Hilarious! A couple of clips on the realities of medicine... Enjoy!
It's really true... Sometimes, the surgeons would be there discussing what that muscle or nerve is and at times, they just make a guess and hope for the best... Scary isn't it?
This song is so true of what anesthetists do during an operation... They help the surgeons move the bed up and down, move chairs around and so on...
OMG! Those are indeed the questions we ask every patient...
I collected my pre-order of Star Trek DS9 - Limited Edition Boxset containing all 7 seasons of the series today which comes with a certificate of authenticity and a serialized boxset - 1834 of 3000. So happy! But sigh... can't watch it till my exams are over in about 2 weeks. Below are some photos of the boxset.
Hmm..I wonder...whether my prayers were answered... Just yesterday, I was at one of the lowest point of my time as a medical student... I mean it's not one disastrous event that brought me down but an accumulation of comments, remarks that were made in the course of this year by my consultants that finally hit me...
Sure I have receive glowing comments from come consultants but receive equally bad comments from other consultants. I guess I was dwelling on the more negative aspects of my experience. Usually, I am able to take it in my stride but yesterday I felt like I was the worst student ever. The consultant was't even mean at all but I guess it's comments he made about my presentation that just finally cause me to have doubts about my abilties...
Hi, all! Today marks my last day in Neurosurgery. The patient I mentioned the the previous post who had the head injury is doing very well! We saw him again, although he's still in the ICU, he is no longer intubated. He fully awake and aware of his surroundings... Amazing! He's obey all the commands we ask him to do today! The mother is smiling all the time. A happy ending to my neurosurgical term...
Next term, Gastroenterology... I have heard that teaching would be good in that term and hoepfully, I'll get to do more practice on patient during this term prior to my practical exam in 3 weeks time.
Yesterday while on ward rounds in the ICU, I almost lost my professionalism as I almost succumb to emotions. A mother was whispering what I could only think of, words of encouragement and love to her son who's lying in the ICU after significant head injury. She tried to get her son to squeeze her fingers (which is part of our examination of any patient who is unresponsive). No matter what she said, her son was unable to comply with the instruction. We then got her to ask her son to show us 2 fingers if he can understand us. And presto! He showed us 2 fingers!
Everyone in the room was ecstatic! The mother was elated and hugged and kiss my registrar! This plainly shows the love of a mother for her son... At that point in time, I could feel a dam of tears welling up in my eyes and I had to desperately try to contain my emotions... It will not do to cry in front of the patient's family. So I hurriedly left the room as soon as I can. I sincerely hope that the son will get better soon!
Well, I finally got to examine a patient's anus and prostate... I know... it's disgusting and I shouldn't get excited about it but hey! It's my first time doing the examination on a real patient... I only had practice on a dummy before... How does it feel? Slimy and warm...and the patient does not have an enlarged prostate...
Tomorrow is my last day in neurosurgery and I got to get forms signed! It has been a interesting term and would definitely want to have a chance to do it during my intern/ RMO term. Till next time, :bye:
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