| | I think I almost cried with joy when I realized that today was Thursday, which means tomorrow is Friday and therefore I'll actually get home before 5 tomorrow. Too bad I'm only given one day off on the weekend. =( Oh the life of an intern.
When I thought that I was actually getting a hang of it all my patients my patient census blew up with a bunch of complicated and sick patients. I have one guy who we can't figure out why he hasn't had a BM in over a week... CTs have been negative. A guy who is quite literally slowing dying but his family wants to try chemotherapy which will invariably make him even more sick and possibly accelerate his death. And another who just found out that her cancer had spread to her brain. Oh yeah, can't forget my patient who also happens to be not only a doctor herself but she was also previously a teaching attending at a major hospital. If i wasn't stressed out enough now I have a patient who actually knows when I do something wrong. She's also become this weird sorta mentor when I go in to see her. She always asks me what my 5 year plan is and how I'm doing. She tells me stories of when she was a young doctor and how she just loves to help other young doctors achieve their goals. While I can sense she has good intentions she's quite intimidating. If my life were a reality show this would be a major story arc.
I can't tell if it's because I'm slow that I tend to leave way past everyone else or that I really do have all these complicated patients. I've been getting home with just about 2 hours to get dinner, shower, relax a bit with some tv and then get to bed to start the day once again at the buttcrack of dawn. I suppose a boon of working so many hours is that my electricity bill should be nice and low this month.
As my friend so lovingly pointed out... this is only temporary. |
| | Posted 7/9/2009 6:41 PM - 3 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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