Of Depp and Mercury...

Okay okay… this is not an entry… I just wanted to write this down for ages, but never got around to it... After I saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Finding Neverland, I made a casting decision. I think that if there was ever to be a movie about Queen, Johnny Depp should play Freddie Mercury. Not only do they look alike, but Depp is a great actor and he could play Mercury just right.

Okay, now that this has been said I’ll share this picture with you and tell me if you agree with me or not…







Is casting director going to be my 2nd career? :o)

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For anyone who is interested in seeing the pics from Nany's party, just drop me a line (either here or via email to those who have it) and I'll email you the link.

:o)

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Happy Birthday Nany!

11-05-06 --> 11-15-06

Hello to all!

Wow, these past two week were busy! Work was interesting; we talked about hyperkalemia quite a lot, which was nice. I’ve learned a mnemonic from the resident: ‘C BIG K’, which stands for the different treatments for hyperkalemia: C stands for Calcium (but only if there are abnormalities in the EKG), B stands for Bicarb, I stands for insulin, G stands for glucose, and K stands for Kayexalate, which increases bowel movement. Last Thursday we had an amazingly busy day. I saw a lot of patients did a bunch of blood work, gave many shots, and by the time I got home I was so very tired, that I only practiced my presentation once. The next day, Friday, I finally got to present my GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) lecture. I was a little nervous, but not too nervous not to be able to give a smooth presentation. I attribute my ability to keep my nerves at a manageable level to the fact that I practiced presenting this material for over a two week period with the prepared lecture. Since Mom and Omer came to visit me, I made it a point to complete the presentation before they came, and just practiced it since. Well, after my friends gave their lectures and I mine, we had afternoon lectures that were good for the most part. Now, after 3 months of straight ‘learning by doing’, I have a difficult time sitting through lectures… I get a little fidgety and bored a little too easily. I much prefer learning by doing, but I suppose lectures are essential once in a while.

On Saturday morning I flew out to Detroit for my great-grandmother’s birthday. I was so happy to see Nany and to meet her friends: Ethyl, Ruth, Thelma, Syd and… please forgive me, I forgot the name of some more friends… It was nice to finally meet them as well! I also got to see all of my cousins, second cousins, aunts, uncles, grandma, and many new additions to the family. I would definitely say it was truly 'wonderfully-hectic. I think this is a good depiction. With so many people and so little time, having a nice long conversation was practically impossible. Nany, thank you for a good time! I hope that in my next visit we’ll have a bit more time together… this was too short. Anyway, Detroit was surprisingly frigid! I was so glad I brought my big coat. New Jersey is still having a nice long (and very unusual) “Indian Summer”. I’m attaching pictures, and also a picture of the beautiful pillow Nany made for me. I absolutely love it, and I haven’t decided if it looks better on the bed (current location) or on the coach… The flight home was delayed by a few hours, but I made it back to New Jersey by night time, and fell asleep very quickly.

On Monday we had a busy day at work, and I got to see many different conditions, some were unique ones that I haven’t seen yet… others I saw many times before. On Tuesday we had our night hours, and the day just flew by! I saw an interesting condition called: Pterygium (teh-rij-ee-oom), which is basically tissue growth on the medial part of the eye. I have never seen one like that before, and I thought it was so interesting! I also saw two children with conjunctivitis… uggg… I washed my hands very good afterwards. That’s the last thing I would like to get now. For some reason, Dr. C decided it was pizza day, so we enjoyed a wonderful meal at the office. Then today (Wednesday) was very fun as well! I administered a flu shot and did a blood work in addition to everything else I saw. We also had the pleasure of going to lunch with the other Dr. C! It was a nice Sushi place… yum! The question of the day today was: “What are some causes of pancreatitis?” I came up with ‘yellow scorpion venom’ and was right! There are other ones such as: alcoholism, gallbladder stones, CMV, mumps, measles, trauma etc. … I still think scorpion is the most unique one! ...definitely important in Arizona.

Anyways, that’s about it here…

Loads of hugs and kisses!

Reut

The movie for Nany

For your enjoyment!

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Trip to Hershey, PA!

Family

10-23-06 --> 11-05-06

Hello everyone!

Well, I’ve been quite busy these past two weeks, which is why I didn’t write. Work is going good. I’ve gotten better at drawing blood, giving shots and figuring things out. I still feel I can learn so much more, and that is pushing me to keep reading.

Fun stuff: Mom came to visit me last weekend!!! She came on Friday night and we drove to Lancaster County in Pennsylvania to visit the Amish people. The drive there was absolutely gorgeous. All the leaves are turning red, yellow and brown, and the roads were so pretty. It was quite cold the whole time mom was here, and when we got to Lancaster county we bundled up good in our coats and walked around a bit, enjoyed seeing the Amish people and learning about their tradition, appreciating their amazing art work in quilting, enjoying the good food, but most of all… having a good time!



On Sunday mom decided that eating on the sofa is not okay anymore, and thus now I have a dinning table… I tried (with no success) to convince her I had no need for a table, but she convinced me otherwise. It’s a cute table from IKEA, and I do like it a lot. The cats absolutely LOVE to have another thing to climb and claw…

On Monday I was at work and the whole day was wishing the day will go by fast so I could go home and be with mom. When I got home mom has made a wonderful soup (yum!) and we both enjoyed a nice quite evening. We watched “Hagashash Hachiver” together, and I have to say that their skits are timeless!

Tuesday was sad, because mom went back home, but by Thursday I returned to my normal self. In attempts to make myself feel better I rented a wonderful movie: “Finding Neverland” which tells the story of JM Barrie and the Davies boys. It was a very emotional movie, and despite crying a good bit while watching it, I still loved every bit of it.

On Friday night (this weekend) I picked Omer up from the airport!!! I barely had a few days without mom and now Omer came… HOORAY!

On Saturday we drove together to Hershey Pennsylvania, the famous chocolate town. We had a wonderful time. The most impressive thing about the town was actually its smell! We rolled down the windows and the whole car filled up with this sweet chocolate-brownie smell! Absolutely amazing. We had a good lunch consisting of ice-cream and chocolate, and then decided to drive back home. Despite not getting a tour of the actual Hershey factory, this was still very fun.


We returned home and watched “Finding Neverland” together… Omer said it was a very good movie. We managed to break the headboard of my bed while we watched the film… Oh well… we fixed it today (Sunday) so it’s all good.

Also today, we went to the theatre to see “Borat”. This movie was weird. I laughed, but thought it could have been done better. Interesting, but I wouldn’t recommend it to everyone… you have to take it with a grain of salt and enjoy the stupid humor.

Well… I just dropped Omer at the airport, and have already finished practicing my presentation once today. It’s on Friday, and I really would like to do a good job with it. Performing is fun, but it is much more fun to sing, not to lecture…

That’s about all,

Kisses!

Reut