bored, bored, bored
It’s nice to know some things never change.
I started a new rotation today (*sniff, sniff* Bye, bye NICU). Neuroradiology, or the reading of CT scan and MRI scans of the brain and spine. I slept in until 7:30 this morning, arrived at 8:30 this morning, an hour and a half later than what I’ve been used to, and was still a half hour early. And I was fighting falling asleep all morning and all afternoon. Just like old times. You put me in a darkened room, and it’s like a Pavlov dog experiment; I instantly want to sleep, no matter how much sleep I’ve had the night before. Exacerbate that by the fact that I’m not doing ANYTHING except looking over the shoulders of the radiologists as they look at every image and it’s pretty tortuous. I mean, I realize that space is limited, but this would be such a better experience if they’d at least allow me to look over the scans beforehand and point out whatever abnormalities I’ve noticed. Since I overread (look over every scan without relying on what the radiologist says is wrong) every single scan that I get on my patients, I’m not completely clueless. I may not know exactly where the cingulate gyrus or the corona radialis are, but I’m getting there. This is just painful.
I’m almost looking forward to clinic tomorrow (almost, people, the world hasn’t completely ended), just so I can get some action. I had been rather upset that because of the call schedule (only 2 more calls! Whee!) and when I start vacation, I’m only there for about 6 days, but man, that’s not such a bad thing anymore.
I’ve been distracting myself with lists of things I need to buy. Today it was groceries (I apparently didn’t have vanilla. How did I not have vanilla?). Tomorrow, it’ll be Christmas presents. So family members, if you rather not have something inspired by MRIs, you’d better speak now (although, fam, I SO WANT THIS).
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Cool! I think neuroimaging is so cool!
Did I tell you I’m writing a senior honors thesis on EEG ERP? We might progress into fMRI later.
I hope your neuroradiologist teach how to read a MRI for someone with suspected dementia. It’s so frustrating when we get a report back as normal when even I (the social worker) can see that the ventricals are abnormally large and there is significant atrophy. There is more that can go wrong with a brain than a stroke or tumor. Are you doing any PETs?
Liz
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I don’t know if you were involved with the operating room evacuation situation today or if you work at that hospital (since I don’t know which one exactly and I’m sure you know I won’t say because of your wanting to maintain anonmimity here as to where you work), but I hope you weren’t rattled by it or anyone you might know.
Yep, that’s the hospital where I work.
I was post call and asleep, so this didn’t bother me at all. 🙂 However, whoa, that would have made a huge HUGE mess. We’re the only trauma hospital in the area and not having an OR to use would have severely compromised patient care. I would assume that while the news was reporting that they opened up for surgery only at 6 tonight, they had reopened 1 or 2 rooms once they had enough instruments to cover those traumas.