Today was my first day back in clinic since mockboards, since I was in the happiest place on earth last week fulfilling my duties as a princess. First of all, can i just say i love it when you call to confirm a patient the day before and they say they're still definitely planning on coming and then don't show up the next morning or bother to call and tell you they really aren't coming anymore. Ya, that's pretty much my favorite thing ever. Love it! Luckily, Ashlee brought both her husband and brother in to clean in one appt., but gave me one to clean in the morning. Bless her heart! Someday when I'm disgustingly rich, I have to remember to buy her some really expensive and unecessary crap. I was able to pass off my diagnodent and cra PEs on her brother, which was splendid. He was a great sport letting me analyze his saliva! My afternoon patient was a class 2. I did alright, but i still think class 2's are the hardest type of patients for me. I have a hard time getting down into the pockets and finding the calculus. It's definitely something I need to work on, since that's the type of patient we will be seeing for boards! Gah! They are coming too quick!

First mockboard...check! All i have to say is that wasn't near as bad as i thought it was going to be. If only that could've counted as the real thing I'd be happy as a clam. I only missed one spot! Boo yes! I do have to admit that my patient was pretty easy though. Even though she was a class three i think that actually made her a lot easier to clean because her tissues were very fluctuant and it was relatively easy to get down into her pockets to scale and explore. I'm really glad we do mockboards as stressful as it was for everyone leading up to it. I think we'll all be pretty grateful in the end when we do the real thing and the little slcc sluts have no idea what's going on bah ha ha...whoa that was pretty harsh! I've really gotta stop hangin around with Satan. I hope the slcc girls do well too....maybe...

So of course my class three patient today came in with a cold sore so I had to reschedule her. Lame is all I have to say. I was able to do a screening on a patient and pass off my blood glucose PE and take a pano on her, which is something I am in dyer need of. I haven't been able to take a pano on anybody yet so that was nice. I guess I feel somewhat productive, but I'm still pretty bummed about not being able to work on my class three. At least, the next time I see her I will be able to give her injections for anesthesia, which is a major plus.

Does my back hurt...why yes...yes it does. Along with my neck, legs, feet, arms, hands, fingers, eyeballs, and brain. Oh and I'm pretty sure my teeth hurt too because both my morning and afternoon patients had ridiculously tenacious calculus. I had to work my butt off to get any of it to budge. Definitely not a fond memory I will have of clinic. Dr. Hanson said it was even hard for her to get off so that makes me feel a little better. At least it helped me pass off my calculus removal PE. I also did my second patient as my eaglesoft patient in the computer so that's another project down that I don't have to worry about. I can't believe how much time has gone by already. This semester is flying and I'll be graduated before I know it!