Nicole's Adventure!: Kidney's and a cold

Nicole, MD

I'm no longer an expatriate. I started my 3rd year of medical school in Miami and have finished my first set of medical boards, which I passed! I've been to the little island of Dominica and Miami. I completed my Family Medicine, OB/GYN and Internal Medicine clerkships while living in the beautiful city of Miami Beach, FL. I moved to New York City in the beginning of August 2011, passed my second set of boards and finished rotations in Astoria, Queens in December 2011. I have not been posting as much as I have been extremely busy. It is hard to believe that I finished medical school, landed a pediatrics residency and that I'm finally Nicole, M.D.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Kidney's and a cold

Last weekend was lots of fun after our exam; however, now i am dying of the common cold. It isn't any better to have a cold down here in this warm weather because you feel like you have hot and cold flashes everytime you walk outside!! I can't tell if I have a fever (which I don't think I do) or if I have air conditioning fever!!

We are starting the kidney's in physiology this week. My advice to you: don't mess up your kidneys! They are complicated and they are very important. Don' t do anything that may hurt your kidneys.

We are only a month away from the final and I started reviewing on Monday. I'm tired and looking forward to having this first semester behind me.

1 comment:

AnonymousSeptember 22, 2007 at 1:37 PM
Take care of upir cold!!! How did you do on your test on the 13th?? Say Hi to Farley.

Pam Meye
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