Meanderings of the Mind

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I was recently relocated to Chattanooga by the Postal Service due to the closing of the Remote Encoding Center I worked at in Bowling Green, KY. I had just started my first semester at WKU majoring in Nursing. Since I had recently built a house, my options were to get a lower paying job and lose my house or to move and rent my house out until I have my degree. I chose the latter. I've travelled throughout Europe with my friends and sisters which I consider the highlight of my life experiences to date. I come from a family of 6 kids--4 girls and 2 boys ranging in ages 18 to 34. Only my youngest brother is married at this point.

Sunday, June 18, 2006

Medical insanity

Sometimes it feels like nursing school is a distant memory. What if I forget everything I learned. I find myself thinking, "now what was that little tidbit I learned about..." My brain is failing me. I'm certainly not allowed to forget what profession I've chosen to pursue though. I get to diagnose everybody at work. I hear about so many ailments and sometimes the same ones over and over. "Do you think I should see the doctor about..." "Would this medicine cause me to..." "Is this an insect bite or poison oak..." "I have this pain..." "What do you know about diabetes? One of the employees was just diagnosed and she thinks her sugar may be out of control." "This employee is pregnant and she is bleeding....It's more than just spotting....what should she do?" "My mom has....what do you know about that?" "How much blood is in the body...[Sara interprets this as "How much can I lose before I must seek medical attention]"

And Sara's standard answers...."How interesting....I don't know, but let me google that for you...have you tried....no, I don't have my blood pressure cuff with me...you really need to see your doctor...I know you don't have the money for a doctor, but if you don't go, I'm going to take you myself and pay for it...if you had gone to the doctor like I told you days ago, you wouldn't have ended up costing yourself an arm and a leg at the ER....you may NOT drive if you are dizzy...[and Sara clutches her head over the insanity of her vast deficit of medical knowledge, wishing she knew more than she does or could at least remember what she was supposed to have learned.]

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