So it’s been a while….

I will be shocked if anyone is still receiving my blog’s updates anymore seeing that I haven’t posted anything new since…ohhhhhh….November. But what the hell? Writing is cathartic for me regardless of whether or not I have an audience.

I’m sitting right now in my living room watching snow fly sideways through my neighborhood. D-town is experiencing a pretty massive snowstorm right now that’s left most meetings/appointments/schools cancelled. Well, of course, except for the med school. Because we’re especially dedicated or something….it’s funny because every single other branch of CU (including the downtown Denver campus which is only located maybe 5 miles from the med campus) was cancelled. Hell, even the nursing school, which is on the SAME campus as the med school, was cancelled. But for some reason, the powers that be felt it was necessary to demand that the med students come and be subjected to information about fungi and anti-fungal medications for four hours.

Ummmm no.

So instead, I stayed in my cozy house and read about fungus from here. Safety + learning=good. I may not be a doctor or anything, but that much I do know.

So why in the world are we learning about fungus, you may ask? Because we’re currently in classes that deal with hematology (study of blood), immunology, pharmacology (druuuugs), and microbiology (bacteria, viruses, and fungus of course). These blocks last till spring break after which we will come back and tackle the monsters that are the cardiovascular, pulmonary, and renal systems. HOOBOY. Big stuff, right?

But in order to tackle the big guns like the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM, I first need to conquer blood disorders….and antibiotics…and other such things that have very long, complicated names that prove absolutely impossible to memorize.

Grumble, grumble.

But hey….memorizing endless amounts of information isn’t so bad, right? RIGHT? Anyone?

Okay, yes. Memorizing endless amounts of information does kind of suck, I can’t deny it. But at the very least, we’re sort of getting to the point where we can talk quasi-fluently about medications doctors commonly prescribe. I now know how to analyze a CBC (complete blood count) to a certain extent. I know how to logically THINK about the process of diagnosing someone with anemia. Kind of cool to see these skills begin to fall into place (albeit very very very very slowly). It makes me excited to think that one day, I’ll know how to think about so many different kinds of disorders. In other words, I might one day know how to be a doctor.

Yeah, probably that. But for now, I’ll just keep on plugging away at all the random bits of information because I know that one day, I’ll actually use it. It will be instinct, and I will barely remember the days I spent agonizing over how to remember this stuff.

Gotta lay the groundwork to build a solid foundation, right?