1st Exam in a WEEK!

The final semester of the pre-clinical years is here and the very first exam of the semester is due in a week from today!

What have I done so far? Hospital visit and did pathology rotation and saw a couple of autopsies done. Good experience, but I will have to reconsider my thoughts about becoming a clinical pathologist and whatnots. Then did an interview in a surgery ward. My patient seems to be very lonely and looking for someone to speak to or someone to listen to him/her. Patient is an elderly and I am not very shy with elderlies as they remind me of my grandparents. Having taking care of grandma as well as talking with my grandma makes me quite comfortable while I am doing it. At first a bit awkward as there is a cultural barrier as well as a bit of a generation gap and I don't have a clue what the patient likes. But when I found the common ground, the conversation felt like I was talking to my grandma all over again and we had some laughters. One thing I won't ever forget is the moment when I saw the patient eyes sparkle and saw the inner joy. It was unlike any other feeling that I have felted before. I thought it will be hard to leave my patient as he/she might feel sad when I leave due to lack of companion. Surprisingly, it did not happen that way, instead it seems that my patient enjoyed the time. It probably gave him/her the hope for another visit like this from the student or whatnots, only he/she knows. The patient sent me off with a smile and I felt the warmness and sincereness in it.

That aside, diuretic, antihyperlipidemic, antiangina, antihypertensive, antiarrhythmic, inotropic, hemostasis, respiratory drugs were learned. Haven't mastered them yet, but hopefully by Monday next week I will be. Then learned more about the Microbes: pneumonia causing, heart disease causing: the good olds Streptococcus pyogenes, pneumoniae, Haemophilius influenza, Mycobacterium tuberculosis! Oh and the VIRUSES! Orthomyxo, Flavi, Filo just to name a few. Then come the worms and other parasites. You probably guessed that I learned heart and lung pathology as well.

Time to go back to my study again folks. Thanks for tuning in.