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I have to talk about so many things that have happened over the past three weeks. Can't wait to get started. Firstly, I was able to watch a live open-heart surgery. We weren't allowed to go into the operation theatre, we watched it on an audio-visual ensemble ( like I had in the Live Laproscopy workshop). Oh My God!, was it breathtaking or what!! I was floored! First time I've ever watched a real heart beat away to glory. It was a Mitral Valve Replacement. The valve had been calicified and stenosed, and they replaced it with a artificial one. The surgery took about 3 and half hours, and I was there throughout. We had to take special permission from our HOU to go and watch it. And, we even had our attendance filed, because of that. Once in a lifetime chance. I want to thank Dr. Inamdar and his team with all my gratitude. Not only did they perform the surgery well, but they also guided us ( half of the 2nd yr batch that was watching) through the entire surgery, explaining even the simplest of steps they carried out. Thank you so much Sir, I will remember this forever! I'll put in some of the pictures and videos we took.

Next on line, was the Medicine term-end. I didn't really get a chance to study a lot for it the preceding weekend. A lot of social obligations:-) But, my point would be, there was no use any way. I suppose you would remember the name of Dr. Dushyant Pawar, who scares the crap out of us, and completely takes our case. Unluckily, we had to present our exam case to him. And, as you would guess, it wasn't very pleasant. I was still able to answer something. But, he totally crapped the guy next to me, out. Well, if I fail this one, it wouldn't be because I didn't know anything. The best part of the entire torture was that I didn't even care how the thing turned out. I just breezed through it all, not feeling one ounce of regret or pain!!!

The Inter-disciplinary Seminar on Thyrotoxicosis got postponed to Jan. I'm a little disappointed. Because, I put in major efforts into the presentation. Oh yeah, this one topples last year's Enzymes by miles and miles. But, on the brighter side, I get to study more for the terminal exam coming up , and after that headache is gone, I can put more effort into this!

Which reminds me, Terminals on our heads now. And the library just beckons almost every second. I wonder how I never seemed to appreciate it before! I'm not worried, but yes, definitely hope to come out better in these terms than the ones last year!!

And there is a change in our timetables now. We have both our lectures in the morning, from 8am to 10am, and the clinical terms from 10am to 1pm. As much as I hated this when it initially started, I end up getting an hour before lunch, which I put into studying religiously. Guess, everything always works out for the best:-)

The posting we have now, is Preventive and Social Medicine (PSM). Not much of a subject, but its a quiet posting.We go to an Urban health Centre, about a 10 min-walk from college, and have a lecture there. Up till now, we've just been into the slums once, to watch a street-play on Dowry, performed by our seniors for the women there. Its nice. I never thought I'd say this, but I seem to like PSM!

Well, thats all I can think of. I am getting irregular with the posts. Just don't have a lot of free time. I hope to study hard, you see. Hopefully I'll write before exams begin ( which would be on Jan 4th, by the way). Otherwise, well, Best of Luck to me, and hope I have a glorious New Year and very good start to it too...