Let Me Tell You About 'Nam

So after a week at the VA I have come to the conclusion that working there is like driving toothpicks under your fingernails. It's extraordinarily painful with all the paperwork and red tape and very angry secretaries. They yell at me at least once a day. Not to mention that HIPAA is disguised as FBI agents. I'm convinced. And the rent-a-cops in the parking lot on their oh so wonderful bikes are a special breed of stupid dressed in ignorance and topped off with the accessory of power trip.

But I LOVE the patients. They make my day better. They all pretty much appreciate that someone cares and someone tries. I had the cutest old man with a gangrene foot due to diabetes, but he just lit up when he talked about his granddaughter and his chee-tohs and little debbie cakes. I know...that's why his foot was falling off due to atherosclerosis and diabetes. But he was just so adorable while doing so. I couldn't help but just find him absolutely precious. I also love the patients with the old war stories. I had one guy tell me about his stint in 'Nam. I love it. I guess that's why I'm considering Geriatrics if I decide to do family medicine or internal medicine.

Although, I miss pathology dearly. I'm going to try to find some time to shadow so I can decide. My ultimate fear is getting to third year and hating everything and not knowing what I want to do.

And I FINALLY got to see harry potter! HemeOnc Doc and I went after we wasted about 5 hours at the hospital just sitting around and "studying". They left out the good fight scenes naturally as well as some of the story line. But it was a good idea. I'm excited to see the next 2 movies.

So today has been full of just stuff. Making bread since I'm out, and tried out a recipe from my new cookbook Cupcake Heaven yesterday. It was so good! It tasted like strawberry shortcake. A real winner. I'm just glad I got the day off. One of the guys that was supposed to come yesterday morning overslept so I did all his notes and he repaid me by doing all the ones I was responsible for this morning.

Until next time.