Long and Wonderful

February 8, 2010, 7:30 pmThe Island Med Student0 comments

Trash collection

Yesterday (my birthday) was great! I got tons of happy birthday wishes (thank you, everyone!), and I got to do one of my most favorite things, lay in bed all day, pig out, and watch movies. It was very relaxing, and just what I needed.

Rock a bye baby

Today was long, and wonderful. I just got home from 13 hours at the hospital for my pain management rotation. I’m too tired to share all the juicy details, but I got to see a lot of great cases and meet some wonderful patients. One of them was an ex IVDA (IV drug abuser), whose veins were all shot from years of abuse. He told me that he’d be a hard stick, so I spared him my poking, and got the anesthesiologist to place his IV access. I ended up talking to him for a while before his operation, and afterwards. He really opened up to me and shared some of his most intimate details. He told me how guilty he felt for abusing his body for so many years, and I pointed out to him that the most important thing is that he now takes care of himself, and has grown as a person. Eventually, he was in tears and I held his hand and tried to support him. Those are the moments that make long days completely bearable, and even more than that, meaningful.

Water feature in my hospital

Tomorrow I have a residency interview in Brooklyn. But now, it’s time to feed my calorie-starved body!

“Yo Brooklyn, Fuhgeddaboudit” Photo Series

Thirty Something

February 6, 2010, 6:42 pmThe Island Med Student10 comments

Kendra with her Birfday Brownies

In 5 hours, I will turn 31. I guess it’s just “another birthday,” but I have always been someone to take birthdays somewhat seriously. I will officially be “thirty something.” I am going to go out in Soho with my close friends for some raw oysters, Italian food, and wine. I think 31 is going to be a great year. I will be a doctor in a few short months, and will hopefully start my residency a few months after that. I can’t believe I’m this old, and I can’t believe I’m living my dreams. I really have nothing to complain about!

I went for an 8-mile run this morning in my shorts at 7 a.m., in 15 degree Fahrenheit degree weather, through the snowfall, into Manhattan and back with my two doggies. It was exhilarating and wonderful. Not too shabby for a 31-year old lady!

Pause: Days 1 – 36

February 5, 2010, 8:35 pmThe Island Med Student0 comments

My 2010 “Video a Day” Project continues. Enjoy!

Two Ways to Feel Better

February 5, 2010, 5:02 pmThe Island Med Student2 comments

“There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.”
- Ben Williams

Scope licks Kendra

My mom recently sent me the above quote, and I thought it was too cute not to share. T’is soo very true! As I was searching for the above photo of my doggy Scope licking my face, I stumbled across the two below, and wanted to share them as well.

Molly and Scope - The Usual Suspects

Today was a good day of “pain management.” I assisted on a cervical and lumbar epidural procedure, and observed a few others. I also had a nice, long talk with one of my patients about exercise. He had become overweight and it was exacerbating his spinal stenosis. Over the past year he’d lost 65 pounds, and he found that the weight loss had helped immensely with his pain. We started talking about how much we both enjoy exercise, and at one moment I had to grab his hand and just scream, “I KNOW!” because we both had the exact same feelings on exercise. We agreed that that there’s nothing more exhilarating than your own body’s endorphins, and a runner’s high is perhaps the best thing in the universe.

Baby Boy Scope and Kendra

Anyway, it’s time for me to continue catching up on emails. If anyone out there is having a bad day, I recommend going for a run, or walk, or anything that gets your heart rate up. That, or find a cute puppy to lick your face!

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February 5, 2010, 1:00 amThe Island Med Student0 comments

On and Off the Road Again

February 4, 2010, 2:40 pmThe Island Med Student4 comments

Scope and Molly travelling on my car seat

For those of you wondering, yes I am still alive. I have been viciously busy lately, and that is my excuse for the absence from my blog. I will provide you with the abbreviated details. On Monday, I started a new elective rotation in pain management. More to come on that soon.

On Tuesday, I stuffed my interview suit, luggage, and two doggies into my Del Sol and drove down to Baltimore, Maryland. I woke up at the butt-crack of dawn on Wednesday to find that it had snowed about 4 inches! After digging my car out, I set out on my drive to Washington, D.C. for my residency interview.

Sayeh and Kendra Feast

I think the interveiw went very well, and during the Grand Rounds, I turned around to find my friend Sayeh (who I hadn’t seen in forever) sitting a few rows behind me. After the interview, we drove into Dupont Circle and searched for sushi for what seemed like days. Eventually we gave up and Sayeh scarfed down about 5,000 calories worth of food, with a little help from me. Then, she surprised me with a piece of chocolate birthday cake, with singing by the servers! (My birthday is on Sunday…but who doesn’t like starting early?)

I got home late on Wednesday and then got up today (Thursday) and drove back to Brooklyn. After unpacking and doing laundry and other assorted items, I feel a little pooped. I think I’m going to hop in a bubble bath and then try to start working on my overflowing inbox. Tomorrow, it’s back to managing pain!

Sayeh digs into my yummy birfday cake!

Where’s Scopers/Snoopy?

January 31, 2010, 8:26 pmThe Island Med Student2 comments

I received a wonderful email today from a fellow Ross student. She apparently adopted a puppy in Dominica, as did I. And it just so happens that he looks exactly like my doggy, Scope! His name is Snoopy, and because of the small and incestuous population of doggies in Dominica, I’m sure that they are closely related. Below are the photos. Can you tell which ones is Scope and which one is Snoopy?!

#1
Snoopy!

#2
Scopers

#3
Snoopy!

#4
Scopers

#5
Snoopy!

#6
Scopers

“Well We’re Living Here in Allentown”

January 31, 2010, 7:52 pmThe Island Med Student2 comments

"Well We're Living Here in Allentown"

Kudos to anyone who gets the reference in the title of this post. Today, my partner Micah and I went to visit my sister Briana (Bruce) in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Our goal was to run some errands and shoot some video footage for an art project that Micah is working on.

"Well We're Living Here in Allentown"

We had a blast hanging out in Allentown with my sister and her doggy Chesney. We also got a wonderful surprise because Bruce was dogsitting another doggy named Wellington, who is an absolutely adorable white English Bulldog. We affectionately referred to him as “Piggy,” given his very porcine appearance and frequent snorting sounds.

As much fun as we had in Allentown, it’s great to be back in Brooklyn!

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How Do You Deal With the “Match Attack?”

January 31, 2010, 6:33 pmThe Island Med Student0 comments

Check out my post on Medscape to read about my Match Attack!

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