The Great and Dreadful Day

Yes I know I'm using a second coming descriptor but I felt it was accurate so that's my justification. Anyways, today was the day I saw my very first patient. I wasn't that nervous about it until this morning, maybe that's because I didn't think too much about it until then. I feel like I experienced a lot of emotions today- nervous, excited, anxious, scared, you name it! BUT everything went pretty smoothly. My mom was the lucky soul I got to work on and she was a great patient. She laughed with me and I was able to learn a lot from her mouth because it's a lot different then everything else I had seen. She's actually a Class V so that was really interesting to see. I am still not the best at diagnosing the perio class but hopefully I'll get better at that with time. I realized there are a lot of things I need to go over and review. I still have a lot of improvement to make in areas such as: BWX- I struggle, being thorough and not rushed, using all my resources, and getting things done in a timely matter. I really could go on and on with that list but I'll spare both of us the time. But yes today was good, I'm glad it's over with but it makes me a little nervous that I won't work on another patient for a month and a half! That patient will still be my mom but I hope I'm not too rusty. We'll see I guess! I'm still smiling believe it or not- And yes it's partly because today is over but also because Thanksgiving is in two days! I love Thanksgiving! So have a happy one and be grateful- I know I'm blessed, there's not a day that goes by that I'm not reminded of that. Well, well, well we'll all go stuff our faces and I'll be back before the semester ends at least one more time :)