Today was my first day back at LLU after taking Step 1. In summary, it was all very overwhelming. But let me first backtrack and say that Step 1 was long, but not *too* hard (don't want to jinx myself here!), and I am SO glad it is over. All my knowledge...already fading. haha.
In exactly one week from today I will be on my first surgery rotation of my third year. Scary. I'm pretty excited, but also nervous, because I don't know ANYTHING and surgeons have the reputation of being mean. And I also hate anatomy, but now I'm going to have to to study it again so I don't look like a total idiot.
Did I mention that they gave us a TON of work to do for orientation week? I thought it was going to be chill, relaxed...but no. I was at school from 8 to 10pm today. O___O I also have a cold right now which makes everything that much harder to do because I just want to sleep and feel better. On the bright side, I did get lunch and dinner provided for me today. Nice =)
And the final thing that is on my mind right now - is how sometimes your friends can really inadvertently hurt you, and how crummy that makes you feel. I'm sure they just forgot, but it doesn't feel nice to be left out of things.
Blah. I'm glad I'm going home this weekend.
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Surgeons can also have a sense of humor. While volunteering at CHORI, I overheard this surgeon say to a kid, "So you had a fight with the pole! Well, it looks like the pole won!" haha. or ... it's a rather "mean" sense of humor. haha. He was in the ED2 just because there wasn't enough staff to cover. You should update about your first rotation! and congrats on completing step 1!
Hey Vicky! Congrats on finishing Step 1! And congrats on beginning third year! Surgeons at Loma Linda should be nicer, though, right?