Last Friday, June 17th, was officially the last day of our first year of medical school! It cost me $68, 654.41 for this first year! OWCH. I my last block with a 70.77%! We needed a 70% to pass!! I can't believe its been a year since I started this blog sitting at work in the Corallville office last summer during a conference. I know more about the workings of the human body than I could have ever imagined! It was definitely a really challenging year.
Hardest I would say during the spring semester. It felt way harder. I feel like I've forgotten alot of what I've learned, which scares me! We have to take a huge exam at the beginning of next summer, with alot of what we learned this year on that exam. So, today is officially the first Monday of my summer! I'm starting my orthopedic research on Wednesday.
It should be really fun. This summer should be EPIC! Ill be hanging out with Kevin alot, and also alot of my medical classmates that are sticking around and doing the same thing as me!! Today I went to music in Millenium Park. There were TONS of people, the whole park was filled up. I couldnt beleive it. It was cool. I went with some classmates. So hears to a great summer, and the end of my first of 4. Half of the M is complete in MD, very exciting
-MD in 14
Monday, June 20, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Memorial Day
Memorial Day I went to the beach in Chicago with my buddy Kevin, who is here this summer for an internship. He and his roommates and I went to the beach! It was incredible. Packed. Beautiful women everywhere. Perfect high 80s weather. We just chilled. It was a perfect Memorial Day. Now, tests next week and almost done being an M1. It's the CNS block. Brains and neurons. Its the hardest ever. Time to get back to the books. Almost summer. So nice out lately!
-MD in 14
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Penis Alert
Today people cut into penises. My professor had the tip of a penis on a probe that a girl brought over to him in her hand. It looked like he was going to roast a marshmallow. It was awkward and funny! We are looking at how the penis and vagina work. It can be interesting. Like when i girl comes up to you in lab and announces to a few of us "Come look at my huge testicles!"
Or the classmate that has a female cadaver and told me "I need to go look at a penis!" Hilarious. I don't know what to think about all these penises cut open. It hurts to look at! This block is flying already. Exam is soon. Its a tough block. The kidneys are very difficult.
-MD in 14
Or the classmate that has a female cadaver and told me "I need to go look at a penis!" Hilarious. I don't know what to think about all these penises cut open. It hurts to look at! This block is flying already. Exam is soon. Its a tough block. The kidneys are very difficult.
-MD in 14
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Ortho with the Chicago Bulls
Ok, this is COOOOOL!!! I was looking into my apartment lease about 3 weeks ago. It said it ends on June 17th, the last day of classes. Well, that means I have to do something this summer since I need to pay rent. I was really bummed to see that because I just wanted to sit around all summer and workout, play guitar, pool, go downtown, read Russian and hang out. Ha, now I saw that rent needed to be paid and I got my butt in gear. I saw an email from the school about Ortho research with the head doctor for the bulls. I said why not? I didnt feel qualified since I wasn't the typical ortho freak if you considered yourself a candidate for Ortho research. I applied anyways.
Two quick essays detailing why I was interested and the coolest class I took in college, and an interview later I was chosen. I couldnt believe it. Now, tomorrow the deadline is due for the application for the Deans grant for research. It's a 4,000 dollar stipend for the research work that all medical students who want to do research have to apply for. There is a Really good chance of getting it through the Ortho department at Rush. I've spent 20 hours plus on it already. The project is cool. It's looking at rotator cuff repair and what methods have the best outcomes. Now just this week, the new block started. Spring break was last week. I didn't do anything.
Not anything like last year when I went to Sarasota, FLA with a bunch of college buddies. This time it was catch up on class and working on the research grant. It was good thoe, I went home last Thursday for first time since Christmas. It was good to see family and a couple of friends!! So, back to the new block, its the PEE block! That is, how PEE is made and how the kidneys work and reproduction stuff! FUN.\
-MD in 14
Two quick essays detailing why I was interested and the coolest class I took in college, and an interview later I was chosen. I couldnt believe it. Now, tomorrow the deadline is due for the application for the Deans grant for research. It's a 4,000 dollar stipend for the research work that all medical students who want to do research have to apply for. There is a Really good chance of getting it through the Ortho department at Rush. I've spent 20 hours plus on it already. The project is cool. It's looking at rotator cuff repair and what methods have the best outcomes. Now just this week, the new block started. Spring break was last week. I didn't do anything.
Not anything like last year when I went to Sarasota, FLA with a bunch of college buddies. This time it was catch up on class and working on the research grant. It was good thoe, I went home last Thursday for first time since Christmas. It was good to see family and a couple of friends!! So, back to the new block, its the PEE block! That is, how PEE is made and how the kidneys work and reproduction stuff! FUN.\
-MD in 14
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
6 months
So, I figured out today was the exact to date 6 month of being in medical school. Wow. How it has really flown. Right now we are heavy in biochemsitry, learning about digestion of protien, sugar, fats in the gastrointestinal tract. It's extremely difficult. It's definetly the hardest thing I have ever done. Thank God for pool, working out, eating, and guitar, and movies to stay sane.
-MD in 14
-MD in 14
Friday, February 25, 2011
Naked Doctor!
I went to the gym today to swim for the first time in 4 months and so I got tired really quick and hopped into the sauna to get the cramps out of my legs. I met a couple of characters in the sauna. One, a new yorker began to rant about vitamin E. The other, an 85 year old doctor, w gave wouldnt stop about the importance about using alternative medicine along with Western medicine. I found out he was a doctor after I told him I was a frist year at Rush.
He left to go to the locker room, but apparently had something else to tell me. As I was listening to the New Yorker rant about his life, we heard the door to the sauna open and we looked up to see the 85 year old doctor standing there COMPLETELY NAKED with his JUNK just flopping all over! We began to chuckle and the New Yorker told the doctor by name to go back and change. The doctor, not realizing he was naked jsut looked like nothing had happened. He was unphased.
All the people in the pool were staring. It was awesome! He had like 40 feet to walk back to the locker room and he walked extremely slowly, so all the people in the pool got a nice butt shot. We were just laughing! He just wanted to make sure I become a good doctor.
-MD in 14
He left to go to the locker room, but apparently had something else to tell me. As I was listening to the New Yorker rant about his life, we heard the door to the sauna open and we looked up to see the 85 year old doctor standing there COMPLETELY NAKED with his JUNK just flopping all over! We began to chuckle and the New Yorker told the doctor by name to go back and change. The doctor, not realizing he was naked jsut looked like nothing had happened. He was unphased.
All the people in the pool were staring. It was awesome! He had like 40 feet to walk back to the locker room and he walked extremely slowly, so all the people in the pool got a nice butt shot. We were just laughing! He just wanted to make sure I become a good doctor.
-MD in 14
The Pool Room/ Party Place
So, I've been telling Steve for about 3 weeks now that getting a pool table would be really cool. He agreed. I told him I would seriously consider buying one around spring break so I had time to drive out and look at them and all. However, two night ago, on Wedesday I was pulling almost an all nighter for studying at the school, I stayed there till 3am, (went to the ER that night too). I was taking a study break around 8pm and so I got in Craigslist to see some pool tables. 3 links down on the very first page i saw an ad reading "$POOL TABLE FOR SALE FREE INSTALL AND DELIVERY - $400 ".
The picture in the add is to the left. I saw that they were going to install it and get a table for 400 dollars I was sold. That was it. I dialed the number, got in contact with the guy. He askd me if I wanted to look at it I said no I didnt want to drive 45 minutes and that I trusted him. It may have been impulsive, it may have been foolish to go soley off the picture shown. I didnt care, I felt like it was a steal, it usually costs 200 dollars just to get the table installed. So, the guy said "Good, I'll be there tomorow at 3:30pm to install." So that was it. It's a grand 8 foot, which is really nice size pool table sitting in our living room as of now. Ive already played my roommate a couple of times and had a couple of buddies over to play! It's going to be a hit! It's so fun for a study break and so nice instead of going downtown! and it's looks sweet in the apartment. So impulse sometimes pays off! Or gut intinct! Which instinct is a good trait to have as a doctor.
-MD in 14
The picture in the add is to the left. I saw that they were going to install it and get a table for 400 dollars I was sold. That was it. I dialed the number, got in contact with the guy. He askd me if I wanted to look at it I said no I didnt want to drive 45 minutes and that I trusted him. It may have been impulsive, it may have been foolish to go soley off the picture shown. I didnt care, I felt like it was a steal, it usually costs 200 dollars just to get the table installed. So, the guy said "Good, I'll be there tomorow at 3:30pm to install." So that was it. It's a grand 8 foot, which is really nice size pool table sitting in our living room as of now. Ive already played my roommate a couple of times and had a couple of buddies over to play! It's going to be a hit! It's so fun for a study break and so nice instead of going downtown! and it's looks sweet in the apartment. So impulse sometimes pays off! Or gut intinct! Which instinct is a good trait to have as a doctor.
-MD in 14
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