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When You Have Ulcerative Colitis
Published on 2012-05-21 19:40:02
Note: I have not updated this blog in the past semester due to multiple bouts with ulcerative colitis. During the past few months, I wrote this post to help people understand what I go through. Some of my friends have already commented that this entry is both beautiful and disgusting. It has to be if [...] > read more
The Kid Is Back
Published on 2011-10-26 22:18:30
“…and I do declare that the sun is shining.” When I last updated this blog in April 2010, I was fighting my way through Neural Science. Easy class for most of my classmates. Not for me. However, I not only passed, but ended the year on a very high note. Since then I have: Found [...] > read more
Contrecoup (4/20/10)
Published on 2010-04-20 21:53:49
Today was…not the greatest day for lectures. Let’s just leave it at that. It doesn’t help that we have a readiness exam tomorrow morning. *** Today we talk about how neurons and glial cells respond to injury, which gives us an idea > read more
Welcome to Neural Science (4/19/2010)
Published on 2010-04-19 22:10:39
Spring break’s over. Neural Science begins. This 9 week course on the brain will be the last course in our first year of medical school. *** Since today is the first day, it’s very basic. Dr. Forehand gives two lectures: one giving an o > read more
Guest Blog!
Published on 2010-04-12 21:41:23
I wrote a guest post for jpothen.com today. Thankfully had the free time to do it now that I’m on spring break for the week. Check it out. Josh Pothen (UVM’s Meager Med Student) Donate $1 to The Meager Med Student! Why donate? > read more
April Fools (4/2/10)
Published on 2010-04-02 03:13:28
Yes, my last post was an April Fool’s joke. I would have thought the idea of me wanting to become a clown was too ridiculous to believe. And while many people realized the truth, a few thought I was serious. I thought they were just trying to t > read more
Clown School (4/1/10)
Published on 2010-04-01 07:13:02
I sent the following email to my classmates today, and I’m sharing it on this blog so you all also know what’s going on in my life. *** Hi everyone, Just wanted to give you the heads-up that I’m leaving med school. I’ll be here the re > read more
At Least Our Class Is Orange (3/15/10)
Published on 2010-03-15 22:12:29
Week 5 of NMGI. The day after Daylight Savings time ended. AND the Monday after the weekend when the UVM men and women’s basketball teams won their entries into the NCAA tournament. So Dr. Tracy was pleasantly surprised when most of our class > read more
Covenant
Published on 2010-02-28 21:52:29
Here is the oath we’ve sworn at our White Coat Ceremony. It is not the Hippocratic Oath, but an updated, modern version. (Who developed it, I don’t know.) I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability, this covenant: I will respect the sc > read more
White Coat Ceremony (The Day We Became Heroes, 2/19/10)
Published on 2010-02-28 21:46:39
Friday. The day of the White Coat ceremony. Yes, we had a few lectures in the day: one by Dr. Ciampa on Barrett’s and esophageal cancer, two mini-lectures by Dr. Lidofsky on Peptic Ulcer Disease and Upper GI bleeding and one by Dr. Rebecca Wilc > read more
A Calorie Is A Calorie Is A Calorie (NMGI Begins, 2/16-18/10)
Published on 2010-02-18 22:09:43
I haven’t felt this excited to write an entry in a while. Perhaps the last few entries show that. Don’t get me wrong. I LOVED A&D. But it became harder to write blog posts that transcended the ordinary and conveyed information the la > read more
Google Lyme Disease and Just Sit Back (2/8-12/10)
Published on 2010-02-17 21:08:09
Consider this a draft in progress. Will return to complete later. Today may have been Dr. Raszka’s craziest lecture so far in the course. “You have to make better life choices. So generally, you can’t get HIV from kissing. I don&# > read more