I had some good medicine for my anxiety today; General Medicine to be more specific ;) I went to Dr Cline's clinic today and followed him around. It helped me to take my mind off the whole traveling issue. It was great to see a general practioner in Nachodoches in action. He has Physician's Assistances and nurses that help him out so the clinic is able to get through a lot of patients dispite having only 1 doctor present.
It was 10 times more interesting than my perclinical years. The time went by so quickly and I managed to understand pretty much all of it which was great. My reading speed also managed to increase drastically. I guess that I wasn't really challenged in med school to read at a quick pace.
We came across a couple of patients that "knew better than Dr Cline". It was amusing to hear what these patients had to say. I could understand how they came to their conclusion given what they looked up and the resources they used. However, luckily for them, Dr Cline is a DOCTOR and has more advanced resources up his sleeve. He handled it very well. He listened and allowed them to say what they wanted to say. He then acknowledged that he had heard and took their suggestion into account. the patients were wrong but we both could still respect their suggestion.
I've had the opposite thing happened to me once. I went to the doctors and self diagnosed myself (as subtly as I could). She preceded to reason with me and say why I was wrong (she thought I had med student syndrome). She told me about my body and reasons for certain things. I said that I knew my body and that we should go ahead with tests. She said that I should wait it out and to go back in 2 months if the symptoms didn't go away. I went back in 2 weeks. She relunctantly ordered the tests that I wanted. Surely enough, I was right! Ok, so it wasn't a life or death situation. And yes, I was slightly paranoid and she had good reason to doubt. However, I did get immense satisfaction from finding out that I was right when originally I was told that I paranoid.
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Lov'n America!
New Zealand is a luscious, vibrant, friendly, giant farmland and I adore it; but the US is one big adventure at this very moment in time. I'm definitely a fan of adventure :)
I arrived in San Francisco on Friday morning and connected through to Denver. I arrived that afternoon in Denver exhausted. I hadn't slept properly in about 48hours at this stage. My own fault for not getting a decent night's rest before my flight. I thought that I could just sleep on the plane. However, I flew with United. Not comfortable at all!
Anyway, United had oversold tickets for my flight to Houston. They needed 4 people to stay the night at a hotel and catch the morning flight the following day. I selflessly volunteered ;) For my good deed, I got to stay at The DoubleTree Hotel (5 star hotel!), meal vouchers and a free return ticket to anywhere in the states. I just wanted to sleep, so what a bonus! The luxurious king sized bed helped my fatigue and jet lag. For sure!
So far, I've found that the service here in the states in great! However, I just discovered that the minimum tip in this country is 15%. It's a good thing that I was being "generous" by tipping 15-20% while I was ignorant otherwise I would have been ripping the waitering staff! opps
I arrived in Houston around 2pm and Abbey along with her girls (Christa and Esther) came to pick me up. The two hour drive to Nachodoches went by pretty quick. I noticed a lot of SUVs. We arrived in time for me to weigh myself (I plan on gaining weight here) and relax to an episode of Grey's Anatomy before heading off to dinner with Abbey and her friends. We had Sushi. The sushi in this country is REALLY delicious! I couldn't finish it though cos I was too full. Then they handed me a piece of heavenly devine mud cake (Abbey's early birthday cake). How could I refuse? I was completely stuffed afterwards!
We watched fireworks and walked around the town for a bit. The Chirstmas lights were out. Very beautiful. America has given me a good first impression. I'm lov'n it
I arrived in San Francisco on Friday morning and connected through to Denver. I arrived that afternoon in Denver exhausted. I hadn't slept properly in about 48hours at this stage. My own fault for not getting a decent night's rest before my flight. I thought that I could just sleep on the plane. However, I flew with United. Not comfortable at all!
Anyway, United had oversold tickets for my flight to Houston. They needed 4 people to stay the night at a hotel and catch the morning flight the following day. I selflessly volunteered ;) For my good deed, I got to stay at The DoubleTree Hotel (5 star hotel!), meal vouchers and a free return ticket to anywhere in the states. I just wanted to sleep, so what a bonus! The luxurious king sized bed helped my fatigue and jet lag. For sure!
So far, I've found that the service here in the states in great! However, I just discovered that the minimum tip in this country is 15%. It's a good thing that I was being "generous" by tipping 15-20% while I was ignorant otherwise I would have been ripping the waitering staff! opps
I arrived in Houston around 2pm and Abbey along with her girls (Christa and Esther) came to pick me up. The two hour drive to Nachodoches went by pretty quick. I noticed a lot of SUVs. We arrived in time for me to weigh myself (I plan on gaining weight here) and relax to an episode of Grey's Anatomy before heading off to dinner with Abbey and her friends. We had Sushi. The sushi in this country is REALLY delicious! I couldn't finish it though cos I was too full. Then they handed me a piece of heavenly devine mud cake (Abbey's early birthday cake). How could I refuse? I was completely stuffed afterwards!
We watched fireworks and walked around the town for a bit. The Chirstmas lights were out. Very beautiful. America has given me a good first impression. I'm lov'n it
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