I was quite nervous for my birthday on Tuesday for all the activities which were happening throughout the day in the hospital. Those of us in my group had to do a little presentation on patients at a multi-disciplinary group, we were all a little nervous and had a page of notes until we got to the meeting and our doctor told us to cut it down to a few sentences!! not as big as we thought then :P We had a great tutorial in the morning where our consultant actually took the time to just sit down with us, tell us how he approached patients and diagnosis and answered questions we had. He took us through ECGs which i was happy about - they are so confusing!! We also had a meeting over lunch with doctors giving presentations and a clinical tutorial in the afternoon. The tute was on cardiology and we found a lovely lady who had an aortic stenosis. It was amazing to hear the murmur on the stethoscope and i learnt so much in that session!
That night a few good friends came out with me to the
Buddha Bar in Subiaco, it was such a nice place, great atmosphere and the food was amazing too! I had chicken vindaloo and was spoilt with a sticky date pudding from Kyle which he ordered with a candle to sing happy birthday for me :) i loved the company it was such a good excuse to catch up with people too :) The day was not complete without a skype to mum and dad at home and i blew out a cupcake and candle over skype! Welcome to 22!
The next day i was up early and fitted in a run through kings park and to Kokoda trail. It was one of the best runs i have had so far, the sun was beautiful through the trees and i felt quite energised! At the stairs i met a lovely older man who inspired me. Well at first he said to me 'you are inspirational you go up the stairs so fast, are you a sprinter?' and i was a little shocked and told him i just aim to keep up my fitness. He was an inspiration himself as he said he tries to keep himself fit and more people his age should. I hope to be as fit as him when i am older :) his name was Conrad, it was so nice to chat to someone as it gets lonely running by yourself all the time, i hope to cross paths running again! I had to have a laugh as there was another middle aged couple going up the stairs and as i passed they made a comment about being shown up by a crazy 15 year old... i just turned 22 but i still look 15! :P it is a year older than in December where a customer thought i was 14 in my all too big pharmacy uniform, but i can't see anything bad about looking younger :)
I was a little stressed by mid week as i had an assignment
to finish but a trinity commencement dinner on the Wednesday night and by Wednesday i was exhausted!! I managed to get up at 5.30am Thursday for an RPM class but that just about did me for the week. I made sure i got enough sleep Friday to go out with Lexi! We went to...... Taylor Swift yay!! I brought tickets for Lex and I for her 21st birthday last year, it is almost 6 months ago but we have extended her birthday celebration and she is such a special friend she deserves it! I was running late as i was stuck in peak hour traffic and the normally 20minute drive to Burswood took an hour!!
We almost didn't have time for dinner beforehand but managed to get kebabs which were really nice actually. The concert itself was amazing, Taylor is such a down to earth person, extremely
nice and an amazing live singer. She came into the crowds and it was lovely to see her hugging and shaking hands with the younger girls, they all looked gorgeous dressed like Taylor with flowers and headbands in their hair and dresses. I stayed the night at Lexi's and it really enjoyed having more time to catch up!
And now it is Sunday night again... i had so much work to catch up on and managed to do quite a bit but there is still lots to do. I needed a break and to write though. I got back from Lexi's good friend Shannon's 24th birthday get together in Cottesloe which was nice, it was great to chat to Shannon and a girl Chelsea, they are both lovely people i hope i can see them more! The couple of hours that followed i wasn't really expecting. I saw a good friend at dinner and she didn't look well so went and said hi to her in her room to find her upset. Its never nice to see her or anyone upset so i'm glad i took the time to go see her. It turned out someone from her course may have committed suicide on a project down in Albany, she didn't really know them but the thought of it being someone close and in her course made her upset. Unfortunately she has had a rough time the past few months which would have triggered it too, i want to catch up more often and make sure she is OK, i worry about her sometimes.
My room mate had afternoon tea with a friend from medicine to talk about her decision to quit. She is now studying biology and botany and is happy with her decision. My room mate was a little distressed about an assignment due, boy troubles and the thought that we are getting ourselves in very deep with medicine. It is hard and it controls your life. I asked her if she still has the passion for it and she says yes. It is just a harder time atm as her consultant is not the nicest and she starts to doubt herself and her abilities and think 'i could be as happy as the girl who quit, be less stressed and do something else i enjoy with my life'. She said she would be a teacher, i could see her being a teacher when she said it but didn't want to say given her unsteady state. But i can also see her being an amazing doctor which i did say and which is true. We will get through it. It will be tough but as long as we learn to balance out lives we will get through. Me, i would probably be a physiotherapist or manage a sporting club or be a personal trainer. Or i would go live overseas for a while, live in a little Italian village and learn Italian fluently, take cooking classes and open up a wonderful little bakery or a restaurant... how wonderful does that sound :)
There are so many choices in this world and life throws us so many possibilities, how do you know which one is right? You take a chance, follow your heart and believe that it will lead you in the direction you are meant to take and follow it with confidence. I will get to Italy one day, i will do a cooking class and i will one day have a bakery or cafe. And i will also help out at a gym or who knows maybe own a gym too? I will one day have a family and my own house in a country town, and i will do that while also being a confident, trusted and a good doctor.
Anything is possible.
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