I wish i was there.
And 10 years old.

I'm a pessimistic person by nature...
And i'm used to people saying to me when i'm negative about exams and things, 'You'll be fine. You're great! You're awesome! So don't stress! etc etc etc'

And i'm semi-reassured. And semi- shrug their comments away.

But recently, someone who i quite respect and who i thought knew me, told me that i'm not okay. I'm not ready for exams. I'm going to barely pass, if lucky.

So what does a pessimistic person say to that??

I don't know.
I must admit my ego is quite non-existant atm.

Thoughts that make me laugh..

While in theatre, performing an abdominal laparoscopy the surgeon said (half to himself half to the medical student),
"Ahh...
so there's the sigmoid colon there...
Old man sigmoid....
Sigmund.."

An Incoming transmission from Ambos to us(the hospital)
A>Incoming..
H>This is hospital receiving..
A>Yeh, hi. We have a 57 year old woman who had chest pain, was in VT, was given midazolam and defibrillated with 100J which returned her into sinus rhythm. We are 10mins from the hospital. Over.
H>Ok. Thanks.
Nurses look at me. I look blankly and thing *oh crap* as well as *How exciting*

30 minutes pass... still waiting for the ambulance in casulty.
One of the doctors walks in.
"Don't worry, the ambulance will be here in another 10 mins. They've had to change a tyre"
Chorus of Doctors, nurses and myself: "WHAT?!?!?!!?!!!"
Doctor chuckles..
"Only kidding"


45 minutes pass.... Casulty is a bit crowded with 3 doctors, 2 nurses, and 1 medical student milling around. The ambulance finally arrives.
Anaesthetist runs out to the ambulance and then runs back in shouting,
"It's SOPHIE!"
Suddenly there's a mad scramble for the doors leaving the casulty doctor and I looking at each other blankly.
*Queue tumble weed*

Apparently she's a "frequent flyer". Well known to the doctors for being a perenial complainer and pain to treat. Hence the mass exodus.

They don't show that on ER. =)

A quote from an old text book:

"The variety of foreign bodies which have found their way into the rectum is hardly less remarkable than the ingenuity displayed in their removal.

A turnip has been delivered per rectum by the use of obstetric forceps.

A stick firmly impacted has been withdrawn by inserting a gimlet into its lower end.

A tumbler, mouth downwards, has several times been extracted by filling the interior with a wet plaster of paris bandage, leaving the end of the bandage extrusing, and allowing the plaster to set."

Bailey and Love 1943, A Short Practice of Surgery.

=P

There's a debacle which EVERYONE in the medical industry has a opinion about.. No it's not politics, music or religion.. it's pharmaceutical sponsorship of "things". These things has ranged from drug company pens to drug company money sponsored flights to the Swiss Alps for a lecture...

This year, I’ve been continually amazed at the kind of crap drug companies hand out.. (The best would have to be a gadget that looks like a pair of plastic pliers which lights up at the tip- apparently used for looking up people's noses)

The above is a pen which glows neon blue. Kinda kewl really. At least, photography wise. If it were a bit longer, it would give a lightsaber a run for it's money.

I like this snap- kinda abstract, in a jeffery smart kind of way... but less creepy..

Oh yeh, and *stress*

ARGH!
Stress!
ARGH!
Stress!
ARGH!
What was the treatment of GORD again? PPIs and lifestyle modifications.. stop smoking, lose weight- yeh, sif patients listen to what you say.. unless you threaten them with the c word- CANCER! Reflux can lead to esophageal cancer which can lead to you DYING, so lose weight. That's pretty harsh.
Man, i can't wait til this year is over.
I'll miss out on seeing my brother play at the local cafe.
I'm old. not really. just old enough to know that i'm getting old. Too old to be sponging off the government anyways. i need a job something productive and something that pays. so i can live without feeling guilty about people feeling sorry for me. ARGH!
No time to work. have to study... what's the formula for fluid replacement for a person with burns? 4mlsXweightX%surface area burnt in 24 hours... if it's a complicated burn.. if it's a simple burn then 3mlsXweightX%surface area.. plus maintenance fluid... 3L a day for an average 70kg person. AVERAGE! the whole concept of average is an approximation.. what about the person??

Didn't say anything about not being crazy....
Aren't you glad you're not me??