More chemicals...

Lots of endocrinology. So many chemicals. Awkward picture which I will not talk about. Studying is draining my energy...

Am alive.

Test was pretty tough. 110 questions long, some very pinpoint. Not sure what to think of this one. Other than that, we're right back up to classes and Self Directed Learning.

Test on Monday

Sorry I missed you guys a lot. Been studying, focusing, studying again. The nutrition SDLs aren't so bad to remember, except for one where the note set was 17 pages long and read (looked like, too) a textbook.

Basically, the topics we learned in this half of the course:

Nutrition
Vitamins and Minerals
Pathways
Amino Acid Precursors
Diabetes

Brain Drain!

Pathways are weight-heavy. These nutrition lectures make it a lot more stomachable, but it feels like I'm somewhat stuck in a rut trying to memorize everything. Will go back and learn individual pathway lectures again.

Had a mili-med Pathways on Monday. Have a DO school today.

Diabetes Patient Panel

Today was a nice lecture on diabetes with a patient panel. We have fewer and fewer lecture and more and more SDL for this class, so a lot of it is spent listening to online lectures which take up a lot more time than a normal lecture would. However, topics are varied and the SDL is very interactive and easy to use, allowing for easy transitions and portability. You can in effect, stop working on campus and immediately pick up at home if you so desire.

Back from the Weekend!

Studying a lot this weekend. Managed to memorize pathways using mnemonics and other strategies, am steadily catching up. Today's lecture switched to fatty acid synthesis. Much heavier material that will require a few hours of rereading to handle. Test is in exactly 1 week. We also get to review our exams to see what we did wrong today during a separate session. Definitely going to attend those.

It's mah dorm!

Visited the dorm area of GT yesterday. Good times. Remember it from NYLF a paltry 8(?) years ago.

Anyways, finished up with all the pathways today. Gotta memorize them and I'll be good for the most part. More nutrition is inbound.

Win or lose...

Heard in a lecture about homeostatic glucose management of the body:

Sumo wrestlers are not hyperglycemic despite their insulin resistance because they work out and maintain homeostasis well. However, when they retire, they simply become diabetic... and die.

Got my final grade for MCP today. Not great, but given my first test, it's a nice wake-up call that tells me exactly what I need to work on post-hiatus. Going to be studying for about 3 hours post-class while I wait for Pathways to start.

Fat synthesis and nutrition

Following 2 lectures of glycolytic pathways and fatty acid synthesis: nutrition! An interesting discussion to further the understanding of general nutrition that would not normally be provided in a medical school, I guess. Very interesting.

More Nutrition and Glycolosis

Things are shaping up. The Self-directed learning portion of the course is provided as an online-lecture style. You browse slides at your own pace while a lecturer talks. Unfortunately, it doesn't read word for word and as a result, listening to it isn't helpful as it simply confuses you, and reading it seems to take up a lot of time.

MNE seems to be short stick, with most of the morning being devoted to classes while the afternoons for free studying. That's fine.

I'm sorry I've been so terse, it's just that I really don't have that much to say in day to day life. My bagels are the same as always, tasty and chocolatey, but the professors we have are fantastic!

Just a study day...

Not much else today... studied, embettered myself, read the news.

Tee-Cee (A Cycle)

First day of Metabolism, Nutrition, and Endo! Yay for TCA cycle!

Two hours of class, then a Q&A session. This class has an SDL session that is like online learning. I'll post commentary about when I do it.

The End: MCP

The final felt better than the first, but given my previous performance, I'm pretty sure I only did fair on the test. Definitely passed, but not sure what type of grade I'm going to get. That being said, MNE begins tomorrow. We got the rest of the day off.

The one ring to rule them all!

Someone was nice enough to bring the SMPs and M14s donuts and coffee! A lot of donuts. At least 15 boxes. Fantastic motivational support and a great study break. Hopefully I'm ready for this test.

Hostage Taking at the Discovery Channel Building

Apparently there's a hostage taking at the Discovery Channel building in MoCo. Studying and listening to the dispatch. Other than that, studying hard for the test. Nothing else of note in a study day.