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Difficult psych patients

A friend of mine completed her psychiatry rotation here not too long ago. We were talking about it the other night, and she told me of an incident which showed her ability to handle a difficult situation. The public psych hospital here is a ward, and patient interviews, etc. aren’t conducted in the enclosed […]

Eye Pathology: Guess the Dx

A male in his mid-30s presents to an ophthalmologist complaining of left lower eyelid pain that began 2.5 days ago. The patient denies any history of similar symptoms. He also denies any discharge from the eye or exposure to any foreign substances, particulate or chemical. The patient reports that around the same time of […]

Belated update: No longer a med student

A thousand-mile journey begins with that first step, and so too does a long-overdue blog post also begin with the first words. You just have to start or it’ll never happen. That first step of a journey is pretty much the only one guaranteed to be 100% directly towards one’s goal. I mean, you […]

Run! Run!

Trying to pack car….fast as possible…avoiding category 15 hurricane…aiieeeeee!!!!
This is actually deja-vu all over again, since when we first left for Mexico in the big house move in 2005, we were then outrunning (and eventually being overtaken by, as our movers were little girly men who didn’t want to get wet) what became non-newsworthy TS […]