Dax
June, 14th, 2002, 11:40 PM
Just thought I'd introduce myself.
My name is Dax (whole first name, not short for anything - since everyone asks sooner or later). I'm a medical oncology fellow here in Houston, Texas (for those that don't know, a fellow is someone who finished medical school, is licensed to practice, but who has decided to get more training in one area- for me, cancer medicine). Really being a fellow means I still work 100+ hour weeks and, worse than, that... get paid just about minimum wage to do it.
Still, helping take care of folks is an amazing privilege. Actually, I'm on call tonight here in the hospital which is why I have a few minutes to sit and write. I moonlight here to make a few extra bucks to keep me, my wife, and our chinchilla comfortably spoiled.
Fairly quiet so far (knock on wood): had to remove an arterial catheter from one patient getting chemo directly to their liver, had to check on a bone marrow transplant patient developing a fever as their new cells engraft, had to order the old enema for someone who was getting backed up (keep that fiber intake high out there!).
My wife, Amethyst, is also a fellow, but her training is in kids with gastrointestinal (particularly liver) problems. One day we dream of having semi-normal schedules so we can see each other for time to time.
We don't breed, we just love and appreciate chinchillas. We have a little fellow about 5 months old now by the name of Loki. He's a hetero beige.
Before Loki we had a remarkable chin named Spoof. Sadly Spoof developed terminal malocclusion problems.
Searching for help and and advice for Loki is how I found this board. Misty and others were so thoughtful and supportive. I hope we can continue that kind of interaction.
So that's far to much about us. If you've made it this far, consider yourself far superior to the average American in terms of attention span.
Keep it interesting!
Dax and Am
My name is Dax (whole first name, not short for anything - since everyone asks sooner or later). I'm a medical oncology fellow here in Houston, Texas (for those that don't know, a fellow is someone who finished medical school, is licensed to practice, but who has decided to get more training in one area- for me, cancer medicine). Really being a fellow means I still work 100+ hour weeks and, worse than, that... get paid just about minimum wage to do it.
Still, helping take care of folks is an amazing privilege. Actually, I'm on call tonight here in the hospital which is why I have a few minutes to sit and write. I moonlight here to make a few extra bucks to keep me, my wife, and our chinchilla comfortably spoiled.
Fairly quiet so far (knock on wood): had to remove an arterial catheter from one patient getting chemo directly to their liver, had to check on a bone marrow transplant patient developing a fever as their new cells engraft, had to order the old enema for someone who was getting backed up (keep that fiber intake high out there!).
My wife, Amethyst, is also a fellow, but her training is in kids with gastrointestinal (particularly liver) problems. One day we dream of having semi-normal schedules so we can see each other for time to time.
We don't breed, we just love and appreciate chinchillas. We have a little fellow about 5 months old now by the name of Loki. He's a hetero beige.
Before Loki we had a remarkable chin named Spoof. Sadly Spoof developed terminal malocclusion problems.
Searching for help and and advice for Loki is how I found this board. Misty and others were so thoughtful and supportive. I hope we can continue that kind of interaction.
So that's far to much about us. If you've made it this far, consider yourself far superior to the average American in terms of attention span.
Keep it interesting!
Dax and Am