Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Over At Last!!

I don't have to look at gynae and babies being born for another two years now!!!! Such a relief I say.
We finally finished with the last part of the term-end today. It wasn't brilliant, but it wasn't bad either. I could answer quite a bit, and over all, did not leave the room red-faced having embarrassed myself to the core. I was asked about the Sim's Speculum, the some drugs used in Obstretics - Oxytocin, Carboprost, Misoprost and Mala-D, the OCP. The viva did not last very long. We didn't even have any questions on normal labour or the maternal pelvis and fetal skull, which I had done more painstakingly than the rest. Actually, if I had been told that the pelvis isn't even kept on the viva table, I wouldn't have bothered at all!!
Any way, it doesn't matter. Fact is, it is over. 2 months.....can't even believe it has been that long. Feel like just yesterday we had started with the posting, and I was so disgusted with the nature of the branch. The past months have been fun obviously. Every batch of students gets closer to each other because of clinical postings, one or the other. In case of the first twenty students, it was their paediatrics posting, in case of roll no.s 25-40, it was their Gynae posting. In our case, i guess it was this posting only. its not anything different than normal. But, I can bear the people in my batch a lot more easily. And I have an easier time, shunning out the talk of people I don't want to listen to. It is just that simple.
In case of Surgery, and to a certain extent, Medicine, we did not really connect. Lots of irritating moments, when I wondered why I had ended up in a batch like mine; when I felt like slapping some people on their faces as hard as I could, and just throw them out of the batch. Trust me, it wasn't the simplest thing meeting them everyday. But, I guess, you do get used to some things when you do them every day. It is just that, with me.
Our unit might not be the most interesting unit, or the most intelligent. But, there's something about it that I am proud of. And, well, although I'm over the moon that Gynae is over, I'm equally excited about our next posting. It is Psychiatry, and I'm very eager to move into that mode. Looking forward to the weirdest patients there might be......:-))

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Gynae, SOS!!!!

My Gynae term has almost come to an end, and I don't feel like I've anything new. Yeah, actually, it's wrong to say that. I have learnt something. But, there's no feeling of achievement, of having learnt something that can make me want to do Gynae. In fact, the feelings are the exact opposite.
Having watched children being born, I am not exactly awed by the procedure. Contrary to that, I'm grossed out by it all. And I have huge respect for any woman who has gone through it all. Man, we have a tough life, don't we?
Our term-end was divided into 4 parts:
1. Complete Journal - 5 marks
2. A short viva by our HOU - 5 marks
3. Case Presentation - 15 marks
4. Table Viva - 15 marks
Points 2. and 3. are over, and they were good. I got a Previous Lower Segment Caesarean Section case, and I enjoyed answering the questions. Trust me, the only enjoyable experience this whole term has been this part of the term-end. The journal completion was hell, and I still have to get it signed.
The last part of the term-end will be held on Monday. I am sort of dreading that, because this is the real test. Of knowledge, application, understanding and of course, the pre-requisite of Medicine - memory. I hope I do well.
The next terms we will have are 15-day terms - Radiology, Anaesthesia, Ophthalmology and Psychiatry. I'm excited about them.
College has been full of interesting academic activities, the latest being the Dr. V.S. Prayag Memorial Oration by Dr. Velu Nair, on Stem Cell Therapy and its future. It was a very interesting take.
Last weekend, we also attended our first Clinico-Pathological Correlation Seminar, popularly termed as CPC. It was a typhoid case. Every department involved presents their viewpoint, and then everyone has a take on the final diagnosis. Lastly, like the magic box, the pathologist has a final say and gives what the actual diagnosis was. Since it was a first, we didn't understand much. But it was an interesting 2 hours to spend.
So, life is abound with lots of sources of knowledge, and I'll make the best I can out of it all.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Gang Day and Traditional Day

The Cultural Week has ended on a high note. Yesterday and today have been awesome!! We totally nailed the meaning of Gang Day! Our theme was a Hawaiian one. Flowery t-shirts and jeans, coupled with a pair of Osho chappals, accesorised with garlands, flower-bracelets, chains and a flower pinned into the hair. We looked pretty great! Some other gangs in college came up themes like Devils, Mafia, a ZooZoo theme, Save the Tiger, Om Mangalam.......and a lot more.
We entered the lecture hall a little late, and the till then quiet class was suddenly echoing with the noise made by all the gangs together! This is College Life in its true sense. We had an awesome time!
Today, all you could see was vibrant colours and extremely pretty girls walking around amongst handsome looking guys. Its so strange how a simple sari or a simple kurta can change your entire persona in seconds!! Traditional day last year was sorta boring. It was all about clicking pictures and then BORED. Today, however, we were clicking so MANY pics, I didn't even realise how quickly time flew! I had the time of my life. Pluc my sari was very heavy, so despite the heat, I didn't want to change into something like a salwar-kameez, like I wanted to, last year. I wore a green sari. The colour really looks good on me.
Now, its the Freshers I'm waiting for, where it'll be total opposite of traditional. Haha!!!

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Vedant '10 - The Glorious End

Here are the outstanding rangolis created out of just powdered colours, from the Rangoli competition held during Vedant '10.


The guy who made this has won a prize in all
the cultural events - Rangoli, Poster-Making
& Sketching. Bravo, Amol Deshpande!!





















Our very own BJite bagged a little something.
very proud of you!!




















A picture of two friends of mine, as we tried to detach the backdrop, to take it to Yashwantrao Chavan Natyagraha for the last event - The Group Dance Competition followed by the Prize Distribution and Dr. Salil Kulkarni's performance.





The Fashion Show held at Yashwantrao Chavan Natyagraha - 'Poise', was a success too. Our college came third and the top honours were taken by SOFT. I didn't go for it. Sadly.
The last day, was mainly a success due to Dr. Salil Kulkarni's presence. God, I am such a fan!! He's a big name in the Marathi Music Industry, and he was our Guest of Honour. I love his songs, and it was surreal to hear him first hand. I even got an autograph, and a photo with him. A friend of mine took the photo, so it'll be some time before that comes up here.
After the Prize Distribution and his performance, my group of friends had a sleepover. We had a lot of FUN!!! Pizzas and the cold coffee from Durga ( famous for its cold coffees)......I didn't stay up too long. We had college the next day, after all. I was the second to drift into sweet sleep...
Currently, we are still reeling under the lethargy of the entire show. But, now our much-delayed cultural week has begun, and next weekend would the weekend of our Freshers'.....God, thigns never seem to end!! After that, would be my Gnynaec Post-End. So, March is not going to be uneventful....
Lord, help me manage it all!!