Its Official

 It is officiall, I am done with my class work for the dental hygiene program.  And ooh I havent felt this good in a long time.  I am wondering however what I am gonna do now.  School has been a part of my life for so long I almost dont know how to do anything else but study.  Im sure I will find something :)  Check out is Monday and then its over, over and out and I am gonna graduate.  Six years ago I never thought I would be here and here I am, WAHOOOOOO!!

Last VA Day

Today was our last VA day, sooo we decided to celebrate in style and it sure was good!  Gave Madi a good laugh anyway.  It was quite a slow day at the VA, A lot of no show patients but Madi and Stef were able to finish their requirements which was real good and a good feeling.  I can hardly believe its over, crazy no more clinic.  Hopefully next will come a job, real soon!

Last Clinic Day of my Hygiene Student career

Who new this would come so quickly.  When I first started this I thought it was never going to end now it is the end and I can hardly believe its true!  This day was pretty uneventful and I wish it would have been something more to remember.  My morning patient said she had anxiety and needed nitrous.  Well she definetly had anxiety and the nitrous didnt work.  I did nothing more than probe the upper arch the whole appointment and the anxiety was still really high.  It was definetly a good experience though.  Then my afternoon patient cancelled and I was going to see Karlies but they didnt show, so real uneventful :(  Well one more day at the VA and its over.

National Boards

Oh wow this is a day I hope I dont have to repeat.  However I feel like I might.  I took the National Board today and it was awful.  I am exhausted.  My brain hurts and my legs hurt.  I went on a very long walk when I got home.  I felt like there were so many things I didnt know or I could have narrowed the answers to 2 then couldnt get it past that.  It was just mentally draining and maybe thats why I feel so bad.  Hopefully it all works out.

The Results are in

Well we got out results today from our clinical board and YEAH! I passed.  That is the best news I could have wished for and its my sons birthday.  So a good day all around.  We only have one more week I can hardly believe it this is amazing.  Finally an end to all the hard work.  Now if I can just find a job

Back to Clinic!

Well I dont think anyones head was really in the game today.  First day back after boards and it was rough.  I had a fairly easy patient this morning a 1B. Then this afternoon I had my class 4.  It was amazing how much more confident I felt giving injections after taking boards.  I didnt shake, I knew where I was going, it wasnt near as bad today.  I really realized how much harder a class 4 is than the other classifications.  I scaled my little heart out, til I just couldnt do anymore and I still wasnt sure if I had gotten everything.  I am not used to patients with such deep pockets, I have never never had my ultrasonic tip almost completely barried in the sulcus it was crazy.  Well my body is killing me tonight so I think I'll get some R&R and start fresh tomorrow.

St. Pattys Day!

Im hoping St. Pattys day is my lucky day!  I was pretty nervous though.  My patient qualified and so did my first submission which I am very greatful for.  I sure wish that we knew our results.  I was told by a previous student that you dont feel better even when its over until you get your results and she was right cause I didnt feel that sense of relief I thought I would when it was over.  It is haunting me in my dreams..did I do this, did I remember to do that?  You think 2 hours for one quad sounds like a lot of time but when you get scaling away that time sure does fly.  I am happy its over though, now for the waiting game.......again!

Anesthesia Board Day

Well I must say this was the worst day of the past two years.  Stress, stress, and more stress!  Its hard to explain if you havent been there...but if you  have it you hope you dont have to be there again.  I didnt do so well at first, failed the PSA before I even got in the mouth all because my nerves were shot and my brain turned off.  The WREB lady was nice and told me it happens and she new I would come back and do it fine.  She must have seen I was on the verge of tears.  Then the flood gates opened and I felt much better.  Well I did get a chance to do it again and passed and thank goodness its over!!  Now on to the next.

VA DAY

Well I got some really good information today at the VA.  Instructor Dixon has been an examiner for WREB so she was giving some good help on stressful situations that may arise with local anesthetic.  I was really happy to talk to her, however I still cant get rid of this sick feeling in my stomach.  I am hoping that after next week it will finally stop hurting.  We were done early this afternoon all of our group was done at pretty much the same time it was really wierd.  We have never been out of the VA by 3:30 it was amazing....but we got stuck in traffic instead. Oh well!

Clinic

Today was the strangest day in clinic.  The instructors were all over, I wasnt even sure who my instructor was suppose to be,  people were taking xrays like crazy, students were in other students chairs,  there were still patients in the chairs til 11:15, then to top it off it we didnt leave until 5:30, I mean it just wasnt your ordinary clinic day....WELCOME TO PREPARING FOR BOARDS!!!  I feel like Im in the twilight zone.  I am a wreck, right along with everyone else.  I hate it and cant wait for it to be over.  Soon, soon!

Clinic Day

Sure seems like these clinic days come fast from week to week.  I found my class 4 today and am happy about that.  I found out today how strong the tongue can be.  Wow, that must be the strongest muscle in the body, no matter what I did I couldnt tame that thing.  It was kind of frustrating and I was exhausted from fighting with it for 3 hours.  The patient didnt want to be numb today but I talked him into it for next time and hopefully that will make the appointment a little smoother.

First Mockboard Of The Semester

Well as if coming to the first mockboard the day after a long weekend isnt enough, my patient cancelled. I wasnt able to find anyone so I just had my stepdad come in so I would have a patient in the chair.  Well he ended up qualifying, I was shocked and oh so happy! So it ended up being a good day and I passed and I am glad its over. 1 down 2 more mockboards to go!

First VA Day Back

Today was my first VA day since being back to school.  It turned out to be a very good day.  One of my patients was done before he got in the chair, however he was really trying to be nice.  It was interesting to see though how quickly some of the patients are irritated and a real learning experience to try to keep him calm so I could at least do something.  I havent had a real easily irritated patient, this was my first one.  I am pretty tired today, my back and my hand are killing me.  Home to a massage and a little R&R, hopefully.

Tueday

Well my patient cancelled again today, I dont know what is going on this semester.  I guess it finally came around to me cause I have had pretty good luck so far.  I did get a new patient for today thank goodness they were class 5s.  Man do I need some class 3s. I am severely delinquent.  Hopefully, like Professor Alexander was saying, the hygiene gods will find me.  Tomorrow is VA, It'll be good to get back.

Major Storm! ruins last clinic day

It was like nothing Ive ever seen, like something out of a movie!  We showed up to clinic however, not many of our patients did.  Its a wonder the campus was even open as long as it was.  We spent 3 hours watching the campus blow away, almost taking people and cars with it.  I did get my diagnodent PE done on one of my fellow classmates and now that I'm thinking about it I do believe I forgot to put it in taleval, better do that.  None of my patients wanted to drive in the weather and cancelled.  I didnt blame them it was definetly dangerous out there and I didnt want to drive home in it either.  Well another semester down, 1 more to go!  WHOOOOOOO!!!!

VA and the day before Thanksgiving

I went to the VA today, the day before Thanksgiving, and I thought it would be dreadful but to my surprise it wasnt so bad.  I half expected them to let us out early but come to find out they dont even get the day after Thanksgiving off so the day before is nothing special either.  It was a good day though.  I got some good classifications and some xrays which were much needed.  I really realized today how important it is to have good, sharp instruments.  They just dont do a thing if they are dull.  I do however wonder if there is even any hope for the ones at the VA.  I sharpened and sharpend and I was still having problems.  I was getting pretty frustrated. I am going to start opening my instruments and sharpening them before my patient even comes so I dont feel so rushed.  Hopefully that will help.

Clinic Lab

Well we only had one patient in the morning today and this afternoon was lab.  It was kind of nice and relaxing and I was really happy cause I have decided to come down with the gomboo.  Today is the last day of clinic for November.  I can hardly believe it, my how time flies.  We did wheelchair transfers and I kind of hurt my back, which means I may have been doing it wrong.  It was interesting to see the Velscope, I am excited to use it I think it will be interesting to see what shows up.  Well adios November!

Dental Materials Lab

Lab day and we made bleach trays or mouth guards, we got to choose.  I made a mouth guard for my clenching problem.  Not sure, but I think it may have something to do with all the STRESS Im under!  It was pretty fun lab though.  Local Anethesia is killin me.  I just want to go back to learning injections,  compared to this calculations stuff, giving injections almost seems easier.

Clinic

Well I finally finished my mockboard! Yeah!! I think she was happy too.  I gave 2 injections and passed my LA PE.  My afternoon patient was a pretty easy patient so it made for a nice afternoon.  Only one more clinic day in November, I can hardly believe how fast time is flying.

VA Day again

Well it was almost like going to the VA for the first time today.  Its been 4 weeks since our Wednesday group was there last and it proved to be a good return for me and it came back pretty quickly.  I felt like it was a pretty productive day.  I have had trouble in the past with my patients actually showing up today they both did.  I got 4 quads of a 1B and 2 quads of a class 4, 2 panos, a set of BWX, 6 PAs, and a PE passed off.  Happy with the day