Haks.. its deepavali tomorrow. So to our hindu believers.. happy deepavali. sapa-sapa yang mandi minyak in the morning , please use the ointment with good smell.. hehehehhe..
by the way , FYI - this is one of those years where my birthday is NOT ON deepavali !! haksss.. i dunno why but deepavali occurs too often on the 24th of october hehehhehe like last year 2003. i was embarrased about this fact when i was younger hehehehe biasalah , anything associated with DKK was deemed sensitive. hehehehe dont we all ??? thats why we love snakes better... *smile*
Anyway ,its public holiday tomorrow and guess what , i'm on call...again.. sigh. well , not really looking forward to go to the wards tomorrow morning - seriously ,this is actually the posting i dread most to serve in. During my previous postings i was comfortable , but not now in medicine.. somehow my interest is not so much on General medicine. It does help my career as a locum doctor but naah.. not that dedicated to spend my life doing. But i do feel that the procedures being done here in P2 will help me a lot in my future posting in anaesthesia.
No wonder my wife dreaded life in general medicine , no matter which level you are ho ke specialist ke - you work like 7 days per week. i suppose the reason being its HKL , the so called tertiary centre of medical treatment in malaysia !! but i do give my respect to those who chose to be commited to this discipline.
For you guys who's not really clear what i'm talking about ;there are 2 types of mazhab in the doctor's world ( pretty isolated..). Medicine and Surgery. Medicine is general medicine ie.. you deal with all kind of diseases - very broad coverage. from the likes of simple fever to the complex myocardial Infarction.it is the core and basic of all doctors. Surgery deals with chopping and cutting out human organs. YOu either fall into one of this two categories.Usually medicine fellas are the smarter ones academically - having broad knowledge ,the mighty KUmar and Clark on your finger tips . Inlooking for the diagnosis , they have to think the logical reasoning with their vast knowledge in finding out the cause of the problem. Surgery fellas are smart too but they are more oriented into stat action.And it requires multiple skills in the operating theatre.
Which category do i fall into ? well , i kinda like the action part .thats why i hate medicine - need to know lots and i know for a fact i am not that smart. Funnily , i fell in love with paediatrics when i was doing that posting.It is actually equivalent to medicine only it deals with "small" people which can be more complicated !!! Dunno why , maybe because i am comfortable with kids and somehow enjoy them heheheehe. its either you like it or you really hate it. Imagine , having to suck out blood from the tiny fingers and hands !!! not easy wooo .. but i dont really mind that.. thats why i was sort of focused in taking the MRCPCH earlier( which was not that successful!! ) . however - as i went thru the other postings ( OnG and surgery) , i found anaesthesia( bius in malay ) to be really kewl. They are the fellas who we refer to when you dunno what to do with ur patient ie.. patient's condition getting worse like dying soon.. hehehehe . so now, i'm in two minds - in deciding which discipline to take up. After 3 months of medicine , i want to be posted in anaesthesia. and i reckon that then , will i only know whether i am suitable for it.
N so far in medicine , ive been doing procedures to equip myself before anaesthesia. I've been doing all the insertion of complex intravenous access to patients!! somehow not 100% success everytime but hey.. one needs practicwe to be good right !! heks.. i guess in P2 is the best place to practice these skills and i believe that god had put me in P2 for a reason.. ( heks.. ni kira nak buat sedap hati sendiri ahh.. )
ok lar gang.. need to go to sleep. am on the whole day n nite tomorrow. will write one more blog before raya. a reflection sempena aidilfitri 2004 *smile*
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