Is that normal??

Man my arms hurt today! Apparently the lady drawing my blood yesterday was not the most talented of the bunch. She tried my right arm (which is my easiest arm) and she dug around in the vein until it collapsed and my arm started turning GREY from having to clench my fist so she could find the vein. Then she used my left arm and was able to draw blood. However, the blood began to pool behind the injection site and I ended up with an incredible turquoise blue lump on the inside of my elbow. My boss had me ice it and some of the swelling went down, but now I have a large lovely bruise on my arm. Geez, the things we go through to get into the Peace Corps!!! :)

Here we go!

I had my physical today at the student health center. It took 1 ½ hours to complete. Of course they forgot to fill in some of the boxes, so it’s a good thing I have to go back next week for the results of my blood work. Some of the blood work was already done today. For example, they told me that my iron and sugars are normal. It’s good to know that all of my eating healthy lately paid off!

The doctor laughed at me because I had sticky notes all over the paperwork that answered all the additional questions. He said that he was actually quite impressed because it really sped up the process. Yay me. I also forced him to answer every single question with a full answer instead of n/a, that way the Peace Corps won’t send the paperwork back to me. The student health center couldn’t do the ‘girly doctor’ checks, so I have to see my regular doctor for that on Friday. Yay, I’m a huge step closer to done!!

On your mark...get set...hold on

Today I started my long medical clearance journey. I went in to Counseling Services on campus to meet with someone about a counseling session I had when I was TEN. I was only there because my parents wanted to impress upon me the importance of honesty. I was there for maybe an hour...ELEVEN years ago. Turns out I didn't need to be there, my pc nurse told me to just write a personal statement explaining the session. Oh well, I thought my journey had begun!

Death by animal

"WASHINGTON, D.C., February 1, 2006 – Peace Corps Director Gaddi H. Vasquez announced today with deep sadness the death of Tessa Horan, a 24-year-old Peace Corps volunteer in Tonga. Tessa died as a result of injuries sustained in a shark attack in Vava'u."

My family keeps talking about me having my arm bit off by a lion while in Africa. Uh oh...

Medical fun!

On the 13th my medical packet finally arrived! Wow…I have so much to do. I definitely admitted to too much stuff in my health status review with the application, but oh well!! I had to call yesterday to get a special form so that I can have my physical and stuff done for free on Ft. Riley. It got faxed to me today, so now I just need to start making appointments! Too bad I don’t have any time! Ahhhh!!!