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Medical FotD: Orgasms cause an endorphin release. duh

Personal FotD: I seem to have been on the edge of illness for over 24hrs. Not sick enough to feel guiltless about moping around doing nothing, but being achy enough to make studying miserable.

Lyric otD: I want you to need me like the wind needs the trees. -Magnetic Fields

Medical FotD: i feel really crappy today

Personal FotD: I wish I had time to take an hour and think about the all the parts of my life and human experience that I think about everyday. Sometimes I sit down to do that when writing these dessicated entries, but I always stop because I just can't separate myself from all my responsibilties.

I received the...
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Daily activities:

1) First surigical cut down (cut and spread from skin to femoral artery)
2) Performed chest compressions on dog (CPR)
3) Resucitated dog
4) Tried cocaine (numbing of mouth only)

Medical FotD: Renal Physiology is finally over!

Personal FotD: Party tonight ... good times.

Twwly get the blue ribbon for being so hot.

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Personal FotD: Human beings as so pathetic. It really ruins my day.

Medical FotD: Amniotic fluid is basically urine.

Personal FotD: I am so human.

Medical Fact: If one kidney is removed or destroyed, the other kidney will grow to twice the size within one week. This is not the result of an increased number of nephrons.

Personal Fact: I very rarely experience things as bittersweet.

such a bad day

Medical Fact: The kideny's account for 0.5% of the average person's body mass, yet receive 20% of the blood flow.

Personal Fact: Suddenly, I am a fan of silence.

Medical Fact: Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (drugs that prevent bicarbonate (baking soda) from being reabsorbed into the blood) can cause kidney stones.

Personal Fact: I am jealous of a friend who is happy about finding lots of people to date. It sucks being ugly.

Where is the balance between obligation to community and obligation to yourself?

Medical Fact: Urine ranges from pH 4 to pH 8.

Personal Fact: I learned how to suture an incision today. I don't think there is anything that makes you feel more like a doctor.

Medical Fact: The kidneys do something called "countercurrent multiplication" to efficiently generate a high urea/low salt fluid in the distal Loop of Henle, and its beyond my fucking comprehension."

Personal Fact: While I think the most incredible thing I've done with my life is my research, I always talk about my trip to the Amazon instead.

That was the first weekend in two months that...
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Medical Fact of the Day: The kidneys filter 180 liters of fluid a day. With approximately 42 liters of water in a 70kg person, that more than 4 times your total body water every day.

Personal Fact of the Day: I really enjoy food shopping early in the morning, when the store is pretty empty and everyone is still putting the food on the shelves.