the hungrier you are, the longer you will live

During a lecture on the metabolism of fats in our diet in our biochemistry class, my professor cited a study. This study was conducted over 20 years and had two sets of cohorts, regularly fed monkeys and then monkeys that were given 1/3 less calories than the 'control' monkeys. The monkeys who had their calories restricted lived longer healthier lives.

"the reason i bring this up is because we are talking about fats...and most of the calories we are taking in come from fats. i wish i had known this 20 years ago but you guys have no excuse so ya know...raise your children right and ya know, i guess its better to be a little bit hungry. hey, the restriction part does not mean malnutrition."
-Prof B

I PASSED

and i didnt just pass....i did really well :) above average well.

feels good, feels damn good!

To Recap...

30 powerpoints with aprox. 40 slides each (some had more, some had way less)
36 word documents or pdf documents (ranging from 3 to7 pages long)
250 slide powerpoint of histology images (histology is the study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals--we just did human tissue)

this information was covered in 45 hours of lecture time (in class) spanning 9 days. subjects including physiology, developmental histology (embryology), biochemisty, molecular biology,

i cant (and dont want to) count how many hours i spent studying this material.

today, we had a 3 hour (and i was there until the last minute) exam covering every detail of this information in 125 questions.

and i will do this all over again in 2 and a half weeks.

now i understand why all the 2nd years kept telling us that anatomy was the easiest class. looking back at our exams and the amount of content that was drastically lower, it makes since that they would say this. also, i keep hearing the good news that it only gets harder. i am a little scared.

but, i do have to say taking this test today was a huge accomplishment and i feel damn proud of myself for having survived it. being able to recognize and understand all of the information makes me feel intelligent. now i just need to work on building up my confidence. I CAN DO IT!!

i have a headache...had it for the past 2 days

How have i studied for 4 days SOLID and i STILL feel like i am going to fail this test tomorrow?

welcome to medical school