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Now that Ob/Gyn is over (sadly, I might add), I have moved onto another specialty that has been a favorite of mine: orthopedic surgery.  I find it funny (more in a ironic sense than anything) that I seem to have been a poster child for keeping an open mind during PA school: the 2 specialties (Orthopedics and Ob/Gyn that I never (not in a million years) thought I'd be interested in (Orthopedics just scared the crap out of me, as evidenced by my prior posts on the subject)) were the 2 specialties that I've fallen head-over-heels in love with, and the ones I can't imagine spending my career doing anything but.  Even though I am fairly certain that I will spend my career in Ob/Gyn, I am still insanely excited to be assisting in surgeries involving power tools again.  Orthopedic surgery is so dynamic and fun, and PAs get to do so much, both in clinic, and in surgery.

My week was a nice, slow introduction, after the hectic schedule that I kept during my Ob rotation.  I had the long Labor Day weekend off, and my first day back in Ortho. was a surgery day (YAY)!  The one thing I didn't quite remember was just how heavy the lead vests weigh (woof; didn't have to deal with those in Ob)....so standing on my feet for a 2 hour surgery was much different this time than a 2-hour salpingo-oophorectomy in Gyn.  But, other than that, it was a phenomenal first day back.  I saw my first hip surgery (so amazing) and few other routine type procedures.  The rest of the week was spent in clinic, and I had Friday off.  I know next week will definitely be back to non-stop, busy carousel of seeing patients, and 2 more days of surgeries, but it was nice to start off slow, especially since I'm dealing with a completely different area of anatomy.  Being focused on the anatomy of the pelvis is so much more different than dealing with the anatomy of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle, etc.  Much more territory to cover with this one.  I'm certainly going to be kept on my toes this month!  It was so much easier when I was a kid, and the foot bone was connected to the leg bone, was connected to the hip bone.