Drainy–thanks a bunch, once again. It’s pretty much too late now. Besides, my trouble with the skin isn’t understanding, so much, but volume of material and lack of inclination to study it.
I do have great respect for your mom, though–pathology is tough.
Anyway…
Sunday, April 23, 7:45 PM
Coming up on 12 hours to the exam…I’ll probably sleep for 5, leaving me 7, of which I hope I can use 5 or 6. That’s plenty.
I hate tumors.
There are structure people and function people in med school–those who like the way things are, and those who like the way things work. Those who loved Anatomy and hated Biochemistry, and vice-versa.
I am very much a function person. I can explain heart murmurs, and preeclampsia, and diabetes, all day long. Give me a list of tumors and what they look like, and my eyes glaze over like a Krispy Kreme. I suppose I’m destined to be a pill pusher, instead of a surgeon or pathologist. That’s OK by me.
I also had the biggest horror that a serious student can have–I realized that I was missing a section of notes. I don’t attend class very often (few in my class do, anymore), and we usually get the Path notes in our mailbox. However, looking at the syllabus, I realized that there was a lecture on soft tissue tumors that I never got! My panic was brief, though, since it didn’t take me long to hunt down a copy and it wasn’t that tough.
I’ll be glad to get this test behind me, so I can study for finals. Pathology and Pharmacology make up the bulk of medical science, between them, so I’m going to try to approach studying for finals as reading about this subject that I’ve always been fascinated with rather than as an uphill task. I’ve got all week, no classes to attend, plenty of coffee, and an ass-high stack of notes to get through. No problem.
Dr. J
PS: To Satan–if you want another reason to be glad you quit smoking, I’ve got two words for you: penile cancer. Smoking is a risk factor.
“Seriously, baby, I can prescribe anything I want!” -Dr. Nick Riviera