So I finished my last antiviral pill this morning and I can say that I have officially gotten over the shingles outbreak! Thank god! My head was in so much pain, even with the Ibuprofen and Tylenol I was taking. My lymph node below my ear was so swollen that I couldn't even turn my head to the left! Anyway, am very happy that I don't have the head pain. Now I just have numerous scabs that are very itchy and scabbing over. Tomorrow we begin our Oncology lectures, and I am still trying to catch up on a couple of lectures that I missed from staying home. I don't start class until 11am tomorrow and only have lectures until 1pm. I will most likely come home and immediately review the lectures and write up my own notes on each lecture. I finally got some of the books I ordered off of Amazon. I ordered the Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook (unfortunately I didn't realize that it was the full size and not the smaller size version) and a Five Minute Veterinary Consult book. I figured that it would help prepare me for final year exams since they will be asking questions regarding certain cases that we may be presented with in the clinical situation. I have yet to organize all of the drugs that I need to know. I am thinking of making a table of all of the drugs with their pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, contraindications, spectrum, etc. and studying them that way. For the doctors looking at this, what was the most successful way you studied for Pharmacology? Did you just throw together a big list and memorize it? Should be fun...
I am going out for a chinese buffet dinner on Friday with a bunch of people from class for a birthday party for one of them. I am possibly thinking of going fishing up in Busby this weekend, so not quite sure yet. I may go hiking too, will decide by Friday. Anyway, I should be getting back to writing up notes for this Radiology computer lecture. It's very long...
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4 comments:
Glad you're feeling better. Sounds like you're getting into some very interesting lecture material now. Enjoy! All material you will need to retain for many years. No short term on that stuff!!
Miss you!
Mom
Just take the drugs. It will explain their effects better that way. :)
I just organized them by category. For example-by cardiac, antibiotic, etc. and then studied what they did from there. As far as the math part...I failed that.
Hee, hee Lisa!
I honestly don't remember how I studied the drugs...probably like Lisa did. Truly, the most memorable lectures were from the guy who had tried a few - I definitely still remember those. I think he was in a trial for ketamine - he saw big orange triangles. I think he also tasted antifreeze (just a little) and reported that, yes, it does taste sweet. :) I'm not sure if there's a point to that story, but it has to do with pharmacology, so it seemed to fit right in. :)
Very Glad to Hear your ok please remember that you need to stay clean and eat right ETC I suffer as well and its going on here in the usa not sure why
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