Flukes

This morning I was wearing a white coat and had a stethoscope dangling around my neck and I was interviewing patients. Just like a real doctor. I got to see a really interesting case of obstructive jaundice. A jaundiced patient is pale and yellow. Photos do not do it justice. It is a truly strange and unlifelike waxiness. Amazing.
And this afternoon, I get to see my own doctor. Which will be interesting... to see patients in the morning and be on in the afternoon.

2 Years... is then call me doc.

What I learned in medical skewl today…

At the end of most days, I think about that and it is really not much. Everytime I feel like I am starting to put together the pieces and make real progress towards becoming a doctor, I have my illusions shattered by some “easy” problem. Of course, if I ever get too despondant, I always seem to nail some hard problem. Little by little they are filling my brain with information. Sometimes I barely notice (like two days before a test). But it is happening, slowly. It is amazing to watch the people above me, 3^rd and 4^th years, residents, attendings, they each seem to know so much. It seems that to ascend to their heights is not practical… but then, I would have thought the same thing of where I now am two years ago.