yes I do know what a rotator cuff is

[fahye]

Being a medical student at the GP is always a bit of a gamble. Sometimes they give you a flat YOU ARE PARANOID ABOUT YOUR HEALTH glare, and sometimes (today) they use your own flu shot as an opportunity to teach you about giving injections. I'm not sure how he knew to ask me what I'm studying, I was very careful not to say 'I think I have an impingement syndrome because I have a painful arc on abduction and more pain on external rotation'. I just said 'my shoulder hurts when I lift it outwards'.

I made the appointment last week and the pain's almost gone now, anyway. Thank you, ibuprofen. He thinks I somehow inflamed the long head of biceps tendon, and I have no idea how.

Him: So what sports do you normally play?
Me: Um. That is -- that is an excellent question. Yes.

~

I am sooo behind on those few TV shows I allow myself to actually care about. Sigh.

(At this point, this is basically...White Collar and Bones. And Big Bang Theory.) The only things I've watched in yonks are QI and old episodes from the final season of of Scrubs.

I -- should not be online. I am taking the morning off from the eye hospital to get my flu shot and do some cardiology notes, and because next week is going to be the horror week from hell and I am trying some prophylactic de-stressing. It's not working too well. Maybe I should not be attempting to de-stress by substituting more study for being-at-hospital, but at this point 'study' is options A-Y in my list of What I Should Be Doing At Any Given Moment, with option Z being, appropriately enough, 'sleep'.

Comments

[ineptshieldmaid.livejournal.com]

awww :(

I would send more cake, but, uh, I have no more cake. I send the PRINCIPLE OF CAKE.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

The cake was very much appreciated!

[lilith-lessfair.livejournal.com]

Sleep, fahye.

I wonder. You're not the first person I know who is very busy writing and studying and who has succumbed to biceps tendonitis or a rotator cuff issue. I wonder .... how is your desk set-up? And how do you carry your books? Backpack, messenger bag, etc.?

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Eh, I am getting enough sleep. I can tell because I am not falling asleep on my notes.

Good thing about being at hospital is that I no longer carry books, so I highly doubt my tiny shoulder bag is doing any damage. Working -- yeah, maybe :/ I'm either on my computer or sitting at my desk with textbooks and notebooks.

[schiarire.livejournal.com]

I vote option Z :(

[inknose.livejournal.com]

ah sleep... I think I remember that... something to do with closing your eyes? Maybe? It's all so foggy...

Speaking in the fond hopes that you haven't already been spoiled, do NOT go anywhere near any bones-related anythings online. Because... epic things have transpired. :O

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Hahahah I have been spoilering myself for my shows forever. My curiosity is too strong, especially when I honestly don't know when I'll get the chance to watch the episodes.

[amberite.livejournal.com]

Being a medical student at the GP is always a bit of a gamble. Sometimes they give you a flat YOU ARE PARANOID ABOUT YOUR HEALTH glare, and sometimes (today) they use your own flu shot as an opportunity to teach you about giving injections.

Having been, all my life, a little more medically educated than the average and hence a little more likely to talk in technical terms, I've gotten suspicion from doctors most of my adult life. So when I went back to school last year as a pre-med, I thought it would be more so, and approached health services with trepidation.

Nope! Last time I had a wisdom tooth out, and explained that I was preparing for a chemistry exam so they couldn't knock me out, the dental surgeon gave me an adoring look and regaled me with stories from his residency - and the other folks at the campus health service have been likewise. Go figure.