I'm back!!!

I definitely took a looong hiatus from blog writing didn't I? And I used to enjoy this ever so much, so in the interest of bringing back something I enjoy, I've resolved to begin anew.

So lots happened in the last 9 months! I encountered and slayed the Step 1 Beast in June!! Well, maybe "slayed" is a bit of an overkill. I somehow managed to sneak by it, is how I really see that. And the big nasty troll somehow did not squish me to smithereens in the process. Sigh of relief.

I began my foray into the third year of medical school, aka junior clerkships and I started my clerkship with psychiatry. With few exceptions, I have actually thoroughly enjoyed myself at the rotation and really got into learning about the biopsychosocial aspects of the patients' lives. Most of the patients were sad sad sad. There was no question about it. Their lives were absolutely derailed by their psychiatric illnesses and other comorbidities. Still while I admittedly on occasion do feel a little critical, thinking to myself "why can't you pull it together already?" my overall sentiment towards these patients run more along the lines of "There but for the grace of God go I."

Now I'm on OB and finishing up in a week. It's been an interesting rollercoaster ride. One week I'm convinced I hate OB and I'm never ever ever going to go near a pregnant woman about to deliver ever again. Then the next week, I get to see really cool procedures or just even a really nicely done C-section by one of the hospital's coolest Ob-gyns and I'm smitten with the possibilities. Most of the Ob-gyn residents I've posed the question "Why OB?" gave me the answer that they liked the mixture of medical and surgical. And it's true, there is definitely a lot more hands-on procedures to be done as well as medical management. In that context, I can see why it's an attractive field. But I'm still struggling with my own inner convictions of where my true strengths lie. And whether or not I want to limit my patient population to only women.

Anyway, thankfully I have a little more time to chew on this dilemma but I shall soon settle on something I'm sure.

In other news - my good friend Viola got married last week! It was a rambunctious wedding chock full of entertainment and food and games and laughter and merriment all around. It was your typical Chinese banquet. That said, I also had a little interesting anecdote from that wedding. I caught the bouquet on the second toss, after it fell limply to the floor on the first try. Then later, Jason caught the garter among the single guys. How cool or how lame is that? You can decide. But then Jason had to do a funky dance to put the garter on me and I have to give him some credit, because he really pulled out some moves. I don't think I've ever seen him move like that, I hope it was caught on DVD. Kiss! Honey. It was one of my personal highlights at the wedding.

Alrighty, that was a whirlwind of words upon words. I'll be more concise next time, but it's so nice to be working the keyboard again, over a breakfast of fruits and a pomegranate green tea. A lovely morning and now off to hit the books!