exams aieeee

AIEEEEE exam fever! this time, i am most certain to fail because i haven't had the blessed time to study at all. :\ sigh. oh well at least i can always resit this!

moving on to another posting soon, i don't want to leave :( i love OB/GYN and i'm used to the working culture here already!

have managed to swap most of my ward calls away for labour ward ones this month, i heart labour ward to bits even if it means that i'm not getting any sleep at all. i love it even more when there are many many term caesars so i get to go in and assist!!! nothing beats fundal-ing and pushing the baby out and hearing the first cry! :D

of course, seeing a preterm twin delivery was nothing short of thrilling and sad. the babies are so tiny and pathetic looking, i was standing at the side, watching, yelling in my head, "CRY, BABY!!!! CRY CRY CRY!!!!" as my attending carefully lifted the baby's buttocks out of the uterus.

seeing primary PPH was also exciting, but in a bad way :\ i was squishing the uterus with both hands as my resident sewed it frantically trying to minimise the bleeding. uhhhh.

and finally, my first code blue! damn scary and exciting, and my patient too. thankfully she turned out alright. i must say though, i guess pharmacists don't really understand the importance of code blue. the one i called urgently had no clue what code blue was and was asking all kinds of inane questions, until i gave up and started yelling that my patient was going to die unless she could quickly give me an empirical dosage. but i guess can't really blame them, they have no idea what code blue is.

admin matters are pissing me of, like group and matches being only valid for 3 measly days. so i have to keep poking this poor lady every 3 days for a new group and match (because she has PP major and is only 32 weeks). she's been left with bruises along all her arms! :\

medical students - i've had a few follow me, and i realise that they really really slow you down alot. and some need alot of attention, which i don't like. and some are really pushy and demand to do things, others are very mousy and wait to be offered things. arghhhhhhh. but when i think of how hard it was as a medical student, i try my very best to slow down and teach a bit, to involve them as much as i possibly can, but ohhhh, they really test my patience sometimes!

i love OB/GYN! :D
now for the exam :\ oh well. at least it'll be an experience :\

i'm home! :)

(something's wrong with blogger loading on my computer - can't see anything so i'm just typing and hoping for the best!)

finally home after an eternity!
endured an 11 hour flight, then 10 hours in transit, only to find my flight home was cancelled and i'd to stay the night whilst waiting for the flight out next morning.
was downright depressed, but i made it home in the end! :)

i have to say, there's nothing like coming home, and clearing customs super fast sure helps!

exams upcoming, think i'm certain to fail as haven't had time to study at all, but at least it'll give me some much needed experience in the exams.

and i've gone and joined twitter - it's really interesting to follow people and see what comes of it! :)

back to work tomorrow, not looking forward to it at all. sigh.

leave is so good :)

i love being on leave! :D

the feeling of waking up late in the morning, with the sunlight and fresh air hitting your face, without needing to rush to hospital at the unearthly hours of the day, being able to actually eat breakfast slowly and read the papers instead of scarfing down cold food, being able to walk around my neighbourhood and appreciate being in the sun, not having nurses call me for the most irritating things, not having to update families, not having to deal with irritated radiologists, not having to deal with attendings and residents, eating home food, spending time with my family and friends, ahhhh.

LIFE IS BLISS ON LEAVE :D