Another Week Has Begun

So, the weekend is about over... and just one more week of school until spring break. It is not looking so bad... class goes only until three tomorrow, and the rest of the week we only have 6 more hours of class total. Wait! and then we have a Pharmacology Test on Friday. Maybe this week won't be so easy! (Ok, so I know it won't be easy, in fact, the test will be a killer). Then, I have to write a paper Friday afternoon and pack for you-know-where!

Another Saturday

And so another Saturday has come...

another day at Barnes and Noble studying Pharmacology.

Umm... and that is about it.

Next week at this time I will be on a plane to Hawaii!!!

ACTUAL WRITINGS FOUND ON CHARTS IN HOSPITALS

1. The patient refused autopsy.

2. The patient has no previous history of suicides.

3. Patient has left white blood cells at another hospital.

4. Patient's medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days.

5. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.

6. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.

7. On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it disappeared.

8. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.

9. The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.

10. Discharge status: Alive, but without my permission.

11. Healthy appearing decrepit 69-year old male, mentally alert, but forgetful.

12. Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.

13. She is numb from her toes down.

14. While in ER, she was examined, x-rated and sent home.

15. The skin was moist and dry.

16. Occasional, constant infrequent headaches.

17. Patient was alert and unresponsive.

18. Rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid.

19. She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life until she got a divorce.

20. I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.

21. Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation.

22. Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized

23. The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.

24. Skin: somewhat pale. but present.

25. The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor.

26. Large brown stool ambulating in the hall.

27. Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.

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Test Circulation

I have become a study zombie wandering from coffee shop to coffee shop...attempting to learn pathology. Oh yes, this is the life. After spending the morning/afternoon at Panera, I am now at home staring at my pile of pathology handouts sitting on the table, with split pea soup simmering on the stove in the background. Only two weeks of intense study madness before spring break!!! We will make it, then it will be a wonderful vacation before the day comes when it all begins again!

Happy Valentines Day!  

Out of My Bondage

Out of my bondage sorrow and night,

Jesus, I come, Jesus I come.

Into Thy freedom, gladness and light

Jesus, I come to Thee.

Out of my sickness into Thy health,

Out of my want and into Thy wealth,

Out of my sin and into Thy-self

Jesus I come to Thee.

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Out of my shameful failure and loss,

Jesus I come, Jesus I come;

Into the glorious gain of Thy cross

Jesus, I come to Thee;

Out of earth's sorrows into Thy balm,

Out of life's storms and into Thy calm,

Out of distress to jubilant psalm,

Jesus, I come to Thee.

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Out of unrest and arrogant pride,

Jesus, I come, Jesus I come;

Into Thy blessed will to abide,

Jesus, I come to Thee;

Out of myself to dwell in Thy love

Out of despair into raptures above,

Upward for aye on the wings like a dove,

Jesus, I come to Thee.

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Out of the fear and dread of the tomb,

Jesus, I come, Jesus I come;

Into the joy and light of Thy home

,Jesus, I come to Thee;

Out of the depths of ruin untold,

Into the peace of Thy sheltering fold,

Ever Thy glorious face to behold,

Jesus, I come to Thee.

Another week of studying...

We are in the middle of another week of studying... we have another pharmacology test on Wednesday. This time, it is on the kidneys and the endocrine system. I still have a lot of drugs to learn, so the rest of the week will be full of studying (and meetings and class, of course!). The weather is nice here, sunny and in the 70s during the day- too bad I can only enjoy it from the window in front of my desk. Maybe I will go for a walk later with my flashcards- in that case, I had better get back to studying!

Have a great week... and all you med students- study hard. :)

Your Health IQ

True or False???

1. More than half the bones in the human body are in the hands and feet.
2. Bones are connected to bones by tendons.
3. The largest artery in your body is the aorta, which leads to the heart. It is almost the diameter of a garden hose.
4.Exercise helps your bones to grow and increase in density.
5. The heart is the size of an average adult foot.
6.You can detect water on an X-ray.
7. A newborn baby has 350 bones, but a fully-grown adult has only 206.
8. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
9. The beating sound of the heart is created by valves opening and closing.
10. There are no muscles in your pinkie fingers (the muscles that move them are in your hands and forearms).
11. Cup for cup, broccoli has twice as much Vitamin C as an orange and close to the calcium of milk.
12. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 yrs.
13. The “red eyes” you see in photographs come from reflections off the back of your eyeball.

IT’S ALL SO OVIBUOS

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Our Comunity Medicine Solution

We thought we had come up with an original solution for the obesity epidemic-- alas & alack the idea had already been taken by the ACLU. I guess we will have to keep trying! Click on the title to listen.

(Please DISREGARD the ACLU logos and just listen to the audio for the entertainment value! )

- The link is courtesy of my mom.

Kristy, Amanda, Jen, Tabetha, Miranda, Robeson, Ken on the ski trip to Beech! 

It was awesome!

Today I awoke surrouned by the warmth of my covers to the sound of rain on the roof and the feeling of fatigue throughout my body. Still, I gradually succeeded in dragging myself out of bed in order to make it to class at 8. As God's providence would have it, when we arrived, we discovered the power is not working at school today, so class is cancelled!!! I should've slept in! So, it is studying for the rest of day, wrapped in blankets and watching the rain coming down outside.

As I continue to move about, I found more and more muscles that were sore from snowboarding the yesterday. However, the consequences are quite worth the amazing day we had! The slopes were packed powder and we (Kristy, Amanda, Jen, Miranda, Robeson, Ken and I) had a ton of fun! It was a very long day (leaving at 4am, getting back around 10pm), and I am very grateful for the break from class today to recover and try to catch up on studying- now that the body is tired out and the brain is rested!!!

Have a wonderful day! :)

The weekend was fun... we had snow in Greenville Saturday morning and didn't attend the conference since the roads were icy/snowy. So, we spent the day at Jen's house... we played pinochle, Life, and other games and watche a couple of movies. It was very relaxing...

Sunday, church was cancelled but by the afternoon the roads were better- the ice melted away and the sky was blue. We all went out for lunch at Stax Omega- Jen, Miranda, Forrest, Jen's family and grandma... it was delicious.

After dropping off Forrest and picking up Pepper, we headed home to Columbia to start another week of school. The roads were clear and it was an uneventful ride home.

Now, we are in the middle of another week of school. Learning about the intestines and the drugs... tomorrow we have the day off and are going skiing!!! Yea! Should be lots of fun. We have to leave at 4am tomorrow morning.... hope I can wake up!!! I haven't been snowboarding in so long.... I am very excited.

Well, I need to pay attention to this lecture on the stomach...