Feeling Old

I'm getting old =(

I know i'm no longer the early tween as when i started this blog, and i was reminded of this when i went to the GP yesterday with my collection of ailments. He suggested i have a routine blood test..

..and thats when it hit me..

"ah you've turned 2x, i think we should start including your serum cholsterol levels too" DAMN IT! - nothing wrong with checking everything.. but i'm not sure why i've always just associated serum cholesterol levels as for the middle aged.. (obviously this is not true!) and i know im not quite there yet.. but ah... it made me feel old.. and i dont like feeling old...

ok.. random note over.. back to revision!

50 days till Finals!

Easter holidays has finally started..... this can only mean .. 2 weeks of BLISS REVISION >.<

Well begining on Monday (i've given myself the weekend off ^.^)... but still.. that's only 50 days till our first exam.... FIFTY DAYS! Eeeeeks!

Scary thought that... but at the same time, it's my last set of exams of my Pre-clinical years...!!

I can't wait to hit the wards, i've worked so hard to get here, and finally i'm almost 2/5 of the way there! So .. it's time to kick my lazy ass into action, and start some revision!!

On an encouraging note, both my friend and i got an email from uni to go to the student office to collect a letter... and when i did open it... yay.. it was a really encouraging letter about our progress from the head of year 2 .. they do care (I LOVE BL!) ^.^!!

Ok it wasn't very personalised.. the letter was a carbon copy of the other, apart from the names where they've changed it, but either way.. it was encourgaing! - Going to cram even more now ^.^

(i am a nerd at heart)!

First day of Loco2 and my dodgy TMJ

1st day of the last module done... and im starting to get scared! Partially scared of the amount of work i need to cover again before finals, and the fear of my dodgy TMJ.

I've had TMJ issue for years now, (i blame my dentist and my wisdom teeth removal! - it's probably not him..but i'll just blame him for now) and i've always just not been too bothered to do anything about it.. it clicks now and then, dislocates, i've been referred to see a specialist and meh.. i've just left the referrel letter at home and continued to let it be..

..and now fast forward a few years.. and finally at medical school i start to get scared about things.. and yeh.. wish i got it seen to now as it seems increasingly willing to take every opportunity when i yawn or take a bite of my sandwich to want to pop out of place and leave my jaw in an awkward position.

This is rather cheeky, but i take the opportunity to volunteer for clinical skill sessions so i can get my different ailments seen to... saves time from going to the GP! Today was no exception, my friend went to ask the lecturer today about his dodgy knee.. and i took the opportunity to ask about what i can do about my dodgy TMJ without having to go visit my GP.. and simply put..

"Nothing..... it's just going to get arthritic in the future, might get some pain"!!!


i didn't see it as a problem until the FY1 started scaring me ... so..Okay.. i hate to admit this.. but Easter i might go to the gp just to see if i can get that referal letter again

End of HSPH , Locomtor Next !

It's a love-hate relationship with HSPH.. i love the 3-week semi-holiday mode, but at the same time it's made me into a super lazy bum.. i feel no urge what-so-ever to do anything!! I could have used this time more efficiently.. but nope i've baked cakes, slept a LOT, caught up on tv, saw some friends and then ate some more cake..

I can see how the lectures could be interesting, but it's just a module so untimely placed.. would have been better right at the start of the new year, or before Christmas... as now with one week left. i've literally just acquired the skills to critique a paper with a bunch of annoying stats., and have until friday to whip up a critique!

(weird as it sounds.. i've actually learnt more on how to critique a paper, and use stats through HSPH on my MBBS course now, than all 3 years of my BSc put together!)

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Locomotor starts on Monday....

(this mean 4 weeks of Anatomy with an Easter holiday in the middle! >.<)

Anatomy has always been my weak point..

.....this is rather embarressing, but the other day my head went completely blank and i couldn't remember which side of my arm my radius and ulnar was on. In hindsight, im such an idiot, as i always used to remember where i would take the radial pulse, and that would be the side where my radius sat.. but i don't know what happened.. i really couldn't remember at the time! Just so happens, like it does, the module lead was passing by whilst i was telling my friend.. and she comments:

"Tofu, i really don't know how you managed to get a merit last year!" haha.. okay that sounds harsh... but really she said it as a joke, and shes by far one of the friendliest lecturers out there! But i do worry myself sometimes.. as i know i really should put some more time into my anatomy... okay.. time to get Gray's out the library!

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65 days till End of Year EXAMS! --- EEKS! Ok in days and months, thats over 2 months... but i like to see the number in days.. it sort of adds to the stress factor, and should hopefully kick me into revision mode soon enough (well i sure hope it does!! only 65 days left!!)

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Update on the pizza... im happy i did well in my last ica, 81% average yay, but..i lost out on the pizza by 0.5%... but then again my friend still owes my 397/400 meals from last year.. so i don't have to worry about buying the pizza just yet ^.^hahaha... we sound competitive.. but we really aren't!! we just like having excuses to eat out and celebrate random things!! in fact today we're going to the have a pub lunch and watch the cricket world cup ...

...................................... i can't choose between the two teams.. as i'm not from either country, and my closest friends at uni are from both... it's like choosing to side with mummy or daddy!

HSPH, and free pizza?

STATISTICS!

ARGHhhhhhhhhhhh.... I thought I saw the last of you at AS-levels,  but alas you have made it back into my life.. and this time you're ten times more boring, and with every little bit of you, there's a whole paper to critique! (>.<) PBL sessions have never taken this long to prepare, and this dry to sit through!

HSPH stands for ... Damn it ... its quite a fail on my behalf really ... can't remember what the H and the S stands for, but the PH definitely stands for public health. (okay, I'm currently in a lecture as I type this and asked my friend .. its Human Science and Public Health) ... 2/3 weeks in ... and yeah .. it's been a lot of psychology, and just general epidemiology .. not looking forward to sitting this ICA!

on the topic of ica, half the results for the recent ica are back, just waiting to hear about the SAQ now, but so far I've not failed ^.^ yay! I have a bit of a bet going on with D, we both thought we flopped the exam, so we put a bet on, the person who does better has to buy the other a large vegetarian hot pizza from pizza hut (okay again .. I just like tofu and veggie pizza, I'm jot a vegetarian!) ... and so far ... unbelievably.. we have the exact same mark for both our spotter and emq/sba papers! So its down to the SAQ ... pretty sure the pizza is mine .... cervical cancer I hate you.. but at least you got me a free pizza ^.^

SSCs, BB+HD ICAs, Firms.... and medsoc

It's been almost 3 months since my last post, and since then.. I've:

-Dissected a cadaver and found what we thought was a giant cyst, but further investigations (poking at it and removing it) revealed a "cc" quantity on it and yep, it wasn't an abnormal growth, turns out to be a very early breast implant (teaching assistant: "they don't even make them like this anymore")...okay we really didn't expect to find that!
Dissection really was an amazing experience though, it was the first time I've ever done it, and I definitely want to do it again! I can't even begin to explain how different things are compared to an anatomy text book.

- SSC2c, okay this was my first attempt at anything arts-y since gcse art, and this time round I'm not even that ambitious! I chose the easier option and took medicine in  photography.. my intentions were a tad cheeky... I have a dslr and just wanted someone to teach me how to use it... and that was that :D

Just sat the BB + HD ICA last Friday and that was a HORROR! Okay I always complain about exams, and the last exam turned out pretty well.. but I'm not too happy this time, I didn't really revise cervical neoplasms and boom... they hit me with a CIN double page SAQ special..... ouchies! Damn it!
It was also the first time they've introduced single best answer question type, and they are definitely a lot harder! All the answer choices seemed plausible, and it was hard picking the best option! >.<

And now...... I'm sitting in an empty gp practice typing this post up on ky phone.. this is exactly why I hate my medsoc placement.. they send me around hackney and expect me to be at these random places by 9am, and 8/10 times the nurse doesn't even turn up till 10am, and then I sit for 3 hours to see 1 patient ... then I have a dirty commute to my afternoon session at some other area.... ! To be fair my medsoc was amazing last year, my friends have awesome medsocs this year ... I've just been really unlucky :(

Ooooooo and to end on an exciting note... I submitted my firm choices last night! Clinical years feel so close now, I really can't wait!! ^.^ it was really difficult choosing where to go for each module...  .

Now the wait for the practice nurse continues ......!

CRAM CRAM CRAM

"A colposcopy, not to be confused with a colonoscopy"

-Ah.. that made me giggle, i'm a little immature, and dead lazy when it comes to scribing down my bits and bobs at medical school....
i'm supposed to read this blog once i've graduated so i can look back at my journey, through medical school, and i've just left a whole big chunk out of 2nd year, since i've been too lazy to write things down, and lately it's just been crazy revision!!

Exam this Friday, and i've never felt this un-prepared!

Chocolate, coffee and redbull....
CRAM CRAM CRAM