2. EVERY SINGLE weekend I could go fishing! (YAY! See below)
4. I got to suture, cut out basal cell carcinomas, catch babies, inject trigger fingers, scope, do INDs, drain hematomas, do prostate exams, hernia checks, steroid injections... yada yada. All the stuff somebody should have let me do by now but it hadn't happened until family medicine.
5. I got to see inpatients, outpatients, ICU patients, peeps in the ED, and patients in WalMart. Pretty awesome.
6. My attending is single... so the nurses feel sorry for him and cook for him several times a week. When they found out I am single too... They felt sorry for my by proxy. So I got all kinds of bayou food to take home.... catfish courtbouillon, fried trout, redfish dip, crawfish pasta, venison spaghetti, chicken with lima beans... oh man it was fabulouso!
7. No matter how many times I reminded my patients that I was a med student, they still called me Doc. As did everyone at the gas station, the grocery store, and at the one restaurant in town.
9. We discussed making topwater bait just as much as we talked about medicine (example below)
10. I said it before, and I'll say it again. Family Medicine... practiced rurally.. is the most romantic type of medicine there is. You see babies, peds, adults, and grandparents. ICU patients, mothers giving birth, emergencies, etc. You don't consult cards or psych unless you REALLY need help. You're a cowboy. I absolutely love it.
