My Break Cold

My body does not deal with stress well, as far as immunity goes. So 3rd year + cold and flu season + never-ending tiredness = I'm sick. I've had that tingle in your throat thing for about a week now (please note: that's when I last saw my then sick brother). Gradually got a cough/congestion, but my friend Claritin D took care of that. But starting last night, after my beginning of break celebration of margarita night with the family, it hit. It alway does as soon as my breaks begin. Always. I think my body just gives up knowing that I'll have plenty of time to lay on the couch with a box of kleenex. Even pseudoephedrine isn't working and I'm really upset about that. I'm praying that this passes by Sunday so that I can do all the things I've planned during my 9 days of bliss before hell starts again. Yes, I said hell.

Removable (dentures I've made): 1.5/4
Perio (crazy yucky gums/teeth I've cleaned): 1/4 to graduate
Endo (root canals):0/2 (please pray for endo for me!)
Surgery (teeth I've pulled): 26/35
pre-prosth (bone I've smoothed out for dentures): 4/5 to graduate
Operative (fillings): 9/50
Fixed (crowns and bridges): 1/10
DAU (working with assistants): 5/10
Nitrous (laughing gas administrations): 3/6 to graduate
All assisting is complete.

So, So Tired

I've decided to update my "stats" as the weeks past. Reminds of me of when I would post my practice DAT scores so I could watch as they improved. My first scores were really ugly. These numbers remind me a lot of my first scores. But they continue to improve.

I'm at a minor standstill with some as the holidays approach and I can't start new dentures and patients don't want to go through the holidays with temporaries. Who would? I don't blame them. So I'm just getting all my ducks in a row to wipe out 3 crowns as soon as we get back. I should start two full dentures in January. I should have my 2nd perio patient finished before Christmas, but I don't have another on board, yet. That's not good. I signed up to get some serious extractions and preprosth after Thanksgiving, and I'm thankful for the experience and credits. It includes mandibular tori removal, so that'll be neat. I sent more endo to grad last week, so it's the same story there. I did 3 fillings last week, so I really feel like I'm less afraid of the operative faculty and learning what I need to do to speed up. My progress exam is just around the corner, and after watching the results of the first one, I'm not very optimistic. It's pretty brutal.

I'm in desperate need of a Thanksgiving break as the weekends don't seem to refresh me much. My allergies are horrible and my head is fluffy and my eyes are just tired. I'm so thankful that we celebrate Thanksgiving, I just wish that maybe the pilgrims had done it in October, like the Canadians.

Removable: 1.5/4

Perio: 1/4 to graduate

Endo:0/2 (please pray for endo for me!)

Surgery: 11/35

pre-prosth: 2/2

Operative: 7/50

Fixed: 1/10

DAU: 5/10

Nitrous: 3/6 to graduate

All assisting is complete.

A message:

I take it that this means I will be moving on to 4th year by the end of the summer. ; )

Requirements are slow in coming, but once everyone is diagnosed (by Thanksgiving!), it will be all treatment, all the time. With a silly rotation thrown in here and there.

Just for the record:

Removable: 1.5/4 (with one pt healing, and one set for ext before Thanksgiving)
Perio: 1/3 (start #2 on Tuesday)
Endo:0/2 (please pray for endo for me!)
Surgery: 10/35, 2/2 pre-prosth
Operative: 4/50 (yikes! I'll be at 10 by Thanksgiving. I hope to be around 20 by the end of the semester - 4 weeksish)
Fixed: 1/10 (with one prepped and waiting to seat right now - I should have 3 maybe 4 by semester)
DAU: 4/10 (+1 after tomorrow)
Nitrous: 3/6 to graduate
All assisting is complete.

It'll be crazy this Spring!!