I'll be updating throughout the summer at http://roberdeau-uganda.blogspot.com/
Hope you'll check it out- I leave tomorrow a.m. - wouldn't mind you lifting that up for me.
Thanks!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Too close...
I don't know why I feel a compulsion to update my blog when I'm looking down the barrel of the next 48 hours of exams with Neuroanatomy and Physiology. Maybe it's my altruism that wants to update you on my life - but I would bet it is more likely my concerted and tenacious effort to avoid studying.
I am currently an M1.97 (.o3 refers to a neuro test, neuro board, and phys test). Can't wait to be an M2!!
Interesting things I've learned lately.
"Sleep may be the cost of staying awake."
"You can fall asleep in most any position if you're sleep deprived enough."
"Sleep is like a reversible coma state."
Don't you wish YOU were in med school? All this esoteric information that the general public would never be able to get their hands on. Haha
On another note - Africa preparation is going very well. I just wish I could be wholehearted in my preparation right now instead of having to study for finals right now. I fly to Pearl River, NY which is the main office of African Inland Mission on May 24 to train for a day or two and then fly to Kenya! (indirectly... you have to fly through Europe first.) Can't believe that it is less than 2 weeks away.
I'll leave you with this video (it comes highly recommended):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2BgjH_CtIA
I am currently an M1.97 (.o3 refers to a neuro test, neuro board, and phys test). Can't wait to be an M2!!
Interesting things I've learned lately.
"Sleep may be the cost of staying awake."
"You can fall asleep in most any position if you're sleep deprived enough."
"Sleep is like a reversible coma state."
Don't you wish YOU were in med school? All this esoteric information that the general public would never be able to get their hands on. Haha
On another note - Africa preparation is going very well. I just wish I could be wholehearted in my preparation right now instead of having to study for finals right now. I fly to Pearl River, NY which is the main office of African Inland Mission on May 24 to train for a day or two and then fly to Kenya! (indirectly... you have to fly through Europe first.) Can't believe that it is less than 2 weeks away.
I'll leave you with this video (it comes highly recommended):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2BgjH_CtIA
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Taking on the role...
It has been truly fascinating to me how in the past year - even BEFORE I started medical school, people have begun to consult me about medical information. After I'd finished at MSU and had not started school yet, I still got asked what I thought about "this bump on the head" and "that kind of pain."
The reason this comes to mind is that in the past week I've been around when two people sprained their ankle. People turned to ME and asked ME what to do. Ha. - I'm the first one to admit that I am "just an M1 and not a doctor." Fortunately, I have never sprained an ankle bad enough to have to do anything about it. Unfortunately, I didn't know much about what to do about it. Thankfully, the first lady whose ankle was sprained had experience in wrapping her own ankle, - she was able to instruct me on how to wrap it. -Last night while at a church "lock-out" I was on my own when a student turned her ankle. It is amazing the confidence she and her friends had in me.
This is something I'm going to have to get used to - instilling confidence in my patients. I'm getting small opportunities to get to do this at times. I'm sure this will happen a LOT this summer. It is not that I will always know the answer - but that I am willing to investigate what the answer is. I'm discovering it is not necessarily the good doctors that know everything - they are just willing to find out the best answers.
On another point - Please keep Mississippi in your prayers. It is so sad to think about all that has happened right now. Tornadoes near Yazoo - oil spill on the coast. They've compared this oil spill to Hurricane Katrina in terms of it's impact on the gulf coast. It breaks my heart to see that area have more struggles than they've already had in the past few years. I know the economy has struggled a lot down there and jobs are so dependent on the waters. Pray that the Lord would minimize the damage as the oil slick approaches today.
On a statewide level - this is just one more thing that hurts the MS budget even more when we've already had a terrible budget crisis in this state. I don't know how this is going to be handled.
The reason this comes to mind is that in the past week I've been around when two people sprained their ankle. People turned to ME and asked ME what to do. Ha. - I'm the first one to admit that I am "just an M1 and not a doctor." Fortunately, I have never sprained an ankle bad enough to have to do anything about it. Unfortunately, I didn't know much about what to do about it. Thankfully, the first lady whose ankle was sprained had experience in wrapping her own ankle, - she was able to instruct me on how to wrap it. -Last night while at a church "lock-out" I was on my own when a student turned her ankle. It is amazing the confidence she and her friends had in me.
This is something I'm going to have to get used to - instilling confidence in my patients. I'm getting small opportunities to get to do this at times. I'm sure this will happen a LOT this summer. It is not that I will always know the answer - but that I am willing to investigate what the answer is. I'm discovering it is not necessarily the good doctors that know everything - they are just willing to find out the best answers.
On another point - Please keep Mississippi in your prayers. It is so sad to think about all that has happened right now. Tornadoes near Yazoo - oil spill on the coast. They've compared this oil spill to Hurricane Katrina in terms of it's impact on the gulf coast. It breaks my heart to see that area have more struggles than they've already had in the past few years. I know the economy has struggled a lot down there and jobs are so dependent on the waters. Pray that the Lord would minimize the damage as the oil slick approaches today.
On a statewide level - this is just one more thing that hurts the MS budget even more when we've already had a terrible budget crisis in this state. I don't know how this is going to be handled.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)