BEware O' heart

Its now going on to June. I graduate in less than 3 months and I feel like its not enough time. I do not even know where the Navy is going to send me. Over the past few months I have made many mistakes and realized how much I just wish that I was happy. I finished a rotation in the Intensive Care Unit @ Mayo Clinic; seeing old couples holding hands made me wonder what my life is going to be like....if I will ever decide to have children or if I will ever get married. I just wish for happiness.

Today is a good day.

Besties for Life. 

Its been a long time and so much has happened. My first rotation came to an end, final assessment: I love Family Practice! You get to do a little bit of everything. The docs that I worked with were amazing and like family. I never really felt like I belonged until I started my rotation :) Everyone was so willing to help me and allowed me to do a lot more than I was expecting to. I was allowed to do procedures like PAP exams, Sports physicals, a digital block for a toenail excision, and an EKG. I got to see an intravaginal ultrasound of a 9 week fetus (too adorable) and the birth of fake babies by the residents. One resident of which I will never forget, he told me about some nasty things that he has seen in clinic (and his shimmy is to die for). I took my EOR exam and had that friday off that I chose to prepare for a HALF marathon or you could say recover from a crazy thursday night with Sara! Saturday Oct 2, 2010 I took a trip down to Orlando with Meredith, Brian, Lauren, and Sexy Lexi and ran what my GPS says to be 14.50 miles! I left feeling like I was going to die with a beautiful new medal to add to my collection. The Disney Wine and Dine was a race to remember for sure. New week and new rotation. I started working at a Psychiatrists office who also rotates through Memorial hospital and behavioral health clinics. I was able to see a lot of inpatient psychosis which was very exciting. My first week I also saw Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) also know as shock therapy. One of my homework assignments was to watch "One flew over the cuckcoos nest". The movie made it seem a little more dramatic but it is essentially the same but less intense and more sedatives. This week my doc is on vacation so I am in the clinic seeing mostly medication management which is giving me a chance to write my assignments for class. On an extremely random side note: over the weekend I bought one of those feather beds to put on top of my mattress, and now my bed is soooo soft that I spent half the day laying in it yesterday. Thought that was so important that I just had to share.Here is to daydreaming about my next night with Jack. Daniels that is. (yep, Sara you know thats right!)

Two weeks down....

Its been a whole two weeks and I have never been this exhausted! I do not think that I have ever felt this satisfied with anything that I have ever done. My preceptor says that I am doing great and that I will spend another week with his clinic. Everyone on base is so nice and helpful, but most of all they are patient. My H&P's (History and Physicals) are taking a long time. I don't think that I understand the whole system focused H&P. I'm doing a new patient each and every time. The questions I am asking are getting a little easier and less awkward which is definitely a good thing. I need a lot of practice, so if I see you out and start asking you questions then just bear with me.
I am also gearing up for the Disney Wine and Dine Half Marathon :) Its coming up in a little less than a month. I ran 6 miles yesterday and this morning I have a bruise on my calf. I was thinking DVT or Rhabdo but my friends think differently. They say I am just freaking out, which is plausible.
On another note.....My Noles won today! We whooped something serious! I had such a good time that I do not have any energy to go out :(

End of a great week

This is the end of a truly exciting but terrifying week! I am in love, however, with military medicine. I love the people and the environment. Everyone is so helpful and eager to learn and give out advice.

Make like Spongebob, and soak it all up ;D

I've been having lunch with great friends and for once in my life I feel like I know what I am talking about. I have seen almost 50 patients already and I cannot wait to see more. I BELIEVE this week I am going to have level two encounters, where I conduct the H&P under the direct supervision of the preceptor. I am excited. I need to read up on the actual procedure of the PAP smear because the next one that comes in I get perform it! Yes, very gross but very interesting. This past weekend was amazing, friends on Friday night for a birthday (followed by dangerousness with the girls at the beaches) then Saturday night a Jerrod Neimann concert at Mavericks with Kellie. May I say that Jerrod is one gorgeous man and damn what a voice. Here is to knowledge being power and let me flood open the gates to let it all in. This coming week is going to be a killer. <- in a good way

To Be...

My SECOND day of my rotation in Family Medicine.

I started the day off right with a good-looking sailor saying that he should get hurt soon :) Sabin and I thought that was awesome! Today I saw 19 patients and the time flew by like it was nothing. I was begining to feel that I made a mistake going into the medical field but after starting rotations I know that I made the right decision. I do a lot of reading and a ton of absorbing. I guess im like sponge bob......soaking it all up. I was really looking forward to going to trivia tonight but it doesnt look like that is going to happen so instead I made dinner and am baking brownies :) I entered all of my patient contact into my school's data form and now I am going to cuddle up to a nice book and read about chostrocondritis, murmurs, maybe some anemias. I want to get a head start for tomorrow. I did have a two week old infant come into the clinic today and it was so adorable that I am thinking that maybe one day far into the distant future I may want one of those things too. lol.
Here is to being Happy...
Here is to being satisfied....
Here is to being...
ME

Believe

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.


Norman Vincent Peale
Today shall be short and sweet.I FINALLY started my first rotation at NAS-JAX.  Family medicine is amazing and the program that they have at NAS is incredible. I met a bunch of really interesting people and ran into a friend of mine who so it seems took me under his wing and showed me a little bit about the military life at the hospital. (Although he is planning on making me swim in the morning and run at lunch, "you do triathalons" he said hmmmmm....). I had to get another PPD done and blood drawn which my arms still hurt! One thing that I do have to say it that I have a really great group of friends that really care about me and sent me positive vibes all day. I thank God for everything he has given me and for the support group that I have! Starting Friday I should be able to have patient contact and so I want to share my experiences with procedures and what it felt like (intense panic, sheer excitment etc.) Thanks to Kells I heart her dearly! (plus she is going to trivia with me tomorrow). Here is to surviving and BELIEVING.

To Hope...

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you HOPE and a future" Jer 29:11

Today was meant to be my first rotation of clinical year in PA school. There was a bit of a mix-up in the processing of paperwork with the military and as such my first day is on hold until tomorrow. I am very excited and have spent what seems to be a million dollars on Medical books and journals. I want to use this Blog to share with my friends my life over the next year since it may be some time before I am able to see some of you.
The next few months of my life.....
1-Family Medicine
2-Psych/Pediatrics
3-General Surgery
A few random things that I like:
   1. "God got a virgin pregnant by magic, God does not play by the rules" - Grey's Anatomy
   2. Some random person walked up to me in the Office Max and said, "You made my day, you are so beautiful", this must be God's way of showing me that I am going to be okay =)
   3. All of my friends that have faith in me and good thoughts for my first rotation. I heart you all
   4. "RAWR, that's I <3 you in dinosaur... in case you didnt know ;)"  <--from one of my good friends
   5. my very first Ironing Board, it makes it a lot easier.
   6. My Ford.
   7. Kasey Kahne in the Budweiser FORD number 9!
   8. PBR  + Mich Ultra
   9. JRC's Pub RUN
  10. My chicas