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Neurology – Journal Entries

I.II.V JOURNAL ENTRIES Journal entries from my rotation in neurology: It’s Christmas Day, and I’m on call. I’m enjoying an impromptu feast set up by the nurses in my ward when I’m paged to see Mr. Crap – a demented and confused patient. I get to the ward and am immediately drawn to the patient in question by all the […]

Added on November 10, 2020 Foundation Year 1 , Neurology

Humbled

I.II.IV HUMBLED Neurology was shaping up to be the best rotation – for more reasons than one. But above all, I would say that the three months spent in this department helped me reconnect and become more human, as it were. Here, I got the chance to start taking care of my patients in a more holistic manner as I […]

Added on November 3, 2020 Foundation Year 1 , Neurology

Meaning

I.II.III MEANING During my second rotation, I had my fair share of time to think about my practice as a doctor and about my personal life – one I had been neglecting for quite a while. You see, working in a hospital with dying patients has you thinking about many things. As the great Meredith Grey puts it, “In staring […]

Added on October 27, 2020 Foundation Year 1 , Neurology

Desensitised

I.II.II DESENSITISED It was during my time in neuro that I realised I was not the same person I had been at the start. I never thought I could end up so jaded, so robotic, so heartless. At one point, I found myself almost intolerant and oblivious to other people’s woes. It comes with the job, most people would say. […]