To be a surgeon

Hello all!
Just had a wonderful buffet at Tao with kahkei's family. SO full right now and I cant sleep when im too full.. I have had GERD since year one from doing intermittent fasting with coffee. (Stupid idea)

So after setting my target since last post... I have worked harder in my studies.
However, the more I know, the more I know I don't know.

It is not easy..
But, I learnt something today. It is from some india website. In getting MRCS and MS in surgery.

Basically I have to set a goal right now. My goal is to be a surgeon.
So after setting my goal, everything is easier.
Everything I do right now is either bringing me nearer to my goal or pulling me away from my goal.
In order to get to my goal as soon as possible, I need to have laser focus.

Thats my main goal in my medical life (To be a surgeon)

Lost my account

The reason i stopped blogging for the past 2 years is I lost my blogspot account!
Not exactly lost. It is more like forgetting the existence of my old email. The problem with having too many email account!

Just got back from hospital night rounds. This is my first night oncall in HSB. Im now a year 5 medical student, in my second posting of my final year right now (Surgery)

The past few days I've been googling alot on "How to become surgeon" in Malaysia.
It is tough. Getting a MRCS does not mean you are a surgeon in Malaysia. There is no clinical training in MRCS. Only theory and OSCE therefore its not recognised as a qualification to operate on patient.

In Malaysia, the only way to operate legally is via getting a Master in Surgery in government university. It is tough. The competition is tough. But nothing is impossible as the word says I M Possible.

Gotta pray my best and do my best is order to secure a seat for master in surgery in 3 years time!

Things to do to get accepted into Master in surgery

1. MRCS (Ireland)
2. Masters in Surgical Sciences (MSc)
3. Masters in Surgical Anatomy (MSc Surg. Anatomy)
5. Basic Surgical Sciences
6. Attending as many Surgical Related Workshops as possible
4. ATLS/MTLS/ACLS/PALS

4 hours in the ward

Believe it or not today marks one of the longest hours I've spent in the ortho ward. So yeah today I decided to go into the hospital a little bit earlier due to unforeseen changes. (I planned to exchange the new ATM card in cimb but got told there's no new card left when I reach the bank.)

So I reach hospital around 12pm. And I just wander around the ward hoping to get some case. I have bed side exam with Dr. Sara on Friday so yeah I want to get some cases and be familiar with them before Friday.

Around 1-2 hours later, a Malay lady presented together with her husband in wheelchair. We (ZH and I) got told by the HO( Dr Low) to clerk the patient and present the case to him.

So we just started clerking and yeah I even did the first step wrongly by not asking what is his name!!!

So and so we did some simple examination (pulse from dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial, pitting eedema).. And present the case to the HO. And the HO just type the case into the computer without clerking the patient again. SO.... This is our first job huh? As in first clerking that got used by the hospital.

And after clerking the patient, the PakCik was so thankful and he initiated to shake my hand and you know kiss his own hand after shaking (some Malay practise) and I could feel that our presence warm his heart. By just simply asking questions and doing some really basic general examination mean so much to them. This is the thing that motivates me even more to be a good doctor. I really like this job. So THANKFUL to my parents also, GOD, for putting me into a med school. I am getting clearer about my future now. Atleast I know I will be happy at work next time.

Pick a job you like and you would not feel like working from 8am to 8pm everyday. Pick a person you love and you will be happy from 8pm to 8am Hahaha LOVE YA GUYS LOVE LIFE!

Good and bad

YO. Its been a week since I last blogged. And just deleted another blog seconds ago. Weird feeling flowing all over but it's okay.
Okay so what is good and what is bad?
For the good parts :
I have gotten a chance to cut off slough from a real patient. An 68? yo aunty from ward 6 hsah. It was astonishing. An amazing experience. It spikes up my interest in medicine even more. Like I finally able to conduct a "mini" surgery? (Does that even count as one?) HAHAHA

Bad: I accidentally cut off one of her spinal arteries. It was crazy. Luckily Dr Low, an HO, was steady enough to suture it off and yeah it stopped the bleeding. I got told by the doctor that if the bleeding does not stop in 10mins that patient could easily go into shock.

Just finished stalking Dr Ng's blog. Spent about 1 hour?? After all, he is just a human like us. At some point, we do look-alike. He had no confident before this.. Kena scolded by primary school teacher in front of everyone because of his essay writing. Doubted by his friends regarding about medical answers. Told by his friend that he was in his friend's dream bout failing that particular subject and repeated that year moment before he steps in to the exam hall. (HOLY!! BAD luck sial) Doubted by his own dad regarding about his ability to start form 6 and to get a seat in UM MBBS. I am not that unconfident but however I can see that I fake a lot. Fake to be more confident but there's this saying where people say "Fake it until you made it" LOL HAHA Okay so after 7 weeks being in the hospital, I am more certain that I want to be a doctor. I have no exact answers to answer WHY DO YOU WANT TO BECOME DOCTOR. But, there is a drive inside me that I know GOD wants me to be a DR. (Being so christian-ish suddenly HAHAHA) But this is true story. I kinda felt it whenever I wanna give up studying back in year 1 and year 2. First week in orthopedics department. Life is tough here. So blur about all the anatomy. The bones.. muscles.. joints.. and so much more. There is no other way but to spend more time studying. I can do this! okay.. CRICK CRICK CRICK... BACK TO STUDYING! GOGO ORTHO!

Its been awhile. . I am now year 3 student in medic. Yeah medicine.. I don't know if I'm running in the rat race?? (quote from rich dad poor dad) Rat-race= Following the norms living life the usual way (study hard, get good grades, get good job, work hard, build a family, but have no idea when to retire) I think I'm in the process of second stage now (striving for good grades). Okay.. so how is the life of year 3 medic student? Life is tiring. However, I have build a nice habit and I think it is beneficial for me. The habit is waking up at 4-5am everyday and work on myself before school starts. Okay.. so the usual thing I do every morning is studying . . . . . At 8am, we have to be in school for SGTs (Short group teaching). And at around 1-2pm, we have to be in hospital. Okay, so what do we do in the hospital? Nothing much really. Just asking stupid questions from patients and try to get a diagnosis out of it. So right now as I am typing this, I am in the end of my paediatrics posting. I have bed-side examination later in the afternoon. My first posting ever. I like paediatrics. I Like seeing their happy and active faces. I don't know if I gonna be a paediatrician one day? Haha well just gotta work hard (RAT RACE) LOL ok. Gonna go back to studying~ Till next time blogger.

SPM RESULT DAY

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