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Today marks the last day of my Surgical posting. It has been alot of back alley interrogation and body excrement handling.
Through these 4 months, I have been through loads of ups and downs. From being the chillest posting to one of the hectiest due to lack of manpower. From handling 2-3 patients to handling a whole lot of 25-30 patients alone.
So how's surgical overall? For a person that enjoys hands-on and fast results, surgical has been fun. Although I did not managed to do any open appendicectomies (did not encounter them during my last month as EMOT HO) but at least I've managed to do a saucerisation of a back carbuncle. I have enjoyed the last month of this posting more although we were working like we are in medical because my new medical officers has been very helpful (some of them were my senior HOs during my first month of work). Just when we are about to get used to things, then it's time to change postings (damn! 😅)
One of the few things I have learnt after transitioning from a student to an actual doctor: Work smart AND hard. There will be days that you will feel like breaking down and giving up but always remember why you started this. A senior once told me that if you have not cried even once during housemanship then you are not a houseman because that is the purpose of these 2 years: to break down your walls and make you rebuild them with thicker materials.
2 days ago, a new batch of housemans started work. It did make me think that I was in their shoes just about 4 months ago. How time flies~ (although it felt like a year or so). I do pity them for coming in during this messy period with the lack of seniors to teach but that is life. No more medical school style where people can repeat a few times until you understand. It's "see one, do one" style. It's a field that sometimes scolding does make you remember things better so please bear with it. You might feel very wronged at times but before that, make sure you have tried your best. If you had done so, then there is nothing you can change but at least, you know there is nothing more you could have done for the patient but you didn't.
I hope my words would be able to enlight some of you and make you bear through these 2 weeks of dreadful tagging. Just keep trying! We are too young to give up and blame the world at this age!
I will be starting my medical posting tomorrow. So I will be going through 2 weeks of tagging again as well. ALL THE BEST TO ALL OF US!
