Archive for May, 2004

One More Week…

May 31st, 2004

…until this school year drags to an end.

Wait Till It’s My Turn

May 25th, 2004

In preparation for my upcoming trip to Thailand and India, I had a doctor’s appointment today with a travel doctor. I made my appointment for 12 noon, so that I’d have plenty of time for the appointment and then to make it to my 1pm class.
But did I make it? No…of course not. Stupid goddamn […]

“Hands-on” Clinical Correlation

May 21st, 2004

I got a first-hand view of the hand muscles we happen to be learning about in school right now. Had another one of my panic attacks last night — my biggest one yet, actually. I woke up about an hour after falling asleep, and next thing I knew I was awake, arms flinging, and my […]

Gross No More

May 14th, 2004

Today was our last dissection for Gross Anatomy…and not a day too soon, either. What started out as an identifiable, intact, human-like cadaver was turned into, over 10 long and smelly months, a messy pile of small scraps. There is no piece larger than a few inches, and no body part has been untouched. […]

Hocus Pocus?

May 11th, 2004

Today for ICM we went to the Emperor’s College, which is both a school and clinic that practices alternative/Eastern medicine, and it was like entering into a weird new world. Even though their goal is to heal people, the language and explanations they used were just bizarre. Heartbeats were wiry or slippery. Illness and stress […]

Final Unit

May 3rd, 2004

Today was the first day of our Muskuloskeletal unit…the last unit of the year. Which means neuro is done. Which also means year one of medical school is almost done. This seems like it will be a quick and relatively easy unit, although we are tripling up on the number of gross anatomy dissections we […]