"The first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine."
-Sir William Osler
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krys wanted to say:
i survived my EOD calls!
thank God that it was not too extremely busy.. still manageable, had really nice MOs, although i didnt get to sleep much still.. maybe itz just me. dunno how to manage my time.
it feels great to be on leave finally. not going to work for 5 days straight.
will be in a new dept when i get back. hope i have nice MOs and nurses in the ward. :P God has been good to me.. it could have been worse. heh.
still perpetually tired though.. today in BS i was just dozing off completely! maybe still recovering from my calls.. think i might never recover completely.. perpetual sleep debt... itz gonna get worse when i do surgery!! :P sianz...
and they say that SGH med is the worst... i sure do hope so!
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krys wanted to say:
14 days and 4 more calls to my leave!!
yeah... feeling much better now. kinda got out of my mini-depression... mood is better these days, although still chronically tired.. thank God for my darlin who was there to pray with me when i was down.. there was a period when i just couldnt stop crying almost every day cos i was just feeling so miserable. and there was the time when we were both not feeling too well and on call. thank God that we're better now. i know i can place my trust in Him, and that He will carry us thru. havent really been at church much these days. really miss just standing there and worshipping. miss the fellowship, miss studying His word.
well, things are better now. still hate settling all the home and discharge issues with all the patients. half of them cant go home cos nobody to take care of them. itz very frustrating to call MSW everyday and she seems to be forever on leave! and all the NH/CH applications are driving me crazy!! :P
at least my list aint as long as when i first started out in this ward.. better cross my fingers and hope it stays that way esp when my MO goes on her 3 day wedding leave and i'm having my EOD calls!!
cant wait to go on leave. 3.5 days are better than no weekend to look forward to! :P
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krys wanted to say:
my heart will be rejoice...
sorry if i do sound a bit too depressed in the last entry...
cant help it.. heh. havent been away from church for so many weeks in a row! and so perpetually tired.. (ok la, actually datz quite normal.) well life has it's ups and downs doesnt it? there will be times when i get my plugs in at one go, and times where i just simply cant get enuff blood for cultures etc.. and times when i get psychologically n physically abused everytime i attempt to take blood from some pt. itz traumatising. just wish her Hb will not keep dropping so i dun need to keep taking her blood again and again to check.. :(
oh well.. almost one month is gone le... guess i'm kinda getting used to the night calls and all... altho i still dun absolutely look forward to it. the incessant calls are really quite scary. lie down for 2 min and the phone starts to ring. the worst is when they ring non-stop when u are in the middle of some procedure or seeing some pt... haiz... whoever said being a doctor was glamourous?
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krys wanted to say:
HO life....
..............
yeah well itz been 22 days since i started workin.. was a tad depressed after my first week, cos i hardly got a break on sundays so far have worked 3 sundays already. actually workin days itself is not so bad.. cos i'm in endocrine, haha. pretty slack dept. my pt list usu less than 10.. manageable. n we usu finish our ward rounds by abt 930am which is really good for a medical round i tink . heh. itz the night calls that are killing me! take super long to recover from one. i can sleep most of the day post call, but still feel sleepy the next day. :P
i'm sorry my frenz, if i have neglected u or disappeared from ur life in the past few weeks. or rather i feel kinda detached from the world. onli ppl i see are prob hy and my family. no time to really go out, except to eat. usu will be too sleepy to do anythin. hoping that it will get better with time.
i guess it just needs getting used to.
learning to be more efficient.
but sometimes i just dun noe wat to do. still feel clueless.. haiz.
cant wait for my first PAYday!! :):)
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krys wanted to say:
me and lyn at the beach!!
these pictures were taken 2 weeks ago, when we went cycling together!! havent done this in a really long time! heh. we spent almost half the time chillin' and taking photos at the breakwater though!! hehee.... :P wif our "brilliant" phototaking skills!!
we happened to be wearing both similar outfit but different color! hehe. cant believe that we're 23 and still wearing similar stuff!!! :P
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krys wanted to say:
Legacy....by Nichole Nordeman
I don't mind if you've got something nice to say about me
And I enjoy an accolade like the rest
You could take my picture and hang it in a gallery
Of all who's who and so-n-so's that used to be the best
At such'n'such ... it wouldn't matter much
I won't lie, it feels alright to see your name in lights
We all need an 'Atta boy' or 'Atta girl'
But in the end I'd like to hang my hat on more besides
The temporary trappings of this world
I want to leave a legacy
How will they remember me?
Did I choose to love? Did I point to You enough
To make a mark on things?
I want to leave an offering
A child of mercy and grace who
blessed your name unapologetically
And leave that kind of legacy
I don't have to look too far or too long awhile
To make a lengthy list of all that I enjoy
It's an accumulating trinket and a treasure pile
Where moth and rust, thieves and such will soon enough destroy
Not well traveled, not well read,
not well-to-do or well bred
Just want to hear instead,
"Well Done" good and faithful one...
i wanna leave that legacy..to be remembered as a child after His heart. to be "blameless" in the eyes of men and of God, that i may be a wonderful witness to His name, no matter where i am. :) God, help me to fulfil all that you want me to be...
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krys wanted to say:
picture blog!
krys decides to picture blog for a bit...
started HO training yesterday, but it seems like forever already! whole day of lectures is no joke. although they keep feeding us wif good food every 2 hrs (cos we're not paid! haha.) just hope i dun get too tired by the time i start work "officially" and become the lowest in the hierachy... :P
went to this Morrocan place at Clarke Quay and tried an "Absolute stress" (left), which was v fruity n nice, wd tried the "i love you, you love me" which was blue and fizzy nice. heh. on the right is norm attempting to smoke the mango flavoured thingy we saw other ppl trying. itz just the whole novelty of it! :P
me enjoying some yummy food at raffles place TCC... really great place to chill!! :)
dun we look like some girl band?? :P
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krys wanted to say:
post mbbs..
enjoyin da life right now! lurve the feeling of just stoning, not having to study for a while. basically just doing the things i used to do...watch tv, go blading, eat, sleep, watch movie, try to do a bit of leisure reading here and there.
am also recovering from a chengdu flu, so cant go joggin. or rather, would not wanna take the chance of wanting to faint halfway cos my reserves are low! haha. just feel like sleepin whole day.. sore throat and constantly blocked nose..
yeap just came back from chengdu not too long ago, was really brrrr cold there, esp up in the mountainous village where we went to visit. got to play a bit of doctor there! did some health screening for the sch kids.. was an enriching and brrrrr cold experience! i was trying to do a quick shower in the freezing bathroom and there was a blackout halfway!! had to dress in the dark wif a torch in hand.. haha, was so freaked out!! really am thankful for the warmth we have here in Singapore!
flew by AirChina! and got to visit the Panda research center @ Chengdu and got up close and personal wif mama Panda and the cute red panda!! :):)
our fav snow-capped mountain! plus i love the lil puppy! so cute right... making frens with the piglet... :P
cant believe i'm really graduating soon! if all goes well, hehe... *cross my fingers* will be getting my results next monday! then gotta go and do all the stuff such as registration for HO and ordering commencement gowns etc! new phase of life! well at least i dun have to go and send out CVs and do interviews for a job. hehe. i'd be v stress if i have to look for my own job. :P got approx 2 plus weeks b4 i start training! no time to rot ...eheh. just enuff to take a break and breathe... most of my frens are jetting to europe and aussie for the longest holiday we'll have in a while...
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