i'm in the midst of cramming absurd amounts of information into my head, again - but this year is a completely different sort of creature.
first year was like a long episode of how things work.
second year (so far) feels like one long guessing game of what the hell is wrong?!
a lot has changed for me in the past year:
- i have greatly increased my tolerance level: i can now plant my ass firmly in this chair and work for hours on end.
- i no longer expect to get evenings or weekends "off"; it's pretty much assumed that i will be studying.
- the fear of "ohmygod what if i FAIL?!" has been replaced by a general distaste and annoyance with having to take exams in the first place.
on the other hand...
instead of hating pretty much every subject besides brains, i've found a lot of things to love / be fascinated by / consider tolerable enough to spend my life doing them. like, you know, kidneys. kidneys are cool. (skin, GI tract, and eyes - not so much.)
i'm also really really excited about working in the hospital next year. third year is completely different: we'll spend our time on the wards, following around 'real' doctors like we're meek puppy dogs and being pimped by attendings. ahhh, can't wait.
right now i'm in the middle of round #1 of exams.
yesterday i took my exam in clinical pathophysiology (which we call "medicine" for short because, really, isn't that what medicine is?).
tomorrow i've got psychiatry, which i LOVE... mostly because i was a psychology major in college, so i can get away with a bit less studying, mwahaha.
annnd then the real killer, pathology (ha! ha! get it? ...ok never mind) is on friday. that one might suck a little. eep.
alright, back to the books. i gotta work hard enough to be able to justify taking a study break later for house MD... yesss, my guilty pleasure is fake medicine.
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