It's the swine flu!! Or NOT.
Yeah, Mike went to the doctor and was told he had the swine flu. Which is pretty much the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. I know this because 1) I talked to Mike about his symptoms for more than five minutes, 2) Mike gave me what he has (because he likes to share, even germs) and having experienced it myself, I can definitely say it was a textbook cold, and 3) I'm a f-ing genius. Why does every cough, sniffle and temperature of 99.1 degrees have to be the swine flu? Seriously. And even if all this mess WAS the swine flu, why are we even calling it anything anymore? IT'S ONLY THE FLU PEOPLE OMG!
OMG.
Aside from that my week has been pretty packed with AmCare assignments being suddenly due in mass quantities. I hate that about classes/rotations. The first few weeks are sort of laid back and then BAM. Suddenly a bunch of stuff is due all at once, and it stays that way until the class/rotation is over. Yep.
I got a flat tire last Friday, used that Fix-o-Flat nonsense to temporarily fix it, and then hit a curb with the same tire later that very same day. DRIVER FAIL. So now my care vibrates when I go over 60 mph because I have so craftily knocked my wheels out of alinement. *angry black cloud* As if my car doesn't have enough problems at 13 years old. I also let my dad drive my car to work for ONE DAY and I got it back with the rearview mirror all jankety and my little stuffed puppy (from the dashboard) thrown ruthlessly to the floor of my passenger seat. I mean come on, he went LESS THAN 2 MILES. What the hell was he doing??! He denies all of this, of course. *eyeroll* So now I need to get new tires, a re-alinement, and rig my rearview mirror to work again.
I had my first interview ever for a pharmacist position today. It was with Target pharmacies, which a fellow student of mine (from Internal Medicine) was kind enough to connect me with. She had really great things to say about her experience working for Target, so I figured what the hell. The interview was pretty short (compared to the long amount of time I was required to be there) and pretty intimidating, I thought. They asked some tough behavioral questions which I didn't feel all that prepared for and had to pull answers out of my ass. I hate interviews. Overall I think I did decent, but I really believe that they're extremely selective and I might not be exactly what they're looking for. I'm pretty okay with that though. It being my first interview, I was happy just for the experience and already I'm thinking of a ton of new ways to prepare for the next one. Either way, I should hear back from them next week sometime.
I'm so happy tomorrow is Friday. Mike is going to grill steak and OMG. He's so good at it. THE BEST STEAK I've ever had he's made for me so... yeah. My man gotz skillz. I also have a midterm next week, so I'm sure my weekend will be filled with steak-eating and studying. *head/desk*
5 comments:
Well, it's the swine flu...but I saw a 33 year old healthy male die from encephalopathy yesterday due to H1N1. :(
Honestly I didn't get what the big deal was either...it IS JUST the flu, but I've certainly never heard of the average flu killing someone in a local hospital.
Also, did they take a culture from mike's sputum or something to confirm? Or did the doc just spit out a diagnosis? There's a rapid test to check for it, and he should have.
No, there was no test to confirm. Honestly, it wasn't any kind of flu. He never had a fever or any of the other classic flu symptoms. And once I contracted it myself I knew it was just a nasty cold because I've had so many that I just can't mistake them anymore.
People die from seasonal flu all the time. No one really hears about it though. But most of these people have chronic health complications to begin with. I just think the hype is ridiculous and healthcare providers need to do what they can to control the "panic," rather than looking at someone for a few minutes and saying, "yep, you've got the swine flu." Ugh.
You crack me up every time I read one of your blogs. :)
Katie! I MISS you!! The four of us need to hang out soon!!
OMFG CONGRATS! *pant peed into*
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