sighz. O said that call was going to be crazy, but it was so peaceful… in fact, it was unnaturally peaceful. a phrase i’ve heard a few times from various MOs.
for the record, most of them think we’re crazy, and ‘too onz’. but i think they’re glad that we’re very keen to do procedures.
i could set plugs all day long and not get bored by it. woooo… everyone has got such different anatomy of veins, different thickness of skin, different turgidity and watnots. it’s a whole new exciting challenge hahaha…
the ‘houseman vein’ is actually a misnomer. seriously, it might be the biggest, almost throbbing kind of vein, that even pops out in poor lighting… but it’s not all that easy to set plug in it. i really try to avoid it if i can find another vein on the dorsum. some of us have got bad record with the ‘houseman vein’.
call was soooo quiet the dr gave us a tutorial from like 3am to almost 6am! cool isn’t it? woweeee…
unfortunately, i was suffering from gastroenteritis all night… from the nausea to the bloatedness, down to some epigastric discomfort, and finally periodic colicky abdominal pain… it took an entire night for the tranist heheh… finally helped myself to some buscopan, and one of my elective mates probably had a kickass time giving me me IM buscopan. and i tell ya, it hurts! ouch. now i know how all the patients feel… but at least i’m not suffering from a sore arm now, so i think his technique must be quite good ;) buscopan really works miracles! wish i had more now. heheh…
