Friday the 13th

yeah so i ended up having some pretty bad pain few nights ago---GI....thought was heartburn...no improvement with Tums, then maybe gas...yeah simethicone and a few painful hours later i went to the ED on the morning i was to be on-call---got there at like 0330---fortunately only waited like half hour----only b/c am a doc in the hospital there i am sure---and was seen---knew was gallbladder by that point...but thought i was headed to the OR---well u/s and labs later...did have stones....but no obstruction and no evidence of cholecystitis at all, just cholelithiasis, so home with pain meds and antiemetics....on the am of call...so back-up had to go in to cover me---shi**y in all kinds of ways...returned today to find four new patients i didn't know, one transfer to SNF, another died---first patient had to pronounce ever---and the other two very sick. also after talking with my chief i learned that they want me to get the surgery done like the 1st or 2nd of august and have that be my vacation week---have my wards month for august swapped for an elective with someone else so can even take the vacation----so that will mean i really don't get vacation b/c will be recovering from surgery, will then do three months of medicine wards in a row..frustrated with life and not sure what to do with any of it anymore. blah blah blah..friday the 13th

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