Almost done with this rotation! So ready for it to be over. Not necessarily because it was bad. It wasn’t, I learned a lot and didn’t feel quite as stupid as I thought I would. But it’s a lot of work and way too much paperwork. And also, random periods of sitting around doing nothing.
This internal medicine rotation as pretty much cemented for me that I do not want to pursue an internship after I graduate. I was toying with the idea, because it’s a good way to learn a lot and see a lot of cases in a relatively short amount of time, but the hours would kill me. I am a work to live type of person, not live to work. I want to have a life. I want to have enough sleep on a semi-regular basis. I want to be able to pursue interests that are not veterinary-related. I don’t want to have to move somewhere else for a year. I don’t want to have to worry about figuring out how to manage my cancer follow-up stuff in another state. I just want to live a normal life and catch up on things I’ve missed out on over the years with my ridiculously rigorous school curriculum.
So, yeah, at least a tiny bit of my future has some more direction. Yay!
I feel like I’ve learned a lot and like I’ve been able to dig stuff out of the recesses of my mind that I didn’t know was still there. There’s still so much I don’t know, but that’s OK. This rotation has also been pretty sad. So many incredibly sick animals, many of whom we can’t do anything for. Lots of cancer, lots of euthanasias. I feel like my rotation mates somehow got more sad/exhausting cases than I did over this block and I feel kind of guilty about it, in a silly way. Not like I went out of my way to pick fewer exhausting cases. Just the luck of the draw.
Starting Monday, I have my Labs rotation. Normal hours, thank goodness! And weekends off! WHEE! And then my vacation block! So looking forward to it!
And I’m sorry, I’m super behind on reading. I may never catch up, but I’ll try :)
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