You can wake up one day and choose to be sad. There'll be a voice in your mind that will say "you're too thin", "you're not smart enough", "you're not the right colour", "you're not the right gender", "you're ugly", "you don't have any friends"..... You can wake up one morning and choose to be… Continue reading You Can Choose
Category: Random Thoughts
He Didn’t Remember
I remember when I was working in General Surgery and I was having fleeting thoughts of surgery as a career. There was one moment that made me realise that I definitely didn't want to do it. I was a SHO in general surgery at this point. I was referred a patient from the ED… Continue reading He Didn’t Remember
She’s Got My Back
I think I was in fourth year of medical school. I went to medical school in Prague, Czech Republic. And yeah, yeah it was an amazing experience and everything, but generally speaking the Czech people aren't particularly "nice" people in my experience*. I remember once we were in the University Hospital. Me, my girlfriend and… Continue reading She’s Got My Back
The Instructions Will Kill You
"You will be part of the crash team and if you are the first on the scene will need to lead the cardiac arrest scenario" "You will be involved in the major trauma calls and carry out procedures such as chest drains etc." "If a patient turns violent then you must press the panic button… Continue reading The Instructions Will Kill You
The Worst Thing That Could Happen to a Doctor
Being a GP is tricky because anything could walk through your door. My yesterday evening clinic for example had a mother who presented with inflamed polymorphic eruption of pregnancy, a patient who had been bitten by insects while gardening, a patient with a flare up of her rheumatoid arthritis, a one year old with viral… Continue reading The Worst Thing That Could Happen to a Doctor
Steer The Ship
I can't help but feel introspective as of late. I am in my last post as a junior doctor before finishing my post grad. There's only a year left of this course. During my time in hospital a lot of my seniors have often made passing remarks such as "oh, I thought you were a… Continue reading Steer The Ship
Trust
My girlfriend could destroy me. Literally, she has the power to break my heart and destroy me in so many ways. I trust her not to. Our relationship started off with us giving each other a little bit of trust. When we learnt that we were safe giving trust to one another, we kept on… Continue reading Trust
Keep Creating
Campbell's Soup I (1968) Andy Warhol's first show in Los Angeles was a disaster. One or two of his soup cans were sold, but the gallery owner bought them back. The owner said that he wanted to keep Andy's work together as a collection. He was one of the only people that actually liked his… Continue reading Keep Creating
It Will Hurt
Life is like a chronic disease. Chronic diseases are often indolent, progress slowly and culminate in a disastrous event which could kill you. Look at heart attacks. The vast majority occur because of an unhealthy lifestyle. You might not even realise what you are doing to yourself. A pizza here, a cookie there, a few extra drinks from… Continue reading It Will Hurt
“Let’s Have a Meeting About It”
Junior doctors rotate this month. The new graduates will start work and the people a bit higher up the ladder will move on to other places. This is a bit of a chaotic time in the hospital and stressful for the whole department. Usually it is a cacophony of going to inductions, trying to get… Continue reading “Let’s Have a Meeting About It”
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