Halloween

Emmeline and Daddy spent Halloween morning raking leaves.

DONE WITH EVERYTHING

Last week I finished all of my requirements. It feels so good. So good that this morning when my pt no showed on me today I wasn't in panic mode to fill my chair. I'm seeing my board pt on Thursday next week to retake some xrays so that will be good. Then I can duplicate them. The only thing I can think about now is boards. I have the end in sight and want to finish strong.

Mockboard #3

Today was wonderful. I have a wonderful pt and had a wonderful experience. I got 100% on my exam today. That was my goal going into today. I didn't want any errors. It makes me feel better about boards because I've clean my board pt twice and know what he's like. I know he's reliable and easy going. I feel so thankful. My only fear is that he won't qualify because everything seems too good to be true. I can't just be that way or seem so easy, can it?

I hate Scan-x

I don't know why but every time I use the scan x something goes wrong. Like today the images scanned in completely wrong. The images were distorted. So on my FMX I had to retake half the xrays. I keep using the scanx becasuse I really do want to like it but I just can't. I haven't decided yet if I'll keep using it.

Then neither of my patients showed. They both pulled a "No Show" on me. So I scrambled to make due and it sort of worked out. It's just so frustrating when you confirm appointments and patients still dont' show. I just don't get it. Anyway, I need to be more positive because next week is mockboard #3 and I want a 100%. Ready or not, here it comes.

Finished with Class 3

Today I finished my class 3 requirements! All I have left to do is take 4 PA's, 4 quads of 1B, and 1 quad of a class 4, and one PE. That's it. It feels so great to be well ahead of schedule so that I don't have to stress. I want to keep seeing perio to keep up my skills and improve on them for boards. I've decided to pretend that every pt is a board pt. That way I push myself to really explore for calculus and be my own evaluator. I think it has helped too!

Class 4

Today I found a class four. I only did an OD today because she came late, didn't speak any english, and had a confusing health history. I did take four bitewings and one PA with the phosphor plates so that was the only productive thing I did today for requirements. I really hope this patient will come back. I'm sure she will I'm just nervous because I'm seeing her the 3rd to last and last days of clinic. I always get worried when time starts to run out.

Infection

So this week at the VA my class four patient was sent home. He had just visited the lab prior to his appointment for blood work. He's had nasopharangeal cancer so every month he gets his blood drawn. So anyway the lab called up to the clinic because his WBC count was extremely low, making him very susceptible to infection. Of course him being a class four we sent him home and rescheduled him in a month. I hope he comes back then but I was really glad I didn't treat him. He really should camp out at home and not go outside because his WBC count was that low. He also was so grateful because he felt "funny" but didn't know why. So he was glad to be informed about that. I felt like we were keeping his best interest in mind and that made me feel a lot better than treating him that day.