Love, Sanity, or Medical School: A Memoir

7:01 am: They just handed me a pager. Now what?

10:14 am: Things you don't want to hear in the OR: "Is this the right end?"

2:55 pm: Today I learned that my inside white coat pocket comfortably fits an entire bagel. Score.

6:08 pm: It took me a moment to place it, but I'm fairly certain my white coat now smells faintly of vagina.

11:14 pm: The naked paraplegic was found and returned safely to the floor.

Third year of medical school is the greatest test in a doctor's life, a year of rotating thro...