Another rotation bites the dust!

So I finished up my Pediatrics rotation yesterday.  Woohoo.  I can't say I loved it or hated it.  I learned a lot and that was the goal.  I did well on my post-rotation exam as well.  8% higher than all of my other exams.   I loved this rotation in that I learned how to do blood draws and immunizations.  Something that I don't think that I would have been able to do elsewhere.  The doctor and staff were really nice as well.  I will miss it, but definitely don't want to do it for the rest of my life.

Now, I am onto Family Medicine.  It is much closer to my house and I hear the hours are great.  I start at 10:00am on Monday!  Incredible.  I'll get LOTS of studying done.  I am now board studying in addition to the regular studying that I do for my rotations.  It has been quite hectic.  Plus I have a problem called OCD and I can't stop studying.  It is like an obsession.  I guess it's good, but man, it is exhausting at times.

I am still trying to get my feet under me from my most recent hip surgery.  It is quite difficult.  I am having a difficult time standing and walking while on my rotation.  It really stinks.  Most of the time I am good at ignoring it, but sometimes it just really gets to me.  I mean, I've been through so many surgeries to get functioning and things never seem to improve.  Quite frustrating.  I do have the comfort of knowing that I am seeing one of the world's best young adult hip surgeons and he promises to not give up on me until I can live without pain.  But at what cost?  Going out to see him is a financial burden and, since things aren't going according to plan, we keep having to go back out there to figure things out.  Plus I have no more time off from school and there is a real possibility that I'll need at least one more surgery in the near future.  I would try to delay it until residency, but I don't think that I'll be able to do another year in my current condition.  Perhaps things will make dramatic improvements in the future, but, as it stands now, it doesn't look hopeful.  I try not to think about what might happen when I go back to figure things out and find out what needs to be done.  Right now though, I think that it is a quality of life concern.  Is it worth struggling through the days concerned about how much things hurt?  I dunno.  All I know is that things need to fixed so that I can continue on with my medical education, career, and life.