Monday, July 8

Psych week 2: day 6
looooong day getting up this morning was so painful. i'm not used to waking up at 8 after playing 3 hrs of ball. when i was taking classes, i would just miss all my morning classes on monday. but i can't do that anymore.

awesome thing: all 3 of my patients were doing so much better. the change is unbelievable. pt's who were babbling, barely coherent, are now calm, able to hold a normal conversation. pt's who talked in a monotone, no emotional character, smiled and laughed with me today.

so, this puts a new wrinkle in my thinking. all these changes are due to a change in their medications, whether more of a drug, or use of a different drug. i can't deny that these changes are making the pts so much more normal. earlier, i was having trouble coping with what psych was doing, because it seemed like we were treating the patients for OUR (society's) sake, so that people are normal exteriorly, so that they won't freak us out with weirdness, whether we were helping their minds or not. now, it kinda seems like the meds and ECT are really helping them to function normally.

so much that i had to do today. it's scary calling up other doctors and talking with them about a patient. i feel like i'm waaaay out of my league. strangely enough, they speak to me kindly and respectfully, even while knowing i'm only a 3rd yr. i'm humbled and very thankful for that.

i was so busy, i couldn't eat until 3:30, when i got a quick bite before running back to another pt. then, i had to stay until 6:30 to finish writing notes for all my patients. short rest until praise team practice at 8pm.

oh boy. i don't know how much energy i'm gonna have for this...
it's amazing how a body can go with 1 meal/day. i wonder if it's gonna be like this for the rest of medical and residency?

yakob at 7:37 PM

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