friday clinic

Friday clinic is the worst! the day has seemed to drag on for so long. My afternoon patient was the patient I used for boards and I had Prof Alexander check and she felt 3 spots that I missed. yikes! I really am so scared that I am not going to pass! my only hope is that the examiners fell asleep while checking my patient and woke up thinking there was nothing wrong. ahhhhh!!!! I can not afford another $1000

lagging day

I swear today feels like a million days! I don't feel well and I am getting sick and tired of being worried about ridiculous things all the time. I am just not going to worry about it. If i don't pass an exam then I will worry. I am seriously just burned out! hopefully a weekend off will help me change my attitude.

last the worst!

mockboards are officially over for the rest of my life! I did not however end on a good note. I passed but it was my lowest mockboard score of the three. There was some TENACIOUS calculus that I couldn't budge. I really hope that the pt that I have coming to real boards is not that tenacious. Another day down!

its happening!!

I found my board patient today! She is an Angel!!! and she is perfect! I just really am so excited I have no words to say just how relieved I am! I did nothing else of importance today but I don't really even mind, I found a board patient.

all 15 yr olds are not created equal!

so I had a 15 year old coming today. I thought he would just be an easy 1B and it would be a nice day. No!! his tissues were the most swollen I have ever seen on the lower anteriors and he had black calculus on all sufaces of most teeth. I had to end up getting him numb. I hate when I have to give an injection when I wan't plannign on it because it makes me all nervous and flustered. one day I will be able to give a good solid injection... hopefully before WREB :S

mockboard #2

holy moly! I passed! I am so excited! It really helped that I had a fantastic patient. I can not wait until real boards are over and I can relax for two seconds. I really do feel like I am on the verge of a heart attack ALL THE TIME! one day... one day...

55 minutes

I am so excited because today I had a patient the only had an hour to be here and I got him in and out in 55 minutes! That is really great for me! I am just so glad to get the patients that I get! I always get the nicest ones! For a morning that I woke up dreading the day, it turned out great.