This quarter started out a little hard as I was learning all about the central nervous system. I learned about this before, however not at this level. Learning about how the nervous system really works has brought on a new meaning to how the body truly works. It's tough because we are not taught this in undergrad. The brain is typically a mystery.We learned about the anatomy for the first few weeks and it was hard to put things together. After midterms however it started to make sense. The reason being is that we started to talk about pathologies associated with lesions with the nervous system. We would have questions such as, "If you have left hemiplagia (arm and leg weakness), right decreased pinwheel (pain) sensation, and left decreased tuning fork (vibratory) sensation, where is the lesion?" If I had seen that before now I would have laughed knowing that I had no idea what was even being asked. Now, I know that the lesion is on the left side of the medulla.
It's incredible how once you have someone's life in your hands and you are responsible for their health, you learn really fast. Good doctors care and know how to care.
