Sister Day (part 2)

Today my sister came from out of state to be my pt! I loved having her come in and was so grateful that she was willing to sacrafice her time off from work and her time here in Utah to be my pt for a day! She is the best!!! I am SO ready for the summer :)

Pressure... Pushing Down On Me, Pushing Down On You... No Man Ask For!

Today was ok. I was praying all weekend that my pt would show up because she had to reschedule with me last time I called to confirm her appt. She was a WAY awesome girl and was supper fun to talk to. I felt bad today because I only got through the OD but I waited for 35 min for the OD check and I know that I dont have any control over that but now I dont think I can scale her whole mouth in one appt. I only have the last day of clinic left to work on her so pray that I can finish her. What happens if I don't finish her on that last clinic day? I REALLY dont want to send her through the summer with only half her mouth clean, and she is so compliant and serious about maintaing her perio and taking care of herself. I feel PRESSURE...

No Show = No Good, Heather = Hero!!!!!!!

This morning my pt canceled on me which I had a gut feeling he would as I was tossing and turning last night! I (like Marianne but not as many) called 7 pts to see if I could get them in for the afternoon. No luck! So I called Heather (my HERO) and she said she would stay and be my pt. HEATHER YOUR THE BEST!!! I feel soooooo blessed to be able to be in this class year, and I feel that i couldn't have been put with a better bunch of girls :) Having a hygienist as a pt made my clinic day the best ever! I never thought I would say this but clinic today was a blast! Heather helped with everything and she was willing to do anything. I didnt feel stressed or flustered even when the intra oral camera didnt work :) THANKS again to Heather I owe you BIG!

Backwards Day! (not an april fools joke)

Today when I came in to set up my unit it was backwards! It was changed over spring break to a left handed unit, and because we had no extra units today, I got to play left handed for the day. That was actually the least of my problems for this clinic day. I messed up left and right and I HATE HATE HATE the fact that I get so flustered when I mess up cuz it makes me mess up more and more. I was talking to my little brother (who plays tennis for his high school) and he always talks about overcoming his mental game. I think clinic is the same. We have to keep our cool and stay in the game mentally for us to make it through a clinic day! I need to practice that because I know we all make mistakes, mine just seem to snowball once I start. Next clinic I’m really going to focus on improving my mental game :)

Little Sis

Today I had my lil' sis come in! She was such a trouper, I was saving my air-powder polishing PE for her because she has braces. I felt bad using it on her and she told me later that it sprayed up her nose, but I think she will forgive me :) I have to admit that usually on Wednesdays  (longer clinic days) Im not as flustered but today I was a little. I think it was because I really really wanted to finish my sis so that i wouldn't have to waist another clinic day. As we all know, clinic days are precious and we are all starting to feel that pressure. My goal for after spring break is to remember how to scale and take a pano because I know my pt needs one!

Little Bro

Today I had my little brother come in because my patient cancelled on my on Sat. It ended up being a very stress-less day :) He is the cleanest 1B and it should have taken me not long at all, but I spend quite a while on him. I think I'm starting to get paranoid about the more spots I miss means the more I will be docked. I don't know how to balance my time management with the quality of my scaling. Any ideas? My goal that I will continue working on until the end of the semester is how to balance the two so that I can finish a 1B in one appt with one to none mistakes :)

Chatty Kathy

Today i had chatty kathy (male version)! And he was super friendly but every 2-3 teeth that i probed, when i went to write the numbers down he had something to tell me. It was nice to make a new friend, but when he would speak, i would listen and then forget the numbers i probed so i would have to probe again! I was able to take a PA on him so i got my first PA of the year!!! I also passed of my Blood Glucose PE so it wasn't completely unproductive. I just wish I was a bit faster cuz i only got one quad done when i should have done at least two. Looking at my calendar makes sick, but I will still keep doing the best i can :)