September 27, 2011

• This too shall pass

  

  I dont know why I never put anything personal on here anymore. It’s not like I am trying to do anymore about protecting my identity. Maybe it’s just that life has been so busy that sitting in front of a computer for another hour just to sit down and complain that i have too much to do doesnt seem worth it. Easier to go swimming, or yoga, or something active with my limited free time.

  Residency has been bad the last couple months. Mostly because I have been made the whipping boy in this hospitalists versus residents atmosphere. Someone not get their scheduled med? Josh’s fault. Pt septic on wrong antibiotic? Probably Josh. Someone three counties over broke a hip and died from fat embolus? Get Josh’s lawyer on the line.

  It’s not really that bad, but the snowball effect sure makes it seem that way. So in my final year of residency when everything is supposed to be sunshine, lollipops, and unicorn farts, what am I doing?

  getting in early, writing all my notes, and then looking for procedures to do so I can minimize the amount of time I have to spend around all these toxic personalities until 5pm when I can go home. The upside it that it means even better pt care since I can hide in pts rooms to avoid the hospitalists…they will never find me there. I have already managed to do about 4 paracentesis and 3 central lines in 2 weeks. maybe i will throw a thora or two in for the hell of it.

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