One thing I wondered about med school before starting, and people ask me now, is if it is possible to have a life during medical school. Fortunately, school has been treating us very well so far. I understand that it will become very busy and hectic during the clinical years, but for now it does not feel too hectic. Thankfully, Tatia and I get several hours together each night, we get to have dinner together and work out together. She is also working on me to watch Gilmore Girls with her, her favorite TV show. I'm sure it will get crazier later on, but life during this part of medical school is nearly ideal. For my curious family, here is my schedule for this last week (pretty typical of non-test weeks).
This depicts all of the classroom time, so there is plenty to study during those white spaces. It is a little tricky to motivate yourself to study after spending so much time in class, but most of the lecturers are excellent and help you be excited for studying the subject.
Fun Fact #2
Now we are knee-deep in metabolism, so we recently discussed fat digestion and metabolism. The interesting thing about fats is that when you digest them and they are stored in your fat tissue, they are stored as the fats that you ingested (as opposed to carbohydrates you eat that get modified for storage). So say the only oil you ate was canola oil, and that you took in a little more than your body needs for it's daily energy (and that's probably all of us Americans) then the fat composition in your tissues will tend to resemble the composition of canola oil. So with fats, you really are what you eat!
I don't know if that really is a FUN fact, but I think it's pretty interesting to know what's going on with things after you ingest them.
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