Class of 2015... How ya doing?

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Coquette22 said:
Is this week over yet?
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Seconded. Was told today I don't care about my cases. Ate my feelings in pizza and ice cream. Sigh. Lots of mixed feelings about vet school this week. Very nervous for the year to come without my husband here. Sounds cheesy, but he is really the one who made me feel like I could accomplish this in the first place. I am just starting to realize how nervous I really am for the rest of my rotations that I'll finish without him.
 
scb44f said:
Seconded. Was told today I don't care about my cases. Ate my feelings in pizza and ice cream. Sigh. Lots of mixed feelings about vet school this week. Very nervous for the year to come without my husband here. Sounds cheesy, but he is really the one who made me feel like I could accomplish this in the first place. I am just starting to realize how nervous I really am for the rest of my rotations that I'll finish without him.
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You can do it 🙂 LDR sucks but at least it's just a year!
 
You've totally got this. You'll amaze yourself at what you can accomplish!! And I would know - I've seen your bad-ass-ness in action.
scb44f said:
Seconded. Was told today I don't care about my cases. Ate my feelings in pizza and ice cream. Sigh. Lots of mixed feelings about vet school this week. Very nervous for the year to come without my husband here. Sounds cheesy, but he is really the one who made me feel like I could accomplish this in the first place. I am just starting to realize how nervous I really am for the rest of my rotations that I'll finish without him.
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You've totally got this. You'll amaze yourself at what you can accomplish!! And I would know - I've seen your bad-ass-ness in action.
scb44f said:
Seconded. Was told today I don't care about my cases. Ate my feelings in pizza and ice cream. Sigh. Lots of mixed feelings about vet school this week. Very nervous for the year to come without my husband here. Sounds cheesy, but he is really the one who made me feel like I could accomplish this in the first place. I am just starting to realize how nervous I really am for the rest of my rotations that I'll finish without him.
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Thanks guys! After some pizza, ice cream, crying, and sleep (in that order lol), I had a much better day today. I felt on top of my cases and am happy with what I'm putting into this rotation, even if the attendings disagree. I still have doubts, but I don't feel as bad about things as I did yesterday.
 
Coquette22 said:
I wonder how tomorrow's rad midterm would go if I just quit studying now and decided to wing it.... :arghh:
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I have wondered this lots of times... I was always too scared to risk it lol.
 
8 weeks left in the semester (not counting spring break). 439 days until graduation. I have no motivation to study for my small animal midterm on Monday.
 
Got my Fish grade back. Not what I wanted. Not horrible, but definitely thought I did better than that. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now. Class only until 10:30 tomorrow; halle-freaking-lujah because I will need every minute of tomorrow if I'm going to pass this pharmacology midterm on Wednesday. I woefully underestimated how much material there was.

At least after it's over, I have a radiology wetlab on ultrasound on Wednesday afternoon. And we're sort of out of midterm hell after Wednesday.
 
On a free block! Helping out with research the next couple of days. I'm so glad that rotation is over... Also, I just have to say that NCSU is on top of their game. I am rotating through their cardiology service at the end of the month and I already got an email with some introductory material and a welcome from one of the technicians. Most of our services email you a couple days before, maybe the night before, to tell you what's up. Then one of the students emailed me and offered to show me around before we have to be there on the first day. Soooo love our colleagues 🙂
 
scb44f said:
On a free block! Helping out with research the next couple of days. I'm so glad that rotation is over... Also, I just have to say that NCSU is on top of their game. I am rotating through their cardiology service at the end of the month and I already got an email with some introductory material and a welcome from one of the technicians. Most of our services email you a couple days before, maybe the night before, to tell you what's up. Then one of the students emailed me and offered to show me around before we have to be there on the first day. Soooo love our colleagues 🙂
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my dealings with NCSU for clinical year have mirrored yours - i have nothing but great things to say about them!
 
that redhead said:
@scb44f have you gotten any closer to deciding on cardiology speciality or not?

@jmo1012 when do you start at NCSU?
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I actually had a realization while on oncology that it would be REALLY hard to be away from my husband for >1 year, so if he goes somewhere for his residency where an internship isn't an option, I doubt I will go for it. That said, I still have the rotation at NCSU and another rotation here at Mizzou in cardiology, so who knows what I'll end up doing 😛
 
that redhead said:
@scb44f have you gotten any closer to deciding on cardiology speciality or not?

@jmo1012 when do you start at NCSU?
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officially start June 9! i am excited, completely terrified, still in denial, and desperately not wanting to leave the caribbean ever!
LetItSnow said:
40 days for us at UMN to white coat, and then we start rotations a week later (they had to move white coat up a week for Easter this year).
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so interesting how different schools do it at different times - we got ours the first week of school
that redhead said:
We don't get a white coat until we graduate. Sad times.
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thats terribly sad!! why not?
 
jmo1012 said:
so interesting how different schools do it at different times - we got ours the first week of school
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I imagine everyone likes the way their school does it for whatever reason, but I have to admit .... I really like that we do it at the beginning of clinics. It feels like a nice little celebration with being done with the didactic portion and transitioning into the clinical portion.
 
LetItSnow said:
I imagine everyone likes the way their school does it for whatever reason, but I have to admit .... I really like that we do it at the beginning of clinics. It feels like a nice little celebration with being done with the didactic portion and transitioning into the clinical portion.
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Yeah, it was a nice excuse to have family come into town to celebrate in the middle of vet school!
 
I can sorta see the point to doing it when you matriculate, too. It sets off vet school from undergrad and kinda sends the message that now it's time to start behaving like a professional. So that's a good thing. I still like where we're doing it more, but ... I can see a benefit to doing it then, too.

I also can see the 'reward' of doing it at the end of everything, too. A way to say "hey, nicely done, yer a doctor now." I dunno. Good reasons to put it in all of those places.

All I know is that here we do it going into clinics, and I'm psyched to be done sitting in a classroom every day of the week, and I think it will be fun to celebrate with my family. (Ironically, one of my first rotations is a two-week classroom rotation. Ah well.)
 
scb44f said:
Yeah, it was a nice excuse to have family come into town to celebrate in the middle of vet school!
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Unless they're like my family and make it seem like a huge inconvenience, only stay for a couple of hours because they refuse to spend the night in a hotel or my apartment, then you spend the rest of the weekend crying and lonely. I'm not inviting them to graduation unless they agree to stay for at least one night.
 
Bearby said:
Unless they're like my family and make it seem like a huge inconvenience, only stay for a couple of hours because they refuse to spend the night in a hotel or my apartment, then you spend the rest of the weekend crying and lonely. I'm not inviting them to graduation unless they agree to stay for at least one night.
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Wow, I'd be really upset if my family did that. I'm sorry :-/
 
I can see both ways working out nicely. The part of my brain that doubts my ability (and will probably always doubt my ability in some way) will be happy to be differentiated from the "real doctors" though :laugh:

Hang in there guys, we're getting there 😀
 
Really don't want to study for our poultry/swine final on Wednesday. Mostly because I feel studying for Dr H's exams is a waste of time because no matter what I study, I never remember the things he asks.
 
Coquette22 said:
Really don't want to study for our poultry/swine final on Wednesday. Mostly because I feel studying for Dr H's exams is a waste of time because no matter what I study, I never remember the things he asks.
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That is a crummy feeling 🙁 I hope it goes well enough for you though.

I got back to Columbia last night. We spend 3.5 days in rural Guatemala providing medical care to the people there. It sounds like they'd be interested in having a veterinary team down but I'm not sure if I can make it happen. Regardless, I had a wonderful time and I learned a lot about myself, my husband, and our relationship while on the trip (all good things!).
 
I've been tired since this weekend (too much drinking, whoops) and then stayed up late studying for pigs and poults last night. I feel more drained than I have in a while. I'm forcing myself to stay for my last class after lunch but I haven't paid attention in any of my classes yet today and I don't see it starting with the last one. Ugh.

I'm going to go home, change into my pjs and either go to bed or watch tv on the couch for the rest of the night.
 
Made it to Raleigh! I drove by the CVM tonight and man, it is so pretty! I can't wait to see the inside tomorrow. And I get to go to Open House next weekend, which will be fun and will partially make up for missing Mizzou's open house next month 😛
 
Might've shot myself in the foot with switching around an internal rotation...:xf: it works out right. Would really like the research experience.

Overall I'm just cranky and want to be done - I have island fever and need to get off this island! It snowed this weekend and we're due for a bunch more on Wednesday :yeahright: One of our classmates just went to Mexico for a week (?!), another is in Las Vegas and a third just got back from going home for a while to visit her boyfriend. We don't have anything until finals but missing all that class? Braver than I am. I guess since I've got our first block off for a vacation/break I have something to look forward to and they don't, but jeez.

Only four weeks left of class but that seems like forever right now.
 
I've been missing a lot of classes lately but even I wouldn't considered taking a vacation to Mexico during the school year. Even in 2nd year, where free time is greatest.
 
You guys are weird. I feel like almost everyone in my class has taken random vacations this year. Australia, Ireland, cruises, etc... If I had the money to go somewhere, I would.
 
Bearby said:
You guys are weird. I feel like almost everyone in my class has taken random vacations this year. Australia, Ireland, cruises, etc... If I had the money to go somewhere, I would.
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For me it's about money and weather. I don't have money to go anywhere and the weather has been iffy for traveling. Charlottetown has very few flights in and out so I'd be worried about getting stranded somewhere and missing an exam.
 
Equine ophtho lab cancelled due to snow day; it may be rescheduled if we can find time for it. Though given that this week alone I've managed to sprain a toe and throw hot oil on my hand, it might be best that I'm not working with large animals and needles today...
 
Not a rant, not a rave, not sure what to make of it. My grandpa died two nights ago, peacefully in his sleep at home, at the age of 93. I actually had driven through and stayed the night with my grandparents on Saturday night, on my way to NC. Fortunately, my rotationmates at NCSU are being phenomenal and are covering the on call shifts I signed up for and everything.
 
I know this is late, but so sorry about your grandpa, scb. Definitely had a good long life and I'm glad it was peaceful and I'm glad your classmates are helping out.

We're in the middle of the umpteetnth snow storm of the season. There are two main topics on our class Facebook page. 1) Getting through the snow to care for their junior surgery patients and 2) Getting through the snow to eat ginormous burgers. I kind of love our class. We have our priorities!
 
Thanks, Coquette! After some time, I'm much more at peace with it all.

Hahah patients and burgers. Sounds about right to me! I could go for Five Guys right about now...
 
Residency research is chugging along pretty well. We've discovered that many places have jobs available in my husband's line of work and he's really well qualified if the qualifications sections of jobs are anything to go by, so that's promising. I think he feels better about moving with that knowledge which makes me feel better since I'm the one potentially dragging him somewhere 🙂
 
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