August 10, 2007

  • Apologies and Excrement

    It had to be said. Also, in another brief intro for you all into med student life and the ways it warps your thinking...

    I had to perform 4 rectal exams today. My previous number of exams performed before today was 4. I actually performed as many rectals in one day as i did all last month. During one of the rectals, I am pretty sure that somebody's poop got onto my white coat. Now blood on my coat...understandable...I totally signed up for that when i got into med school...heck its even a little cool, like a tacit affirmation that you were saving someone's life and too busy to pay attention to what was splattering where.

    But poop on your coat...not so much. And in spite of all that, I still consider today a GOOD day at work. Not like a well it was okay, or could have been worse, or just run of the mill day. It was actually a good day, as in days that reaffirm my decision to go into medicine. And when i realized that, I both laughed and cried a little inside. My thinking has been so twisted that poop on my coat is not even high enough up on the irritation meter to register.

    2 weeks left of medicine, then I start ER for 4 weeks. Ooh the anticipation

    -J

Comments (3)

  • Its happened to me, but I worked at a pet store, and it was not human, still its gross.

    But as a doctor, wear any bodily discharge with pride!   All in a days work.

  • Well, hey, you're prepared for OB. I've been pooped on too. :( Luckily, I wasn't wearing the white coat at the time, though!

  • Pretty shitty (no pun intended) but cool at the same time.  I like your attitude toward it all.  You make me miss my cousin-in-law.  He was really cool like that too.

    Keep it up, and keep playing too!  It'll help with the shittier days (no pun intended).

Comments are closed.

Post a Comment