INTERESTING TIMES

Well here it is, Wednesday of week one in the 6th quarter of my training. You can probably tell I'm back in school; the volume of posts has shrunk and turned nonpolitical once more. I'm back into the study of medicine. I am pleased to report that last quarter I got honors in four classes: my best yet. I'm terrified to report that my debt for this education is up to $81,000. The money barely seems real to me. I'm counting on Obama to keep spending and keep the Fed printing, and cause huge inflation so that my debt shrinks into relativity.

I am psyched to be studying nutrition, finally. I also have lab diagnosis, pathology, clinical physical diagnosis, several labs, diagnostic imaging, homeopathy, neuromuscular therapy and orthopedic synthesis lab and lots more. The information comes fast and furious and I'm just trying to hang on. My goal is to get homework assignments done earlier this time. Just finished the nutrition assignment. Next, homeopathy. There will be lots of medical posts coming soon. Feel free to scroll on by!

I may miss important stuff posted by friends. If there's something you want to be sure I read, please let me know, because I definitely won't be spending as much time on LJ except to do my homework and notes here.

WINTER 2009 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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Which condition demonstrates nonuniform joint space narrowing, osteophytes, subchondral sclerosis, & subchondral cysts?
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Shakti is sitting on the window sill in the east window of my office. The full moon is high and clouds are drifting past it, torturing the vampires. Suzanne is starting charcoal in a hibachi on the porch, and the pug beast is snorting in the hall.
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Diagnostic Imaging II Midterm Exam Study Guide
Dr. Stecher - Winter 2009
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A&W = alive and well
AAA = abdominal aortic aneurysm
AB = antibody
( Find here a few more random linguistic observations from year 2 ND school. Medicalese is a thick jargon with many interconnected specialties. While this collection has been interesting it is a time sink and I will probably not add to it. The acronyms used depend on the person and specialty, and when combined without regard for specialties are nearly meaningless. But it was interesting to see just these few jumbled up and to see some overlap.  )

COMMON NAME: American cedar, tree of life, arbor-vitae
FAMILY: Cupressaceae
HABITAT: New England and Southeastern Canada
--related to Western red cedar, T. plicata which grows mostly on NW coast
GENERAL: lives over 1,000 years, grows hollow in center making it hard to count tree rings, loves wet soil, rot resistant wood
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Pouring rain out there. I got up at 5:30 am because the cat woke me up, and I knew I had only one more hour until my alarm lit up....and would not sleep anyway. I have a quiz at 7:30am every Monday. Today it is on the Clinical Physical Diagnosis of heart pain, palpitations, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease and more broadly atherosclerosis. Interesting stuff.
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