Conversation of the day

So, the daily conversations of medical students are very ridicuous. They range from an ever running commentary on the quality of the lecture that day, why the school can't buy more printers or at least print the latest notes, or to the ridiculous learned about that day or the more traditional who's with who from last night talk. Not to mention the logistics of some of what we learn about, come on out there- you can use your imagination and in any case some part of it will be true. It often is a little goofy because of the extreme lack of sleep that happens when you are in medical school. Today sparked a hearty laugh because as I sat doing histology lab and the conversation of the day was on foreskin, yes you heard it foreskin, there were plenty of male counterparts around, but I do have to say my female colleagues were doing all the talking. The funniest part was when someone described in detail her experience checking under the foreskin and not knowing what to do when his pubic hair got caught in it afterwards and pulling the hair out piece by piece. Only in medical school....

The beginning

If I'd only known what I was getting into when I started this process, it's been fun challenging and utterly dreadful at times, but don't we all crave a little drama in our lives. Trust me in this universe we all have enough to satisfy even the most dramatic person. In a very small town in the midwest I moved and my world completely changed. There are so many wonderful things that happen here each day and I do have to say that I can't fully describe them all to you. I think that the best way to understand the environment of 340 medical students in a town of 15,000 is to listen to the ridiculous conversations, antics and other things that happen here daily in my little medical universe.