1.) You get excited going to Office Max to buy a new pack of highlighters and lined paper
2.) "Sleeping in" means getting up at 6:30 AM.
3.) You speak in abbreviations: "Dx: CHF. ADL's BR c BRP, vs q2h, valium 5mg po hs" (Diagnosis: Congestive Heart Failure. Activities of daily living; bed rest with bathroom privileges, vital signs every 2 hours, and 5 milligrams of valium by mouth at bedtime.)
4.) At one time or another, you've diagnosed yourself with: heart disease, cancer, various autoimmune diseases, and organ failure. Likely all at the same time.
5.) Your friends no longer ask what you're up this weekend to because they already know the answer.
6.) You carry on a conversation with “how does that make you feel?”
7.) An exciting Friday night consists of reorganizing your textbooks & binders (and new purchases from #1.)
8.) "Caffeine" is synonymous with "vital" and "life-saving"
9.) You evaluate the Jugular Venous Pressure of the person standing in front of you in the line at Starbucks while trying not too look like a creeper.
10.) You've used the word "STAT" one too many times in a non-clinic setting.
11.) You get excited when you get to change pen colors while taking notes.
12.) Your sister calls and after saying, "Hello?" She says, "Oh you must be studying... you're using your study voice."
13.) Vacation would mean: sleeping in until 7 & reading something other than "Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment," without feeling extreme waves of guilt.
14.) When a friend says they've been having headaches, you automatically blurt out, "Is the pain localized to one area? Is it sharp, dull, achy, or burning? Does it radiate anywhere? Can you rate the pain on a scale of 1-10?"
15.) You understand numbers 1-14
