When Will the Price Be Right?

another cause of obesity? widening economic gap?? america evolving into the "stupid nation"??? Hmmm...

PUSH!

It can be a challenge wheeling patients when they can't put their feet up on the foot rest or if their wheelchair isn't the best. A lady that I regularly see in the halls asked me to push her to the elevators today. Judging by appearances, she was 500-600 lbs. She thanked me and told me I was stronger than some of the guys that worked at LLH.

Don't Shoot The Pharmacist!

:D

*drools*

To all the medical, dental, nursing, pharmacy and other students interested in health-

Medical powerpoints:
http://www.somalidoc.com/ppt.htm

Thanks to SDN for the link. You can find downloadable videos by clicking on "SD Videos" too. Guess where I'm going to be spending my free time for the next 3 weeks? XD

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Iron Man

Went to Century in Daly City today with M6. The movie was sort of blah...action isn't my genre. It's windy.

Pass 1

I took the day off today so I could register for classes. My schedule is pretty-ish, which confuses me even more. Well, I still have a few classes I want to try out for but I have to wait until pass 2 to sign up. I'll know whether or not I'll be going with plan 1 or plan 2 by then.

Plan 1 or Plan 2?!

I was able to sign on myucdavis today. My registration date for Fall 2008 showed up on the front page. They haven't sent me anything regarding this but I know that I have to decide which plan to carry out soon.



Returning F08 Pros:

1. Don't have to stress as much on registering for classes for Winter.

2. Enough upper division units from major and prepharm prerequisites.

3. Get to start research.

4. Get away from home.

5. Get back to my EC's



Returning F08 Cons:

1. It's Davis.

2. More demanding schedule/more stress.

3. Most likely will have Nasiri for CHE118A.

4. Complications will be greater if my MG flares.

5. Have to get into Physics I this summer at CC

6. Prepharm prerequisites won't be fulfilled by the end of this year.

7. More expensive (ie, living, tuition)

8. Will be a year behind regarding ochem (a prereq for a lot of the classes I need).

9. Can't shoot for applying to USN for the entering class of 2010.

Edit...

I think I'm going to shot for both my plans right now. So, I'm going to continue to stick with ochem this summer. I'm already enrolled in ochem II for fall at another JC. I'm going to register for classes at Davis next week just in case. I lose some money but at least I'll be secure. If I get all the classes I planed for fall at JCs then I'll stick to plan 1. Since the first day of class starts over a month before Davis' I'll know whether or not to cancel my enrollment. If I have to go back to Davis, plan 2 won't go as smoothly because I would have taken ochem instead of physics during the summer, meaning the earliest I'll be able to graduate is Summer2010. Not to mention, I'll have to scramble finding a place to live.

Free Sauna

IT'S SO HOTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!! LLH doesn't have any AC!!!!!! A few of the units had fans and all of them were having ice cream. I was dripping sweat while scurrying to get the patients for art. Hopefully, the weather man will be correct and tomorrow will be the last day this heat wave will last. It's currently 91 degrees in the house!!! x.X

Bunnies C3

I helped bring up bunnies to L4 today. It was the first time I've seen the "farm." All the animals are fat. The geese were screaming when we came. The cats were hanging out in the shade. There were cages that separated the bunnies and chickens. When we left the goats started yelling. The bunnies were so cute. One was named Stew (I know..horrible) and the other one had a name but no one remembered what it was. I'm sort of glad that today's my last day on L4. The patients kept telling the bunnies that they would make a good dinner while petting them. The AT went along and said she had boots made out of rabbits fur. I didn't say anything but I tried to comfort the bunnies. Poor girls; They were shaking. I was laughing in my head when one of them bit a patients after she said he would be "yummy." Hopefully, I'll get to work with OT next week. If not, I told the volunteer coordinator that I'd be willing to do some paper pushing. That might be boring but at least I'd feel like I'm helping more.

Designed By: Errikh Sutohn
I want this chair!!!!

Survivor Finale, Postcard and a Gamble

So, the finale of Survivor Fan vs Favorites was last night. I felt bad for Cirie that they made a final two instead of three. I think Parv didn't really try during the last immunity challenge. She knew that she would get picked if either of them won because Cirie saw Amanda as a threat and Parvati and Amanda were tight since day one. I don't understand why Eliza voted for Parv. Didn't she hate Parv because a fight they had? I'm pretty sure that Ozzy, James, and Erik were the 3 votes for Amanda. It would have been really interesting if there was tie. If Amanda brought Cirie to the final two, she probably would have lost Parv's vote and I think Eliza would have written down Cirie's name too. Poor Amanda. She was in the final 3 for China and final 2 for this season but won nothing.

G4 went on a bustrip to SFMOMA today. The AT made the bus stop by Taravel so she could pick up some dim sum for lunch. When we got to the Piers the bus broke down so we ate lunch while waiting for the mechanic to come. I think LLH is suppose to get new buses pretty soon. The dim sum wasn't really good, but it was free :). It cost exactly $100 to get 8 patients and 6 staff members tickets into SFMOMA. Since lunch lasted longer than expected we only had a little more than an hour to walk around the museum. I think we could have stayed longer because we got back to LLH around 2:15. Maybe the bus driver didn't want to risk the bus battery dying again. The volunteer that went along during the trip to the Legion of Honor came along today too. He brought everybody postcards again. :)

Ughhh...I don't know what to do anymore. This morning I was able to enroll in ochem for summer at city after dropping physics lab. I also registered for classes for fall at skyline. So, I don't know if I should return to Davis in the fall (plan 2) or wait until winter (plan 1). Either way, I have to throw money down the drain because of the readmission fee for UCD and the website registration fee for community colleges. Which plan to I go with??? I have to wait and see if I get readmitted to Davis before flipping the coin.

I am a nerd

G.I. emailed me about some of my test results the other day, which reminded me about an article that the fellow mentioned during my appointment. Being the nerd that I am, I googled it. I thought I wouldn't be able to read about the study, since I didn't have a subscription to the magazine. Fortunately, I can still sign onto UCD's library website. YAY for UC journal access!

Over the past week, I've become obsessed with reading medblogs, which is another thing to add to my geekiness. MmMmmm...clinical cases XD.

I <3 Thursdays

Thursday's primetime makes my day...especially last night's!

Survivor: Fans vs Favorites is hands-down the best Survivor session ever! Like Jeff said, "The most injuries, the most blindsights.." Ahhhh...naive Erik. I knew he was going to be voted off through stupidity. I don't blame him for giving away the immunity though. With four manipulative girls on his back and living on the island for so long, it could cloud up anyone's mind. I'm routing for Amanda, but I'm not sure if she has enough people on her side. She for sure has Ozzy's vote. Eliza will probably vote for Cirie because they both were seen as outsiders. I'm guessing Jason will vote for Natalie. I hope Nat won't be in the final 3 though. James has to vote for Amanda because she never backstabbed him. I'm not sure who Erik will vote for. He might for Amanda for her strategical skills. Alexis will vote for Nat but if she's out then either Parvati or Cirie. I can't wait until Sunday! AHHHHH!!!!! I wonder who's going to win the $100,000! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!!! www.cbs.com/sprint I think Ozzy's the most deserving. If Yauman was in the game longer than I would say him. I notice that cbs.com endorses Ozzy a lot more than the other castaways. Hey, CBS didn't make an extra twist! People left the game, so how does it work out to be 39 days???

Grey's Anatomy: Poor Christina. They shouldn't have put up on the bulletin board. Shouldn't the board that determines who gets the award confine with Seattle Grace first?! I mean, Preston worked there for awhile, so if anybody wants to nominate him of his achievements it would be Richard. Is Izzy suppose to tell Alex that Rebecca isn't pregnant??? I think she has to stick with patient confidentiality. I guess it's hard because they're friends. I can relate to Han being awkward; Not being able to make friends easily. Meredith and Derek have to get back together!!!! I bet they will when they succeed in one of the clinical cases together, when they open that champagne. :) At first I though Richard slept with Miranda, so he didn't give her one of the forms. I thought he was trying to hide that from his wife, but no. I was way off. LOL! I think that mom that is waiting on a heart is going to die. The family's is going to be all on Alex because he exposed her. If there were such things as the chief's intern, they would be doing a lot more important things than handing out forms. What are you going to learn medically when handing out forms besides who mixed fluids together.

I want to watch Ugly Betty but my internet is being ridiculously slow! :/

*COUGH COUGH COUGH*

Note to self: Don't volunteer to help out at an AA meeting again.
I went with L4 for an AA meeting today. I thought the patients that were going would be trying to quit but everytime they were outside they lite a fresh cirgarrette. A couple left in the middle of the program to take a smoke too. I really put up a wall up with the patients because I hate smokers. Ughhh..I didn't like how a lot of them said they had a great time and promised that they'll go to the next AA meeting and then lite a smoke right when you they got out of the bus at the hospital. My nose feels all funny after getting all that second-hand smoke today.

Complementary Leibovitz

Free Tuesdays are awesome! Especially when you get to spend it with some of the women of N5 (and one from 05). The residents got complementary access into the Annie Leibovitz's exhibition at the Legion of Honor. As a chaperon I got in free too. It would have been $5 today and $15 on a regular day. I'm not really big on photography but the Leibovitz collection currently showing was extraordinary. There were a mixture of photographs showing her works of the famous and from her personal life. I thought some of the ones she took of the celebrities had a hint of fakeness. I don't mean the photos but the fame. It made me feel like these actors, models and other American icons are just...human. Quite a few fans look up to these individuals like they're some sort of God. Nothing is suppose to perfect. No one can be perfect. The spotlessness, all-adorning glamor, and smooth contours showed that the famous are just doing their job. They aren't always in their own skin (even though a lot of the subjects were bare-skinned in the photographs). Some of the colors were so bold. Maybe that was part of the statement. I really like the pieces with the dancers. If I remember correctly they're part of some cultural dance studio. They are adorn in their theatrical makeup and costumes but the photos are close-up shots so you can see the emotion and detail on their faces.
I spent the time at the museum escorting a Spanish lady. After 5 minutes of trying to talk to her and read her the titles of the pieces, I realized that she had no clue what I was saying. I decided to wheel her around by focusing on where her head turned. If she was looking at something I would move her towards the piece and once she looked somewhere else I turned her towards another work of art. The museum was swarming with art students. I wish I brought my sketchbook or camera but I didn't know that we were going to a museum today. I wouldn't have time to sketch anyway. Besides the special exhibition room my favorite room is the "Neoclassicism through Post-Impressionism". I'm a fan of cubism so I can never stare too long at Picasso's sculptor. I don't really like Monet but I like Degas. lol
At 1:00, the resident and I went back to the entrance to wait for the others. The other volunteer for the day bought everybody a postcard displaying Leibovitz's "Jonny Cash with his grandson Joseph, Rosanne Cash, and June Carter Cash, Hiltons, Cirgina, 2001" as souvenirs. During the bus ride to and from LLH I felt culturally-challenged when talking to him. He knew so much about San Francisco. He's a Vietnam veteran so I had respect for the guy but I couldn't comment much on his tales. He thanked me for the "sympathetic ear" when we got back at the hospital. I would have much preferred it if he just called me a "good listener."
Anyways, we had this one patient with us that was a bit of a pain. She kept yelling "help!" everywhere we went even though she wasn't in any danger. I would say most, if not all, of the women had trouble with memory. A few of them kept asking me where we were throughout the trip. I got a little annoyed but it's not their fault that time has taken a toll on their brains.
The bus headed down to the beach so we could have lunch. This one lady couldn't get the chips or fried chicken she requested because the nurse was afraid that she would choke. I know exactly how it feels when you can't eat what you want, so I had sympathy for her. This other women only wanted to eat potato chips but when the AT placed a few bags full onto her plate she kept asking for napkins. The AT told her she had a whole bunch already on her lap. Poor lady. She was the sweet one in the group.
We got back at around 2:30, so we wee a little early. I decided to walk the 3 miles home. :)
OH! I totally forgot about 2 Chihuly pieces. His glass artwork really clashed with the other pieces at the Legion of Honor. I think his work would have been a better fit at the Deyoung. Nevermind, he's having another exhibition there later this year. Anyhoo, the spiraling madness of glass in all three of the pieces were magnificent. His colorful and huge installations were way too loud for Rodin's sculptors though.

Front entrance at Legion of Honor. Photo taken from www.chihuly.com

No Chinese

I made the mistake of telling a patient that I didn't understand in Chinese during strolls today. On the first stroll, I was trying to find some Chinese magazines but they were all gone. I ask the patient if English was ok ("yin wen ma?"). He shock his head. The only thing I could find was a Chinese book, so I asked if a book was ok ("ni kan shu ma?"). He stretched out his hand to take it. I noticed some Chinese newspapers in the recycling bin, so I grabbed one when we were heading back up to the unit. The next guy was a little bit more interactive than the first resident. Once I took him out of the unit he tried to make conversation with me. I had no clue what he was saying because it was Cantonese. He then asked in Mandarin. I told him I didn't understand and that I was Vietnamese ("Dui bu ke. Wo bu dong le. Wo shi yue nan ren.") He exclaimed "OH! Yue nan ren!" and continued to to ask me something in Chinese. I continued to tell him that I was sorry and that I didn't understand. He kept repeating what he was saying. I didn't know how to say that I didn't know Chinese or that I only knew limited Chinese. It wouldn't have made sense if I told him I didn't know Chinese in Chinese. When we got to the library I handed him a Chinese newspaper. He read the headline outloud for me and asked me something. I shook my head. He asked, "Bu dong le?" (don't understand?). When it was time to take him back I tried to tell him but I was stuck mid-sentence. All I could blurt out was "We're-" and then I pointed towards the door. He asked me to repeat and I decided to reply in English. He waved his hand no. I tried to gesture that he could bring back the newspaper but he didn't seem to understand. I handed it to him and strolled him back up. I felt so horrible that I couldn't talk to him. I would ask to switch units but I'd feel bad. Once summer school starts I'll probably switch to another area. I think the only way I'm helping out on G4 is teaching one of the patients English. He's really improving so I guess I'll stay for him.

In other new, HAPPY NATIONAL NURSE WEEK! Hospitals, home-care facilities, and anywhere else nurse are employed wouldn't be able to run smoothly with out all of you! Thank you for everything you do!!!!

Dead Weight

Don't die fat.

http://docsontheweb.blogspot.com/2007/12/naked-fat-and-dead.html

Better yet, don't be fat at all (read the comments).

nnnuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrr

I feel like I wasted today by reading and doing crosswords all day. It's funny that I feel it today because a lot of my days consist of useless tasks.

Anyways, I stumbled on this blog awhile ago but never got the chance to really read some of the posts until today.

http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/

Life is meant to suck sometimes and it's amusing entertainment reading on what I might have to deal with later on in life.

Construction Canceled

I was signed up to volunteer at Habitat for Humanity today but when I checked my email this morning I found a note stating that construction was canceled. Since I had nothing else planned for the day, my father made me practice driving on the freeway for about an hour. I hate it when he makes me change lanes. He says I changes to quickly but when I don't change right when he says so he yells at me. Jeez! I have to fr3aking check to see if it's safe before I change! If you stop complaining about ever move I make maybe I would be a more decent driver!

TGFTT

Thank goodness for TV Thursday. Thursday has the best primetime TV. Three of my favorite shows are on tonight: "Survivor", "Ugly Betty" and "Grey's Anatomy." I'll have to watch "Ugly Betty" tomorrow online. The fierce Christine from Project Runway is going to be in tonight's episode!!! I remember the days when it use to be "TGIF" with "Boys Meet World" and "Sabrina." lol!

Before going to LLH today I went to the post office to fill out a "change of address" form and to mail in my readmission form. Yes, I going back to Davis in the fall. I don't want to risk not getting into a whole bunch of classes come autumn. I'm pretty sure if I shoot at taking classes at city I would have to beg in order to add all the classes I want to take. Registering for summer classes already has proved to be a pain. I might be a little late to get processed by Pass 1. If I can't get the schedule that I'm shooting for I think I might have to do a fifth year. Oh well. I know when I graduate I'll be ecstatic to get out of Davis.

My first session at "Art with Elders" was fun. I came at 1:15 and met with another volunteer. I was so confused on what to do because when the artist came with some patients he didn't say much. At first I thought one of the patients was the artist because he had that kind of allure. It was great listening to this patient's adventures. I loved his artwork too. I felt so retarded when he was getting ready to leave. I thought he was going to hug me but he was stretching out to shake my hand. So, I did this weird drawback and shake his left hand with my right hand thing. This other patients asked me to draw him! I told him it's been awhile since I've drawn but he insisted that I must be good. Of course the picture turned out nothing like him. It was a great experience though. I forgot to ask him what unit he was on. Hopefully, he'll come back next Thursday. He said he usually comes on Wednesdays though because he has OT on Thursdays. I should have went to E4 afterwards because the artist let me go early. I'll drop by Monday if G4's AT lets me off early.

I'm so glad I got through my first official week at LLH. It's a totally different atmosphere from other hospitals and I love it. I think I've only met a few patients that might snap at you, but overall everybody is really sweet.