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Dressed in white, ready for service!!!!

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There is something about going to the faculty that inspires me.

When I was going thru the issue in my last post, and just feeling terrible. I went over to the faculty the other day even tho I didn´t have class, because I had to see my faculty director about planning for next year courses. I got there around 10 AM and sat in the lobby waiting for him to show up. As I sat there I started to notice the students in white, those 5th year and above ( yea we don´t get to dress like that till 5th year) walking in and out of the faculty administrative building for diver reasons. The faculty is right next to the teaching hospital (for obvious reasons). A man coming to the hospital with problems somehow ended up in the administrative faculty building lobby, the students that were in that lobby inmediately sprang to action, taking control of the situation and making sure the man got the help that he needed.  For that moment I forgot all about the issues, and problems I was dealing with, I saw the future and I was inspired. It was like no other place in the world existed.

There is something about seeing all those students dressed in white that always makes me hopeful. See all those guys were at some point where I´m at now, all of them had to go thru the hard work, and still have quite a bit of work ahead of them. All of them sacrifice 5 years, family ,friendships , relationships, etc. to get to that point. And that´s what its about helping people, about doing all that we can for our fellowmen, its a great love for all of God´s children, and I am glad that the Lord has brought me to this place.

Another thing that I noticed, and if you look at the picture above you´ll notice that there is not a black face in that group. One thing I have noticed whenever I go over to the faculty is that I have never seen another black student there. Even at the university out of 19 classes that I have taken I have only had one black classmate in one class, and that was a girl. Now, I won´t get into why there are very few black guys in medicine, because there are a lot of reasons, But, it does add a little more pressure.Its not just about me. I have to make it and I have to be the best. Because there are people like one profesor said to me who believe that black guys can´t cut it in medicine, you are here to prove that is not the case. Dr Ben Carson anybody? But yea that does add some motivation.

 

In my last post I was talking about a pretty terrible person that had done me wrong. But this event made me think about some of the great people I have meet along the way that have done me right. One of my conlusions in my last post was that there are some bad people in the world and some are worse than others. But you know what, there are also some pretty awesome people in this world and most of them are not dressed in white and in med school, but those of us that are, are priviledged indeed.                        One of those people is Mark over at Sol foundation, I have been truly impressed with how much Mark works with us to make sure things are going well, we can always count on him to help us figure things out. It is amazing to me how he goes out of his way to help us be successful. I really couldn´t do this without his assistance and guidance.

Very hopefull that  some day with God´s help I´ll be one of those people dressed in white, but for now I need to go bury my face in a biophysics book. 

By the way as you know I am on a partial scholarship and depend on good people like you helping to make my dream of becoming a doctor with a message and a mission in honduras a reality. If you would like to help me to this or would like to learn more follow the link below. Make sure to put Natan Webster in the dedication line. 

http://www.solsite.org/

Any action taking will be greatly appreciated, let me know your thoughts. Love to hear suggestions.

 

 

Una lección difícil aprendida

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Cuando decidí venir a estudiar medicina en Tegus, estaba muy entusiasmado acerca de las cosas que me gustaría aprender. Es emocionante aprender sobre el cuerpo humano. Cómo ayudar a los enfermos . Estaba a punto de embarcarme en el viaje de mi vida, lejos en la capital de Honduras y no podría estar más emocionado y asustado. Mira, a mi siempre me a gustado aprender , desde niño Pasé gran parte de mi tiempo en los libros , no había ningún libro demasiado largo o demasiado aburrido . Muchas veces me ponía a leer durante toda la noche aveces hasta durante el culto en la iglesia. No le digas a mi pastor !!
Así que venir a la capital para aprender de grandes libros por 8 años era lo mío . Pero lo que realmente me ha llamado mi atención aquí es las muchas lecciones que he aprendido fuera del aula y fuera de los libros.
 
Una lección particularmente difícil tiene que ver con algo que mi mamá me dijo antes de partir  ” Ten cuidado con los amigos que elijas. ”  Yo prácticamente crecí en la iglesia toda mi vida, me siento muy confiada de la gente , y siempre trato de ayudar a la gente , si puedo. Mi ” mejor amigo ” me enseño esta lección y he decidido escribir sobre ello para ayudar a liberar algo de la ira .
 
Cuando vine a Tegüs, no conocía a nadie aquí, yo no sabía nada de la ciudad o la gente. En mi primer día de clase , en mi primera clase de matemáticas 112 , conocí a Allan Pacheco. Era un tipo de Roatan , que también estaba empezando aquí ese semestre , no había interactuado con él en la isla, pero su madre era una enfermera en el hospital y también en la Clínica Esperanza. Ambos siendo de la Isla nos hicimos amigos y empezamos a estudiar juntos y esas cosas. Los dos estábamos luchando para aprobar Matemáticas, yo pasé a duras penas, el se retiro de la clase, pero seguimos siendo amigos .
Terminó alquilando un lugar juntos , junto con su novia, mala idea !
Esta chica estaba loca mas loca que mandada a ser , me refiero a que tenía problemas psicológicos graves , yo le aguante los disparates a los dos durante un buen tiempo . Pero luego empecé a perder grandes sumas de dinero de mi habitación ,  esto realmente me molestó ,ya que yo dependia de una beca , pero deje que las cosas pasaran  y solo trate de ser más cuidadoso con mi dinero. Un montón de otras cosas pasaron, pero para hacer esto mas corto , ellos se terminaron mudando . El aborto fue la gota que colmó el vaso para mi .
 
Bueno, yo terminé mudándome a otra parte de la ciudad esta vez compartiendo un apartamento más cómodo con mi amiga Marlen , allan comenso a comunicarse conmigo de nuevo. cuando ellos se fueron del apartamento empezaron a decir un montón de mentiras sobre mi y habían tratado de hacer todo lo posible para hacerme daño. Pero  por ser la persona que soy yo no había aprendido la lección todavía.
Como he dicho Allan comienza a comunicarse conmigo y dijo que le gustaría compartir apartamento denuevo. Que el y ella no estaban juntos, y el lugar estaba viviendo en era demasiado caro , también se había quedado en todas las clases que había matriculado desde que se mudo , y que tendría que hacer las maletas y volver a casa si no obtenía ayuda , me aseguro que no habrían más problemas , y como yo no estaba seguro de que era el que me estaba robando me supuse que era ella.
Decidí hablarlo con Marlen , ella me dijo que era una mala idea de este cipote me había quemado ya y que no debe confiar en él. Esta fue la respuesta que recibí de varias personas con que hable .
Pero yo quería ayudarlo, y no quería verlo fracasar , por lo que contra la opinión de casi todo el mundo que lo conocía , y su familia , le dije que se mudara. peor idea !!
 
Los problemas comenzaron casi de inmediato , el primer mes, el tipo dice que no puede pagar el alquiler , así que me toco pagar el alquiler de los dos. Entonces el tipo dice que no tenía el dinero para la comida , así que pague la comida de los dos, esto se prolongó durante 3 meses el tipo básicamente no paga nada pero curiosamente siempre se puede conseguir el dinero para comprar cervezas y otras cosas. La semana pasada me robó dinero otra vez, cuando lo enfrenté y le pedí que me devolviera el dinero que me debía, él amenazó con matarme y me quebró el teléfono.
Yo le digo al chico mire usted necesita encontrar otro lugar la próxima semana, que ya tenía suficientes problemas con él y no quería tratar con él nunca más. Bien por unos días las cosas estaban bien. Todavía consideraba al chico un amigo y esperaba que él estaba pensando en cambiar . Tonto lo sé !
 
El viernes por la tarde cuando venia saliendo de la U, el me mando un mensaje diciendo que viene a recoger sus cosas . le digo yo esta bien, pero necesito que me pagues el dinero que me debes . Lo encuentro camino a casa de la clase y me dijo que no iba a pagarme, vendría por sus cosas, iba a causar problemas y otra vez amenaza con matarme. Decido llamar a su madre , ya que ella es una enfermera, y yo había trabajado con ella en el hospital, me imagino que diría que ella iba a hablar con él y todo habría terminado . Mas Tonto !
La llamo y le explico la situación, esta mujer empieza a gritarme por teléfono y me dice que me cuide mi espalda porque su marido me mataría si me metiera con Allan .
Lo siguiente que sé Allan aparece en la puerta principal con dos policías y nos tra una cita de la D.N.I.C. Teníamos que presentarnos en la corte el sábado porque habíamos arruinado varios de los artículos de Allan que estaban en el apartamento. Artículos que quería llevarse en ese momento. Me negué y se fueron.
 
 Marlen y yo vamos a la corte el sábado y este cipote está sentado allí alega que le metimos  un cuchillo a algunas de las cosas y habiamos hechado cloro en su ropa, etc . El oficial de la corte me dice que tengo que dejar que tome sus cosas y se iba a investigar las acusaciones en contra de nosotros . Pero mientras tanto, se mostraría en nuestros registros de antecedentes penales , que hasta ese momento habían estado limpios . Le dije que nosotros no hicimos nada y yo no entiendo por qué mi nombre tiene que quedar arruinado por este motivo. El me dice que habrá una investigación y si los cargos  resultan ser falsas , serían borrados de nuestro expediente. le pregunto cuánto tiempo es que va a tomar . Él me dice que no sabe , pero mientras tanto los cargos estarían en nuestro expediente . Bueno, después de una larga semana , una gran cantidad de dinero gastado, y vueltas lidiando con funcionarios corruptos, los cargos fueron retirados . Este cipote se llevo sus cosas, algunas de las mías , y yo al parecer mi vida peligra si voy a Roatan.
 
Sip, asi es como mi ” mejor amigo ” me pago todo lo bueno que había hecho por él , todo esto simplemente porque me negué a seguir dejando que se aprovechara de mi generosidad .
 
¿Cuáles son las lecciones aquí y me gustaría conocer tu opinión , pero aquí algunas mías .
 
1 . Hay un montón de gente malas en este mundo , y algunos son peores que otros.
2 . Hay un amigo verdadero y su nombre es Jesús.
3 . Allan nunca fue mi amigo y yo nunca deb dejarlo llegar tan lejos.
4 . El sistema legal en este país es una vergüenza.
5 . Tenga cuidado con los amigos que elija, y espero cualquier cosa de cualquier persona sin ninguna razón .
6 . Aquí, en el mundo real no es tan fácil .
7 . Siempre , siempre, siempre pedir recibos , y siempre obtener todos los acuerdos por escrito .
8 . Comience a buscar un buen asesino a sueldo . solo es broma, este personaje no vale la pena
 
Este material no está en mis libros de texto , pero aprecio cada lección que aprendo aquí.
 
¿Cuáles son sus opiniones ?

Oh brother Paul, My beloved brother you will surely be missed, but our lost is Heaven’s gain RIP my brother.

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In memory of Bro Paul Frazer. This was one of his favorite songs. May God comfort all the family and friends!

NOTHING HERE TO HINDER ME

I

ONE DAY, I HEARD A VOICE SAYING MAKE,
HE LORD YOUR CHOICE, HE’LL TAKE AWAY.
YOUR EVERY SIN, AND SET YOU FREE.
SO I CAME, TO HIM THAT DAY, AND HE TOOK, MY SINS AWAY NOW I DON’T
WANT NOTHING HERE TO HINDER ME.

II

MANY TIMES, I’M TOSSED ABOUT,
MANY TIMES, I DO WITHOUT.
MANY TIMES, MY HEART IS BURDENED DOWN WITH CARE, BUT I KNOW,
IF I’LL STAND TRUE, THAT SOME DAY. HE’LL SEE ME THRU.
IF I WON’T LET, NOTHING HERE HINDER ME.

III

SOMEDAY, WHEN I GET HOME, WHERE I NEVER,
MORE SHALL ROAM, WITH THE SAVIOR,
AND MY LOVED ONES I WILL BE,
WHEN I LAY THIS OLD CROSS DOWN.
AND RECEIVE A SHINNING CROWN.
I’LL BE SO GLAD THAT NOTHING HERE, HINDERED ME.

CHORUS

I DON’T WANT NOTHING HERE TO HINDER ME,
FOR SOMEDAY HIS BLESSED FACE I LONG TO SEE.
IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHAT THE COST OH HOW HEAVY MY CROSS.
I DON’T WANT NOTHING HERE TO HINDER ME.

Things I read!!!

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I have found some grueling informations about medical school on the Internet and I was curious about its accuracy. Can anyone assess if the following things are true?

01 – Everyone, including my doctor, told me to get the hell out of medicine
before I got in.
03 – Once in medical school, what you did to get you there no longer matters.
04 – Be prepared to study….then study somemore, and then a little more…
and then be prepared to not do well on the test.
05 – Be prepared to accept the reality that you may be an idiot (this came
as a shock to me).
06 – Be thankful that everyone else in your class is also an idiot and no
one expects you to know everything all at once, and for every test.
07 – Realize that getting ahead in med school means making lots of
friends … those who step on toes to get to the top are quickly
shunned by the rest of the class. This is very bad since people
tend to get a hold of old tests, helpful hints, book
recommendations, etc..that will be of great benefit to you. If you
are the smartest person in the class…dont try to show off and be
cocky. There will be plenty of opportunities for people to
undermine you if they decide they don’t like your attitude. In
short, have fun, be nice….make sure you are likable to a large
number of people.
08 – No one can go through medical school 8 times, so don’t be such a “pal”
that you end up doing extra work (typing a review sheet, for
example) for your friends while they are out having a good time.
09 – For me, the first year was NOT the hardest. This is b/c I was used
to busting my butt to get into medical school that I never slowed
down. For some, it is the “wake up call” if you never studied in
college.
10 – The second year IS the hardest, its survival of the fittest. They
want you to know everything about everything, and some more in
between. People quit after every exam.
11 – Once thru your second year, the rest is cheesecake. You dress like
a doctor, work like a doctor, and hopefully start acting like a
doctor.
12 – Once thru your second year, you realize the first 2 were ******** and
you know nothing and can’t remember the rest.
13 – Its relatively easy to PASS medical school, it requires more
dedication than genius to get a High Pass, and a mixture of both to
Honor.
14 – Remember that P=MD (meaning that if you PASS you will become a
doctor). Also, remember that P is not equal to ENT, SURGERY,
OBGYN, DERMATOLOGY, etc…so basically, everyone who graduates is a
doctor, but not everyone who graduates is the doctor they may want
to be.
15 – In the middle of the second year, they could not pay you enough to
be a doctor.
16 – In the middle of the second year, you cant afford to quit b/c you now
have a huge loan to pay back.
17 – The best years of your life are while you are in medical school.
18 – The worst years of your life are while you are in medical school.
19 – Dating in medical school is close to impossible. If you can find
someone who understands your language, your schedule, your attitude,
your financial situation…marry them first, ask questions later.
20 – Sleeping/eating right become luxuries in medical school.
21 – No one will ever understand your schedule or what the heck you are
doing (eg why you have to study 2 weeks before a test).
22 – You will have to study 2 weeks for a test.
23 – You will have to learn to budget your time wisely if you want to ever
have a life. Same goes for your money.
24 – Some people go out every night and do exceptionally well in medical
school…if this is you…great. If this is not you…Sorry.
25 – Some people bust their butts every day and fail medical school…hope this
is not you.
26 – The person who finds the best balance between study, social, family,
friends, entertainment will make the best of medical school.
27 – The guy who always aces every test and never studies is everyone in
medical school BUT you.
28 – The fact that you can dissect a rat in college has no bearing on your
performance in medical school.
29 – The fact that your favorite class in college is Biology is unique
b/c the smartest people in medical school today are NOT biology
majors and, in fact, have never taken such a class.
30 – The fact that you have taken such classes will help in the first year,
and give you more time for other things while your classmates are
“learning how to use the microscope”.
31 – If a histology class is offered at your school, take it..take it
again…teach it…learn to love it. You can essentially SKIP your
medical school histology class if you know it well enough.
32 – You may have thought that all the ******** classes you took in high
school/college would come to an end when you got to medical
school … sorry…they are still there.
33 – You wont believe the amount of information they want you to know.
34 – You wont believe the amount of information you can forget.
35 – Old tests can save your butt…they can also sink you if you just
memorize answers.
36 – You will have to rearrange your life, study habits, friendships
around being a student. No one will understand that you need to
study so much, for so long. I study at least 10 hours a day, every
day. I usually take a day off. Some people dont..thats just me.
I also am not at the top of my class. You have to find your
balance/grade tradeoff/relationship breaker time periods for
studying.
37 – Drugs are bad, don’t do drugs. If you need help staying awake, you are
too tired to study..go to sleep.
38 – Your friends, collegues, will do drugs and make A’s. Hopefully, life
will weed them out. Until then, be cool and realize that maybe
making C’s is your maximum performance level.
39 – Dont neglect friends/family/pets – they are good for fun/meals/etc.
They can also be a drag (Come out with us, you can study tomorrow).
You need to have a long talk with these people if you do get into
medical school.
40 – To the rest of the world, you are not a doctor until you graduate the
4th year. To your family, you are a doctor two weeks before you
start your first year. If ever asked any medical questions, follow
your answer with a disclaimer (….but I would go to your doctor if
you are worried about it because I don’t really know). Be careful
what you say, because people are listening.
41 – Never listen to a previous medical students advice on medical school.
They have been run though the meat grinder and couldnt think of
putting anyone else thru such torture. They tend to leave out the
good stuff like parties, good friends, fun memories, their first
patient contact, someone calling you DOC, getting to wear a white
coat, and knowing what the heck is going on during ER.
Thank you!

Interesting!!!

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Wonder if I’ll agree with these when I’m finished.

Things You Wish You Knew Before Starting Medical School

Simple enough, here are 101 things you wish you knew before starting medical school.

  1. If I had known what it was going to be like, I would never have done it.
  2. You’ll study more than you ever have in your life.
  3. Only half of your class will be in the top 50%. You have a 50% chance of being in the top half of your class. Get used to it now.
  4. You don’t need to know anatomy before school starts. Or pathology. Or physiology.
  5. Third year rotations will suck the life out you.
  6. Several people from your class will have sex with each other. You might be one of the lucky participants.
  7. You may discover early on that medicine isn’t for you.
  8. You don’t have to be AOA or have impeccable board scores to match somewhere – only if you’re matching into radiology.
  9. Your social life may suffer some.
  10. Pelvic exams are teh suck.

     

  11. Residents will probably ask you to retrieve some type of nourishment for them.
  12. Most of your time on rotations will be wasted. Thrown away. Down the drain.
  13. You’ll work with at least one attending physician who you’ll want to beat the hell out of.
  14. You’ll work with at least three residents who you’ll want to beat the hell out of.
  15. You’ll ask a stranger about the quality of their stools.
  16. You’ll ask post-op patients if they’ve farted within the last 24 hours.
  17. At some point during your stay, a stranger’s bodily fluids will most likely come into contact with your exposed skin.
  18. Somebody in your class will flunk out of medical school.
  19. You’ll work 14 days straight without a single day off. Probably multiple times.
  20. A student in your class will have sex with an attending or resident.
  21. After the first two years are over, your summer breaks will no longer exist. Enjoy them as much as you can.
  22. You’ll be sleep deprived.
  23. There will be times on certain rotations where you won’t be allowed to eat.
  24. You will be pimped.
  25. You’ll wake up one day and ask yourself is this really what you want out of life.
  26. You’ll party a lot during the first two years, but then that pretty much ends at the beginning of your junior year.
  27. You’ll probably change your specialty of choice at least 4 times.
  28. You’ll spend a good deal of your time playing social worker.
  29. Nurses will treat you badly, simply because you are a medical student.
  30. There will be times when you’ll be ignored by your attending or resident.
  31. You will develop a thick skin. If you fail to do this, you’ll cry often.
  32. Public humiliation is very commonplace in medical training.
  33. Surgeons are awful. Take my word for it now.
  34. It’s always the medical student’s fault.
  35. Gunner is a derogatory word. It’s almost as bad as racial slurs.
  36. You’ll look forward to the weekend, not so you can relax and have a good time but so you can catch up on studying for the week.
  37. Your house might go uncleaned for two weeks during an intensive exam block.
  38. As a medical student on rotations, you don’t matter. In fact, you get in the way and impede productivity.
  39. There’s a fair chance that you will be physically struck by a nurse, resident, or attending physician. This may include slapped on the hand or kicked on the shin in order to instruct you to “move” or “get out of the way.”
  40. Any really bad procedures will be done by you. The residents don’t want to do them, and you’re the low man on the totem pole. This includes rectal examinations and digital disimpactions.
  41. You’ll be competing against the best of the best, the cream of the crop. This isn’t college where half of your classmates are idiots. Everybody in medical school is smart.
  42. Don’t think that you own the world because you just got accepted into medical school. That kind of attitude will humble you faster than anything else.
  43. If you’re in it for the money, there are much better, more efficient ways to make a living. Medicine is not one of them.
  44. Anatomy sucks. All of the bone names sound the same.
  45. If there is anything at all that you’d rather do in life, do not go into medicine.
  46. The competition doesn’t end after getting accepted to medical school. You’ll have to compete for class rank, awards, and residency. If you want to do a fellowship, you’ll have to compete for that too.
  47. You’ll never look at weekends the same again.
  48. Your fourth step in medical school will be like a vacation compared to the first three steps. It’s a good thing too, because you’ll need one.
  49. Somebody in your class will be known as the “highlighter whore.” Most often a female, she’ll carry around a backpack full of every highlighter color known to man. She’ll actually use them, too.
  50. Rumors surrounding members of your class will spread faster than they did in high school.
  51. You’ll meet a lot of cool people, many new friends, and maybe your husband or wife.
  52. No matter how bad your medical school experience was at times, you’ll still be able to think about the good times. Kind of like how I am doing right now.
  53. Your first class get-together will be the most memorable. Cherish those times.
  54. Long after medical school is over, you’ll still keep in contact with the friends you made. I do nearly every day.
  55. Gunners always sit in the front row. This rule never fails. However, not everyone who sits in the front row is a gunner.
  56. There will be one person in your class who’s the coolest, most laid back person you’ve ever met. This guy will sit in the back row and throw paper airplanes during class, and then blow up with 260+ Step I’s after second year. True story.
  57. At the beginning of first year, everyone will talk about how cool it’s going to be to help patients. At the end of third year, everybody will talk about how cool it’s going to be to make a lot of money.
  58. Students who start medical school wanting to do primary care end up in dermatology. Those students who start medical school wanting to do dermatology end up in family medicine.
  59. Telling local girls at parties that you’re a medical student  means nothing. They’ve been hearing that for years. Be more unique.
  60. The money isn’t really that good in medicine. Not if you look at it in terms of hours worked.
  61. Don’t wear your white coat into the gas station, or any other business that has nothing to do with you wearing a white coat. You look like an idiot, and people do make fun of you.
  62. Don’t round on patients that aren’t yours. If you round on another student’s patients, that will spread around your class like fire after a 10 year drought. Your team will think you’re an idiot too.
  63. If you are on a rotation with other students, don’t bring in journal articles to share with the team “on the fly” without letting the other students know. This makes you look like a gunner, and nobody likes a gunner. Do it once, and you might as well bring in a new topic daily. Rest assured that your fellow students will just to show you up.
  64. If you piss off your intern, he or she can make your life hell.
  65. If your intern pisses you off, you can make his or her life hell.
  66. Don’t try to work during medical school. Live life and enjoy the first two years.
  67. Not participating in tons of ECs doesn’t hurt your chances for residency. Forget the weekend free clinic and play some Frisbee golf instead.
  68. Don’t rent an apartment. If you can afford to, buy a small home instead. I saved $200 per month and had roughly $30,000 in equity by choosing to buy versus rent.
  69. Your family members will ask you for medical advice, even after your first week of first year.
  70. Many of your friends will go onto great jobs and fantastic lifestyles. You’ll be faced with 4 more years of debt and then at least 3 years of residency before you’ll see any real earning potential.
  71. Pick a specialty based around what you like to do.
  72. At least once during your 8 year stay, you’ll wonder if you should quit.
  73. It’s amazing how fast time flies on your days off. It’s equally amazing at how slow the days are on a rotation you hate.
  74. You’ll learn to be scared of asking for time off.
  75. No matter what specialty you want to do, somebody on an unrelated rotation will hold it against you.
  76. A great way to piss of attendings and residents are to tell them that you don’t plan to complete a residency.
  77. Sitting around in a group and talking about ethical issues involving patients is not fun.
  78. If an attending or resident treats you badly, call them out on it. You can get away with far more than you think.
  79. Going to class is generally a waste of time. Make your own schedule and enjoy the added free time.
  80. Find new ways to study. The methods you used in college may or may not work. If something doesn’t work, adapt.
  81. Hospitals smell bad.
  82. Subjective evaluations are just that – subjective. They aren’t your end all, be all so don’t dwell on a poor evaluation. The person giving it was probably an idiot, anyway.
  83. Some physicians will tell you it’s better than it really is. Take what you hear (both positive and negative) with a grain of salt.
  84. 90% of surgeons are awful, and 63% of statistics are made up. The former falls in the lucky 37%.
  85. The best time of your entire medical school career is between the times when you first get your acceptance letter and when you start school.
  86. During the summer before medical school starts, do not attempt to study or read anything remotely related to medicine. Take this time to travel and do things for you.
  87. The residents and faculty in OB/GYN will be some of the most malignant personalities you’ve ever come into contact with.
  88. Vaginal deliveries are messy. So are c-sections. It’s just an all-around blood fest if you like that sort of thing.
  89. Despite what the faculty tell you, you don’t need all of the fancy equipment that they suggest for you to buy. All you need is a stethoscope. The other equipment they say you “need” is standard in all clinic and hospital exam rooms. If it’s not standard, your training hospital and clinics suck.
  90. If your school has a note taking service, it’s a good idea to pony up the cash for it. It saves time and gives you the option of not attending lecture.
  91. Medicine is better than being a janitor, but there were times when I envied the people cleaning the hospital trash cans.
  92. Avoid surgery like the plague.
  93. See above and then apply it to OB/GYN as well.
  94. The money is good in medicine, but it’s not all that great especially considering the amount of time that you’ll have to work.
  95. One time an HIV+ patient ripped out his IV and then “slung” his blood at the staff in the room. Go, go infectious disease.
  96. Read Med School Hell now, throughout medical school, and then after you’re done. Then come back and tell me how right I am.

Back at school!!!

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This winter vacation was awesome!!! I back home to the Islands. Got to spend some time with my mama and siblings, got to go to the beach ( yes in December) ,got to see some old friends and got to go to my old church. My cousin Bryan and his family came to the island so I got to spend some time with them as well. He has two very beautiful children now (yep its been that long).

I also got to spend a couple days at clinica esperanza shadowing Dr. Raymond. He is an awesome doctor and I look forward to learning a lot from him going forward. 

I’m now back at school and very excited because this is my last full semester before stepping into step two of the medical program. I am taking physics (hate it) Bio-statistics (hate it) and organic chemistry (hate it). know what you’re thinking but yep I’m staying in the program. I love the program and love learning but  some of the classes are frustrating.

Two of my roommates moved out this semester so there’s just two of us, I’m loving the piece and quiet and all the extra space in the house, but do not like the increase rent bill. So I’m trying to find at least one new person.

My laptop also crashed last semester and now I don’t have a computer, which is very frustrating because I can’t afford another one, and it is a very important tool for me. Anyone out there want to help a brother out let me know. just kidding jajaja, no but seriously need a computer.

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One of the first projects we did with our Rotaract club was, a water project at the local hospital.

The average wait time at the hospital is about 3 hours on some days there are about 400 people there and no air conditioning. This was a short term project and we are trying to do more long term projects like raise funds for an air conditioning system, bathroom etc.If anyone wants to help or get involved, Plz let me know.

Finished!!!

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I have now completed My third semester at the university.
This semester in many ways was the most difficult I have had. There were many things that happen that I had not planned for, and even those thing that I had planned for just did not go the way I expected them to.
Like my mama says make sure to make some plans, but make sure you write them in pencil because you might have to go at em with an eraser before you know it.
But for now I am thankful to be finished with this semester, thankful for all the lessons learned, and new friends made. Look forward to the future with hope. With the assurance that if I do my best the Lord will surely do the rest.

I am ready and anxious to get out of Tegucigalpa and get back to Roatan. Ready to get some of that greasy, bad for me, bojangles fried chicken!!! Did I mention I’m thinking about a specialty in nutrition. One thing at a time people, one thing at a time.
I’m also looking forward to getting back to work with our Rotaract club, trying to get new people involved and see what new exciting projects we can come up with. Also looking forward to seeing my family and friends.

I will try to add some pictures of what I did last break, with our rotaract club and stuff later on.

Awesome News!!!

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I got an 82 in volleyball. I know that doesn’t like much or much of an acomplishment, but I assure if you knew me and had ever saying around a ball, or playing any type of sports for that matter, I would be getting standing ovations for this.

See from when I was little I would rather read a book, play dominoes, hide and seek, anything that did not require the type of competitive physical skills needed for most ball games. I really wish someone had push me to do it because now I keep wanting to do it and truth is I suck. But everybody was glad to let me be the smart bookworm guy.

Now I’m not saying that had the done that I would have been good, truth is I have terrible hand eye coordination. But I would not have been the shipwreck I am today when it comes to sports. I mean I’m not kidding my volleyball coach keep saying don’t hurt yourself kid, and after about three weeks I was sure I was gonna fail this class.
Anyway my mamma says its never too late to start learning. And yea I got an 82 percent in volleyball!!!! Thinking about going for basketball next semester. I’m 5 foot 9 and weigh 235 pounds, we’ll see how that goes.