Update

ST application looming. Come Monday, scary....

Kinda start enjoying GP a little bit. Feel more at ease talking with social issues, rather than medical stuffs. Had a lady come in asking me to give her pills to lose weight. It transpire she has postnatal depression, on further exploring it stemmed from weight gain. Start thinking abt liposuction. For the record, she is not by anyway overweight, and is a beautiful lady and has a gorgeous daughter. I hope I did manage to reassure her; its kinda nice when she said I hope you stay in the surgery longer so she can come and speak with me again.

Personally I am against any surgical intervention for weight lost; I always considered that as the last resort. Lifestyle changes IS the key for weight loss and healthier life.

The otherday someone come for insomnia, and further persuasion revealed the root of her problem is her paedophile father has come to live with the family.

There is always a cause if you seek them. That's what I think anyway.

The annoying thing about being a FY2 junior

Gosh, today I almost reach the end of my tether when I had to re-refer my patient for ???cauda equina syndrome?? spinal stenosis???. Had to wait nearly half an hour before I get through the hospital switchboard. I almost scream. I am lucky that now I still have plenty of time to see patients. Wait until I reach my 10 minutes per patient stage (i probably will run my surgery late! Ha!).

Had to re-refer my patient as he was not seen by the specialty team I wanted him to see (as a result of communication breakdown between oncall staffs). Even more annoying when my patient told me the A+E docs just dismissed his complaint and I am just a trainee doc and send him home. Damned annoyed.I wasn't happy at all (my GP supported me in my clinical decision) especially when he developed red flags symptoms.

I am more than happy my referral is dismissed if they had run some sort of tests and found it as negative. GP has its own limitation - no blood test or x-ray available onsite as hospital docs have.

Another day passed, another year is upon us

Just come back from work..what a "blergh" day today. I don't really enjoy "nifty iffy" orthopaedic/rheumatology complaint. When you kinda stuck in between problem (to refer or not to refer). Wish I can just have "I don't give a shit" attitude, but of course you can't in my profession. A problem need sorting, it needs sorting. That's why I don't enjoy GP as much I think, too much grey area. Wish everything is white and black.

New year has been an excellent holiday for me. Met an old friend, meet new people as well. Fitt, do come back to Manchester! We can all spend the whole day kat Trafford Centre ye! And go to Saffron!

New resolution? I hate making ambition and goals in case I don't achieve them. God knows how I turn out to be a doctor at the end, and alhamdulillah, I do enjoy my work, despite its up and down.

Be happy. God bless!