MEMOIR OF A MEDICAL INTERN
Memoir of an intern doctor…..Day 53
In 8 days time, I’ll be moving over to Surgery for my 1 month rotation. But can I say I’m already worried. First of all, mass casualties freak me out. Then also people bleeding from any part of their body other than their vagina disturbs my brain( its the only bleeding I’m used to that’s […]
Memoir of an intern doctor….day 51
Day 51 going strong, still working hard, smiling, and having my patients bless me. Yes, I get that daily. I have been told ‘Medicine looks good on you’ in those exact words. But I have a major challenge. I have failed to meet that fine line between Empathy and Sympathy . I have failed 😢. […]
Memoir of an intern doctor…..day 50
Can you believe? 50 freaking days. And we’re still alive 😂😂😂. And mildly complaining😂😂. Been wondering how I’ve somehow managed to go through the past almost 8 days happy, and I think I found an answer. Not sure it will work for all you interns out there, but well. So, one Sunday when I thought […]
Memoir of an intern doctor …day 49
My night duty and I loooved it. Very calm night. I got some sleep this time round. Maybe 3 hours . I loved it. I also love the fact that I haven’t complained about internship in days 😊
Memoir of an intern doctor…..day 48
My colleague and friend (fellow intern doctor) has been having evening fevers, chills, general body weakness for the past 2 weeks. Strikingly, the evening fever patterns. She tested negative for all possible illnesses we could think of , but they were negative. We blamed it on fatigue. Her supervisor gave her a day off work, […]
Memoir of a doctor intern….day 47
Its every student’s joy when their teacher complements their work. Its every Doctor’s joy when a senior doctor/ specialist complements their work. I was in these shoes today. I’ll tell you about it. Every Saturday morning, we hold CMEs as a hospital. The entire staff is there and every department takes turns presenting. One department […]
Memoir of an intern doctor…..day 46
I can’t complain about work today, maybe the fact that I miss matooke. This part of the country doesn’t have much of it. Today we pulled off our first “party” as interns. We organised a birthday something for one of our colleagues. It was a good laugh. The best we’ve had all our time here […]
Memoir of an intern Doctor…days 43, 44, 45
I knowww, I didn’t live 3 days in one, but honestly speaking, I feel like I did. Past 3 days, this could be the first time I’m sobber and not worried about who hasn’t had their ECHO done or whose hyperkalemia isn’t going down despite doing everything possibly available, and why a 90 year old […]
Memoir of an intern doctor…day 42
Today, I had quite some pain to share, but I learnt of a friend’s illness 2 days ago. I somehow have forgotten about my own. My friend Emeru, 25 year old, very fit athlete with both an ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction, which he got following months of battling nephritic syndrome. He just finished school. […]