Hi all. I know I haven't posted in a while. Have been having trouble keeping up with my email as well. I wonder if the moods that allow both to happen are related. Anyway, where am I at? At where am I? That's the ticket. For the last two weeks, and for the next two, I'm in Limerick in the pediatric department. I'm learning a lot there. Lots of kids with CF, and a wide assortment of other problems. There's an outbreak of measles currently, due largely to the bozo Wakefield in England claiming the MMR vaccine causes autism. Another out break is in the Traveling community here; they're a group of gypsies, basically, though racially they're Irish. Because they move around so much it's hard to make sure they get all of their immunizations. This year has been bad for measles in Ireland. Luckily the vaccination rates are back up to nearly what they were before all the damage was done.

I suspect most of my readers (are there any any more?) know, but I do have exciting news. I will be starting as an intern at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, being trained in internal medicine. This is great for a number of reasons. Being close to my family and being at a great hospital being two of the most important. Only 6 weeks left in the hospital here! Then 2 weeks of study time (or perhaps 1 week to travel in Italy and 1 to study) then a month of exams, then I'm done!! Hard to believe. This time feels to have gone both quickly and slowly here. I suspect I will have a more reflective blog entry in a few months once I've finished here.

That's it for now. I've got to apply for a Massachusetts medical license!