Playing Doctor

After all those doctor games I played as a kid now is time to do it for real... Yes, all the exam business is over and I could not be any happier about. This exam period like many others it takes a few days to get back on the ground to realize that its actually over.

So my next project will be playing doctor at the hospital in Reykjavík, the orthopedic department to be more exact. Im really looking forward to this challenge. I do realize that im going to be doing a lot of "first´s" this summer and im up to it. I was lucky to land this job at this department, I find it very interesting and have some experience from Hungary.

This particular department is also very doctor junior friendly, that is I wont be stuck on the ward taking care of paperwork but I will experience all sides of the field within the hospital from the ward, out patient, operations and shifts. It is going to be quite busy, I heard that the student who filled this spot last summer really had to work for it. Im all for it.

So tomorrow I will get a quick run around and know who to call when im at a loss :)


I will be reporting more on this adventure as soon as it happens.


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Internal Medicine exam

Today was the day of my Internal Medicine exam which I have been preparing for a while now. It has been much like groundhog day,


quotes from movie:
Phil (Bill Murray): I was in the Virgin Islands once. I met a girl. We ate lobster and drank pina coladas. At sunset we made love like sea otters. *That* was a pretty good day. Why couldn't I get that day over and over and over...


Phil Connors: Excuse me, where is everyone going?
Fan on Street: To Gobbler's Knob. It's Groundhog Day.
Phil Connors: It's still just once a year, right?

that is the same day over and over again reading books and notes. I have been at a loss of which day of the week it might be just the number of days until the big exam.

Yesterday I had for once in my life a serious stress feeling, which caught me by some surprise. I have been rather cool and relaxed for most of my medical studies. Im not saying that I have not had that butterfly feeling in my stomach before but this was more than that. I have always been able to look around at fellow collegurs and say to myself "wow Im glad im not in that condition".

Luckily no one saw me but I was unable to concentrate or do anything worth while, for a couple of hours.

Then the big day came and I did not perform up to my standards. I was really looking forward to putting the final dot to this chapter and walk away with a smile. That was not the case today, I felt horrible....

Once I read the essay questions on the first page I was in minor shock, 2 out of 3 were not ones I was expecting. Not saying that it was unfair but as you have to do for a big one like this is ask yourself what is more likely than not and polish those topics. Not my day I had realized in the first moments.

The following sentence I read was that in the true/false for right answer plus one, no answer 0 and wrong answer minus one.

I get half way through and seriously just wanted to get up, leave my desk and go home. But that was not the recipe for success after all this hard work. So I stuck it out and wrote all I could remember which I hoped to be enough to float me through.

As I leave the examination room I felt like I had rotten fish in stomach, a feeling of unwell.

There was not much else to do but go on with my day, but disappointed I was. That million dollar feeling I had been waiting for turned to be just that a dream.

Now in the aftermath of the situation I fairly calculated my possible score and it looks as though I will pass, considering the minus points dont out weigh my positive ones. Cause I didnt leave many blanks, thinking to myself again that I was making educated guessa which weigh more than the 50/50 the true false provides. Call me a gambler...

Sure enough im dead tired after this intense studying and todays emotional rollercoaster I cant sleep. So here I sit writing this message.

Tomorrow I gear up again for the final exam of this year, Surgery which is in weeks time. Giving myself all the chance to reach that emotional high of the million dollar feeling the last day of May.

Studying...

Im here in the loft of the hospital writing this messagel. It seems that now a dayst I have to reach deep to find inspiration for stuyding. Had been home some days but more and more time was spent looking around the house, rearranging papers, napping on the couch and looking out the window and of course staring at my golf set.

So I decided to make a move to the hospital, a place I have always found inspirational. Its kinda working I mean im flipping through the pages making marks on some and more color...

I keep telling myself that I just need to keep going for a few more days, my Internal exam is the 24th and then the final Surgery Exam the 31st !!!

After that im done with exams for a while.

If any once has some inspirational words of wisdom or just something that could light my fire please comment


mar

Montenegro

montenegro coast line


a closer look ...


It has been decided that the destination of my summer holiday is going to be Montenegro. After having looked at many interesting options this place was the pick of the litter.

The rough plan is to be there the last week of august and the first of september. No exact dates have been determined but a rough outline is as follows:

travel: Air travel from budapest via Montenegro Airlines to Podgorica or via SkyEurope to Dubrovnik, Croatia (which is only about 30km from the border), SkyEurope is more likely the cheaper option, estimated about 30k HUF back and fourth



accomodation: renting a house or apt down at the coast. there are many of these available. Will be more relaxed feel than a hotel. Plus just being able to take a trip to the grocery store and filling the place of food and Beverages. Price of this is not known at this time, just depends on how big a place to get, depending on the number of travelers. One place that holds 5 people in a cool place was 100 euro for the night, so very moderate pricing per person.

location: not completely nailed down, but most likely the northern part of the country (Herceg Novi). Want to be as far away from the albanian border as possible. Plus in that are are the most things to do other than lie on the beach all day. The beach is both sandy and rocky

price: It seems that the prices in Montenegro are similar to Hungary (maybe a little cheaper), so this does not have to expensive. Just depending on activities, If I know myself correctly I will be up for scuba diving, river rafting, renting a motorcycle and shopping.



So now is good time for those who are interested to check in !!!

Im expecting a great trip to this beautiful little country with a great heritage for tourism. Just what anyone needs to rest up for the upcomming school year.


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mar

The beach

Im starting to plan an end of summer trip and wanted to get some comments on who wants in and what place to go to. There are endless opportunites and my only request is that there should be water, ocean, lake, river or any other recepticle that I can swim in.

What I have been looking at right now is the following: Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Spain, Tunisia and Egypt. I know that this is a long list but all seem very promising. All have their special charm and all new to me. Me and Orsi are definite on this trip.



Date: will most likely be the last week in august and the first in september. I belive that the school starts the 11th.


If you are interested drop a comment below.



mar


p.s. a vacation just before school is just what everyone needs to charge those batteries.

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