done with gyn/onc

It's been an interesting last two days. Yesterday, I overslept and missed rounding with my team. oops. whatever.

My patient hasn't been doing so hot. When I first met my patient, she was the life of the party. Cracking jokes, making everyone smile, asking me to marry her. Over the last couple of days, she has gone off the deep end, keeps yelling at all of the nursing staff and doctors. Yesterday she called me a sellout and told me that I was just like all of the other doctors...she cut me deep. She yelled at my intern and made her cry. It broke my heart to see her lashing out at everyone because she was in pain, anxious and most importantly, felt that she was not being heard. All she wanted was a new waistband...it was killing me to hear my team talking about "that bitch" and "that crazy, histrionic, bipolar nut." I went up to her after rounding and told her that it was breaking my heart to see her like this. That it was a shame the team didn't get to see the other side of her...the side I gave a ring pop to.

On a lighter note, today was an awfully nice day. I got to watch the team take out a 58 cm ovary. I know it's metric system, so I'll just say it was the size of a 13 gallon trash bag. Anyhow, my partner and I took off early. Got some jamba juice and took a stroll around Mckinley Park. It was really nice because the ducks/geese were out and the rose garden was amazing.

I went back to clinic and met some interesting people. One woman thought she got cancer because of bad karma...penance for behavior in a previous life. Therefore, she decided to treat the cancer with meditation and green light. By green light, I asked if she meant chemotherapy. Nope...she meant green light. um...ok.

My new patient is a trip. She is a really sweet mormon lady who is into holistic healing. She uses frankincense to kill her cancer cells. I jokingly asked if she uses myrrh and gold too...myrr is from a tree sap and gold can cure cancer too. Who knew? I know I shouldn't poke fun at people who use unorthodox remedies. I mean, frankincense and green light is as arbitrary as praying, right? I don't mean to compare my lord and savior to a bottle of scented oils, but it really comes down to whatever gives a person peace. If it be oil, I'm all for it. On a sidenote, the flavored oil: thieves, is yummy.

It was a nice way to end the rotation. My patients gave me big hugs and kisses on my hands and cheeks. It was nice, although I didn't really do anything for them. I didn't treat their cancer...just watched court tv and fed them ice chips.

-bender