Saturday, September 09, 2006

Burrito victory

Clinic all morning. Saw a variety of ills and ages. Most amazing patient of the day was a patient who had a number of psychosocial problems, we talked for a long time, right through my lunch hour. We talked about alcohol and depression and anxiety, flashbacks, PTSD. I feel some breakthroughs were made and made sure the patient was coming back to see mental health the following week. It really lifted my mood and gave my so much energy for the rest of the day.

It also helps that I was finally able to buy those famous burritos. They were truly amazing. Don't ask me what was in them because I couldn't really tell. It was spicy but delicious. And filling. Bought two - one to reheat over the weekend. Also got a tamale again. Was told to eat it with butter and Zuni bread. Can't wait.

The afternoon I was scheduled for my research project. I finally decided what search criteria I'm using for my chart review and made the fields in a database. I am looking at cancer screening in Zuni women - cervical, breast and colon. The idea of the project is to make some better recommendations and educate on the topic of colon cancer screening. Apparently it's the number one cancer death for Zuni women. There's a great organization that helps women get breast and cervical cancer screening here and I'm hoping that some of my research will help expand that to colon cancer screening.

Then, at night I hit the hot tub, drank some sleepy time tea, watched some of Water. This picture is their back yard. Incredible.

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1 Comments:

Blogger Tanyaporn said...

your project sounds kickass...and so does housesitting! sometimes, you even make ME want to do family, lol.

when you come visit me, you can get massages 24-7. :) hehe. and we can go to the spa.

i miss you lots and am enjoying reading your blog. u should keep blogging even when the month is done, dude.

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