Food and Surgery

We had a Medical Humanities class presentation today where students who elected to present "creative" stuff as long as they could tie it into surgery or their experience in surgery got to do that in lieu of writing 3 H&Ps. We are supposed to write 12 H&Ps and have them graded by attendings/residents/intern or if you elect to do the humanities option, you only do 9. I'm not about that life, so i jejely got my 12 H&P's done in May.

Someone talked about rogue transplants, there was a poem, a skit, music, painting, and then there was food! Which brings me to why this post is being written at all. One student baked a cake and related it to laproscopic surgery by slicing the cake horizontally and with the bottom half made the various parts of the internal organs with different stuff like gummy worms and other types of candy. It was pretty creative, looked really good and it was done by a guy. Then there was another student, also a guy, who made fried oreos, arranged them to look like a colon and using whipped cream and chocholate spread made a "perf" (perforated bowel). Everyone was tickled pink and thought it was funny. It was really creative.

BUT! When the first student was explaining and presenting his, he used his bare hands to lift up the top layer of the cake. As soon as he did that, i was like, oh, this is not to be eaten then. Ok! Cos a lot of classmates were eagerly awaiting the food presentations. Then when the second guy was also setting his up on parchment paper, he also used his bare hands once again to touch ALL the cookies. I was surprised cos he had paper plates and napkins on the table, so obviously it was meant to be eaten after the presentation.

As soon as we were done, i grabbed my bag to leave but everyone else was rushing towards the table, then someone asked if i was leaving and did i not want to eat. I shook my head hopefully not in disgust then the guy who made the fried oreo cookies asked me if i was sure, and i said i was good and left. Are you freaking kidding me? How come i was the only one who was disgusted by that? There's no way that is sanitary and I am surprised no one else had a problem eating food that had been touched with people's nasty hands, especially since i am SURE neither guy washed their hands, and we are in a hospital for God's sake with sick patients walking around.

It was just a surprising experience. Maybe i am the problem and i am too picky. But it just grossed me out.

I am a Butcher

I amputated my first toe today. It was awesome. I've held down a leg before while it was being amputated with a guillotine below the knee, that was just gross. Seeing the legs (both, i only held down one) on the table separate from the body was freaky, but that was my first amp and i only held down the leg.

Today, I chopped a toe off, then took out the first metatarsal bone. Like a boss!

PSA: If you have diabetes, please control your blood sugar.
If you are obese, try to lose weight...Weight loss cures HTN, Type II diabetes, Obstructive sleep apnea etc most likely because your obesity made you have these diseases. 
If you smoke, please stop smoking. Smoking doesn't only cause cancer. It also leads to peripheral vascular disease and could end up without limbs. #truth

The things you do to your body when you are young starts to catch up with you after 40.

What I am Watching on a Sunday Night

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Bella Naija Weddings

A lot of weddings (if not all) i see on Bella Naija are breathtakingly beautiful. The decor, locations, attires, even the people. So much pomp and pageantry, i won't lie, I love looking at them. I know Nigerians are into big weddings, but i have always wanted a small family and close friends wedding of about 50 people, but i would love it to be elegant. But that's not the point of this impromptu post.

I was just on Linda Ikeji and she has a post about some Chima guy getting married and she mentioned he was briefly married to someone else in 2011  and there was a link which my amebo self couldn't pass up. I don't know who Chima is or why he is important, but i was curious as to the 2 marriages in 2 yrs thing. The link took me to Bella Naija. I remember that feature cos the bride was so pretty and everything was on point. I was just like wow, after obviously spending so much money, the marriage did not even last and he is back to marrying someone else so soon? Well, it's not of my business really but if i was a guy whose marriage just broke up i wouldn't rush to be shackled to someone else so soon. You don't want to keep repeating mistakes of the past, but that's just me. 

It just confirmed what i have always known, never envy anyone. I know lots of people who salivate over the Bella Naija weddings and want to have that. You see the beautiful couple, read their love story and your body just aches with longing and you "tap into their blessing". Be careful what you are tapping into. I have a friend who told me he can't get married until he can afford a Bella Naijaesque wedding and he wants a big production where roads are closed down and all of that . I told him he wasn't ready for life yet. I know it's different strokes for different folks, but my idea of how i want my wedding to be has always been something small and intimate. I want my closest friends and family to celebrate with me, not people i don't know from Adam.

Sadly, this is not the only Bella Naija wedding that has kicked the bucket. I still think she was a very beautiful bride and her dress and veil were lovely. Daz all!

Question

Hello friends, lovers, strangers....

What should i do with this blog?

People who have read my blog for a while know that i deactivate my account from time to time

usually when i want to concentrate on school

which is my main priority in life right now! 

The difference this time is that i don't want to blog anymore. 

 But I feel like if i don't come back now, i never will. 

I got a couple of emails that motivated me to put my blog back up

but 

I have nothing. 

The rotation i have been on since May 1st has been grueling

Long hours, little sleep, barely have time to eat, study, work out, or talk to people
I am in physical distress. 

My hair fell off around this time last year, when i was finishing off 2nd yr and studying for boards

It's falling off again

Then to have to deal with internet trolls on top of serious business, my future.....

I just couldn't/ can't do it. 

Having someone come to my blog, copy my post and 

paste it in the comment section of another blog

was the final straw. 

I was like, this shit is getting ridiculous

I wasn't ready to be about that life

I left just so i didn't add more stress to my life

Baseless accusations

A blog owner with no conscience or scruples

lack of objectivity, desire for popularity and favoritism are the order of the day

 It's frankly disgusting

I would LOVE to have the time to leave anonymous comments antagonizing people

That would mean i have free time. 

At least i can sleep through the night

I would LOVE to have the presence of mind to be aware that i have failed at blogging

and delete my blog so that i would more free time to leave hate comments for people

I didn't know we were being graded on our blogs. 

Give me an F in blogging and an A in medicine any day

How do you measure success? 

Is it by how much money you make or how much happiness you get out of what you do. 

I have always said when blogging is no longer fun

I will stop

I didn't think it would happen so soon. 

Blogging has been an outlet for me, free therapy

 a way to offload some of my thoughts and take a break from the stress of my life

It's not a source of livelihood for me and has never been intended for that purpose

I am trying to secure my future here, so i will happily fail at blogging.

I can be feisty, but i am not petty or mean spirited and i don't hold grudges

If you bother me too much, you cease to exist as far as i am concerned

I have no axe to grind with anyone

My brain is too full

Believe it or not, 

It amazes me when people email me to say they like my blog

Witty, is very frequently used as an adjective

I don't see it because 9 times out of 10, I shoot from the hip when i blog 

and i don't consider myself a particularly funny person. 

Although my brother laughs at everything i say o_O. You can ask him why.

So i feel like i have to consider the people who actually like reading my posts,

but at the same time i have to do it for me, 

unless it would be fake 

I have considered having two blogs, this one and a private blog

ditching this one completely or not just blogging anymore. 

Truth be told, i am kind of attached to this blog

She's been my road dog since 2008

She's my fourth blog lover but she's stuck with me the longest

If i say let me hold off until i have dealt with all d crap i have to deal with, 

I won't blog until next year. 

I still don't know what i want to do. 

To be honest, I think i am just super stressed out right now

cos i usually can't find a fuck to give

I does what i do

However, i would like to say that I am floored that people are happy to see me back. 

I wasn't thinking of that or expecting that. 

It always surprises me when i get emails from people telling me they like my blog

It means a lot to me and humbles me every time.

Thank you.

On that note, 

I am going to get out of this nasty ass scrubs

I love you guys, 

Bye!

*P.S Notice my new name? Otse means beauty. I had dropped the Sting initially and might end up with a complete new name. We'll see.
I have retired the Madam
Too many madams running around these days.
It has been bastardized. 

Perception Vs. Reality

Question
 
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?