December 2009
55 posts
Still getting fluids. I informed them I was leaving. They laughed.
Currently in the ER getting fluids. Once rehydrated, I’ll be good.
I just want to make sure that everyone knows that I am NOT the “ashley” posting ridiculous things on Georgina’s blog!!!
Ugh
I woke up early this morning not feeling “right.” I tried to go back to sleep, but it was pretty clear it was futile. And then, well, we’ll just say that there were some rumblings from my tummy. It’s finally calmed down, I’m REALLY thirsty and I’m trying to keep myself from going overboard with the rehydration. Most days I really don’t mind being...
I’m comfy on my couch after dinner with some of my favorite people. All month, I’ve felt like something was missing. Nothing bad, just a nagging feeling that a little corner of my life felt empty. It doesn’t escape me what it really is when I stop to think, though.
Several years ago, my family experienced a really really terrible year in which we lost both of my Dad’s...
I've got it!
The best way to spend my FSA money and get the most bang for my buck! We ALL know that drugstores are ridiculously overpriced, so I hated the idea of going to my local CVS. Then it hit me - drugstore.com. Of course, even that money-saving thought wasn’t enough for my thrifty self! Then I remembered Extrabux, which I use whenever I reload my Starbucks card (9% back, baby!). I checked and...
Day off!
I have spent today gathering ideas for care packages (I’m making progress!) and figuring out the most effective way to spend the FSA money I have left for the year.
Tonight - dinner with 12 of my favorite people (my fellow interns!)
So, there’s this nurse at work who is very…grumpy. At work, I tend to be the opposite of grumpy. A few weeks ago she reamed me out for not relaying one (small) piece of information to a physician accepting a transfer when really this piece of information was HERS to relay when she gave nursing report on the patient. Last night at work, a resident from elsewhere in the hospital sat...
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Would you recommend switching majors then if we already declared ourselves as biology majors?
I really think that you should major in whatever you will enjoy studying! Biology majors are a dime a dozen in the med school application process, but there a TONS of them in medical school as well. Your college career shouldn’t be about “being pre-med,” it should be...
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What field of medicine you plan to end up practicing?
I’m currently in an emergency medicine residency program, which will lead to eligibility to sit for the emergency medicine boards and (hopefully) board certification. I talked a little about it in a post last week. That being said, there probably is more to add. Emergency medicine is a specialty, just like internal medicine,...
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Finished work, packing some essentials, then driving to the parents’ house for the night. My mother would FLIP if she knew how little sleep I got last night and how tired I am today. There’s no way she’d let me drive home.
So I just didn’t tell her!
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What advices do you have for pre-med kids?
Keep an open mind. Don’t rush into medicine. Get lots of exposure to a variety of fields. Take a year or two (or more) after college to work and mature - it will give you a chance to enjoy your twenties a little bit. Remember that there’s more to life than organic chemistry. Build relationships with people in and...
In addition
Another care package recipient has been added to the roster. L’il Miss pinkseersucker a) asked EVER so nicely and b) takes care of cute puppies in need of a temporary home, so I just HAD to add one more!
I’m armed with Sudafed (the real kind!) for work tomorrow, then I get to GO HOME and spend some time with my loved ones! So excited. 24 hours from now I should be in my home state!!!
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What kind of medicine do you specialize in, if any? What made you choose that field?
So, I’m a resident. That translates to having an MD but working under supervision. I’m training in emergency medicine, which I chose for a multitude of reasons. I love the pace - the patients aren’t always as sick as portrayed on TV, but there is almost always something to...
Confession
I can see the sun setting from my apartment and I’ve just now finished showering and getting dressed. I’ve had a cold for the last two days, so I skipped looking like I was sleeping through didactics and stayed in bed. I woke up around 2:30 and read tumblr and wrote emails until just about 45 minutes ago. It was glorious, my throat almost isn’t sore any more and I feel much...
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What is the best way to lose weight?
I guess I’m getting this question because I’m a physician, but I have to be honest that most of my knowledge of fitness, nutrition, comes not from the 3 lectures (yes, that was all!) we had but from my own personal interest and struggles with fitness. The best way I’ve found to lose weight and keep it off is to eliminate super processed foods...
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Why did you decide to be a doctor?
I first announced that I wanted to be a doctor around the age of 10, after a particularly heinous, painful doctor’s visit. I had a painful ear infection. Loathe to inconvenience my mom as ear infections were a near weekly occurrence, I said nothing about it and it got much much worse. My mom hugged me one day and bumped my ear and I cried out, then we...
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Care package!!!
So, I was a little sad to only receive TWO emails from people asking to be considered for care packages. But I was also happy, because TWO is SO CLOSE to ONE that I can send something to BOTH these ladies!
nb808 and vodkaphonics - I hope I can put together some lovely surprises for you lovely ladies!!!
Get your care package plea in to me ASAP!
wildcat03 AT gmail dot com
My time spent tracking down rebates a few months ago resulted in $85 that I otherwise wouldn’t have received. AND THEN I got a letter from HP related to a rebate on a computer that I bought in 2006 and no longer own. I’d lost a rebate check and never attempted to replace it - the letter was HP trying to fulfill their obligation! All I had to do was fax in a form and there was...
Care package
So, I’m thinking it’s care package time again. At least, time for me to get someone in mind and start putting it together. So, you should email me why YOU would like a care package!
I would also like to make this a self-perpetuating thing, so please please consider whether you would be willing to continue the chain! It doesn’t necessarily have to cost a lot of $$ - beautiful...
While all you crazy folks were at work, I was asleep in my bed most of today!
Of course, that does mean I worked overnight last night and that while all of you are enjoying happy hour tonight, I’ll be getting ready for another overnight shift.
Things I love
Eyeballing a patient from a mile away and knowing what’s wrong with them and what I can do to fix it (doesn’t happen often, but it’s great when it does)
Nice nurses
Fun attending physicians
Awesome coworkers
When batting my eyelashes at the vending machine stock guy gets me a bag of Cheetos because I have no cash
Post-overnight shift breakfast at Bella’s!!
I am campaigning to get my tumblarity over 100.
You all should help.
Going to lie down in my call room for 30 minutes before my shift.
Note: alone. This is not Grey’s Anatomy.
I received this email from a colleague a couple days ago. It’s edited to protect his identity since this is going to be a rant.
Hey I have a huge favor to ask you and you are the only one who can save me…on 12/24, I am working 4p-2a and you are working 8a-5p. I am not going to be able to go home for XMAS, because it is impossible to fly to ____ for like two days, and my cousins are...
Me: It's so cold in here. WHY IS IT SO COLD IN MY APARTMENT?
Mom: Because despite the fact that you make a good living, don't spend extravagantly, and pick up extra shifts for money that you ALSO won't spend, you refuse to turn the heat above 65?
Me: IT'S ON 66, HAH!!!!!
Too casual?
Every Wednesday, I’m required to attend 5 hours of lecture in order to fulfill my educational obligations for residency. The hours of lecture aren’t too bad, but the weird work schedule I have often means I worked ‘til 11 or 12 the night before, and lectures start at 8:30. Since I’m not the type who can come home from work and pass out immediately (unless I’m...
bumblevision:
Also, my doctor is hawt.
Oooh, you’ll have to tell me the name! I was a med student there and there was definitely a fair amount of eye candy!
A CT Tumblr get-together. What do you think? Would you be in?
2nd question: “The Have” or Hartford?
I’ve been awake for 9 hours, worked 4 hours, and am ready to go back to sleep already. Since I have to work early tomorrow, I just may!
If I picked up 4 extra hours of work today at a rate far above my usual rate (which is salaried) AND I can get 10% back on the purchase I’m eyeing…that means it’s practically free, right?
Help!?
MUST choose an outfit for work party tonight and the pickings are SLIM! I would really appreciate help, but no laughing at my fashion ineptness, k?
Which top? Skirt or pants?
Thanks, ladies!!
An update on the champion sleeper sitch:
Slept from 1 AM last night til 10 AM this morning (got home from work at 12:30)
Then slept from 1:30 PM until 6 PM
Reasons I hate overnights - the posting on Tumblr dies down and I have nothing to read during the occasional down minute.
nb808 - I promise there will be a response coming your way by the end of the week!