Journey to Gestalt

Today I did my first ultrasound guided thyroid biopsy…make that first 3 thyroid biopsies. It was nice big step toward the ultimate goal of residency. The gestalt that is radiology. The big picture. I had this realization that everyday during residency I get a slightly closer to mastering radiology. Its like when you load a [...]

Miley vs Thom

New update from one of the most bizarre musical feuds ever… In response to Miley’s vow to ruin Radiohead, Thom Yorke said “when Miley grows up, she’ll learn not to have such a sense of entitlement.” Well put, mate. Apparently, Radiohead and Kanye also have some beef. Thom says that he doesn’t know how he [...]

Fair Warning

Well it’s Friday and I have survived my first week of ultrasound. Today we had a patient come in for a biopsy of a lymph node in her neck. She had thyroid cancer in the past, so there was concern for recurrence. When we were explaining the procedure to her and getting her consent, she [...]

Dumb and Dumber

The worst part about being a first year radiology resident is constantly being the least knowledgable person in the reading room (except for the med student of course). And with the way rotations work, as soon as you get to know a little about what you are doing, you move on to something else you [...]

Miley Cyrus, Ultrasound and the Couch Dress

Today’s post is brought to you by an even better product then the Snuggie (if that is even possible): If you have a spare second and are looking for a laugh check out the Pantalaine web site. It is hilarious! So I had trouble going to sleep last night, as many of you probably did [...]

Focal Fatty Infiltration by the Pool

This blog post is brought to you by Snuggie, one of the weirdest infomercial products I have ever seen… Today is a glorious spring day with temperatures in the 70′s after a long stretch of bitter cold, and most importantly, it’s Saturday. I’ve caught up on some sleep, did some overdue chores around the house, [...]

Brehmstralung and Delirium

So, we had to be at the hospital at 7 am this morning for a lecture. We also had lectures at noon and 5 pm. Our 5-6 pm lecture was physics. While we were learning about the exciting world of filters and grids and everybody’s heads were bobbing up and down, intermittently dozing off, for [...]

Enough whining already…

So I came home from work today and my wife asked me what I did. I told her that I stuck a tube in a man’s penis, injected contrast and took some pictures. Then I stuck a tube in this guy’s rectum injected contrast and took some pictures. Then, I put a caulking gun in [...]

Indecisive like Jason Mesnick

Ok, I admit it. I watched The Bachelor finale last night. Pretty much all 3 hours of it. Granted, I was going through the UVA High Res Chest CT tutorial while it was on, but I still witnessed the utterly dramatic flip flop that Jason pulled in front of all of America (all while Ty [...]

Irony is getting run over by an ambulance.

I had a realization over the weekend that radiology residency is just not cutting it for me. (Maybe I should consider surgery?…:) I am constantly having feelings of longing for something more in my life. And when I sit down to really think about what is missing, I come to the conclusion that I have [...]