Music and Medicine

I'm so happy with the music is going at Barts! All my efforts for the past 2 years have definitely paid off. The orchestra is now a reasonable size and we're getting more and more support from the medical school and the students' union!
Sometimes, the thought of the Thursday rehearsal is the only thing that keeps me going for the week. Everytime I'm talking to the most boring patient, or if I'm in a demoralising and depressing lecture, I think of music and it definitely helps me get through.
Hopefully, there'll be a huge turnout this thursday so we can have a great rehearsal! We now rehearse in the Old Libary of the Old Medical College which is just a lovely place with excellent acoustics! Can't wait.

Now medicine. Neurology is definitely not for me. I'm actually quite surprised with how much I dislike it. I loved neuroanatomy and neuroscience in my preclinical years but neurology is such a bore. Most of the conditions are untreatable and you're just going to see your patients deteriorate over the years.
The signs to pick up are so subjective. Is the reflex brisk? or normal? Is there grade 3 or grade 4 muscle power? Is there rigidity or spasticity? Whatever. I will not become a neurologist because the past 4 weeks have only depressed me!
Maybe this is one of the instances where I'm more of a scientist than a clinician.
I enjoyed cardiology so much more than this waffle. I think I might head in that direction.