Life is What Happens

February 22, 2012, 9:18 pmDoctor Psychobabble12 comments

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”

― John Lennon

Love Slave

The psychiatry consultation liaison service has been kicking my butt as of late. I have not the time to do much else. My life has become dominated by psychiatry. I have meetings and clinics and lectures and endless plans. I feel like I barely have time to catch my breath. Don’t misunderstand, I do love me some psychiatry. But I hear that there is also a whole other world out there, and I’m fantasizing about joining it again. It’s a good thing that I don’t have to concentrate on living to be alive (an obsession one of my patients has). But luckily, life has been filling in all the cracks in the woodwork.

This rambling was brought to you by my I-only-ate-a-cookie-and-a-banana-today brain. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming….

Photo: Taken on my walk home from work. Awesomeness.

Part of My “Trash Talkin” Photo Series

  • Lindeman

    Being a physician is a full-time job.  It takes over your life because it should.  Get used to it.

    • http://doctorpsychobabble.com Dr. Psychobabble

      I do agree that being a physician is more than a full-time job, but I also believe in balance in life! I am much more than just a physician…I am many other wonderful things, which I don’t like to forget!

  • Lindeman

    Being a physician is a full-time job.  It takes over your life because it should.  Get used to it.

    • http://doctorpsychobabble.com Dr. Psychobabble

      I do agree that being a physician is more than a full-time job, but I also believe in balance in life! I am much more than just a physician…I am many other wonderful things, which I don’t like to forget!

  • jofjord

    Maybe you can get a day off this month. That chair will never escape the clutches of the tree.

    • http://doctorpsychobabble.com Dr. Psychobabble

      thanks, i did! and it was wonderful! ;)

  • jofjord

    Maybe you can get a day off this month. That chair will never escape the clutches of the tree.

    • http://doctorpsychobabble.com Dr. Psychobabble

      thanks, i did! and it was wonderful! ;)

  • Simple Citizen

    I’m just entering my last month on Consult-Liaison.  It really is a beastly service.  I especially get annoyed how I have to get called for every single patient who disagrees with their hospitalist.  The medicine team seems to assume that if the patient disagrees they must be insane or incompetent – so I get called to do capacity evaluations on people who all score 30/30 on MMSE.
    Yeah – Love it!

    FYI – I’m doing a psych/random blog. http://thoughtsofasimplecitizen.blogspot.com/

    • http://doctorpsychobabble.com Dr. Psychobabble

      I feel your pain. Yesterday was all capacity evaluations for me on patients who had absolutely no psychiatric problems but were simply mad at their primary docs!Ugggh!

      Cool blog…will add it to my reading list!

  • Simple Citizen

    I’m just entering my last month on Consult-Liaison.  It really is a beastly service.  I especially get annoyed how I have to get called for every single patient who disagrees with their hospitalist.  The medicine team seems to assume that if the patient disagrees they must be insane or incompetent – so I get called to do capacity evaluations on people who all score 30/30 on MMSE.
    Yeah – Love it!

    FYI – I’m doing a psych/random blog. http://thoughtsofasimplecitizen.blogspot.com/

    • http://doctorpsychobabble.com Dr. Psychobabble

      I feel your pain. Yesterday was all capacity evaluations for me on patients who had absolutely no psychiatric problems but were simply mad at their primary docs!Ugggh!

      Cool blog…will add it to my reading list!