Medical Biochemistry

I hate biochem I hate biochem I hate biochem.

There's nothing wrong with the book though - the chapters aren't overly long, and yet, I still managed to take 3 days for 1 single chapter.
Back in high school, math was my mortal enemy. Guess what, I now hate biochem.

The book contains a lot of diagrams and tables though, and the letters are just the right size.

New block!

After panicking over the exam for the last block (Pathogenesis), it's time to move on to something new!

Metabolic disorders.
Yay! New topic!
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And, oh boy.. I hate biochem! Not so yay.
I don't mind dealing with diabetes and other fancy diseases, but I strongly dislike having to read up on the citric acid cycle/Kreb's cycle or respiratory chain.
It's a good thing the biochem book is easy to digest (miraculously, it's much easier to digest compared to 'Rubin's Pathology', even though Rubin's contains a lot of freaky diseases and pictures, which I happen to like).

Now that it's November, Purexia's theme has returned to it's original self again.
No more pink!


Ainyria

Cancer Pathways

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This time, I was way too lazy to add an explanation to it. Maybe I'll update it later.

©Purexia & authors 2013

http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/content/10/7/699.full
http://www.sabiosciences.com/pathway.php?sn=p53_Signaling

Mascot!

One of the doctors I know once gifted me a stuffed animal. To this day (21 years later!), it is still in good shape, and now that I'm in medical school, it's become my personal Med School mascot!

HAHAHA

No, I do not have B+ (I'm a rather boring O+).
But this meme does remind me of Asian heritage.

#WorthlessPost

Hep B: Part 2

Did I already tell you guys about Hep B immunization being done in 3(!) parts?
So today I was subjected to a good skewering with needles and stiff muscles afterwards. I also got a cute stickie again.

I was also supposed to be subjected to a mantoux test for tuberculosis, but seeing as my parents were born in Asia, they decided to go with something else. (This was apparently because I've had a BCG vaccination in the past. The BCG apparently messes up the results of the mantoux screening.)

It's Pink!

For the people who know me in real life: Yes, I used to dislike pink, especially when it's everywhere.
I don't mind it so much nowadays, though.

But the real reason for my blog turning pink for this month, is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
So go forth and pour some money into research for the cure against cancer!