Surgery Clerkship Review

I'm not going to lie.  I was dreading the Surgery Clerkship.

I don't particularly like being miserable - that sounds like an obvious statement for anyone to make, but I can assure you as you get to know medical students, you will find that some people not only love it but thrive on it.  Anyway, I don't particularly like being miserable, and I don't mean to be a drama queen, but I hate being tired.

Exam Week Thoughts

We have an exam coming up.  A big one.  I have been good and stressed out and overworked and in a generally foul mood.  I'm not sleeping well.

It happens.

But I was walking home from a review session today, and I went by the main hospital.  I looked in the window and saw this poor little girl who was about 5 or 6 years old sitting in a wheelchair.  She looked pretty sick.  I couldn't begin to guess what was wrong with her, but it looked bad.

Med School

Sorry I never post anymore.  Unfortunately, medical school really sucks.  To all the future medical students reading this, you have been warned!

Best,
The Med Student

Paleo Diet - Heart Health Success Story!

          Heart disease runs in my father's side of the family.  My grandfather has had a heart attack or two, and it seems all the males in that lineage have high cholesterol.  I probably wouldn't like my numbers, but I'm too busy refusing doctors attempts to check.

          However, there is some good news.  My father, after being put on a statin a few years ago, finally decided to come around and give my wacky Paleo/Track Your Plaque diet ideas a shot.  It took some tweaking and more than a few long phone calls, but he has had a pretty good handle on the diet for the last few months.

Education Bubble???

          I thought this was an interesting article that dealt with some ideas I have been toying with lately.  It in part deals with the idea of there being an education bubble in our country.  I'm sure many of you have heard the phrase or even joked to others that a college degree is the new high school degree (thus making a masters or higher degree the new college degree).  While we may joke about it, I tend to think that's actually becoming a reality.

          This evidence is definitely anecdotal, but a lot of the kids that went to my high school and went on to get a college degree are currently unemployed or at jobs you would consider to be far below their educational level (ex cashier at Borders with no other plans on the horizon).  Many of them are going back to school for masters degrees they don't particularly need or want.  Friends of mine have confirmed seeing similar results in their acquaintances.

Reflecting on the New iPad

          The new iPad has been here for a while now, so maybe this review is a little old.  I got mine on the first day of deliveries.  It arrived early, at 10 AM, but when the doorbell rang, I knew it could be nothing else.  I was still asleep (no, I wasn't working that Friday, and yes, I have been a bit of a bum this year), but I was so excited I lept out of bed and answered the door in my boxers.

          Yes, that happened.  The mail guy was actually pretty cool about it.

It's Here

          As I mentioned way back in this post, I have to determined, without any question, that I not only want an iPad... I need an iPad.

          Sure.  Maybe my reasoning was a little thin.  Maybe I made a few leaps of logic in a rather difficult attempt to justify a near $1000 luxury purchase... but I think I still managed to get there.  It's worth it.  I think.  Humor aside though, I do think I can make a convincing argument that an iPad will be very helpful in medical school.  I'm just not quite sure if it's a 700 dollar argument.