I stayed home from work yesterday. I woke in the morning and had slept only a couple of hours, and I just couldn’t go. Damn early bus. Though I think that’s only a part of it.
I can stand people suffering, especially when they come to me for help. That’s what I do, and I have [...]
So there’s something I always remember about dealing with people.
When I was an intern in my last year of med school, I did my voluntary assignment, naturally, in psychiatry. I was placed on an open unit dealing with patients with affective disorders.
There was a resident there, a woman called A – maybe in her mid-thirties [...]
She’s well-dressed, her white hair a sporty short style, her make up well done. I’ve met her only once, almost two months ago during her stay on the psych ICU. She had just tried to kill herself the second time. We did rounds and called her in to talk to her, the attending, two interns [...]
He’s about 75 years old and comes to his appointment with his son. His clothes are impeccable and he’s carrying one of these bags that try not to look like a handbag by having a handle on the side.
He shakes my hand and makes a little bow. Both he and his son have this adorable [...]
Work today went like this.
Got an adorable older couple. Guy has heart problems. He’s also had pain in his calf and foot for a few days, so I can’t rule out thrombosis.
Normally, I would send him to radiology. If all’s good, they send him back to me. If something’s wrong, they send him to surgery.
Today, surgery’s [...]
So here’s that update I’ve been promising. Things at work have been somewhat more tense the last week. I think the reason is that all over the country, nurses are going on strike. Here in Tinytown things will start to get funny on Monday.
Nurses here study for four years. They’re generally very well educated and [...]
No, really, I’m still alive.
I hate it when the administrative stuff at work takes over patient work. I stayed more than an hour late today and am still not finished with the bloody paperwork.
I HATE PAPERWORK.
In case you hadn’t noticed.
Then I had to go shopping, but didn’t. Heh. And then I went home and got [...]
Bouncy Haired Girl was visiting this weekend, and guess what? I managed to get her kitted up for two little projects out of Cross Stitch Crazy and she started stitching! *insert evil laugh* Sooner or later I’m gonna get you.
I had a nice conversation with a colleague today. She’s German too, but I don’t know [...]
I’m sitting at nail girl’s who’s a bit late, and thought I’d try browsing on my mobile. Lookit, it’s working!
Yesterday was strange. I woke up at three in the morning because the phone was ringing. Some prank caller.
‘Hi, how old are you?’
I ended the call right away, but the moron kept calling.
I put the phone [...]
Monday again. How is it that it’s somehow always Monday? The weekend never feels that long.
I had a good day at work, on Friday no less. (Fridays are almost as annoying as Mondays, heh.) It made me think.
If someone would ask me what my greatest weakness is, work-wise, I would say that I have a [...]
