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neurologist:
"Do I have to sign any papers for you for this to uh, count?"
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me:
"well..I wish, but it's too late because my school didn't get things in and done on time and I missed deadlines...and..well, you know how the school is..."
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neurologist:
"oh, well you're a bright kid...Im going to have them flag you and make an i.d. and maybe you can get some in-hospital shadowing next week? You're welcome back here anytime, you know that Maddison."
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me:
"really? well, Im really sorry about paperwork, and all that.."
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neurologist:
"What are you doing next summer? We can arrange things for a really legitimate internship"
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me:
" oh? well then, count on hearing from me next summer definitely"
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neurologist:
" I look forward to it. But I'll have Mary put it on my schedule and we'll see what we can do, let me figure out the details and we'll work it out tomorrow.
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me:
wow..thank you. That would be...well that would be great!
Shadowed again today. I must say, being around all of that, the people, and patients, and seeing what happens every day, has only affirmed what I want to do. I know I’d be completely happy. I’m treated well, and respected by the doctors I meet, and they’re encouraging and some of them even say I remind them of themselves “back in the day”, which is in fact, actually a little encouraging, considering everything in my future seems so far away and the worry that I’m “too weird” to be a doctor really gets at me most days. Either way, I just love it. The people, the care you have to give, how you can tell when a patient really appreciates bedside manner, when they smile because for 40 seconds in their life, whether they’ve had a stroke or they have parkinson’s, you’ve made them laugh and given them hope for that small slice of time. It’s a nice feeling.
I watched the neurologist efficiently assess people, as questions, make them laugh, answer their anxious questions, and ask about the medication they happened to be taking.
I also learned that doctors are actually eccentric, interesting people. I always had this idea that you had to be a serious, no-nonsense, staunchy type of human being, but this is so contrary! most of them are quirky and friendly in their own way, and…even a little batty…it depends on who you talk to, but it makes me feel better about my tendencies. Then again, once you have a fellowship at huge university hospitals and 10 degrees on the wall in your office, you can kind of do/be what you want, really.
Oh, best part?
I’ve been offered an in-hospital internship for next summer. Meaning, no clinic hours. As in, the “real” action.
I am. so happy.
GUYS GUYS GUYS.
I called the office, of the place I’m trying to shadow/intern and some cool things happened:
1.) She recognized my name.
2.)She’s checking the schedule of weeks that would be good for me to go in.
3.)She’s going to call me back within an HOUR or so.
I may actually intern/shadow (either is fantastic!!) with this doctor who has absolutely AMAZING credentials. If I shadow with him, that means I can get kick-ass recommendations.
YESSSSS
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fuckyeahgreghouse:
Teardrop - Massive Attack
Also known as the mother-fucking House theme song :)
The House theme song makes me do my homework/lab reports/papers better. No lie. It reminds me of medicine, and that I want to do it. So, I should listen to that to do homework.
"It’s a big step forward,” said Kang Zhang, MD, PhD, professor of ophthalmology and human genetics at Shiley Eye Center and director of the Institute for Genomic Medicine, both at UC San Diego. “It means we can generate stable, renewable neural stem cells or downstream products quickly, in great quantities and in a clinical grade — millions in less than a week — that can be used for clinical trials and, eventually, for clinical treatments. Until now, that has not been possible."
Scientists create stable, self-renewing neural stem cells (via
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