Tuesday, November 04, 2008

too much studying does this to you

i was reading about oesophageal cancers - and i came to this part about the complications.

sometimes, it involves other mediastinal organs as well eg. recurrent laryngeal nerve invasion...

i interpret it as, the laryngeal nerve being constantly poked and prod!! isn't that annoying?! invade already, still want to invade somemore -_-"

anyways, i read on further, and it goes on to say...

there may be signs of hoarseness as a result of recurrent laryngeal nerve involvement.

haiyoh~!! then only i realized why it sounded so funny before, i took the word recurrent LITERALLY, when the recurrent laryngeal nerve is a structure of its own!

i knew that!!! i really did!!(in case you have already made a mental note not to come & see me nxt time) it just didn't occur to me at first. to redeem myself, the words 'recurrent' & 'laryngeal' were in separate lines that's why all these confusion took place! grr..

2 comments:

Jun said...

hahahaha u crack me up man! dun worry, take it as a good sign that u're studying more than enough. i hope swot is not killing u *hehe* good luck!

Juliet Fieldew said...

Hi Christine again, thanks for your reply- yes please do come to Enjoy Church when next in Melb- it will be a blast!
Did u know that we also have a campus of PCOM at our church- I was blessed to see your post about it!!!
(And had a little giggle over your recurrent laryngeal nerve!!- There are so many wierd & wacky medical terms aren't there!!)
Blessings,
Juliet.