I survived!

I know its been a while since I last blogged, but at the rate things are going, blogging is one of the farthest things from my mind (sowee). Aside from the fact that this year, I never sat at my computer like before, I just had no motivation to blog, and twitter....(lets just leave it at that).

One thing that always scared me about junior year in med school was the fact that the school year runs for 12 calender months. So that means NO SUMMER BREAK! I used to think that would be hard, but I've done it, and I survived! I actually didnt even know when summer started and ended. My life was divided into rotations, so I didnt even realize that I didnt have a summer break.

For senior year, we dont get public holidays or snow breaks. While that seems harsh, Im one week into it and I realize that its not so hard either. I'm gonna go hard for 4 months and basically chill out the rest of the year (this should be fun!....except the little bugger known as the match)

I know I promised to give a breakdown about how the year went, and I have a feeling if I dont do it in this post, its never going to be done. so here goes

Pediatrics: My first ever rotation, and so I was still over-eager and green around the ear. This was where I made all the mistakes, learnt how to write notes, see patients, deal with crying kids. The most notable thing here was I became buddies with an attending that I was scared of, and she ended up writing me a recommendation letter.

Psychiatry: fondest memories. I used to be scared to enter the psych department at first (I still am) but then I found out it wasnt all bad. Had a couple of male patients hit on me, lol.
Most memorable patient was a guy who just got out of prison after 18 years and was admitted because he was going to commit suicide. I was talking to him on the first day and I said "...when there's life there's hope...", and he went "its easier for you to say that, you're young, pretty, gonna become a doctor, got ur whole life ahead of u...". I felt bad, but we later became friends, and he used to look forward to me coming to see him in the mornings.

Family Medicine: CHILLING! I had 3 day weekends throughout this month *sigh* good ol' days! This rotation made me feel like a real doctor, cos I saw patients, wrote prescriptions, did exams and all that.

Surgery: ...and it all went downhill from here - tired days, persistently sleepy, overnight calls. I thought I was interested in surgery. I loved to scrub in for cases (even though all i did was hold retractors, lol) and then I realized surgery wasnt suited for me...then I chilled out.

OB/GYN: almost as bad as surgery (long days, overnight calls, etc) but I LOVED IT! There was always something happening on call nights so it wasnt too tiring....then I saw my first delivery and I was g-r-o-s-s-e-d o-u-t! Scrubbed in on my first c-section, got to suture. Assisted in more deliveries that were not as gross.
Fondest memories (apart from suturing :) ) was a woman whom I was assisting in her delivery. She had opted for no epidural and was taking it like a G. Her husband was in the reclining chair (prolly on twitter or texting). I had to hold this woman's hand through each contractions (yes, they almost break your fingers) for almost 2 hours till it was time to gown up for the delivery. She was going to give me something after, maybe Mary kay cosmetics, but I conveniently disappeared.

Internal Medicine: I wont even lie, I was bored out of my mind. I dont even want to talk about it. Maybe because it was my last rotation, and I was already burnt out, but I wasnt excited about it at all.

o well, third year is over, and I survived! yippee!






PS: I'm thinking of going into blogging retirement. what y'all think?