Oh Tumblr..

I might just love you. Really.

I was taking a break from studying (seriously, sometimes I just want to run away from med school and spend the rest of my days lazing around beneath a palm tree, drinking yummy cocktails and ogling pretty handsome guys..), and I decided to spend some time on Tumblr.
 

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My Graves' Disease isn't making things easy for me at the moment - med school is hard enough even without a chronic illness to drag you down, but add the constant alertness for any signs of an infection*, depression, body image issues and everything that comes hand-in-hand with Graves' Disease, and you're in for a rough ride.

Psych: Go!

Psychiatry starts this week. I really liked my mini-rotation in psych, so I hope the block is going to be awesome as well!

Practicing neuro exam..

Practicing neuro exams on our classmates..

Professor & classmate: *Hits my knee with the hammer*
Me: 

No, not THAT lively. Lively enough though.

Me: *Tests patellar reflex on classmate*
Classmate: ... (*Nothing happens*)
Me: ..? *Tries again*
*Nothing happens*
Me: 

Just my luck to have super lively reflexes that are good enough to show for demonstrations and are good to practice with, only to end up practicing with a classmate with virtually absent reflexes. The hell..

Ugh...

The exam for 3.1 (Ortho) left me more dead than alive. I probably bombed that, and since the exam (which took place about 2wks ago) I haven't really done anything except for mourning the loss of my zero-retake streak.

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Ortho e-learning 2

Onderste extremiteiten proximaal
Label:
1. Lig. iliofemorale
2. Lig. ischiofemorale
3. Zona orbicularis
4. Trochanter major
5. Spina ischiadica
6. Tuber ischiadicum
7. Trochanter minor

Ortho e-learning Week 2

Bovenste Extremiteiten Proximaal - Wk 2
Welke van de volgende spieren hoort niet tot de "rotator cuff" van de schouder?
- M. Teres Major (zie p. 413, Netter's 5th edition)

33% MD

And classes starting tomorrow.

T_T

PTSD: The Aftermath

Trigger warning.

Do not read if physical or verbal abuse upsets you.

Do not read if you don't like negative stories either.

Psych and PTSD..

Possible Trigger Warning.

Graves' Disease.. Part 5: Getting Back On Track

Hey guys!
It's been a while since I last posted something here, so I thought I'd pop in and show that I'm still alive..
My thyroid gland has calmed down a lot by now, and the sudden mood swings and murderous thoughts and moods are slowly dissipating by now. Which is great!

Things Med Students Hate.. #2

Failing a test.

Graves' Disease.. Part 4: Am I ill, or not?

I'm taking meds to freeze my thyroid gland in it tracks, to make sure it doesn't produce anymore thyroid hormone, as well as meds to push my heart rate back down.
The problem is that my meds can wither away my white blood cells - leaving me with a lacking defense against bacteria and the likes.
Thats why my endo explicitly ordered me to go to my hospital to get my blood checked anytime I get a fever, sore throat or the likes.

Things Med Students Hate.. #1

Nitpicking professors.

Graves' Disease.. Part 3: DO IT! NO DON'T! I WANT IT NOW!

Im-pul-sive

(ɪmˈpʌlsɪv)

adj

1. characterized by actions based on sudden desires, whims, or inclinations rather than careful thought: an impulsive man.

- The Free Dictionary

Graves' Disease.. Part 2: Insanity

The funny thing about this situation is that I'm more likely to stand up for myself.
The less funny thing is that I'm more likely to use violence in doing so.

Graves' Disease.. Part 1

A few days ago, I posted about me diagnosing myself with hyperthyroidism, cause unknown as of then.
It was Graves' Disease, also called Graves-Basedow, because those two people described the disease a long time ago.

It's essentially an auto-immune disease where my body thinks something fishy is going on and decides to create antibodies to something. This 'something' isn't known yet, but the antibodies stimulate my thyroid gland so that it creates more thyroid hormone than is necessary.

When my endocrinologist called me, I already had an inkling as to why my thyroid was going into overdrive. Graves disease is the most common cause for hyperthyroidism, and since I couldn't be all too special, I had to have some common things as well, right?
We had discussed my chances of having Graves Disease during our first appointment and came to an agreement that it was.. well. Quite high. 

Med Student become Patient..

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Thyroid Gland.

Did I tell you guys how happy I get when I make the right diagnosis? I get very smug and I'll wear a smug smirk on my face for the rest of the day if I get one right.

Are you kidding me? Really?

Today.. I found out that two Muslim students sued a medical school (Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum, Rotterdam) over peer physical exam practise.
The complaint..
Muslim ladies are not supposed to bare their bodies to men who are not their husband.
So these ladies didn't want to let male medical students practice physical exams on them.
..
There are few things which can make me absolutely furious, but this is one of them.

English article here: link

2.3 - Onderste luchtwegen Anatomie

Antwoorden ingangstoets:

100% goed (4 maart '15)

Physiology..

Dat feeling..