now 3 more days until my 2 day break. i am literally having difficulty opening my eyes atm. how on earth the malaysian doctors work 7 days a week every single day of their life? beats me. here is my salutation! i am very very impressed. my 10 hours a day for 9 days already felt like a LIFETIME. I wonder how it feels like if its never ending. NO WEEKENDS. EVER.
I drained an abscess today. It was disgusting, offensive, murky sloughy abscess, but, the satisafaction- indescribable. HEHE. Now u must think I'm a weirdo. Let me explain myself then. :) This patient is in tremendous pain- this huge 3cmx3cmx3cm ball of pus is sitting near the nail of his finger- and by releasing this volcanic-like - gave him so much relief, this automatically gave me happiness too. Its like the feeling I get after trephining a nail for subungal haematoma too (involved making a small hole thru the nail to release blood from under the nail- in cases where the patient got his/her finger trapped and got blood accumulating under the nail). GREAT SATISFACTION! :D
But this tiredness that follows my 10 hour shift? sucks big time. I wonder how ANYONE can manage having small children/family ontop of this ridiculous rota. Coming home straight to sleep. Where is the family time?
Til then, wish me luck for my next 3 days of torture+fun+madness.
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