Another "weekend", another call day. Thankfully, Sunday was already my third of four on-call shifts, so I'm pumping them out early. It sure would be nice to have a couple days off in a row though.
Friday was our first game of the flag football season at my school. Whereas the first and second year students each field a handful of teams, with all our our classmates dispersed to hospitals throughout the tri-state area, my whole class of 200+ students only is fielding one team. This week we only managed 6 players, but by the "luck" of the draw, were playing the scrappiest of first-year teams and won handedly.
Remembering back, playing flag football with some second- and third-year students in front of the ER during my first weeks on campus was really the first time I felt like I had really made it to med school. Now I'm the third year, strolling lazily out of the hospital with my stethoscope and crumpled patient list. It's a nice reminder that I'm over half-way done.
FridayIL: Finding the cause of a first-time seizure is actually worst prognostically than not finding one. Statistically, if we find the cause, you are more likely to have more seizures in the future, but if we work you up and can't find an answer, then odds are, you won't have another.
SundayIL: Rhinitis medicamentosa is nasal congestion brought on by extended use of topical decongestants. Essentially, your body adapts to the decongestant and causes the baseline state to be a mildly congested one. Yet another medical condition caused by treating a medical condition. Only use medications as instructed!
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