This week was my first week on my new service, and I was finally forced to see a patient who was allowed to drive, vote, drink, etc. I miss seeing the kids because they are definitely cuter and have a lot fewer problems to juggle, but I know it will be a good experience and I'm pretty sure there is no way through medical school without seeing adults. I spent a day in the main University Hospital OR, three days at the outpatients surgery center, and one day in the Surgical Oncology clinic at the Cancer Center. Most of the cases I saw were for melanoma or breast cancer this week with a few other things here and there. It's weird to think about the fact that almost all of the patients I will be seeing this month have or have had cancer since I'm on the surgical oncology team. Luckily people usually only get surgery if they have a somewhat favorable or potentially favorable prognosis. My day in clinic went quite well too and both notes that I wrote were entered into the patients medical record and signed by the physician without any edits which is great. I am still very exhausted and can basically do nothing other than sit around today because I don't have the energy to do anything. Oh well, just a little over two weeks of clinical responsibilities on surgery and then I'm free to get a normal amount of sleep again! Yay!
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