iTunes currently playing: Keane, "Everybody's Changing" and "Somewhere Only We Know." They are an awesome band. I love them.
WOW i have been seriously killing some brain cells this past week....i feel like i'm still in the post-mcat refractory period, and nothing new can be fully encoded in my mind yet, because my brain is still burnt out.
monday, i watched some crap movies that were on tv.
tuesday, i saw Kill Bil vol. 2. not necessarily killing brain cells (it was an awesome movie)
wednesday, i don't remember what i did.
yesterday, my first happy hour in MONTHS. it was really good catching up with all the irtas again. and i think i've found my limit with beers - 3. so there you have it. 2 mixed drinks or 3 beers, and i'm properly drunk. started some buzz about a possible birthday party at my place to conclude the 3rd annual Endless Birthday. i hope it can happen.
today, i've just spent the past 3 hours in front of my computer. i hadn't friendster'd in a while so i spent it clicking...and clicking...and clicking...
i need to get off my lazy ass and stop sitting in front of my computer. i'm going to go downstairs (where it's hopefully cooler), and finally start working on my europe scrapbook.
events of the week. i started this new study from NIAID that studies vessel function before and after taking a particular medication. the before studies were this week; they were very educational. first was a flow mediated dilation test, where the dr. (a really sweet german guy, explained things very well) essentially did a sonogram of an artery in my arm that studied how my blood flowed. the images were pretty neat. i didn't expect to finish so early - if i'd known, i still could've made it to Alzheimer's rounds. ohwell, next week i get to see it. anyway, the following day was the more invasive procedure, where they were studying blood flow more directly by putting an A-line (arterial line) and an IV into my arm and seeing my arm's blood flow change in response to different drugs (an exogenous vasodilator, an endogenous vasodilator, and a vasoconstrictor). i've never had an arterial line put in - the dr. who put it in was really nice about it. the only real painful part was administering the local anesthetic. lidocaine really burns when it's going in! it reminded me of when i did rat surgeries, we'd inject lidocaine into their scalp after stiching them up. anyway, my arm's still a little bruised after it was taken out, but it's going away.
i also had some good conversations with the other people involved in the study. one guy is a 4th year med student at loma linda on a year long clinical research fellowship, and another girl is an irta (i think) who's going to med school...all of us were from california; that was cool. and the nurses were great. all in all, a very pleasant experience, given the circumstances. so now i'm on this medication for a month, and then i get to do that all over again.
ok i'm really getting off the computer now.
WOW i have been seriously killing some brain cells this past week....i feel like i'm still in the post-mcat refractory period, and nothing new can be fully encoded in my mind yet, because my brain is still burnt out.
monday, i watched some crap movies that were on tv.
tuesday, i saw Kill Bil vol. 2. not necessarily killing brain cells (it was an awesome movie)
wednesday, i don't remember what i did.
yesterday, my first happy hour in MONTHS. it was really good catching up with all the irtas again. and i think i've found my limit with beers - 3. so there you have it. 2 mixed drinks or 3 beers, and i'm properly drunk. started some buzz about a possible birthday party at my place to conclude the 3rd annual Endless Birthday. i hope it can happen.
today, i've just spent the past 3 hours in front of my computer. i hadn't friendster'd in a while so i spent it clicking...and clicking...and clicking...
i need to get off my lazy ass and stop sitting in front of my computer. i'm going to go downstairs (where it's hopefully cooler), and finally start working on my europe scrapbook.
events of the week. i started this new study from NIAID that studies vessel function before and after taking a particular medication. the before studies were this week; they were very educational. first was a flow mediated dilation test, where the dr. (a really sweet german guy, explained things very well) essentially did a sonogram of an artery in my arm that studied how my blood flowed. the images were pretty neat. i didn't expect to finish so early - if i'd known, i still could've made it to Alzheimer's rounds. ohwell, next week i get to see it. anyway, the following day was the more invasive procedure, where they were studying blood flow more directly by putting an A-line (arterial line) and an IV into my arm and seeing my arm's blood flow change in response to different drugs (an exogenous vasodilator, an endogenous vasodilator, and a vasoconstrictor). i've never had an arterial line put in - the dr. who put it in was really nice about it. the only real painful part was administering the local anesthetic. lidocaine really burns when it's going in! it reminded me of when i did rat surgeries, we'd inject lidocaine into their scalp after stiching them up. anyway, my arm's still a little bruised after it was taken out, but it's going away.
i also had some good conversations with the other people involved in the study. one guy is a 4th year med student at loma linda on a year long clinical research fellowship, and another girl is an irta (i think) who's going to med school...all of us were from california; that was cool. and the nurses were great. all in all, a very pleasant experience, given the circumstances. so now i'm on this medication for a month, and then i get to do that all over again.
ok i'm really getting off the computer now.
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