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...Wait, how do they know it's there?
Actually, I have a birthmark on the back of my eye that impairs my vision in my left eye. Wana sort it for me?
I officially become a doctor after my 6 years at college. That's when I take the title Dr. and start earning money. Mwaha!
haha, sure
yeah, after 8 years im a doctor, but dude, the pay is shit! like $700 a month *vomits*
omg, dr. angela benitez d.o. hehe...m.d. sounds/looks sexier
ahhhhhh, w/e.
...Wait, how do they know it's there?
Yuhuh, it's weird. They can take photos of the back of your eye, focusing through the pupil, if you see what I mean. Because the pupil is just a hole - I've used medical instruments to look at the back of people's eyes before! It's really odd.
yeah, after 8 years im a doctor, but dude, the pay is shit! like $700 a month *vomits*
omg, dr. angela benitez d.o. hehe...m.d. sounds/looks sexier
ahhhhhh, w/e.
Oh man, that's crap about the pay! I dunno what it's like for doctors who're just starting out in Britain.
Hahahah can't you be Dr. Vinnie and have done with it?
Hmm. Does it include a light? My eye doctor does this thing with this bright thing, and he said it can show different things, I thnk like cancer or something, and sometimes you can even see your veins
It's kinda cool. Is it done something like that?
Hahahah can't you be Dr. Vinnie and have done with it?
yeah...
but i've wanted to be an ophthalmologist for years now. i love everything about it. so...idk, i dont really wanna be a general doctor/regular surgeon.
but i'm going to try and study all over the place...i mean, if i'm going to be in school forever i should try and have fun. im planning to study a year in germany and maybe even france...and medical school in the uk?
It's kinda cool. Is it done something like that?
That's the instrument that I've used to look at the back of people's eyes - you can see the vein and the "yellow-spot" (the point that sees the object on which you're focusing). That's the little hand-held opthalmoscope. The thing that takes photos is a huge machine, but it works on the same principle, yeah.
Angela - come to a UK medical school for a bit! But don't chose which one until I know where I'm going, OK?
totally
Adam's got a mole on his optical nerve, actually. Weird, huh?
Uhhh, behind the eye? I'm really not good at these questions, LOL!
i really wish i hadnt wiki'd that..
Rachel, can he feel the mole there?
Odd question, I know
Rachel, can he feel the mole there?
Odd question, I know
No, we didn't even know it was there until about a year ago or so. He has to go to a specialist though to make sure it doesn't change size or become cancerous. Kinda neat, right?
Mhmm! I had no idea that was possible!
i'm so pleased i have a place to turn to when i'm all confuzzled.
i think during the year i'll just bump this thread when im fretting over stuff, and then you can all advise me!
you all made very valid points (oh wolfie - you weren't preachy at all
moderation is definitely key, and i think if i surround myself with like-minded people and have the right kind of company whilst drinking, all will be well.
i think this first quarter i'm gonna try out a few different orgs and see what works. i don't think i want to pledge any sorority because i don't think i'm well-suited for that, the only one i'd want to join is alpha kappa psi, which is a co-ed business fraternity (for the connections - i'm greedy, yes i know ha) but pledging for it is beyond ridiculous.. they're really hardcore - and they party that way too. soo yeah noo thanks. ha. but yeah i'm hoping i find my niche.
thanks again for all the advice, its nice to be able to hear from those that have gone through these kinds of situations or ones similar to it.
oh and electra mectra and vinnie i'll join you for grad school in england!!
and vinnie i'll come to you for lasik. zomg i can't wait for the day my eyes Fing stabilize and i can get that.
If you want to drink, my suggestion would be to have someone sober there. The first time I drank too much (turns out I'm a lightweight. Figures) I was tended to by a very nice guy named G who, despite the fact that he had no reason to do so, cleaned me up, gave me a glass of water, and found me a place to rest. If you want to experiment (which I think is fine, there's nothing wrong with wanting to know what you want to do), I would try to find an environment where you can leave when you want and where you can be in control because, like Wolf said, a lot of drinking situations can revolve around groups of people who being to have that "take another shot!" mentality.
My boyfriend doesn't drink and never really has, so I've been lucky to get the perspective of how to avoid drinking when necessary. Usually, I just carry around a glass of water, though he took the "beer a month" route. He said that in college, people had the tendency of going through the, "whaaaat? You don't drink?" routine. So, he had one beer a month. He jokes that he became the master of "nursing one drink for 3 hours." The thing is, if you have something in your hand, people are less likely to bug you and one beer a month doesn't do that much to you. It just makes him sleepy which, honestly, is hilarious and cute.
Also, after feeling super guilty about a bad drinking experience (bad experience 2 of 2. Apparently I didn't learn the first time), I was given the recommendation to put rubber bands around my wrist. I would choose a number of rubber bands before I went out and would take one off each time I finished one drink. That way, I would know when I had told myself to stop (whether or not I listened was of course a different story).
I see nothing wrong with experimenting, just know that you'll probably have a bad experience or two before you realize your limit (example: I know I can't take that much and now I only really drink wine. I can't even stand the smell of hard alcohol). If you don't think it's worth the couple of bad experiences, then just don't drink and carry a glass of water (or go Freaks & Geeks style and get the non-alcoholic beer) to carry around so no one offers you a drink.
Honey, you'll be just fine. You know that right?
i like the rubberband idea - its so much better than tally-ing one's arm.. because people have tally marks down to their fingers and they still dont stop haha.
and i like the one beer a month thing too.
and i think i'll experiment with the company of good female friends.. i don't trust myself with boys.. i'm rather shy sober, but i don't know what i'd do drunk ha!
thanks guys, you all are so amazing
I mean, I really like school, but I'm absolutely DREADING this year. Which sucks, because it's my senior year, and everyone is telling me to have fun and stuff because I'll never be in high school again, but all I can think is "holycrap four APs maybe five and college applications and extra-curriculars and D:"
I don't actually start until September 5th, but I'm gonna be so dead. My schedule has finally reached it's breaking point. And yeah, that does mean my attendance on the boards will be altogether spotty. Not like it isn't spotty already. But it's gonna be so much worse this year... Anyways...
I wish I was going off to college this year. Seriously.
ewww, I have to read Moby Dick before school starts. and A Doll's House and Kite Runner, both of which I actually wanna read. But Moby Dick....ugh....
On the other hand, I'm really freaking bored with summer, and I really want it to be over soon. So I dunno.
It's all very exciting but terrifying at the same time. They're putting so much pressure on our grade, calling us the "wonder year" and giving us ridiculously hard tests that even the accelerated students (at a selective high, mind you) are failing. It doesn't give you much hope