"AMS [Acute Mountain Sickness] must be distinguished from exhaustion, dehydration, hypothermia, and alcoholic hangover"
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine

i guess a hangover is a legit medical condition, i should be able to get a doctor's note next time i have one for an excused absence...

Second fail of my medical school career...and i was just getting over the first one

"Mid-20 year old patient presents with moderate distress, anxiety, depression, hypersomnolence, insomnia, confusion, tremors, headaches, and failure to thrive. What is the diagnosis? The patient is a Medical Student."
-Noah

UPDATE: the class average for our respiratory midterm was a 67% so my 64% doesn't feel that bad anymore. hah!

‎i wrote this as my facebook status:

"3rd week of respiratory and im pretty sure i still cant read a CXR hmmm"

Melinda, a 3rd year replied,
"you won't be able to for awhile. so it's normal."

i wrote back
"good to hear, looking forward to getting pimped on them for years to come haha"

Oh, and a CXR is a Chest X-Ray, just in case you are not versed in medical jibber jabber

Confidence Inspiring haha

"Recovery is usually quick if they are young and healthy but identifying the antigen is hard...good luck with that. We almost never find it"
-One of my professors in lecture speaking about Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Its the little things that excite me. I bought a computer monitor and found a cheap cord on ebay to hook up my Mac laptop to it and now i have TWO SCREENS when i study. makes life a lot easier to keep a powerpoint on the monitor and write my notes on the other screen. *sigh* its the little things

in other news, I am in the middle of picking/ trading rotation locations with my classmates and should have my final schedule in 2 weeks! I am very exited about the situation because it means I am one step closer to getting out of the classroom and into the HOSPITAL!!!

my criteria for what i think is a good rotation:
I can wear scrubs everyday instead of wearing 'dress up' clothes
I have an 8 hour shift or less
I am on call 2 or less times in a month
The hospital is close to my parents house so i can milk off of them for another year instead of paying rent

'halitosis' is the medical word for bad breathe. did they really need to come up with a fancy word for this? on that note, couldnt we just use the word fever instead of febrile? tooooo many medical terms. ive said it before and ill say it again, im gonna get paid the big bucks just to be able to translate medical terms on a chart

Can i just be a doctor already, gosh!

im picking out my rotations for 3rd year..basically setting up my 'work' schedule for June 2011 to June 2012. Kinda scary! I cant wait to get into the hospitals!!