Another 1B Finished in One Appointment - ALWAYS a GOOD Feeling!

Yesterday in clinic I saw my second to last 1B patient. I had to take 4 BWX and a pano using conventional film. This was a challenge for me! Now that we don't have a dark room in the radiology lab we have to load the film for the pano in the daylight loader. As the daylight loader box is maybe a inch or two wider than the size of the pano sleeve/film, you can only imagine how this can become frustrating! I was getting somewhat flustered because I was afraid of running out of time. However, I was still able to finish my patient in one appointment - great feeling! :)

I learned some valuable lessons in clinic. FIRST, BE PATIENT! The more impatient you are, the more flustered you are...the more mistakes you will make than if you were patient and in control - I think that one is pretty self explanatory. SECOND, it is OK to miss calculus! I had the BEST learning experience today as I learned a new trick to make sure I am accurately and efficiently scaling line angles. BUT, had I not missed these areas, who knows IF and WHEN I would have learned these valuable skills. Time and time again I am finding that sometimes the BEST way to learn is by mistake! I know it is not the most FUN way to learn... but I can tell you the things I have learned through my mistakes I will NEVER forget! :)