Another sad day on Medicine. I had thought this block wasn’t as bad as the last Medicine block I had, but I feel like the sad on this one is a little sneakier instead of bam-slap-you-in-the-face sad. I’m not sure if that’s an improvement.
We diagnosed my patient with an aggressive cancer. I was working on paperwork and my senior clinician came in and asked if I had seen our patient’s cytology results. I hadn’t. Looked up and she was crying. I honestly didn’t expect that of someone who has been doing internal medicine for at least 20 years, who goes through this process time and time again because Medicine gets the sad, complicated cases. Also refreshing, though, because despite all that she’s seen over the years, her heart hasn’t hardened. Still a little awkward for me as I wasn’t quite sure how to respond/comfort her.
Got lots of work yet tonight, though nothing new there. 4 more days of this rotation. Less than a week until NAVLE. I can’t wait for some time off.
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