Down South

So I’m in Orlando for the month of October doing autopsy pathology, which so
far is a real nice rotation/vacation. I get to participate in autopsies when
there are any, and when not doing that I get to hang out and observe what the
pathologists do, which is cool because before I started med school I had this
thing for autopsies and pathology. I’ve moved onto Anesthesia, but I’m happy
to delve into some guts (literally) just to see if it’s something that still
interests me (kind of). It’s so chill, the people are nice, stress free, and
no patient contact (I LOVE IT!!!). Just coming off doing emergency medicine in
possibly THE busiest ER in the Bronx, it’s nice not to have to deal with any
people. Look at slides, look at guts, take 2 hour lunches (too bad I’m
fasting, instead, I play on the internet), read a book. So chill. LOVE IT.
Although I kind of get bored at times. Whatever I’ll take it.

People down here are funny. They don’t know what to do with my name. Normally
I just say my name is Ahmed (silent h), I don’t even pronounce it Arabic style
(pronounce the h). Usually I get “Hi Ed, nice to meet you” (I guess people
hear I’m Ed, which is odd, because I always say I’m Ahmed or my name is Ahmed,
so they must think I have a stuttering problem or I’m confused and need a
second to think about my name (I’m I’m Ed or my name is… I’m Ed). However,
Florida seems to be whole other beast. I’ve gotten Imhead, Ameed, Ahmet (at
least it’s a real name), and my two favorites: Ahem and Matt.