pgy 2, it's good to see you.

PGY-2. That's what I am now. No more butt pus, no more hemmorhoids, no more smelly colon operations, no more hernias, gallbladders, SBO's, or other nonspecific belly pain. All done. One day I was an intern, expected to know next to nothing, and the next day I was a second-year ortho resident expected to be able to answer questions about all kinds of stuff I've never seen before. The learning curve is already tremendous, and it has only been 2 weeks.

I am having a good time of it though. It is long hours, bot lots of learning and discovery. Lots of reading and studying and asking and wondering and experiencing... and operating. Finally!

I'm also thinking about Ironman. I feel depressed that residency is basically prohibiting me from doing another Ironman. But then I thought of something. I thought I might be able to arrange my schedule to put the lightest rotations together for 3rd and 4th year (there aren't any light rotations 2nd year) and maybe I could do an Ironman. I'll need my coach of course, because there are bound to be missed workouts and stuff needing to be moved around. But I think I want to go for it. I think a major goal outside of work would be good for me. So the plan is for IMFL 2011. We shall see how that takes shape.