The brink of week 11

So my holidays have ended, only to be greeted by the fact that I’ll be working (starting from 2mrw), every SINGLE day till 16/11. WOW! I know. I think I’m going crazy.

By the way, the service for Air Asia today totally SUCKED! I think I’ll be flying with Firefly on my next trip back. *rolls eyes*'

M gonna go off now.. because I have a pile of work to be completed and hell starts 2mrw.

week #10 : Back to KL!

Sham is blogging this from HOME! :)

Was greeted by a delightful furball yesterday, but not at the airport though, but who cares, I got to see her!! :) And now I kinda miss Cili Padi..it's like having 2 pets at 2 different places.

Before I left my work place, I was saddened by a death of a kid in my ward.. =( *sigh* The misery of life.

Life still goes on, and my heart goes out to the kid's family.

M now getting ready to shop for a new vehicle and some new clothes..oh, and maybe even a new phone! :)

See you guys once I'm back in KB!

week #9

OK. Week 9 has ended. I just finished my first week at critical care. How was it? It was kinda depressing/challenging/exhausting.

Why depressing?

To read the patient’s story of how they came in for abdominal pain/fever/cough and how they can get so screwed up until they lie there in front of you, with tubes sticking out from every possible place, unsure if they will wake up and get better. It got me thinking, did this patient know that when he/she came to the hosp that it would be the last time they walked/talked/ lived like a normal person? Did they know that they would be warded for 40 over days, and progress to such a stage where there is no return? And sometimes, it hurts even more to see such patient because they have no family support. 40 days in critical care and not once a family member came to visit.

Why challenging?

Because we’re fighting superbugs here and there. Patient A comes in for 1 type of infection, we treat it, and suddenly gets a new infection which is more resistant, or something else comes up which we need to manage. And more complicated stuff..and it gets soooo chaotic.

Why exhausting?

Because of the 2 reasons above.

Anyway, I’ll be going to visit my patients later..voluntarily because I want to know how they have reacted to some of the new managements implemented ystd by me and my preceptor. Hope it won’t be too long as I have no intention to freeze to death there. (yea, its super cold in there)

Week 9 has ended which only means WEEK 10 IS HERE!!!

Week 10 = ME GOING HOME!!! :)

Can’t wait to go home!! I was skyping with my mom the other day, and I decided to call Pumpkin and she started to look for me and whine.. =(. But the cutest part was watching her look for me under the table and on the wall. LOL! I honestly don’t know why my dog thinks that I’m inside the wall or under the table but it was cute to watch. I need to prepare for 2 presentations coming up this Sunday and Monday and only then I can fly back in PEACE!

Sham will be arriving at LCCT on the 24th of October @ 8.20pm. Provided that there are no delays. *fingers crossed* M hoping that my furball will be there to greet me as well.. :P

I’M GOING HOME!!!! =)

9 WEEKs DONE, 43 to go….

week 8!

I’m aware that most of you must be super bored with my weekly updates but I just have to update something here!

Last week was my first week of medical ward rotation, and at the end of last week, I was tired and wondering if clinical was really what I want to do. And then this week happened. And I know for sure clinical is my thing. I was working the PM shift yesterday, which meant that I need to only come it at 2.30 and work till 9pm. But if I did that, I would miss out on my ward round. After spending the entire week being actively engaged in managing 20+ patients in the ward, I felt sad, (yes, SAD) that I would be leaving the medical ward and would not be able to see how the progress of these patients. So, I went to work at 7.30am yesterday, so that I can complete my own round with the patients, and then followed by the “official” round by the specialist, discuss some cases with my preceptor, clerk cases, and before you know it, it was 2.30pm and I just continued my day at OPD.

Yea, it was kinda exhausting for me, but I did it voluntarily. Some even thought that I came early because I forgot my timetable. :P

Next week, I’ll be at critical care wards, so I’m looking forward to a bunch of new patients which I will be helping to manage.

Truth be told, I kinda wanna stay at the medical ward, because there are some patients which I’ve managed in some aspects and haven’t been discharged yet, and I want to see how they progress, but it’s ok, I’ll visit that ward during my free time. And yes, I *heart* clincals. I may not be super excellent at it yet, but that is why I’m currently attached there, to further better and deepen my clinical knowledge. My only wish is that I can spend longer than the time allocated for me in the ward rotation. :(

I also completed 2/5 presentations this week, before I go off for my Deepavali break, I would have completed 4/5. Suddenly time passes by so fast! :( That’s all I have to update for this week! :)

 

8 weeks done 44 TO GO!

Week 7 Quickie!

Here is a quick and small update for the end of week 7.

Week 7 = Week 1 out of 6 for my ward rotation. M dead tired from combing through cases in search for PCI’s. M dead tired from studying so that I can make interventions during the rounds, and I’m dead tired from trying to figure out how to arrange my time table around my holiday.

The only thing which makes me happy about ward is how fast time flies. Hope my 6 weeks of tiring slavery will end soon. If there were no targets to be met, I believe more “quality” pharmacists can be trained. Just my thoughts.

Good night people!!

45 WEEKS TO GO!! WOOHOO!!

P/s: heard abt the 1+3 to 1+1. not sure if it is a good thing or not and I’m not sure if I’ll be affected by it or not, but either way, what is meant to happen will happen. For now, all I can think about is my present situation. No time to think of the future just yet.

week #6

My plan to head back home this weekend was dashed when I was told that I had to work this weekend. –.-“

Anyway, week 6 was a GOOD week for me. I honestly don’t know why. Maybe it was because of the absence of certain people or the presence of a certain person. But whatever the reason was, week 6 is OVER! :)

Weekend screening was a nightmare yesterday but was OK today. Was kinda wondering what I’ll do when a TDM case comes flying my way.

Week 6 marks the end of my in-patient rotation. Need to complete Satellite as well before I can be completely rid of that log book of mine, but nevertheless, 50% is better than being not done at all. Right now, I’m anticipating the coming 6 weeks where I will be in my ward rotation. Sad thing is that it will clash with Deepavali celebration. =( Sucks to be me. Hope I can get my leave approved for post-ward.

Biggest joke I’ve heard to date is someone asking me this, “Are you OK with eating rice? Your culture doesn’t eat rice right? So how do you find it here?”. Seriously, what do Indians eat when we have our banana leaf rice??

Sometimes I feel like a tourist. :P

Cheers to the coming 6 weeks where I’ll be too busy to update my blog. Don’t miss me! :)