Surgery call
I'm sneaking out of surgery to write this blog. Actually my resident decided to take a nap, so he sent me out to do some reading :) So far surgery hasn't been as bad as I expected. On the other hand, it will get a lot busier in the upcoming weeks. The residents have been really nice, but I still think that this will be my last surgical rotation ... sigh ... Anyways, neurology is still my favorite rotation so far. That reminds me, I need to take care of my recommendation from Dr. Ramirez.
Gotta do some reading,
John
Saturday, August 31, 2002
Sunday, August 25, 2002
Miniature golfing and air hockey
I went miniature golfing for the first time last Friday. Pastor John was so surprised that I have never miniature golfed that he insisted that I try it out :) On my very first hole, I had a hole in one!!!!! I didn't do so hot afterwards, but he only beat me by 4 strokes after 18 holes. Beginners luck? Next we played air hockey, where I barely beat him 7-6 on the very last second. Now Pastor J wants to challenge me in ping-pong :) All in good fun. His wife is a very good cook, unfortunately she is going to Germany for 3 weeks so I won't be able to learn cooking from her. Hmmm ... I'm doing surgery right now so I might not have the time. Anyways .... procrastinating again
John
I went miniature golfing for the first time last Friday. Pastor John was so surprised that I have never miniature golfed that he insisted that I try it out :) On my very first hole, I had a hole in one!!!!! I didn't do so hot afterwards, but he only beat me by 4 strokes after 18 holes. Beginners luck? Next we played air hockey, where I barely beat him 7-6 on the very last second. Now Pastor J wants to challenge me in ping-pong :) All in good fun. His wife is a very good cook, unfortunately she is going to Germany for 3 weeks so I won't be able to learn cooking from her. Hmmm ... I'm doing surgery right now so I might not have the time. Anyways .... procrastinating again
John
Sara Groves Concert
It was a really emotional event for everyone, because it was here in Cedar Valley Church of Bloomington that Sara Groves launched her career. My favorite memory of her night actually came from watching her two year old Kirby play air drums in the air. What I like most about the concert tonight were the lyrics since it touched on the Christian journey as well as relationships :)
I was really lucky to sit in the third row of the concert. Unfortunately I didn't bring my camera along. I also got an inside scoop on Sara since I sat next to her bus driver, Mark. He didn't give me too much dirt about Sara, since she and Troy are some of the nicest people he knows. It's always nice to hear that about Christian artists you admire.
After the concert, I bumped into Amy, Jess, Becca, and Keith. Amy showed me the secret passageway into the church where she managed to sneak in past all the lines. She is very tricky (went through the fallout shelter :) Then Becca and Keith had to drive me to my car, since I was totally lost after going through the secret entrance. I wonder how many people were at church, since so many of us skipped. Well ... at least I helped with the church set up before going to the concert :)
John
It was a really emotional event for everyone, because it was here in Cedar Valley Church of Bloomington that Sara Groves launched her career. My favorite memory of her night actually came from watching her two year old Kirby play air drums in the air. What I like most about the concert tonight were the lyrics since it touched on the Christian journey as well as relationships :)
I was really lucky to sit in the third row of the concert. Unfortunately I didn't bring my camera along. I also got an inside scoop on Sara since I sat next to her bus driver, Mark. He didn't give me too much dirt about Sara, since she and Troy are some of the nicest people he knows. It's always nice to hear that about Christian artists you admire.
After the concert, I bumped into Amy, Jess, Becca, and Keith. Amy showed me the secret passageway into the church where she managed to sneak in past all the lines. She is very tricky (went through the fallout shelter :) Then Becca and Keith had to drive me to my car, since I was totally lost after going through the secret entrance. I wonder how many people were at church, since so many of us skipped. Well ... at least I helped with the church set up before going to the concert :)
John
Biking
All ye Mudders, do not fear! This is not a retread (bad pun) of my fearless biking accident :) I had the most amazing bike ride with Jon Parkhurst the other day. We decided to go on a random bike ride, and we ended up in one of the prettiest parks (Crosby Farm Park) this side of St. Paul. I felt like I was completely in one of the most remote places in the twin cities. It definitely is one of the hidden gems with a small lake and a cluster of wild flowers. Yeah, it was a 16-17 mile bike ride but it was totally worth it. After biking, Jon made an amazing spaghetti meal. I think it must have been the cooking wine and the olive oil :) We also had a really neat raspberry cheesecake dessert and some kiwi fruits. If you exercise, you can pretty much eat anything you want :)
John
All ye Mudders, do not fear! This is not a retread (bad pun) of my fearless biking accident :) I had the most amazing bike ride with Jon Parkhurst the other day. We decided to go on a random bike ride, and we ended up in one of the prettiest parks (Crosby Farm Park) this side of St. Paul. I felt like I was completely in one of the most remote places in the twin cities. It definitely is one of the hidden gems with a small lake and a cluster of wild flowers. Yeah, it was a 16-17 mile bike ride but it was totally worth it. After biking, Jon made an amazing spaghetti meal. I think it must have been the cooking wine and the olive oil :) We also had a really neat raspberry cheesecake dessert and some kiwi fruits. If you exercise, you can pretty much eat anything you want :)
John
Car troubles
I had the most unusual car problem :) Well, I knew that I had a slow leak in my tires, so I knew that there must be a hole somewhere. Yup, the mechanic found a nail ... that's not too surprising. The unusual thing was what he found under a hood. A mouse or as Anita would say, ewwwwww ....
John
I had the most unusual car problem :) Well, I knew that I had a slow leak in my tires, so I knew that there must be a hole somewhere. Yup, the mechanic found a nail ... that's not too surprising. The unusual thing was what he found under a hood. A mouse or as Anita would say, ewwwwww ....
John
Tuesday, August 20, 2002
Thrown to the wolves
That's one of my residents theory in training the medical students. Sometimes I'm afraid of making any mistakes, but the resident allows me to make decisions and sees me struggle to determine what things are right for the patient. Eventually he corrects me, but it still is pretty nerve racking. Anyway, it is a really good way to learn but sometimes wonder if I can be more prepared.
Breathing deeply,
John
That's one of my residents theory in training the medical students. Sometimes I'm afraid of making any mistakes, but the resident allows me to make decisions and sees me struggle to determine what things are right for the patient. Eventually he corrects me, but it still is pretty nerve racking. Anyway, it is a really good way to learn but sometimes wonder if I can be more prepared.
Breathing deeply,
John
Sunday, August 18, 2002
NWA World Perks membership
I have no idea what that is. All I know is that I have gone on a ton of Northwest planes without joining a frequent flier miles. I guess by now, I probably would have been half-way to a free round trip ticket. Oh, well ... Now, I'm really confused by all this proliferation of travel websites: travelocity, expedia, orbitz, cheaptickets, etc... I think that Orbitz is sponsored by all the major carriers, however for one multi-city jaunt that I was planning there was a difference of about $100.00 between the different websites. Is it just me or they are purposefully trying to confuse everyone? I guess all these airlines are in trouble with US Airways and United threatening bankruptcy. Hmmm ... another bailout I suppose. Ideally I would like an interstate high-speed railway. Oops, the government is shutting down the Acela train service. Anyways, I've gotta go back to working on Parkinson's disease.
Later,
John
I have no idea what that is. All I know is that I have gone on a ton of Northwest planes without joining a frequent flier miles. I guess by now, I probably would have been half-way to a free round trip ticket. Oh, well ... Now, I'm really confused by all this proliferation of travel websites: travelocity, expedia, orbitz, cheaptickets, etc... I think that Orbitz is sponsored by all the major carriers, however for one multi-city jaunt that I was planning there was a difference of about $100.00 between the different websites. Is it just me or they are purposefully trying to confuse everyone? I guess all these airlines are in trouble with US Airways and United threatening bankruptcy. Hmmm ... another bailout I suppose. Ideally I would like an interstate high-speed railway. Oops, the government is shutting down the Acela train service. Anyways, I've gotta go back to working on Parkinson's disease.
Later,
John
Thursday, August 15, 2002
Last weekend
I'm just really happy that my good friends have been visiting me this summer. Last weekend I got a chance to see Anita Chang. She's never been to Minnesota before, so I could show her all the neat places here. We went to the lakes, took lots of pictures of Lucy (the cartoon character, not the skeleton :), ate wonderful ice cream (Sebastian Joe's), touched the Mississippi, made a great chicken dinner sans okra, and went to an open house. To be continued ...
John
P.S.: Someone just challenged me to play foosball.
I'm just really happy that my good friends have been visiting me this summer. Last weekend I got a chance to see Anita Chang. She's never been to Minnesota before, so I could show her all the neat places here. We went to the lakes, took lots of pictures of Lucy (the cartoon character, not the skeleton :), ate wonderful ice cream (Sebastian Joe's), touched the Mississippi, made a great chicken dinner sans okra, and went to an open house. To be continued ...
John
P.S.: Someone just challenged me to play foosball.
Surgery Options for Parkinsonism and Rotations
That's gonna be my talk for my neurosurgery rotation :) Fun, eh. It was actually frustating for me to remember all of the different pathways that lead to movement.
I'm really happy about my neurology evaluation -- it's nice to know that all that hard work paid off. I just had a talk with my advisor about rotations. Of course he recommended his own site (HCMC -- " a great institution "), but he also said that Parkland has one of the best internal medicine programs in the country. One guy over there discovered the receptor for cholesterol, and subsequently won the nobel prize. I'm just hoping that I will be able to land a spot in their residency program, but I guess it is too soon to worry about it now. In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy every moment, pray for friends, and root against Oklahoma :) I just hope that I'm not going to get into any trouble for diong that. Hmmmm ....
John
That's gonna be my talk for my neurosurgery rotation :) Fun, eh. It was actually frustating for me to remember all of the different pathways that lead to movement.
I'm really happy about my neurology evaluation -- it's nice to know that all that hard work paid off. I just had a talk with my advisor about rotations. Of course he recommended his own site (HCMC -- " a great institution "), but he also said that Parkland has one of the best internal medicine programs in the country. One guy over there discovered the receptor for cholesterol, and subsequently won the nobel prize. I'm just hoping that I will be able to land a spot in their residency program, but I guess it is too soon to worry about it now. In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy every moment, pray for friends, and root against Oklahoma :) I just hope that I'm not going to get into any trouble for diong that. Hmmmm ....
John
Tuesday, August 13, 2002
Tuesday, August 06, 2002
Tseganesh's birthday party (08/03/02) (Food alert)
Rain, rain, go away. Didn't quite happen. We were originally going to have an outdoor barbecue, but Tseganesh improvised and barbecued in the garage.
I really liked the strawberries, chicken and the salsa. I tried the steak medium-rare, but I guess I should have had it medium-well. The best part of the party is watching the fly girls (Tseganesh and Jen) and the fly guys (Kirk, Joe, and Lukoma). I actually "danced" with them at the talent show but I forgot all my moves. As I told everyone, I have dancing apraxia or normal pressure hydrocephalus secondary to dancing (my neurology differential). You see my feet seem to be magnetically stuck to the floor. That's really bad when you want to dance.
Did you know that Kirk and Joe are thugs? They actually stole flowers from my house to give to Tseganesh. Did you know the excuse they gave to Tseganesh? They said that angels from the sky told them to give it to the most beautiful girl in the world. Hmmm ... that's actually a neat pick-up line :)
John
Rain, rain, go away. Didn't quite happen. We were originally going to have an outdoor barbecue, but Tseganesh improvised and barbecued in the garage.
I really liked the strawberries, chicken and the salsa. I tried the steak medium-rare, but I guess I should have had it medium-well. The best part of the party is watching the fly girls (Tseganesh and Jen) and the fly guys (Kirk, Joe, and Lukoma). I actually "danced" with them at the talent show but I forgot all my moves. As I told everyone, I have dancing apraxia or normal pressure hydrocephalus secondary to dancing (my neurology differential). You see my feet seem to be magnetically stuck to the floor. That's really bad when you want to dance.
Did you know that Kirk and Joe are thugs? They actually stole flowers from my house to give to Tseganesh. Did you know the excuse they gave to Tseganesh? They said that angels from the sky told them to give it to the most beautiful girl in the world. Hmmm ... that's actually a neat pick-up line :)
John
Starting to get the hang of urology (sorry another bad pun)
If you havn't guessed it already, I just watched the awfully dreadful movie Austin Power's, _Goldmember_, starring Tom Cruise ... wait a sec ... Mike Myers. Bad movie, baaad ... baaaad ... movie. I'm actually sheepish in admitting that I actually watched the movie (another baaad pun). All I can say was that it was Steve's and Joe's idea. If I had my way, I would have gone to all the non-clothing intensive stores. Their other idea was to implement project John. They actually made me go into Banana's Republic, JCrew, Macy's, Sven and Ole's Navy (Yay ... my first Sven and Ole joke). You see I'm probably the least knowledgable person when it comes to clothes. My brain is filled with other more important things, like neurons, astrocytes, microglia, oligodendrocytes, cerebral spinal fluid, and many more cells :)
It was the Mall of America's 10th anniversary -- not too shabby. Don't laugh, my favorite mall is actually Har Mar Mall. Some may see it is the worst mall in Roseville, but it is my favorite because it has Northwestern and B&N bookstores. Northwestern is the coolest store in the entire universe (ok, i'm biased because i met jennifer knapp there and i like their italian soda).
Back to urology. I got to do some H&Ps today. That's pretty cool. I also immediately diagnosed someone with a lt middle cerebral infarct (ok, that's a neurology diagnosis but I already said that I think like a neurologist). Anyway, I'm getting a lot better at asking the basic urology questions and feeling the prostate. I guess it has taken me about a week to sorta get the hang of it, but I guess it's better late than never. I was actually jealous that I didn't get to see an IPP and a laparoscopic nephrectomy today. Oh well, it would have been a really long day if I had stayed, and you probably won't be reading this blog :)
Should be reading urology,
John
If you havn't guessed it already, I just watched the awfully dreadful movie Austin Power's, _Goldmember_, starring Tom Cruise ... wait a sec ... Mike Myers. Bad movie, baaad ... baaaad ... movie. I'm actually sheepish in admitting that I actually watched the movie (another baaad pun). All I can say was that it was Steve's and Joe's idea. If I had my way, I would have gone to all the non-clothing intensive stores. Their other idea was to implement project John. They actually made me go into Banana's Republic, JCrew, Macy's, Sven and Ole's Navy (Yay ... my first Sven and Ole joke). You see I'm probably the least knowledgable person when it comes to clothes. My brain is filled with other more important things, like neurons, astrocytes, microglia, oligodendrocytes, cerebral spinal fluid, and many more cells :)
It was the Mall of America's 10th anniversary -- not too shabby. Don't laugh, my favorite mall is actually Har Mar Mall. Some may see it is the worst mall in Roseville, but it is my favorite because it has Northwestern and B&N bookstores. Northwestern is the coolest store in the entire universe (ok, i'm biased because i met jennifer knapp there and i like their italian soda).
Back to urology. I got to do some H&Ps today. That's pretty cool. I also immediately diagnosed someone with a lt middle cerebral infarct (ok, that's a neurology diagnosis but I already said that I think like a neurologist). Anyway, I'm getting a lot better at asking the basic urology questions and feeling the prostate. I guess it has taken me about a week to sorta get the hang of it, but I guess it's better late than never. I was actually jealous that I didn't get to see an IPP and a laparoscopic nephrectomy today. Oh well, it would have been a really long day if I had stayed, and you probably won't be reading this blog :)
Should be reading urology,
John
Sunday, August 04, 2002
Friday, August 02, 2002
Procrastinating
I know, I'm supposed to be studying urology but I can't get the stream of thought going. (Bad pun intended :). Hey I realized I misspelled Ten Shekel Shirt, but I don't feel like editing the blogs. Did you know that Ten Shekel Shirt is actually a story from the bible? Read Joshua ... one of the more interesting books in the bible. Well I gotta go, I need to help Jessie move into her new room. Jay has finally left the building :)
John
I know, I'm supposed to be studying urology but I can't get the stream of thought going. (Bad pun intended :). Hey I realized I misspelled Ten Shekel Shirt, but I don't feel like editing the blogs. Did you know that Ten Shekel Shirt is actually a story from the bible? Read Joshua ... one of the more interesting books in the bible. Well I gotta go, I need to help Jessie move into her new room. Jay has finally left the building :)
John
Sleep
Yesterday, I had a really wacky sleep schedule. I slept at 10:30 p.m., woke up at 3 a.m. read for half-an-hour, woke up at 6:30. I dunno, why I did this. Maybe subconsciously I'm training myself to have a sturgeon's sleep schedule. Of course when you're sleep deprived you dream weird stuff. This has been the second time in about a couple of months that I dreamt of listening to KTIS. The first time around I dreamt about listening to Ten Shekel's Shirt, _Ocean_. This time around I just dreamt of listening to random songs. At least I didn't dream about doing a neurology presentation :)
John
Yesterday, I had a really wacky sleep schedule. I slept at 10:30 p.m., woke up at 3 a.m. read for half-an-hour, woke up at 6:30. I dunno, why I did this. Maybe subconsciously I'm training myself to have a sturgeon's sleep schedule. Of course when you're sleep deprived you dream weird stuff. This has been the second time in about a couple of months that I dreamt of listening to KTIS. The first time around I dreamt about listening to Ten Shekel's Shirt, _Ocean_. This time around I just dreamt of listening to random songs. At least I didn't dream about doing a neurology presentation :)
John
I would say that I'm a fairly optimistic and upbeat fella, but urology has not been all that I hoped for. On the other hand, the hours are good even though I have to wake up at a really early time :) Another good thing about urology is that they have some of the nicest residents (even thoough they are sturgeons :). I've been following Mark, and so far he's been one of the nicest people (ok, I realize I've used the word nice twice in a sentence but they really are nice :). Today, he spotted me eight dollars for some pizza :) The operating room has been really cool as well -- I saw a bunch of urethrocystoscopies (cystos), suprapubics, radical prostectomies, and a vasectomy. What's worrisome for me is that I'm still pretty much clueless about most of urology and I've been seeing mainly BPH and prostate cancer. There was a lot more variety and a lot more thinking in the neurology clinics. I miss neurology, and sometimes I even dream about neurology. Hmmm ... I wonder what that means.
John
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