Random musings from a guy who cuts people open for fun and profit.
From the March 2006 General Surgery News editorial "The Death of Open Surgery" by David Cossman, MD:
"I liked it when my side of the anastomosis looked perfect and the resident’s looked like it was done by a dyslexic rookie on crack."
I love how attendings view us residents. As I learned in a small book filled […]
Today I went to clinic and saw my attending sporting a bow tie that I own. And not a recent acquisition, either, but one that I got years ago in medical school. When I mentioned to him that I owned the same one, he said, "We should call each other to coordinate." Somehow I don’t […]
Dammit, "Hips Don’t Lie" has been stuck in my head all day long! It’s more infectious than Hepatitis C. Of course, it’s going to be on the re-released version of Oral Fixation 2, which I’m not going to get because I have the original release. I hate it when studios re-release albums I already have […]
This weekend I got to go to the Dance Kaleidoscope fundraising gala. I have to admit I had a lot of fun; there was great food, dancing, an auction (for which I was outbid on Shakespeare tickets - the bastards), and fun people. Elizabeth was my very beautiful date for the event, and I think […]
Today one of my attendings on a service I was on last year told me that a patient gave me a negative review. Apparently, when I went down to the pre-op holding area to perform a history and physical and consent the patient for the operation (which really should have been done in clinic […]
Growing up, my mom always liked shopping with me because I had a tendency to attract big discounts on the merchandise we would buy. Even today, I’m a bargain shopper who rarely pays full price (except for groceries and consumables, of course) and eschews pricey and unnecessary purchases. I often get discount or VIP cards […]
As of today and through the weekend, I am now the chief resident (and indeed, the only resident) on my service. Colleen, my chief resident, is out of town, so all responsibility for patients and the medical students falls on my shoulders. This morning before Colleen left, she told me that the breast surgery attendings […]
Now that I have more free time, I’m feeling a lot better. Thus far, this rotation has gone swimmingly, with nice patients, happy and cool attendings, and free time with which to be somewhat social. So I’ve been reflecting on what makes me happy:
1. Danish butter cookies. I have a giant tin of Danish butter […]
Last night on call I was involved in the care of a patient whose treatment at an outside hospital shocked me. The patient was an older gentleman who was diagnosed with pneumonia and admitted to another hospital, where he was treated with antibiotics and Xigris, a drug usually given to patients in organ failure. His […]
I’m done with this rotation and moving to another one! Instead of 30 patients in the hospital, I’ll have 2! USA! USA! USA!
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