you shouldn’t care, but you do anyway…

I wrote tons of acronyms and shorthand today, without really realizing that I did it…
I interviewed a 22-year old patient who was ready for a cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal). We had a great interview and exam, I don’t think I bothered her too much.
Young patients are good, because the majority of the findings are negative. It’s good practice for the OSCE which mostly contains 100% healthy “patients” (they’re actors).
After I was done, I went and met Dr. Thornton along with Tunisia, the other med student doing an interview. We talked for a little while but Dr. Thornton had to go consult on a patient (he usually sits and talks to us for a long time, but apparently THIS WEEK he has to be an attending physician first and a preceptor second). So, after the group part was done, I decided that I should go track down the patient’s chart at the nurses’ station. They said that it went down with her to surgery, and that I could find it in the OR…
So down to the Operating Room Suite I went.
I pressed the buttons that open the doors (marking me as somebody who at least knows you can’t push the doors open). I confidently walked up to the nurses’ station and asked “could I see ms. X’s chart? I interviewed her earlier today.”
She responded like I belonged there…”she’s back in Holding, and her chart is with her.”
Here’s where I made the mistake: I gave her the “I don’t know where Holding is, even though it’s the only place where non-scrubbed personnel are allowed — because I don’t know, that means I’ve never been down here before” look.
She said “follow the brown tiles.”
I found my patient and her chart, and talked a little bit (i think she was under a little bit of sedation) — not even her mom was down there.
I was feeling good, until a nurse walked up and said (to the patient) “Let me look at your chart before I hand it off to the nurse that is going to be taking you in.”
That was apparently my cue to close the chart and hand it to her. She gave me a “you don’t belong here, I own you” look and I walked out.
Still, my first time near an operating room (not as a patient) and I didn’t trip / embarrass myself. I am pretty satisfied with that…

-t

I watched There and Back on MTV last night (i’ve seen most of the episodes, it’s one of the guys from O-town “struggling to make it as a solo artist”). It was Ashley’s (the protagonist) birthday and his 7.5-months-pregnant girlfriend and her mom threw him a birthday party. Some of the attendees:

• Most of the members of O-town (all in various states of career-rebuilding).
• Donald Faison (Turk from Scrubs) - his IMDB entry
• The girl who played Zenon in those Disney movies (I think she’s on a soap opera now) — her IMDB entry

I won’t be turning this into a “celebrity gossip/sightings” blog — there’s already a few of those. Furthermore, nobody would believe my “scoops” considering my two brushes with celebrity have been with:

• John Rocker (multiple times around Dunwoody including Blockbuster and Mellow Mushroom)
• Vanessa Olivarez from the second season of American Idol — her Wikipedia entry. Her IMDB entry is weak. (I saw her with bodyguards in LaGuardia airport coming back from my Yale interview back in January 2004).

So, stick with Pink is the New Blog for now if you’re looking for gossip.
That’s it for now, gotta go do an interview/physical exam until 5pm, then maybe a workout — the wellness center is doing a “customer appreciation” with door prizes.
-t

This cracked me up…I was helping Scott move some stuff into Cameron’s basement, and he showed up with a Uhaul trailer. Filled up this much:

Sorry about the glare, the sun was directly behind the truck.
Amy got back from her wedding in Vegas and shared some pictures with me — here is one of her and Erin (her new husband). Congratulations again!

School today was blah, more kidney lectures. Tomorrow is patient interviews and physical exam in the afternoon. like I said, blah.
I’ve been watching The Color of Money this afternoon: pretty good stuff, any movie about hustling pool is a winner in my book. It makes me want to find a pool hall here in Augusta and go play. I know of one, down by Soul Bar, but “downtown Augusta Pool Hall” sounds like the sketchiest thing I can think of. Maybe the MCG student center is a little more my speed…
-t

And it’s courtesy of Jonny and a link he sent:
Donkey Lips’ Myspace Profiles.
Be warned, it’s myspace so it’s probably full of spyware and viruses and generally annoying colors. Regardless, here ya go:
http://www.myspace.com/mikey_rayder is his “main” personal page
http://www.myspace.com/mikeyrayrap contains some samples of him rapping over eminem/50 cent beats
and finally: http://www.myspace.com/donkey_lips his homage to himself as a child star, i guess.

Some classic quotes: “also im not a gangster or a hoodlum etc..just enjoy hip hop clothing –cause im fat and they have big sizes that look nice”
“i love you.

i miss Salute Your Shorts.

tell nickalodeon to effin put it back on
that and legends of the hidden temple ”

How can I top that?
-t

You try to share the experience of moving in, you try to put it all in a very positive light, and you get the blog-comment equivalent of BOOOOOOOOOOOO! GET OFF THE STAGE! BOOOOOOOOO!
I probably deserved it.
-t