苏打绿陪我过的日子

每个星期五傍晚，
我会象个游子，
赶搭最后一趟火车回家。

沿路是夕阳，大片的草原和结群的牛羊。
三个小时，
听着苏打绿的歌，很有感觉。
就这样，不断地重复了七个星期。
青峰的声音太引人入胜了。
他们的音乐甚至已经取代了周董在我心中的位置。

眼见下乡服务已经快告一段落。
没有了三个小时的车程，
换来了更忙碌的外科，
我还会有时间聆听他们的歌吗？





比较喜欢台语版本 ：）

IV cannulasss

I finally have some positive experience with IV cannulation after few years of practicing.

I still remember my first few ones, they were easy veins but just couldn't get in or at least have to try a few times. Practice really makes things I wont say perfect but at least much better.

I have got a patient telling me my cannulation is less painful than the one done by the nurse (and the nurse couldn't get it in :P).
Another patient told me today "it's a pleasure" even though he ended up not needing the cannula. So I poked him for nothing but he was not upset.
One patient didn't realise I was done with the cannulation.
I managed to cannulate a seizing patient in a MET call.

They were not difficult ones and they have got palpable veins. The really hard ones I still missed or didn't know where to start.

I could now say I am better than when I was in 5th year.

It's great to have some satisfaction from the work and some positive reinforcement too :)

Endless ward jobs

Things have been quite good on the ward until yesterday.

I really felt that everyone wants a piece of me. Drug charts, IV cannulas, referral letters, calls from GPs, calls to GPs, calls to patient family, calls from patient family, chase results, review patients with new complaints, deteriorating patients,admissions, last but not least, talking to an agitated patient with hx of IV drug use that we are not giving him any endone at 6pm whilst I was supposed to be finished at 4.30pm.

It's nearly impossible to get out of the ward, things come up 1 after another or at the same time. I understand that if the nurses dont catch me, they will have to page the cover doctor in ED and if ED is busy, no one will respond to them quickly. The nurse in charge was very nice though. She said if I have any problem claiming overtime, she will speak for me.

How I wish I have "3 heads 6 arms"...but I am lucky that I do have a really helpful registrar who shares some of my workload.

Without me realising, it's already Wednesday! Weekend is coming :D Hang in there!!!

独处

活到这把年纪，
似乎不曾独居。
这十个星期正是个好时机。
选择把时间留给自己，
追连续剧，
好笑时傻笑，感动时流泪。
过自己设定的生活，
不需要迁就和交待。
感觉像在放假呢！

Changes

It happened for a few times already,

Was going to say to patient "The doctor looking after you is going to..."

Then I realised,
I am "the doctor looking after you" too...

Grrr...