24 March 2007

You've no veins

You limped into the ward round
Like you were waking from gen surg nights
Ptosis strategically dipped your eyelid down
Your shirt stained with cinamon scone
You had Tramal on your drug chart
As you watched yourself convulse
And all the girls dreamed that you're in a coma
You're in a coma, and

You've no veins, you probably were an IV drug user
You've no veins (you've no veins!), I'll bet you were an IV drug user
Weren't you? weren't you???

You had me several years ago
When I was still in fourth year
Well, you said that I made such a pretty doc
And that you would never leave
But you self discharged against advice
And some advice came from me
I had some dreams they were phlebs who took blood tests
Phlebs who took blood tests, and

You've no veins, you probably were an IV drug user
You've no veins (you've no veins!), I'll bet you were an IV drug user
Weren't you? weren't you??? Weren't you? weren't you???

I had some dreams they were phlebs who took blood tests
Phlebs who took blood tests, and

You've no veins, you probably were an IV drug user
You've no veins (you've no veins!), I'll bet you were an IV drug user
Weren't you? weren't you???

Well, I hear you went up to the CCU
And your heart naturally failed
Then you threw your ST segments up
To see the triple 8 team of the day
Well, you're where you should be all the time
And when you're not, you're with
Some psychiatry team or the life of an intern
Life of a intern, and

You've no veins, you probably were an IV drug user
You've no veins (you've no veins!), I'll bet you were an IV drug user
Weren't you? weren't you??? Weren't you? Weren't you now???

You've no veins, you probably were an IV drug user
You've no veins, you probably were an IV drug user ...

04 March 2007

Working life

Gosh I've let the postings slip again. Partly because I had a really bad flu last week but also because I don't really have anything to post. "Why's that?" you may ask. Well the answer to that is quite simple - I HAVE NO LIFE. Work has consumed every part of me to the point where I have absolutely no time for anything else. If I'm not at work, I'm at home just trying to recover so that I can survive the next day at work. Don't get me wrong - I think I am actually enjoying the job, especially now that I've changed to general medicine. However I really wish that I didn't find it so stressful.

If only I had a bigger brain capacity. There's so many things going on with these patients, it takes me ages just to get my head around what's actually happening. If I've managed to do that, then I have to do something about it! Quite often I don't and it's only the registrar or consultant who notice - and then I feel really stupid for not having done what I should have done.

Even when I try my hardest, I still forget to do things. I even had to phone the hospital from home over the weekend because I forgot to leave a message for the weekend house officer. Every day, more and more, there's information to process. It just won't end!!!

Then I come home and try to relax, but I can't because my head is still spinning from the day's chaos. All of the stupid stuff I did during the day whizzes around my mind. I want to destress by playing tennis or the piano but I'm too tired to move. Now I really value the weekends - especially this one which is between two 12 day stretches in a row.

Like I said before - I do enjoy the job... I just wish it wasn't so stressful. I hope it improves soon, because I'll surely burn out if it stays like this forever...