I've been shadowing a pediatrician, lately, and I go back today for another week. 

If any of you have problems you don't mind PMing, I can ask him stuff for you.   (Okay, now that that's in print, it sounds weird.)  Nevermind.


Anyways, yay me!  I get to play with kids all day, and learn stuff!  Dude says he expects me to land a surgical specialty! 
Awesome, awesome, awesome!

yeah, is it true pediatricians play "minature" golf on wednesdays?
is it true they're so tempermental because they have "little" patients?
is the doctor's name "Petey" Attrick?

i'll get back with you when i have some more.

Haha!



Can't have kids for another 8 years or so, so it's pretty cool to be around some for a while. 

Other than watching my neighbors' through their window.  Is that creepy?  Why do they keep throwing things at me? 

i'm actually about to take our 6 year old to the pediatrician/family doctor. best of luck with the shadowing!

Be sure to ask for a sticker!

they actually get dum-dums(suckers). 

not YOU  jserio, your child

3 kids with H1N1.  At least the mortality rate isn't as bad as last century's. 

And, sh!t on a shingle, lacrosse seems like a fun sport!  One kid came in with a broken C-spine process, had had it for weeks. 
Wish i knew about THAT sport when I was 10 - "here's a 6 ft pole, go smack that other kid!"

Taking the hospital orientation class this week, hopefully, so I'll finally get into an ED.  Maybe even an OR!


Did you know "operatory tech" requires certification, nowadays, Mary?  (I know you're lurking, you sneaky minx...)
A class, sure, but all-out certification?  How's a pre-med supposed to volunteer, if you gotta take classes on top of a full schedule just to qualify to work for free?
"Congratulations... you're now state-certified to clean an autoclave!" (which clean themselves, as soon as you turn it on  )

shadowing, stalking, same difference right???

Basically. 





So, when are you getting a loan to open a gym?  I'll send you a book to help you write the proposal, if you want.  Gotta send it back, though. 
Took a class in it two semesters ago.  The old broad that teaches it reviewed a proposal a few years ago, the guy used it and got awarded $2.5 million for a new restaurant.  Supposedly has a fish tank for a floor, somewhere in South Carolina. 
She's already said she'd review anything I gave her...

Besides, it's not hard.  Just gotta know ALL the expenses: towels, disinfectant, chalk, blah blah blah, cost of a building.  Then, the lower to upper ranges of expected income for the area, based on other gyms.  Sure, the economy's down, but you know better than me whether people are still paying dues.  Besides, costs are down.  Folks might appreciate a place with lower dues.  I dunno. 

Or an indoor range.  Price of lead's sky-high, though... 
Blah. 

Sucks to see you training for the military.  You'd be a good business-owner. 

Opening an indoor range right now would be suicide.  Startup is insane, the lead filtration systems are 500k+ for 1-2 lanes and you really have to have at least 6 lanes.   A 24 hour gym just went belly up here, but I have the feeling it was poorly managed.  There's a lot of demand here for a 24hr gym and a new one could probably do quite well, especially if it kept monthly dues under $50. 

I've been working on the guy that owns Mission Essential to open a store in SC, somewhere between here and MCRDPI.  This area could desperately use a store of that caliber (pun fully intended).  A normal gun shop with knowledgeable and enthusiastic staff, also licensed for class III transfers, could do quite well.  The only major gun shop in the area is sky high on prices ($20/hr range time, most handguns are $75+ over MSRP, FMJ ammo is $26+/box...........) and their staff are all sleazy sh!tbags with no real firearms knowledge.


I probably would/will make a good business owner, but right now that nagging voice is pushing me to finish some things.  Fuch, all those nervous ticks are coming back.  I went into a public restroom the other day and did a visual clear of all stalls and checked the reflection for anything behind the door as I opened.  The guy taking a piss thought I was insane.   Besides, I have this odd feeling that once I make it past jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft, I'll be pretty happy as a 37F.

Quote from: spc on June 29, 2009, 05:18:07 PMbut right now that nagging voice is pushing me to finish some things.  Fuch, all those nervous ticks are coming back.  I went into a public restroom the other day and did a visual clear of all stalls and checked the reflection for anything behind the door as I opened.  The guy taking a piss thought I was insane.   Besides, I have this odd feeling that once I make it past jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft, I'll be pretty happy as a 37F.

That's what I kept telling myself, too.  And, you see how weird I've become. 
That's why I would like to see you do something else.

Just saying... that voice never goes away, it only gets worse. 

Two week friggin' wait for a simple 1/2-hour orientation, just to volunteer at a hospital. 
My summer's now shot to he!l. 

Why's it so difficult just to work for someone for free? 




Can't volunteer at a clinic, because apparently males intimidate female patients.  Even while folding towels...
Hospital's full of wannabe nurses, packing the rosters for a chance to wash bedpans.
I've tried wearing slacks and a nice shirt, even a suit, once.  Simply ridiculous. 

Even the local HIV clinic won't allow patient contact!  Can't even deliver friggin' groceries without certification. 

i hear ya

Pssssh, suits are for dorks.  Saks off 5th is clearing their nat Nast collections out, that'll send the right message.

Whassat? 

Metallic purple pimp-suits? 




Met the Trauma Program Manager in the cafeteria.  I think she was impressed by my choice of sandwich, the very manly Steakhouse Beef Dip. 
So, I've got a spot in the ED, now.  Four hours every morning.

Oh yeah!  Suck it, shop teacher who said I'd end up in prison! 

If you run into him again say hey im into drugs, needles, ( and other ed/md type stuff, leade doc references out) and see what he says, THEN mention what you are getting into now 

Isn't it ridiculous how they always turn it around to say: "Well, glad I helped inspire you", or some such sh!t?



Just sucks that I'll hve to go back into the Army.  But, I'll be patching up guys like I used to be.  And, maybe I'll get a chance to run into my old LT...


What exactly do you do to a guy that tried to leave you for dead?