Pethidine Pleasure

Well my community psychiatry attachment is over. Once again I have mixed emotions. Happy because that's another attachment out of the way. It was also a little tricky feeling so lost most of the time just floating around trying to observe stuff where ever possible. I'm also sad because the staff were all really friendly and I did get to see a lot of interesting patients. The OSCE was a complete nightmare and I'm not even going to start talking about that!

Over the weekend, we had the introductory BBQ for YACMA. It went really well but the turnout wasn't quite as big as we had hoped. It's funny how things unfold differently each year. There must be some deep and meaningful psychological factors which influences whether people are motivated enough to turn up for events such as these. While our advertising campaigns does contribute, I have the feeling that there are other factors beyond our control.

The kebabs went down really well at the BBQ! I'd like to claim credit for making them, but WW donated the recipe, YH mixed the ingredients and I didn't really do anything particularly useful. However I would like to say how much pain and suffering I went through to make them possible. I had to chop two whole bulbs of garlic. Do you have any idea how much it hurts when garlic juice soaks into your fingers for 30 minutes!?!??!? I was in such agony while chopping and later that evening I had to soak my hand in a bowl of cold water! Three days on, and my fingers still stink of garlic. Also, my fingerpads are now numb where they were stinging on Friday night. The sacrifices I make for YACMA! Forget about claiming expenses! I'm going to claim physical disability!!!!!!!! Oh well, at least I am safe from vampires for the next few nights. Buffy can have a holiday from watching over me while I sleep.

Today marked the start of a new attachment - rural GP! As you can probably tell, it must be in a town not too far away from Auckland City if I'm still posting on my blog! In fact, it's hardly has a rural feel at all. There are at least 4 GPs working there, a physiotherapist, a pharmacy and a brand new x-ray machine! Basically I just had an orientation day so I didn't get to do much. However it should be a nice and enjoyable three weeks ahead!

Gosh this is a boring post. Sorry about that. I can't think of anything really interesting to say right now... Actually that's a lie. There's heaps I want to post but it's hard to talk about things that I see in clinic and not break patient confidentiality. I really have to figure out a way of telling stories without saying stuff that I really shouldn't.