5/8/2012

Remember how I was going to wake up this morning and get back on track for my full work Tuesdays? Well I woke up got out of bed and realized that I felt ill. I am congested and have an absolutely horrible headache. So I skipped my conditioning session and went back to bed. I went to lecture, then lunch. My salad tastes weird so I just ate the celery. We practiced manual techniques a bit. I don't know how productive I was. Then we had practical where we did a practice case on a gentleman with a collapsed lung. It was fun. Then we played with simulators and stethoscopes. Ooo. By that point my headache had taken over most of my cognitive function so I stopped at the store at got some panadol. I hope I don't mess this up if I do please correct me. The chemical formula for Tylenol is paracetaminophenol. In the united states this long name is shortened to the drug name acetaminophen in Australia the drug name is shortened to paracetamol. Therefore, through a complicated process panadol=Tylenol even though the drug name appears to be different. And it helped my headache which is what really matters. Refreshed, I went out to dinner with my travel buddy Sarah. She's the neuroscience phd student that I met on my trip to the great ocean road. We got burgers and they were quite fantastic. We talked and caught up for a few hours. My ride home was beautiful. Melbourne in the evening is as scenic as it is during the day.