Fighting The Fatigue

Hello my followers! I know...I know..it has been awhile since I have written and as I have come out of my hibernation which is called medical school, I noticed that I am getting about 45-50 views on D1toDR every day....wow..I will try and blog more I promise!

A lot has happened since I last posted, some good and some bad, but for the most part...things have been going okay. We are in Week 7 out of 15 of first semester, and things have definitely picked up a bit. Okay..things have picked UP A LOT AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON. Whew..okay...now that's out of the way, we have been learning some pretty complex medical processes but I have to keep telling myself to take it one day at a time. For the people that know me, I LOVE study sheets with colour...and I mean lots of colour. I am finding currently that I am running out of hours in the day to create my study sheets as the information is way too dense. I pick and choose now as to what I condense into study sheets and what I decide to print and highlight from the slides. What am I trying to say is that my study habits change all the time. With every exam. With every lecture. And that's OKAY. Some students have now decided to go to class, because it is very easy to fall behind with mediasiting lectures.

Our next exam is July 7th (My mom's birthday wish should bring me some luck!) and that is our 3rd out of 5 total exams. So far we have have had two exams which my grades reflected how hard I worked. I studied a lot...and I mean...about 12-13 hours a day. Every break is timed and factored in carefully and even skype calls are limited to about 30 minutes. Time is of the essence and my friends and family are more than understanding that my nights never end at 9pm, more midnight or 1am so quick chats are the best chats :) We had our lab practical last week as well and that was definitely an experience. Knowing me, I am pretty good under pressure, but the sound of those bell ringer exams get me very nervous and knowing you have only 60 seconds to answer a question before the next bell sounds off is pretty nerve-wracking. Ross University has an AMAZING anatomy lab and probably the best faculty, instructors, and Teaching Assistants. We have a 25 cadaver lab, and that is only heard of throughout only a handful of med schools in the U.S. Ross does an amazing job at preparing us for the lab practical with having the anatomy lab open from 7am to 11pm every day, even weekends. There is ample time to study and it is actually quite creepy being there alone...with 25 bodies..on a Friday night...and its the 13th..ok kidding...I don't think it was the 13th. But still...it's definitely creepy.

But let me be honest with you tonight and say that I am actually really tired. Week 7 is where I can finally say that I had to fight through the fatigue these past couple days. I actually fell asleep sitting up for who knows how long with my headphones on listening to a lecture...that's pretty bad. I think it's pretty safe to say that making it to Week 7 and now feeling this way is pretty good, but I know that I need to get back to my regular schedule. It is 9:20pm right now and I physically and mentally couldn't study, so I thought: "I am going to write tonight." It honestly makes me feel better, and I feel that you guys can get a sense of how I feel in times like these. Medical school is a whole new level. You think you know long hours. You think you know what tired feels like. But when you are $20,000 in and you mentally can't read another sentence, anxiety kicks in because you KNOW you need to know this by the next day as it is only going to get harder. You have to know when to fight it or when to let it be. Tonight: I am letting it be. I am tired. Really tired. But will wake up tomorrow at 6am and get back to my workout routine and hopefully things will kick back into gear.

Thanks for your support and following my adventure, don't forget to follow me on instagram: @d1todr. Off to bed and will hopefully wake up refreshed!

Bye for now,

-E xo

Pics:

First patient interview attire!

Oh how young I look and I miss my hair!

That NCAA life.

From one beach to another with this guy :)

I love him.

In the T dot!