Start of rotation 2 and quotes from prison

I realize that I haven't been keeping up with the blog, but I hope to change that with this next rotation. My primary care rotation ended successfully and I was fairly tired by the end. I was working 55 hours in 4.5 days...seriously fun but exhausting!

I have now moved on to prison. Federal prison to be precise. I have completed 3 days and I think I have gotten over my initial claustrophobia from being locked in the medical area. There are a series of very large double locked doors that you have to go through to enter and exit the prison. It is a strange feeling to be standing there waiting for a guard at central command to open the door. More on all of this later, but here are some quotes for your enjoyment:

preceptor asks a patient "why are you taking acyclovir?"

patient "herpes.....man! don't make me say that in front of the lady" (the lady being me)

patient "when I got inside (read: incarcerated) they told me I only had one testicle, but before that I had 2.....I don't know what happened to the other one"

Bangtail Divide a LITTLE too early in the season...

Monday I rode my bike up Stone Creek (well, actually, I pushed it most of the way past all the crazy switchbacks....) and along the Bangtail Divide trail toward Olsen Creek. Most of the way it was awesome, gorgeous, perfect riding weather...

But then I hit snow.
The trail disappeared and left me post-holing up to my thighs, flinging and dragging my bike over and through snowdrifts. Long story short, I backtracked and made it home safer and wiser (hopefully)