Getting Published
I'm gonna be published in the journal of In Vitro (Cell and Development) :) Sure, probably only 50 people in the entire world will read it but that's ok with me. I doubt there are that many people who are interested in murine leukemia viruses or myogenesis.
John
Survived my orals
I studied really hard for the oral exam, but it was actually very straight-forward. Hmm ... it would have been nice for me to show them that I've learned a ton of stuff. On the other hand, I heard that the multiple choice test is exceedingly difficult. Oh well ...
John
John
Monday, September 30, 2002
Tuesday, September 17, 2002
It has been a really slow surgery service this week, but I still have a lot of reading to do. I've made up my mind that I will not go into surgery as a profession. Right now my top three are still internal medicine, pediatrics, and neurology.
Interesting things:
1. Listening to Derrick's (the intern) self-produced CD, Love is Amazing.
2. Getting a new nickname, QuickSilver
Things to do next week.
1. Study
2. Sleep
3. Surgery rotation
John
Interesting things:
1. Listening to Derrick's (the intern) self-produced CD, Love is Amazing.
2. Getting a new nickname, QuickSilver
Things to do next week.
1. Study
2. Sleep
3. Surgery rotation
John
Thursday, September 12, 2002
Tying knots redux
The best part of surgery is actually doing surgery, not standing around with retractors. Today, I was fortunate enough to participate in the med school's animal lab. Although it was pretty sad that a pig had to be sacrificed for our education, it definitely bolstered my confidence in surgery. I had the opportunity to cut out the spleen, gallbladder, and do a gastric pyloroplasty. Sounds kinda complicated, but it wasn't too hard of an operation. I even had a chance to practice my knot tying skills. At first, I totally forgot how to do a one-handed knot but like biking your muscle memory automatically remembers and does it for you. That's the coolest thing -- knowing how to do something without actually thinking about it :)
John
The best part of surgery is actually doing surgery, not standing around with retractors. Today, I was fortunate enough to participate in the med school's animal lab. Although it was pretty sad that a pig had to be sacrificed for our education, it definitely bolstered my confidence in surgery. I had the opportunity to cut out the spleen, gallbladder, and do a gastric pyloroplasty. Sounds kinda complicated, but it wasn't too hard of an operation. I even had a chance to practice my knot tying skills. At first, I totally forgot how to do a one-handed knot but like biking your muscle memory automatically remembers and does it for you. That's the coolest thing -- knowing how to do something without actually thinking about it :)
John
Wednesday, September 04, 2002
Tying knots
I'm starting to get the hang of tying knots, but I'm still incredibly slow compared to my chief resident and surgeon. They are just amazing to watch -- knots flying like crazy, little squirters everywhere, tools flying around :) My legs are like jelly though after a 6 hour operation -- I can't imagine doctors who continue to operate past 20 hours.
Today I was pimped quite a bit by Dr. Tuttle, fortunately I was able to answer all of his questions during his Q and A session :) He did stump me on one question: What drug was Dr. Halsted addicted to? The answer: The same drug that John Belushi overdosed with minus the heroin.
Who is Dr. Halsted? Well, he is probably the greatest American surgeon of all time, a cokehead, and an icon over at Johns Hopkins.
Tomorrow, I will be on call. Fun, fun, fun ..... Slowing down .... Yawning ... Getting Tired ... Need my sleep ..... To be continued ....
John
P.S.:
I'm starting to get the hang of tying knots, but I'm still incredibly slow compared to my chief resident and surgeon. They are just amazing to watch -- knots flying like crazy, little squirters everywhere, tools flying around :) My legs are like jelly though after a 6 hour operation -- I can't imagine doctors who continue to operate past 20 hours.
Today I was pimped quite a bit by Dr. Tuttle, fortunately I was able to answer all of his questions during his Q and A session :) He did stump me on one question: What drug was Dr. Halsted addicted to? The answer: The same drug that John Belushi overdosed with minus the heroin.
Who is Dr. Halsted? Well, he is probably the greatest American surgeon of all time, a cokehead, and an icon over at Johns Hopkins.
Tomorrow, I will be on call. Fun, fun, fun ..... Slowing down .... Yawning ... Getting Tired ... Need my sleep ..... To be continued ....
John
P.S.:
Monday, September 02, 2002
Favorite Quote of the Day
"My friends like to tell each other that I am not really a born-again Christian. They think of me more along the lines of that old Jonathan Miller routine, where he said, "I'm not really a Jew -- I'm Jew-ish." They think I am Christian-ish. But I'm not. I'm just a bad Christian. A bad born-again Christian. And certainly, like the apostle Peter, I am capable of denying it, of presenting myself as a sort of leftist liberation-theology enthusiast and maybe sort of a vaguely Jesusy bon vivant. But it's not true...I could go to a gathering of foot-wash Baptists and, except for my dreadlocks, fit right in. I would wash their feet; I would let them wash mine."
Anne Lamott
Here I am in the computer lab procrastinating as usual, instead of reading Surgical Recall, and somehow I stumbled into this quote by Anne Lamott. Sure she is as diametrically opposite of who I am theologically, politically, but both of us are completely embraced by Jesus. By the way, I would let those foot-wash Baptists wash my feet too :)
Going to church in scrubs
You know you are addicted to foosball once you start going to church in scrubs. Here I was finishing my 28 hour surgery shift, (happy as a clam sustained by a Belgian Waffle with whipped cream and blueberries), figured I could get a few games of foosball before going to church. Unfortunately I didn't have time to change so I went to Park Avenue in scrubs. In the evening I decided to change into my bright orange Northwestern volunteer shirt for church at Stadium Village. (God is probably laughing at my dress choices :). After church, pastor John challenged me to a game of ping-pong. Even though we played with an orange ball (the T-shirt was a convenient camouflage), he still whooped my butt.
John
"My friends like to tell each other that I am not really a born-again Christian. They think of me more along the lines of that old Jonathan Miller routine, where he said, "I'm not really a Jew -- I'm Jew-ish." They think I am Christian-ish. But I'm not. I'm just a bad Christian. A bad born-again Christian. And certainly, like the apostle Peter, I am capable of denying it, of presenting myself as a sort of leftist liberation-theology enthusiast and maybe sort of a vaguely Jesusy bon vivant. But it's not true...I could go to a gathering of foot-wash Baptists and, except for my dreadlocks, fit right in. I would wash their feet; I would let them wash mine."
Anne Lamott
Here I am in the computer lab procrastinating as usual, instead of reading Surgical Recall, and somehow I stumbled into this quote by Anne Lamott. Sure she is as diametrically opposite of who I am theologically, politically, but both of us are completely embraced by Jesus. By the way, I would let those foot-wash Baptists wash my feet too :)
Going to church in scrubs
You know you are addicted to foosball once you start going to church in scrubs. Here I was finishing my 28 hour surgery shift, (happy as a clam sustained by a Belgian Waffle with whipped cream and blueberries), figured I could get a few games of foosball before going to church. Unfortunately I didn't have time to change so I went to Park Avenue in scrubs. In the evening I decided to change into my bright orange Northwestern volunteer shirt for church at Stadium Village. (God is probably laughing at my dress choices :). After church, pastor John challenged me to a game of ping-pong. Even though we played with an orange ball (the T-shirt was a convenient camouflage), he still whooped my butt.
John
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