ob/gyn so far.. July 28, 2006
Posted by dhaval in Med School, Uncategorized.trackback
so its been couple weeks in ob/gyn so far. and i guess so far so good. although the first week was very boring owing to the fact that it was all lectures, which is what we had been doing for the past two years. we all came into 3rd year expecting clinical work and learning how to put the knowledge we have gained in the first two years into practical knowledge. and so it was a little bit of struggle getting through it. but i don’t wasn’t to lose myself whining about something that probably in the long run doesn’t even matter. small potatoes i guess. but the last week has been fun. got to see a lot of cool stuff: a bunch of cesarean sections, a couple vaginal delivery, laparoscopy surgery for ovarian cysts and infertility, just to name a few things. also have to say it has been a humbling experience too. i get too see 16, 17, 18 year old girls with 3-4 kids. in most cases each one from different father. every-time i see them it makes me wonder do these people understand what they are doing. most of them dont have a steady boyfriend, not much of family support and no decent job which translates into not having enough money to support their kids. amazingly they dont seem to bothered by the fact that they are on their third or fourth pregnancy despite their circumstances. the other day i saw a girl who came into the clinic with belly ache because her mother(not the biological) had kicked her in the stomach while she was pregnant. the worst part of it was she lost her child the same day owing to reasons other than being kicked in the stomach. things like these make your head spin. but, i guess thats a part of humanity and medicine. a lot of us get into medicine to make a difference through the means it provides us. lets hope now that we might actually have a chance, we actually are able to. and thats ob/gyn so far. bye for now.
Good to see that the past week has had more highlights then you hanging out with too many girls talking about their nails..LOL
Yes, it definitely is a very very humbling experience to see such young teenagers having kids. When I was in Cherokee, NC for my Ambulatory Care rotation, i did a lot of Women’s Clinic…not only were there 14-15 year old girls having babies but mothers bringing in 11-12 year olds to be put on birth control. Truly an experience I will say just talking to them.
Rotations are fun, whether pharmacy or medicine..the light bulbs do go off at oddest moments when all our loooooooong lecture hours just come together and it makes sense in real life!!! And all the first time stories on a daily basis, it is so amazingly exhiliarating..but i don’t need to tell u that..u have heard enough of my open brain surgery with mirror on the back kinda stories hehe..i still want to do that though!!!!
Was this long enough of a comment or what? I will stop.
miss RxGator, welcome to my blog.
Hallo Dhaval…
You started a blog too!! glad to know that you’re almost through Med skool. I have 4 more years till I get to be called Dr. though (I hope). And about your post, yea it’s sad what you see sometimes as a doctor. In fact that’s why I could never think of being one. I’d get too attached to patients and I’d have a tough time dealing with the emotional anguish. I think I’m better off working with my DNA, proteins… etc.
“ot to see a lot of cool stuff: a bunch of cesarean sections, a couple vaginal delivery,”
I am very glad and jealous for you that you are into medicine. I am a doctor trapped in a s/w engineers body 
You and I don’t agree on what cool stuff is
twisted dna, thanks for checking out my blog. engineer huh? there’s something that i consider challenging. i will try my best to keep updating the blog when i can. my time management skills sometimes dont let me do that. but i will keep trying