January 22, 2009

Today started out like last Thursday, all my patients trying to cancel....hmmmm... this seems to be a trend. I am really having a rough time trying to get patients, nothing is coming off our resource list and when it does it's like Lucky Charms (they magically disappear). The weird thing is though, it's not just me it seems like everyone is having the same problem. So, I was able to talk one of my patients into coming, but the other one just pulled a no show. If any first years are reading this, take note.....this program is a team effort. Katie was such a sweetheart and gave up one of her patients that she had scheduled to see at a future date. This was her patient's wife that happened to be at the appt with him. Katie if you are reading this I really can't say thank you enough times. That was so nice!! I hope I can help someone in this way too :)

I took BEAUTIFUL BWX today :) - I'm sure I'll cone cut tomorrow, but I am going to take a minute to relish in the moment.....aaaahhh......okay, I'm done now. (That's just because I remembered I missed 4 spots on a 1B, you know if they would just brush better there wouldn't be those little teeny bits of calculus on the straight lingual......) Jeannie showed me her fav --17/18 everywhere. I must say it does fit much better that any of the instruments I tried.

January 15, 2008

OMG!! I had a bad day before this day even started. Yesterday, not one but both of my patients cancelled! I am worried about this semester just for this reason. I don't feel like we even have a resource list to draw from, and by the emails I'm seeing I am wondering what is happening with the patients. It seems like everyone's patient is being taken out from under them. How is this happening? I gave my peer pal a patient that I didn't need and before she could call and schedule him, another student had already done so. I don't know how a patient that was given to me could have also been given to someone else unless I gave it to them, la la la...if that even makes any sense! ANYWAY..... I got a referral from my patient that cancelled and ended up working all morning on that patient and brought the same one back that afternoon and finished her so it all worked out thank goodness!!

Back again!! My first clinic day of the last semester :) (It doesn't feel as good as it sounds though). My morning patient was a 1B w/sealants. I feel a little rusty and my neck is sore so I need to focus on having good posture. I am hoping that my afternoon patient shows up and also qualifies for my board pt :) I have high hopes I know. This semester I am going to focus on becoming faster and really being confident in instrumenting. I do feel pretty good about it at this point but there are still a few areas that are always tricky.