Foot Rot is the Pits
Man, I have to stop letting my lack of a laptop prevent me from blogging on here! In case you were wondering, I have been managing much better than expected without my laptop. I’ve been using the PCs in the library to watch my lectures and check my email. It’s definitely a huge inconvenience, but there are worse things in life.
So, let me catch everyone up on this week! Tuesday was Halloween. I had actually completely forgotten that it was Halloween until I saw the long chain of children marching all over campus with their adorable costumes on, and chanting “trick or treat.” It was actually really awesome. I’m so disconnected from the world here that I had completely forgotten that it was Halloween. I mean, it’s still in the 80′s here, so it’s hard to even realize that it’s Fall.
On Wednesday, I had anatomy lab and we were supposed to dissect the bottom of the foot and all of the lower limbs. Well, our cadaver’s feet had become infected with a really nasty fungus, and the lab techs had been putting this really powerful anti-fungal powder all over her feet. I’ll spare you from the gory details, but let’s just say that dissecting a foot which has been destroyed by both a fungus and strong chemicals is not the most pleasant experienced. I think this was the first time that I was even slightly grossed out by anything in anatomy lab. But, I just tried to accept it, and before I knew it, I had gotten used to the squishy flesh.
Thursday I had my first histology lab practical. It was actually really fun, and not as difficult as the anatomy lab practical. Histology is actually really fascinating, because it’s basically just looking at cool pictures and figuring out what they mean. The pic at the top of this post is an example of one of the slides on our exam. It’s actually keratinized stratified squamous epithelium. I got that correct on the exam!
Now it’s Friday, and I have my second mini examination on Monday. I will be studying my buns off until then. But I promise to try and post at least a short entry every day. Cheers!
My name is Kendra and I am a newly minted doctor about to begin my residency in Psychiatry at 
Hi! I’m Jessica and am an MS1 like you at Ross. I was actually sitting a row ahead and all the way to the left, seat A1 in histo lab (congrats by the way). My friend found your blog and sent it to me.
I just wanted to say it’s nice to see someone else blogging about being here and having a positive experience too! I’m not used to being away from home like this but just wanted to say I enjoy reading your posts!
Good luck Monday – we’re almost MS 1.5s
Jess
thats why they call it “gross” anatomy! this you being gone thing isnt working for me….can you come visit me soon …please
You are doing an awesome job writing these blogs!! It’s nice to hear from someone actually on the island.
I’m a RUSM MSIV…I’v been there and done that.
Hi! I´m Rodrigo. I´m a MSIII at UANL. I´m from Monterrey, México. Medscape mails me medical information and while I was “digging” I found many medical students bio´s. So that´s a brief explanation of how a MS from the Northeast of Mexico is posting. Congratulations for this web site. And contact me if you wish.