Just started obs and gynae placement in west wales. This placement is relatively tougher than the previous ones tat i had because it involves a long placement hour. Most of the time i had to be available after the usual placement hour to attend any deliveries that happened at night. Having said that, i only attended one of such birth so far. Hopefully i am goin to see more in the coming weeks.
Life is really stressful at the moment. Sometimes i really feel like taking few days off and go to an isolated island to relax for a few days. Just wanna be alone for a few days so that i can rest my mind. I did feel like giving up on a few occasions, but i didnt. I am considered quite lucky coz i can always get some supports from my family, esp my parents. My frens wont be stingy to provide their encouragement too. And of course another important source of my motivation comes from the patients.
I was going to the hospital in a morning and i saw a patient who was waiting for his transport to go back home. He spotted me and started greeting me. 'Morning, doctor,' he said.
'Morning, sir. But don't call me doctor cause i am only a medical student.' I smiled back at him.
'It's ok, Doc. Can I ask u sth?' .........
'Well, i am not very sure about that as i haven't got alot of experience. The best thing to do is to contact your GP to get more information from him or her.' I replied him embarassingly.
'It's ok, Doc. At least you stopped to help. Thank you Doc.'
I really feel that he was too kind to address me as a doc and it was really an overestimation on my status. But i must admit that it was very encouraging and it made me wanna learn more so that the next time i will be able to confidently answer questions fr the patients.
I really have no time to complain about my hectic lifestyle. After all, this is what i really want and really like to study about.
