Wow - black hole

So I finally got on Blogger today, for the first time in a couple weeks and decided to write some updates! What an exciting two weeks it has been!

I started my OB/GYN rotation with two weeks on Gyn-Onc. It has been okay - most of the docs are super nice, they tend to ignore students, but nice otherwise. The surgeries aren't great because it's really hard to see anything (and I don't really like the operating room environment). But it has been a pretty good experience overall, and I've definitely learned a lot.

I got to see quite a few hysterectomies (occasionally on some really, really large women) and not much other than that. I saw a "chocolate cyst" (don't ask why it's called that) that held 1L of fluid! I was pretty nervous in my first surgery but I've seen quite a few now and I haven't lost consciousness at all! I think of that as Success #1! I also haven't been yelled at or made to cry! Success #2!

Before starting, I had heard that OBGYN rotation had the longest hours and I'd have to say I agree. I also heard that Gyn-Onc was the hardest part of OB/Gyn, so I'm glad that it's out of the way! Every day I had to get to the hospital at 5:30am to "pre-round" on patients - I had to wake them up, ask them questions and poke their bellies, write my findings in their chards, then go "round" with real doctors at 6:30 and present my patients. Then we'd usually have "team breakfast" at the cafeteria for a few minutes and figure out where we were going all day, and go to see surgeries, check on patients, etc.

Well this isn't nearly the exciting and funny post as I'd meant for it to be, but I'm a Tired Katie tonight. It is so hard to get up early every day, run around like crazy (and skip lunch every other day) then come home and try to get the grocery shopping done, laundry, and other things before crashing into bed. This is probably what residency will be like, though, so I'd better get used to it! One evening I dozed off in mid-sentence...I need to be getting to bed earlier! Speaking of, it's time to start winding down for the night (yes, it's 9pm) because I have a L&D (labor/delivery) 12 hour shift tomorrow from 7am-7pm. Next week starts L&D days, which should be pretty exciting!