Last 2 days

Yesterday was vein procedure day, which means that even though there were only 4 patients, I was there from 7:30am - 6pm, and we were so tight on time that the office ordered pizza for us rather than letting us go to lunch.

Luckily, I had company in the office. There were two extra staff people: an older gentleman who was an ultrasound tech, and an OR tech named Bree who was my age. It was great - my doc and the US tech talked all day about old man stuff like fishing and grandkids, while the OR tech and I discussed the finer points of how we met our significant others.
We performed 3 radiofrequency ablations and 2 stab phlebectomies (one patient got both procedures). Each patient took about 2 hours, not including the time to set up and take down the whole sterile field, instruments, etc...etc...holy crap my feet hurt from all that standing! I think vein stuff is incredibly boring, so it was definitely a long day.

Today was fantastic. We had just one surgery this morning - a routine laparoscopic cholecystectomy. It took two hours and then that was it for the day - my preceptor is playing in a charity golf tournament this afternoon....so I'm done. I'm home, and I'm done. No more surgical rotation.

A little sad............wait, no. It isn't. I'm so not cut out for surgery, and I cannot WAIT to get back to my fluffy little world of primary care. I miss my people!!!

Jen