Daft Ramblings: 31 December 2006

Friday, January 05, 2007

I passed, I passed!! Yayyyy!!!

I passed my December exams!! Yeayyy! Whew!

Thank goodness...after the horrible horrible 2nd exam paper, I made it. S for my 'What' strand, M for my 'How' strand (super surprising, honestly!) God is good lah, seriously :) Thank you everyone for putting up with my un-ending whining about how cruel the exams were.

That aside, we started our SSCs this week. I'm doing Perioperative & Critical Care now (i.e. anaesthesia, in a nutshell). Haven't really got around to being a lot in (operating) theatres yet, coz we went for this CCRISP course the last few days. (CCRISP = Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient) It was meant for SHOs or F2s or ST1/2s, but 2 nurses who were supposed to be there as observers couldn't make it, so me and Viks were lucky enough to get the places. Learnt quite a lot of useful things, and most of it weren't too far above our heads, so that we managed to understand most of what was taught and told. Very interesting, useful & pretty enjoyable too, except that it was pretty long days la (finish at 6pm, start at 8am = LONG DAY).

The communication skills part of the course was scary lar. How to deal with patients, how to break bad news, how to deal with your (sometimes frustrating & grumpy) consultants and peers!! Arrrr...not looking forward to this next time. Other than that, it was basically alot of drumming the system of approaching your critcally ill surgical patient into your head, which by now I can regurgitate too --> ABCDE, Full Hx & Ex, Chart review, reassess --> stable/unstable -->daily Mx plan vs Further Ix & getting senior help.

ABCDEs basically stands for -->
A-Airway (patent airway? O2 sats, give O2),
B-Breathing (RR, depth of expansion, symmetry,percussion,air entry),
C-Circulation (PR&Rhythm, BP, Temp, Cap refill, ?ECG, Fluid input/output, BMs, ?Bloods, ?ABGs),
D-Dysfunction of CNS (AVPU, Pupils),
E-Exposure (Wounds, stomas, bleeding)

See, I learnt (and remembered) something! ;D We also learnt about pain management & sepsis & SIRS & renal fxn & etc....but I shall leave all those for another day .>_<.

Oh well, enough of blabbing today. Here's a 'joke of the day' I got from one forward mail...enjoy!

Subject: Joke Story: Boobs & Willies


A family were sitting around the supper table.
The son asked his father, "Dad, how many kinds of breasts are there?"
The father surprised, answered, "Well, son, there are three kinds of breasts.
In her twenties, a women's breasts are like melons, round and firm.
In her thirties to forties, they have looked like pears, still nice but hanging a bit.
After fifty, they are like onions."
"Onions?"
" Yes, see them and they'll make you cry."

This infuriated the wife and daughter, so the daughter said:
"Mum, how many kinds of willies are there?"
The mother, surprised, smiled and looked at her daughter and answered,
"Well, dear, a man goes through three phases.
In a man's twenties, his Willy is like an oak tree, mighty and hard.
In his thirties and forties, it is like a birch, flexible but reliable.
After his fifties, it is like a Christmas Tree."
" A Christmas tree?"
"Yes, of course, dead from the root up and the balls are for decoration only."

"Ooo... what a pity.... Only decoration, Dad?"

Monday, January 01, 2007

Happy New Year everyone!

Happy New Year 2007 peeps!

Another year has gone by, and another new one has arrived. Time passes quickly, especially more when times are good. Looking back at the past year, was there anything significant that I had achieved, I wonder? What were the highs and lows of my past year? I really can't think of anything, except that my eldest brother got married recently, and it's been 3 whole years since I got together with my darling boy (an achievement for both of us! hahaha). Everything else seemed pretty much the same in life. Nothing much changed around me. Don't think I changed much either.

Have I matured any since 01.01.2006? I really don't know, but I do think that I try to be a little bit more pragmatic, a little bit more realistic, a little bit more optimistic & a little bit kinder to people around me. I have tried to be a better daughter in my own little ways, and I have tried to be a better person. But I have my ups and downs too, and every now and again I get a little bit depressed, a little bit frustrated (a whole lot when I'm driving at home), a little bit ill-tempered & a little bit bitchy. But I suppose that's life lah. Nothing's perfect, nobody's perfect. Such as in the Lord's prayer, 'Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us'.

What hasn't changed? I'm still the lazy procrastinator that I have always been, my weight is still the bloody same, and I seem to be lacking in motivation & increasing in clumsiness. So I suppose my resolutions for the new year remains the same as it has done the last few years --> Try to be more punctual, more hardworking, must take initiative to do things, lose some weight & tone up & get in (better) shape!! Will I be successful with my resolutions this year? Only time will tell. Wait and see!! .>_<.

Turning 24 in 3 weeks time. Not happy at all about getting older :/ Can anybody cheer me up on this point?