Memoir of an intern doctor…Day 231
I’m tired of this routine. Its boring. Work, my room, work, my room. While at work..patients, patients, patients. While in my room, sleep, think, sleep, eat, sleep. Iam tayad!!!!
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Memoir of an intern doctor…..day 221. Acholi language not Acholi yet
My Acholi language is not close to even 15%, but I’ve tried to learn some “Medical Acholi” for my clerkships. But, I sometimes ask closed ended questions when I have no immediate interpreter but it still doesn’t seem to help😖. Here is how it goes. Me; Ngok tye? ( are you still vomiting?) Patient; hdndvsusj […]
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Memoir of an intern doctor….day 201
Its 23 days in my internal medicine rotation. Confession loading………,……………… I kinda miss the drill in the surgicals. It was busy, hectic and all, but I miss being tired after a good day of learning and saving lives. These past 23 days, I’ve worked..yes, but it feels like the longest weekend of my life😂. When […]
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Memoir of an intern doctor…Day 200. My HIV test fever!
Image showing a positive and negative test. (Image got from the internet) Its one thing asking your patients about their HIV status and declaring them serostatus unknown because their last test was over 3 months ago, and its another having to throw the same question to yourself as a health worker. I can confidently declare […]
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Memoir of an intern doctor…Day 197. My migrainer perspective
I’m writing this post not as a doctor, but as a patient. Because I’m an occasional Migrainer. Every time I have a migraine, ( 8 years now), I always wish I didn’t understand the physiology that could be happening in my head. I cry, I stress from understanding the possible complications and possible future progression […]
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Memoir of an intern doctor….day 177
We’re half way with internship. Its 6 months today baby, and my skin glows even better than before😊😊…isn’t God good?😊 Before internship, colleagues told me the work load at my internship site would be overwhelming and I’d loose myself including the weight😂. On the bright side, I knew I was going to lose some weight. […]
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Memoir of an intern doctor….day 173
#sadTales Once, I wheeled a dead body in a wheelchair . the caretaker had failed to wheel, I offered help, when I got to the destination and decided to help the old man get to his bed, I realised he was actually dead. He had been dead the whole time she had been wheeling 💔😧
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Memoir of an intern doctor….day 171
I stayed at work for you, please stay at home for me! Remember my post 7 days ago when I said my country had no COVID 19 case? Well, it hit us. We had a case the next 2 days. And two days later, 8 more announced in one day, making matters worse, we have […]
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Memoir of an intern doctor…day 164.
Its another #COVID-19 day on this planet. My country Uganda is still Corona Virus Free. Today the President had a state of nation address. All schools are closing with in 7 days for the next 30 days. No burials, no weddings, no church services, no bars, no gatherings of any sorts. Now this is helpful, […]
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Memoir of an intern doctor…day 163
#COVID-19 I don’t know what to say. Been quiet for weeks and now I’m not even sure if the air I take in daily isn’t 100% Corona Virus I’m at a point where my country, UGANDA is still #COVID-19 free, but I don’t think it is. I can feel it. Its already here, probably it […]
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