I learn that being a good doctor means treating the whole person, supporting the team and valuing every voice in patient care.
Losing Touch
I lose touch with myself amid medicine and emotional numbness, until an unexpected friendship helps me feel alive again.
Alchemy
I question the futility of medicine and learn that even when death is inevitable, delaying loss and preserving life still matter.
Time of Death
I confront death as a doctor and honour the patients whose losses made me more human and gave deeper meaning to my career.
General Medicine – First Day
I begin general medicine, meet a genuinely supportive consultant and rethink what leadership and teamwork should look like.
Neurology – Journal Entries
Journal entries from my rotation in neurology.
Festivities
I celebrate my delayed graduation, reflect on three months in neurology and leave the rotation humbler, more aware and ready to grow.
Humbled
I fail a lumbar puncture, confront my growing ego and learn that the best doctors remain humble, curious and willing to improve.
Meaning
I question whether life has meaning and find my own purpose through medicine, mortality and the human determination to keep living.
Desensitised
I confront emotional detachment after repeated deaths and rediscover why compassion must remain part of treating every patient.