OR: Hysterectomies

This morning Sharon and I gave our student presentations to Dr. C and the rest of our classmates. Sharon talked about pyelonephritis in pregnancy while I talked about breast cancer. I did lots of research on this topic b/c I was afraid Dr. C would start grilling me but fortunately I was able to answer most of his questions. He was like, "I beg your pardon?" when I said that HRT (hormone replacement therapy) is a risk factor for breast cancer, because recent studies have apparently shown that's not entirely true. "Don't be spreading lies," he said. Oops.

Afterwards Anita and I went to the OR to watch Dr. C do some hysterectomies. Some of it was pretty cool (for the vaginal one we got to see the docs insert a sling for the bladder), but for the most part it was too hard to see anything. We saw the uterus get pulled out, of course, and after seeing giant uteruses in the OR during C-sections, it was pretty amazing to see tiny uteruses about 2-3 inches long. Just goes to show how resilient the uterus is, how much it stretches in pregnancy and how it shrinks down afterwards. OR was rather boring b/c all we could do was stand and not do anything. At least with C-sections, we can get more involved. But we all agree on one thing: we need better shoes if we want to go home without our feet killing us at the end of the day.