Well its official

I finally saw my first patient in the clinic here.  It was good to get back to the chair.  It definitely made the day go by faster!  We see nearly everybody that walks in the door regardless of who they are.  Mostly active duty soldiers, and some contractors, and a few locals.  Most of the work is pretty routine, nothing too exciting.  The clinic is rather nice considering the location, the situation, and considering the fact that I was expecting it to be pretty sketchy.  Very dusty though. You can wipe of the tray table next to you and by the end of the procedure you can see dust(sand) on your instruments and table top.  So much for a sterile field during surgery...but we do our best.  I share the clinic with another doc from California that is with another unit. Nice guy. I have a great assistant. They have or can get just about anything I need so thats a big plus.  I apologize that I don't have pictures, but for some reason the network is really slow at data transfer.  :(  I hope to get some pictures on their some other way.  Its truly amazing how many different countries provide contract labor here at the base.  I've made friends with a guy from Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Kuwait, Turkey....and others.  Just no Iraqi's.....yet.  I don't get to go outside the wire, and I don't plan to anytime soon.  Just fine here.....