Day 1: After tossing and turning all night I drag myself out of bed and make it to my new site on time. It’s my first day of an EM elective and I’m nervous as shit. I get there at 8:40 (I have an incredibly annoying habit of arriving anywhere I need to be way too [...]
Entries from September 2009
September 16, 2009
f-ed by the snake tip
Yesterday my patient said to me, “I got fucked by the snake tip. It was waving a flag.” He then shifted his head toward me, looked directly into my eyes, and while grinning said, “Yeah that’s right, you know what I mean. We got fucked by the snake tip. You know what I’m talking about, [...]
September 15, 2009
totally normal
According to Lange Q&A Psychiatry (2005), “Disorganized schizophrenia, traditionally known as hebephrenia, is notable for pronounced and severe thought disorder… Such patients may present with a chief complaint as, ‘I came to restore my tranquility so that I can get what’s coming to me upside down’.”
The other day my patient wrote on the wall, “do [...]
September 7, 2009
three little old ladies
The first little old lady I came across today was my lovely 96 year old patient. Long story short, she doesn’t function well. She is disoriented and demented and bedridden. And every day for the past week the worst part of my day is explaining to her husband of 70+ years that she is not [...]
