Today while practicing our Nitrous Oxide administration, Maren came up with this gem.
"How much will this relax me . . . because I have to go to the bathroom."
Friday, September 30, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Do the Twist
Hey VA peeps, this is the video I was telling you about.
KARLIE WEEKS DO NOT WATCH THIS UNTIL YOU ARE IN THE MOOD TO THINK 'PUMPERNICKEL MUFFIN' IS FUNNY! (Yes, I really am yelling that to you.)
Alright folks, here we are again with one more week behind us. Hard to believe. I had an awesome Granola lady this morning. 1B, BWX films. no retakes with a cone cut, but could still see the distal of the canine. (MIRACLE). Got done early, etc, etc, etc.
LUNCH - Burger King with MeCh. Used a coupon. :) Sat in the wet lab with all my peeps for lunch. That is the best part of my school week. Sitting in the wet lab, chilling and relaxing with everybody, reminiscing about patients, telling crazy stories, laughing our heads off, finding similarities and comfort from each other. Seriously, I love it the mostest.
Back to the weekly grind. Afternoon patient, Leigh's patient's husband, awesome guy. Cutest little 3 year old girl wandering back and forth between Leigh and my operatories. Generalized class III. :) Did his OD and cleaned 2 quadrants. Oh happy day. Hanson was very impressed with my skills, as she should have been because she worked with me long and hard last week and I am finally getting THE TWIST! Anyway, he was worth it.
So . . . what else can I tell you?
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Jagger?
On a jubilant day like today, I feel like singing. Songs that have come to mind are, "Wonder of wonders miracle of miracles" and "I'm singing in the rain!" and . . . whatever else has played on the radio for the past 8 hours here at WSU Clinic.
Today was a day of getting things done, exceeding expectations and having sore feet.
I seriously can't remember who I saw this morning. Oh yeah. New patient. Speaks spanish. Chris confirmed her for me last night at 9:15pm (I kept forgetting!) and she said she couldn't come in until 9:00am. I figured it was better than nothing. She actually came about 8:40am, so it was fine. Her son came in to translate, poor kid was falling asleep. Next time I am bringing him an iPod or something to play with. Maybe a pillow. Hello CALCULUS! It just never gets old! This was probably more anterior lingual mandibular calculus than I have ever seen. Prof. Hanson numbed her. She did quite well, but she has sensitive teeth and what I think was some serious abfraction or toothbrush abrasioin. 2 Quads of a III on her. :)
lunch was nothing to write home about, yet here I am writing about it. Golden Crisp cereal that we had because Camden went to the store with G-ma yesterday and always brings home some kind of cereal. Though my actual meal was weaksauce the hangout time with these gals is always rockin the house.
My pre-med man came back to me this afternoon. I just love him. We got right to probing and diagnosed a Class II, a real true blue class two. He was a trooper. I completed his entire mouth with the help of my orange triple bend, graceys and every freaking other instrument I could think of to get him clean. We used some Oraqix, but for the most part he just toughed it out. We got ALL DONE and only had ONE ERROR! Miracle! Then I also passed off my Selective Polishing with H-dawg. Miracle!
-sidenote- Jamie just came and asked "What the heck did you get out of that guys tooth!" She was helping me probe (HOLLA JAMIE!) and I was coming around from the buccal to the lingual of 18 when this soft, green, leafy looking thing was in my way. I looked at it. And looked at it. And kind of played with it with my probe. Then got it out and it was some of my pts lunch, or last nights dinner or maybe even last week's. Who knows? But we got it out and then sprayed some water down there which brought out a LOT more from his #17 extraction site from about a month ago.-
Ah, going to sleep deep tonight. Finally feeling like I am getting stuff done here in clinic.
Today was a day of getting things done, exceeding expectations and having sore feet.
I seriously can't remember who I saw this morning. Oh yeah. New patient. Speaks spanish. Chris confirmed her for me last night at 9:15pm (I kept forgetting!) and she said she couldn't come in until 9:00am. I figured it was better than nothing. She actually came about 8:40am, so it was fine. Her son came in to translate, poor kid was falling asleep. Next time I am bringing him an iPod or something to play with. Maybe a pillow. Hello CALCULUS! It just never gets old! This was probably more anterior lingual mandibular calculus than I have ever seen. Prof. Hanson numbed her. She did quite well, but she has sensitive teeth and what I think was some serious abfraction or toothbrush abrasioin. 2 Quads of a III on her. :)
lunch was nothing to write home about, yet here I am writing about it. Golden Crisp cereal that we had because Camden went to the store with G-ma yesterday and always brings home some kind of cereal. Though my actual meal was weaksauce the hangout time with these gals is always rockin the house.
My pre-med man came back to me this afternoon. I just love him. We got right to probing and diagnosed a Class II, a real true blue class two. He was a trooper. I completed his entire mouth with the help of my orange triple bend, graceys and every freaking other instrument I could think of to get him clean. We used some Oraqix, but for the most part he just toughed it out. We got ALL DONE and only had ONE ERROR! Miracle! Then I also passed off my Selective Polishing with H-dawg. Miracle!
-sidenote- Jamie just came and asked "What the heck did you get out of that guys tooth!" She was helping me probe (HOLLA JAMIE!) and I was coming around from the buccal to the lingual of 18 when this soft, green, leafy looking thing was in my way. I looked at it. And looked at it. And kind of played with it with my probe. Then got it out and it was some of my pts lunch, or last nights dinner or maybe even last week's. Who knows? But we got it out and then sprayed some water down there which brought out a LOT more from his #17 extraction site from about a month ago.-
Ah, going to sleep deep tonight. Finally feeling like I am getting stuff done here in clinic.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Alzheimer's
Yesterday afternoon, after my patient had been walked out for 30 minutes MeChel asked me who I saw in the afternoon. I thought for like 2 minutes and could not remember. Seriously, could not remember to save my life. It is hard enough to keep track of my OWN patients, but I am so interested in what everybody else is seeing and doing that I try to remember it all. Obviously it doesn't work out so well.
Morning - H-dog! What a great guy. Came in on less than 24 hours notice, right on time. Tolerated supplemental digital films to get his third molars. Got 6 remaining orthodontic brackets removed by the oh-so-special Dr. Carol Naylor, pray he will come back to be my mockboard and pray that he ends up having enough calculus clicks. Course, we forgot to check that. :) But I cleaned his UR, Class III quad with no numbing. He didn't even flinch. wow. I am PSYCHED to get his mouth in tip top shape, on his way to healthy gums. :)
lunch - spaghetti with tomato sauce w/eggplant
Afternoon - 14 year old gal, just got her braces off. Extremely inquisitive, like extremely. Does not/will not floss. Kind of bugged me, but I think being talked to about it makes her resist it more. If I see her again I think I'll mention it once and then leave it alone. Darn those teenagers. She helped me finish up my 1B requirements and get well on my way with BWX requiements, so that was fine, but she kind of wore me out. Would NOT tolerate the F Varnish so we did the Orange Vanilla gel (the only non-acidulated kind the clinic has). She was just kind of high maintenance as far as patients go.
FYI. I love this program. I love the people in it, I love just being unleashed to do my thing in second year and make new discoveries. The 6 errors I had on my Class III quad wasn't so great but darn-it-all I will figure out how to use those gracey's effectively if it kills me.
Morning - H-dog! What a great guy. Came in on less than 24 hours notice, right on time. Tolerated supplemental digital films to get his third molars. Got 6 remaining orthodontic brackets removed by the oh-so-special Dr. Carol Naylor, pray he will come back to be my mockboard and pray that he ends up having enough calculus clicks. Course, we forgot to check that. :) But I cleaned his UR, Class III quad with no numbing. He didn't even flinch. wow. I am PSYCHED to get his mouth in tip top shape, on his way to healthy gums. :)
lunch - spaghetti with tomato sauce w/eggplant
Afternoon - 14 year old gal, just got her braces off. Extremely inquisitive, like extremely. Does not/will not floss. Kind of bugged me, but I think being talked to about it makes her resist it more. If I see her again I think I'll mention it once and then leave it alone. Darn those teenagers. She helped me finish up my 1B requirements and get well on my way with BWX requiements, so that was fine, but she kind of wore me out. Would NOT tolerate the F Varnish so we did the Orange Vanilla gel (the only non-acidulated kind the clinic has). She was just kind of high maintenance as far as patients go.
FYI. I love this program. I love the people in it, I love just being unleashed to do my thing in second year and make new discoveries. The 6 errors I had on my Class III quad wasn't so great but darn-it-all I will figure out how to use those gracey's effectively if it kills me.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Dickens
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." x2 (apparently I repeat myself)
8:00am - 1B, 4 BWX, complete.
9:30am - 1B complete. (My little blista.)
Record Awesomeness Morning! (According to Kristie and me.)
lunch (no dessert = the worst of times)
12:35pm - Artificial Mitral Valve, extensive HH, forgot to take Pre-Med, Dr.'s office slow on returning Physician's Consult, unable to probe, unable to classify, 3 BWX, most extensive gagging I have witnessed thus far in my life at WSU during radiographs, nicest kid who is getting back on track with his oral health. Listen to this story.
28 year old had an abscessed tooth. The infection entered his blood stream and after 6 months caused blood clots in his left leg and subsequently 2 strokes. It was extremely painful, but he didn't feel like he could go to the doctor. On Thanksgiving day, after his left leg had been numb for over 24 hours, a neighbor took him to the Hospital, they said had he not come in then he may not have made it for another day because the blockage was nearing full closure. He ended up being in the hospital for the next 2 months with Mitral Valve Replacement in December. He is now being proactive in taking care of his mouth, had his 4 wisdom teeth removed 2 weeks ago. Thankfully now at 30 he notices few lasting effects from his strokes, but it could have been so much worse. What a great guy.
8:00am - 1B, 4 BWX, complete.
9:30am - 1B complete. (My little blista.)
Record Awesomeness Morning! (According to Kristie and me.)
lunch (no dessert = the worst of times)
12:35pm - Artificial Mitral Valve, extensive HH, forgot to take Pre-Med, Dr.'s office slow on returning Physician's Consult, unable to probe, unable to classify, 3 BWX, most extensive gagging I have witnessed thus far in my life at WSU during radiographs, nicest kid who is getting back on track with his oral health. Listen to this story.
28 year old had an abscessed tooth. The infection entered his blood stream and after 6 months caused blood clots in his left leg and subsequently 2 strokes. It was extremely painful, but he didn't feel like he could go to the doctor. On Thanksgiving day, after his left leg had been numb for over 24 hours, a neighbor took him to the Hospital, they said had he not come in then he may not have made it for another day because the blockage was nearing full closure. He ended up being in the hospital for the next 2 months with Mitral Valve Replacement in December. He is now being proactive in taking care of his mouth, had his 4 wisdom teeth removed 2 weeks ago. Thankfully now at 30 he notices few lasting effects from his strokes, but it could have been so much worse. What a great guy.
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