Feel shattered, but now wide awake…

I finished my last day of nights today at 7am and got home feeling knackered. I managed to sleep till 2pm and eventually ventured out to do some shopping. Felt really shattered towards the evening but decided not to go to bed early and passed on the opportunity to go out for a few drinks as i was worried i would fall asleep.

Generally the week of nights was ok. Monday night was really hectic and i was busy till 3am. There were several cardiac arrests and i felt a bit of a loose end initially since it has been so long since i have attended an arrest. Unfortunately, on Tuesday I was part of the arrest team that failed to revive a 25 year girl who came in hypothermic and almost asystolic—was really sad! The rest of the week was fine, and eventually my body clock adjusted to my new hours, so now i know i am tired and yet i don’t feel sleepy. Bizarrely in this job i will have random one day nights, so my next night on-call is next Tues. Plus i am working Xmas day and the NY weekend. Oh well! This is better than Psych!

Gotta go to bed. Footy tomorrow AM.

One month later…

As I am no longer unemployed, sitting on my arse watching daytime TV, i now seem to be less inclined/interested in updating my blog— guess i am being just lazy really! Anyway with that stupid statement, I am now paradoxically updating my blog, almost one month after my last one!

So, I’ve almost done my first month of Psychiatry as an F2 SHO. How has it been then? Well to be honest, the first 3 weeks was rubbish—why? —well my boss was away and thus there were no outpatient clinics and we seemed to have no ill patients. For 3 weeks, me and my F1 (PRHO) were bored out of my brains. Thankfully our boss returned and we were both plunged into doing our own clinics and i did my 1st of many dictated notes. The other massive hassle, which i have finally sorted out is a bloody audit which i’ve been trying to get registered. I hate doing audits, but i need to do at least one of these bloody audits to complete my F2 year!

As I am lucky to have my weekends off, i have been off visiting friends etc. So last bank holiday weekend, I went home, back to the new flat, to check out how things had progressed. I built more furniture and sorted out my room so it was more livable. I went out for my mates 29th birthday on Saturday and met up some old mates (from Sheffield Uni) at the Notting Hill Carnival 2006 . Bought more furniture in IKEA on Monday, and then took the wrong turn back home, so we had a scenic view of London back to Islington.

I am now sitting in my room of the hospital accomodation i am renting, for a bargin price. Luckily this rented house is only 8 minutes from work and i save money on petrol. I’m just about to watch the England vs Andorra match now. Played footy earlier in Warwick— I am now aching! I am so unfit!

Might check out Leamington tomorrow. Do my usual, non-specific, ambling around town and try and do some work later.

Gotta go!

Less than a month to go

After many months of unemployment and claiming dole, i am finally going to be starting work as a full time doctor from august 2nd.

my rotation is 1 year long and my jobs will be:

• Adult Psychiatry: August to December 2006
• Acute Medicine: December 2006 to April 2007
• GP: April to August 2007

It appears that most of my hospital jobs are at one hospital.

I’m looking forward to getting back to work and earning some decent dosh again, plus life will be more social, though a lot of my weekends will disappear, but that i am aware of that! I miss working as a doctor!