ones.
Graduation itself was a pretty bittersweet event. As excited as I was to finally graduate, it was a little sad to realize that I'll probably never walk into our common room/cafeteria and see all the familiar faces that I'm used to seeing on a daily basis.
^ Okay so I think I typed this up around July, it seems.
And again, I must apologize for my lack of posts. Things are a whole lot crazier than I thought they would be since I started up school.
So, basically, I spent my summer exploring Singapore, seeing friends, relaxing, catching up on sleep before life would get sucked out of me once school started.
And boy, med school has really lived up to expectations, and then some.
We basically started the second week of August, with 2 days of orientation (Friday, and the following Monday) and then classes started right away that Tuesday. It has been absolutely non-stop since we started. Well, it should not have been, but it was.
Started off med school with an Introduction class, which was basically a crash course in the not-so-basic sciences. Boy was that quite the clusterfuck that I was warned about by second years. But, thankfully, we finished that in the first week of October. Then, we immediately (nope, no break at all between the two blocks) moved into Musculoskeletal. And boy, did I love MSK. Really, I did. To the point where I started even considering Orthopedics. Mostly because of the Ortho professor that we had (I absolutely LOVED him), but because that stuff just made sense to me. Who knows, maybe I will end up being a carpenter for bones. I'm going to have to hit up the gym more often if that's the case though. We'll see.
So this is where the "it should not have been" so non-stop but it was part comes in. In the middle of MSK, we had that oh so lovely hurricane Sandy that blew out an entire week of school, setting back our exam schedule to an even more of a clusterfuck than Intro was. So basically, they pushed back our trifectas (OMM practical, Anatomy practical and final exam) to AFTER Thanksgiving break, but all the while we were still starting Integ right on time. So, we were learning about skin stuff, while still trying to find time to study MSK, and then after MSK was finally over, we had about a week to cram for the Integ exam that was coming soon after. The stress level was incredible, but thankfully, I made it out of MSK with a Pass, and as of now, I'm still passing Integ.
So right now, I'm on Christmas break, which, really isn't a break because well, we have our last Integ exam coming up soon after we return.
No rest for the weary.
Anyway, must head back to studying, just wanted to take a few minutes to update on life, or lack-there-of.
I'll post again soon with more about what it's like to be where I am :)
Okay, last I posted, I was at the point in the semester where I was trying to balance off show rehearsals, and school. So the show turned out to be absolutely amazing, one of the best experiences I've had at Molloy, and to the entire casts' surprise, we had a great turnout. All my amazing friends and family came out to see which made it even more special for me <3. And thus, most likely ends my theatrical career.
Once the show was over, it was crunch time. Between that huge seminar paper, pointless Forensics assignments, and a whole ton of other things that I don't even remember now because it seems like the last month of college was forever ago, I worked, I ate, I spent a lot of time on campus, and I spent a lot of time with friends.
Finals week, because of the massive amount of take home finals/presentations that were considered to be our final, was pretty much a breeze.
After that, Gala. Probably the most amazing weekend anyone could ask for to close their college career. We got dressed up, took lots of pictures, we danced, we slept in a tent, and had croissants and brie for breakfast. The night was a good night. The following day/night was pretty awesome as well.
Between Gala and Graduation was a mix of family things, hang outs, Graduation parties, catching up with old friends, getting to know new ones.
Graduation itself was a pretty bittersweet event. As excited as I was to finally graduate, it was a little sad to realize that I'll probably never walk into our common room/cafeteria and see all the familiar faces that I'm used to seeing on a daily basis.
^ Okay so I think I typed this up around July, it seems.
And again, I must apologize for my lack of posts. Things are a whole lot crazier than I thought they would be since I started up school.
So, basically, I spent my summer exploring Singapore, seeing friends, relaxing, catching up on sleep before life would get sucked out of me once school started.
And boy, med school has really lived up to expectations, and then some.
We basically started the second week of August, with 2 days of orientation (Friday, and the following Monday) and then classes started right away that Tuesday. It has been absolutely non-stop since we started. Well, it should not have been, but it was.
Started off med school with an Introduction class, which was basically a crash course in the not-so-basic sciences. Boy was that quite the clusterfuck that I was warned about by second years. But, thankfully, we finished that in the first week of October. Then, we immediately (nope, no break at all between the two blocks) moved into Musculoskeletal. And boy, did I love MSK. Really, I did. To the point where I started even considering Orthopedics. Mostly because of the Ortho professor that we had (I absolutely LOVED him), but because that stuff just made sense to me. Who knows, maybe I will end up being a carpenter for bones. I'm going to have to hit up the gym more often if that's the case though. We'll see.
So this is where the "it should not have been" so non-stop but it was part comes in. In the middle of MSK, we had that oh so lovely hurricane Sandy that blew out an entire week of school, setting back our exam schedule to an even more of a clusterfuck than Intro was. So basically, they pushed back our trifectas (OMM practical, Anatomy practical and final exam) to AFTER Thanksgiving break, but all the while we were still starting Integ right on time. So, we were learning about skin stuff, while still trying to find time to study MSK, and then after MSK was finally over, we had about a week to cram for the Integ exam that was coming soon after. The stress level was incredible, but thankfully, I made it out of MSK with a Pass, and as of now, I'm still passing Integ.
So right now, I'm on Christmas break, which, really isn't a break because well, we have our last Integ exam coming up soon after we return.
No rest for the weary.
Anyway, must head back to studying, just wanted to take a few minutes to update on life, or lack-there-of.
I'll post again soon with more about what it's like to be where I am :)
Thursday, April 12, 2012
The semesters finally winding down!
Oh man. This semester really flew by. Easter break was last weekend, so, as always, Easter break marks basically the end of the semester.
Naturally, that means all of my teachers are freaking out over the lack of grades they have for us. Ergo, naturally, I have a shitton of things to get done before finals week. Naturally, it's the week of the show, so none of this stuff is actually getting done until after the Sunday show. Good stuff.
So the show's been going really well. I've been off book for about a week now, which would be disappointing if I weren't, since I have all of like 5 lines in the show. Opening night is a week from today, so basically, we've just been building the sets, working out lighting, and running the show over and over again. Thankfully, we have next couple of days off from rehearsal, give my body some time to rest. I'm not looking forward to an 8am rehearsal on Saturday though, that's as hell for sure.
After the show, basically there's one more week of school, then finals week, and finally Gala. Then we have like a week of nothingness which means I will get to finally SLEEP and just chill. I'm very much looking forward to that :D and then May 21st is Graduation. I basically just summarized my next month into a post. This is either gonna fly by so fast, or drag on forever. Let's hope it's the former. I would really like to just be done.
Naturally, that means all of my teachers are freaking out over the lack of grades they have for us. Ergo, naturally, I have a shitton of things to get done before finals week. Naturally, it's the week of the show, so none of this stuff is actually getting done until after the Sunday show. Good stuff.
So the show's been going really well. I've been off book for about a week now, which would be disappointing if I weren't, since I have all of like 5 lines in the show. Opening night is a week from today, so basically, we've just been building the sets, working out lighting, and running the show over and over again. Thankfully, we have next couple of days off from rehearsal, give my body some time to rest. I'm not looking forward to an 8am rehearsal on Saturday though, that's as hell for sure.
After the show, basically there's one more week of school, then finals week, and finally Gala. Then we have like a week of nothingness which means I will get to finally SLEEP and just chill. I'm very much looking forward to that :D and then May 21st is Graduation. I basically just summarized my next month into a post. This is either gonna fly by so fast, or drag on forever. Let's hope it's the former. I would really like to just be done.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Busy Busy Busy
Oh dear me. I'm terribly sorry. This last semester has not been as free and easy going as I thought it would be.
With less than 3 weeks until the show, I've pretty much been spending more time in school than I do at home, which is craaazy.
As far as school goes, I'm getting all my stuff done. My seminar term paper is almost complete. It's always that last page that's the hardest to get through :(
As far as med school goes, I'm getting new forms to fill out and submit basically on a weekly basis, which is nicely paced, so nothing too stressful. This week I got the papers to activate my new school e-mail address, which means I can finally join the network yay!
That's pretty much it. Been trying to make the most out of my second semester senior year, spending time with friends as much as humanly possible, so naturally, sleep has NOT been much of an option as of late. But it's okay. I make up for it on the weekends. Sort of.
With less than 3 weeks until the show, I've pretty much been spending more time in school than I do at home, which is craaazy.
As far as school goes, I'm getting all my stuff done. My seminar term paper is almost complete. It's always that last page that's the hardest to get through :(
As far as med school goes, I'm getting new forms to fill out and submit basically on a weekly basis, which is nicely paced, so nothing too stressful. This week I got the papers to activate my new school e-mail address, which means I can finally join the network yay!
That's pretty much it. Been trying to make the most out of my second semester senior year, spending time with friends as much as humanly possible, so naturally, sleep has NOT been much of an option as of late. But it's okay. I make up for it on the weekends. Sort of.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
HOLY COW I'M IN
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
I'm so terribly sorry. But there really are no words to express how FREGGIN HAPPY I AM RIGHT NOW. So I start off the entry with the first words out of my mouth as soon as I opened the envelope. Accepted into my first choice school? HELLFREGGING YEAH
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
...okay I'm done
...NO WAIT I LIED NO IM NOT
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES OMFGGGG YES YES YES YES
When I opened the letter. I laughed. I cried. I perspired. I didn't really know what else to do. Except just let all my emotions pour out. All this hard work for the last 4 years. All the hours that I spent at the hospital instead of going out with friends. All the parties I had to leave early because I had to get up to go to the hospital the following day. HOLY SCHMIGOLIES ALL FCKING WORTH IT NOW.
I apologize for the incredible amount of caps locks that's going on in this entry. I try to avoid that as much as I can but you know what? Its TOTES appropriate right now. And pretty much the only way I can convey my excitement and happiness.
Okay. I'm still shaking from excitement and it's been a good 6 hours since I opened the envelope. I'll try to update with a more coherent entry soon.
I'm so terribly sorry. But there really are no words to express how FREGGIN HAPPY I AM RIGHT NOW. So I start off the entry with the first words out of my mouth as soon as I opened the envelope. Accepted into my first choice school? HELLFREGGING YEAH
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
...okay I'm done
...NO WAIT I LIED NO IM NOT
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES OMFGGGG YES YES YES YES
When I opened the letter. I laughed. I cried. I perspired. I didn't really know what else to do. Except just let all my emotions pour out. All this hard work for the last 4 years. All the hours that I spent at the hospital instead of going out with friends. All the parties I had to leave early because I had to get up to go to the hospital the following day. HOLY SCHMIGOLIES ALL FCKING WORTH IT NOW.
I apologize for the incredible amount of caps locks that's going on in this entry. I try to avoid that as much as I can but you know what? Its TOTES appropriate right now. And pretty much the only way I can convey my excitement and happiness.
Okay. I'm still shaking from excitement and it's been a good 6 hours since I opened the envelope. I'll try to update with a more coherent entry soon.
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