Tonight is my last night in Montana! I am definitely sad to be leaving this rotation and this town, but I'm also really excited to get back to Pittsburgh and see my friends from school (and be able to shop in any of a number of big stores within five minutes of my apartment!). The nurses from the clinic actually threw me a party on Monday, which was so great!! There was a ton of delicious food, and everyone from both the clinic and the hospital came, which was really nice.
This week was relatively quiet clinic-wise, which was good because I had a lot of packing to do! The most interesting thing we saw was this teenager who came in for "sinus problems" and turned out to have this giant polyp (we think) between his nose and throat. He couldn't breathe through his nose at all, and it had been that way for a month! His CT was amazing to look at - the polyp must have been at least 2-3 inches in diameter, which is a lot of space for something to take up in the back of your throat. Anyway, he obviously got a referral to a specialist in Billings.
I'll really miss it here, especially my preceptor. He always told me to say, when asked where I learned a skill or fact that I learned from him, that I learned it from "that country doctor who was wacky, but wise." He's kind of eccentric, but he's easily the best doctor I've worked with on rotations, and I am truly grateful to have learned from him.
My next (and last!) rotation is back near Pittsburgh, and it's psychiatry! I'm sure I'll have some interesting and/or entertaining stories from that one, so stay tuned!
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