Good news….preferences closed today. And after I was angsty last night when PAH went over quota, it was back to quota by COB today….which means (if I have read the QH website correctly) I am locked in and will be working there next year.
I hope this is a good thing. It’s too late [...]
Gooooood morning and welcome to The Electric Breakfast Show pumping up the joules for a high voltage show (if you will pardon the shocking humour **groan**).
For those of you on the depressed side, we’ll get you pumping with a dose of electroconvulsive therapy and follow that jolting experience which is a fitting start to the [...]
Never mind learning resuscitation skills….never mind learning about drugs….never mind communication skills….
…the most important skill you need as a doctor (apparently) is…..”Rock, Paper, Scissors (RPS)”.
RPS is the most important skill when it comes down to crucial decisions about patient care….or so it would seem after my day today. No less than three times were [...]
Five hours in theatre.
Pus abounded.
Most impressive was the cottage-cheese butt-volcano…. a multiple headed pus-filled monster of an abcess.
Plenty of caseous discharge prior to it’s incision and drainage.
I recall the famous words of my micro lecturer….
Never let the sun go down on undrained pus
The anaesthetist who I was shadowing decided [...]
There are certain people (who say SUD a lot)…not mentioning any names….who do interesting things with their tongues.
Much amusement to be had by all.
And of course, a picture says a thousand words…so I shall be sure to put pictures in a place readily accessable to the world. Naturally, everyone [...]
**groan** I know, I know, it’s not the cleverest or funniest of jokes…but it is a good segue into this post.
A dear friend of mine recently wrote about shoes. Okay so I would be stupid if I said it was “JUST” about shoes….but…. it got me thinking…..
How does a shoe feel when it’s [...]
O Freunde, nicht diese Töne, sondern lasst uns angenehmere anstimmen, und freudenvollere.
O friends, not these notes! Rather let us take up something more pleasant, and more joyful.
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The opening lines of my most favouritest piece of music in the whole wide world (with english translation).
Beethoven – Symphony Number Nine (Ode to Joy).
If there is one [...]
I think I am going to grow old and die alone…. with my dogs….who will nibble at my feet to keep themselves alive after I die alone in my house and am not discovered for weeks and weeks until the neighbours can’t stand the smell. Longer if it’s in the middle of winter.
There are [...]
**BEGIN RANT**
It fucking shits me when I go to the effort of getting out of bed at the unseemly hour of midday, shower, and then drive to the hospital for a clinic only to discover:
a) My attendance form was already signed off yesterday
b) The wretched clinic (which was already of dubious value) was cancelled.
So I [...]
Grrr.
It feels like I am going to have to put my life on hold for the next little while which sucks!
Tucking fypical (gotta love those spoonerisms)…just as I have myself a semblance of a social life and things to do, places to go and people to see…..(or is that things to go, people [...]