Island Med Student

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

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.

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.

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!