Sick(ish) day

Today was another weird day. Because my doctor was in the office for half the day and doing colonoscopies for the other half of the day, he sent me to the OR with some of his partners for an interesting surgery. It was slated to be a long one: from 8:30 a.m. to at least 3:30 p.m. if not longer. I geared up by sleeping in as late as possible, eating a suitable breakfast and hoping for the best.

For the most part, med students don't do much but retract and watch during surgeries. Such was the case today. That being said, you have more time to tune into your body or your thoughts. Usually, it's both. I'm thinking about things or how much my back hurts/feet hurt/stomach hurts (cuz I'm hungry) and so on. Usually, it starts with my back hurting and then after 3-4 hours, I realize how hungry I am. Not the case today as I got to sit given that it was laparoscopic and there were screens to watch and for some reason, I never got hungry - I got nauseous. Like really nauseous.

And then I was called upon to do some pretty integral retracting and bam - a really terrible headache hit me. Around 1 p.m., I had to scrub out to take some ibuprofen, hydrate, and eat some grapes, hoping to settle my stomach. I went back in, was actually needed, and then bowed out at 2:30 p.m. to go home because I couldn't stop burping and was afraid I might throw up. The nurses were all worried that I'd pass out (some people pass out because they can't stomach surgery), but it wasn't that at all. It was me feeling like I was going to vomit at any time and that my head might explode.

I can home, whined to Nasur about how awful I felt, and then took a 3.5 hour nap and woke up with my headache being left-sided and much better, but definitely not gone. And since orals are tomorrow, I'm studying my bum off. But I'm still tired and will probably go to bed soon. So, no workouts and no photos for you. There are some on my camera, but I'm not feeling it. 

Here's to hoping tomorrow is much more awesome!

Today's positive: doctors being kind enough to not scold me for feeling awful.