My feet became prosthetic, sending tingling numbness to my brain and disrupting my concentration. I rub my toes and attempt to change positions.1
I hope this doesn't happen during my exam!2
Am I taking enough calcium?3
(*sigh*) I doubt I'm taking enough of anything. 4
I should take a walk to stretch my lazy limbs.5
I shuffle over to the doorway and down the damp steps that lead into the cold night. It had been raining and the sweet smells of earth and wet grass greet me. My orchid loves this weather and so do I.6
I inhale again, more deeply this time, letting my serratus anterior and diaphragm muscles pull my lungs open. I hold the cold breath and close my eyes. Thoughts of sleep and home and dreams expel any worries that my7
arterial oxygen pressure might be falling, or that my ventilation/perfusion ratio is becoming mismatched. I mean, who thinks about these things anyway. I slowly release my breath and allow myself to sigh (must be 'Head's paradoxical reflex'). I examine my orchid again - pretty little thing, no flowers yet though. She is all green for now... calmly green. What is that pigment called? --deuter... hmm the green pigment-type cone cell of the eye... deuteranopia? No that's not the name of the pigment that's the name of the defect - deuteranopia : dichromatic colour blindness characterized by absence of the green pigment cone cell. (I took too long to remember that)8
The sensory nerve endings in my skin tell me its too cold to stay outside and I reluctantly trudge back inside and to the desk. I dread sitting again but necessity commands it.9
'Leydig cells respond to leutinizing hormone to produce androgens, specifically testosterone.' 10
... hm mm a C19 hormone...11
Author notes
this wasnt meant to have any form or style... just me scribbling when i shouldve been studying 
all comments and editing suggestions are welcome.
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thank you
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Bravo
It takes a lot of skill to portray panic in stillness. Very good write i really enjoyed reading this. Think i'm gonna book mark this. -
A long time out of University and thankfully so...but a wonderful reminder you offer of the stress and strain of learning a new language (each profession has one)and new ideas and then relating and encompassing those things to common behaviour...thank you so much for that small glimpse...and I wish you well in your studies....warm regards..and thank you...amicus...
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Good luck, mine start the 28th of this month and I don't feel prepared at all... I'm sure you'll do just fine
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lol thanks
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hehe.serratus anterior,eh?i was a major crammer.still am.
i loved histology.cell biology major after all.leydig cells do much for the human race and everyone's satisfaction.hehehe.plod on. the world need doctors with more heart.
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