the fat girl goes to college

as someone looking to start a career in the medical field, i absolutely love to watch medical shows. while my mother (and sometimes my father) become squeamish at the sight of open wounds, severely infected cuts filled with pus, or intense operations, i find them quite fascinating. one show, mystery diagnosis on discovery health, is of particular interest to me. to describe the show to someone who's never watched it, i would characterize it as this: think an intense mystery made even more dramatic and heart-wrenching with the facts that the story you're watching actually happened to someone, and in most of the cases, the situation was so dire that death was very likely if immediate action had not taken place. excited yet?

tonight's episode explored two interesting cases. the details aren't necessary to make my point, but if you're interested, the link is "the woman with the knife in her head".  anyhoo, i found it quite angering and disappointing the amount of doctors that seem to simply ignore their patients or try to convince them of having a "simple" diagnosis of a common ailment or infection. i know that most doctors are good, and work to the best of their abilities. however, i have had personal experience with medical personnel with less than perfect bedside manner. while (thankfully) the medical issues i had were not fatal, i can only imagin how hopeless it must feel when one has conditions that aer when dealing with this kind of doctors. jokingly, my mom told me "not to be a sucky doctor like those ones", i truly hope i will not be, and i hope that the new generation of doctors rising won't be either. 

on a different note, the twilight series (by stephenie meyer) has become a guilty pleasure for me. while i personally feel that the main character, bella, is sooooo whiny, overly self-loathing, under-confident and slightly annoying, i can't stop reading. a few of my colleagues recommended the series before i graduated, and i finished twilight in a week. i am now halfway through new moon, and i'm simply kicking myself over my obsession with finishing these books...i'm looking forward to buying eclipse...

oy vey.