Ten more weeks . . .

Yes, it's hard to believe that in 10 weeks (including spring break) I'll be done with my first year in medical school. Only one block left before we start our second year the 3rd week of April. Time has flown by. It's really hard to believe. But that's life in medical school.

This past week was spent taking exams, er, I should say this past week was spent study intermixed with 3 exams. Waking up this morning I felt like I should be studying or something. I felt like I wasn't doing something right. Like I was getting behind. But no, not this morning.

I still woke up before 6am, but I slept in. Yep, I slept in until 5:20ish. It was really nice getting 8 hours of sleep and not having to study from 4am to 9pm. In a way, however, I really enjoy the studying. Yes, there is a disconnect with reality living like this; but, I'm not in reality right now. I'm in medical school. My purpose it to become a Doctor and that is what I'm doing. In 3 year, 3 months maybe I'll get back to reality.

Oh wait, that is when I get to start residency. I guess I need to be catching up on life or something like that now.

Well, back to cleaning the Apartment and then to a friends house to play some games.

I'll be posting more about life in medical school later.
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Tidbits . . .

Almost every lecture has an interesting tidbit of information. For instance, yesterday I learned two interesting tidbits. First, I learned that grapefruit juice can enhance the effect of certain drugs metabolized by CYP3A4 (it does this by blocking the enzyme allowing more of the prescription drug to stay in circulation). Therefore, as future Doctors, we should keep this in mind and talk to patients about drinking grapefruit juice while taking prescription drugs metabolized by the CYP3A4 enzyme (over half of all prescription drugs today are metabolized by it). The other tidbit was on the lighter side . . . read more
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The Wonder of our Creator

Many times it is hard to step back from our activities and realize our place in life. Aptly termed the "Tyranny of the Urgent", in many cases, is what determines the course of our lives. Yet, there are times in that "tyranny" that we should step back and see the big picture. See God's hand at work and how His creation is glorifying HIm.

During the first two weeks of this semester I studied molecular embryology, an incredibly interesting subject. One of the more interesting topics we covered was a gene called PAX. read more
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"Definitive" proof global warming is true (Updated)

This is definitive proof that global warming is taking place somewhere else, at least it isn't warming here in Memphis. We just got 1 and a quarter inches of snow. The funniest part is school has been closed. I don't remember the last time I got a snow day and I had to move to Memphis to get it.
1.25" of snow
More pictures coming . . . They are posted. Checkout the snow images
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