More eXciting stuffs

The past few weeks have been really busy, but rather productive. Well, there were just lots of new things to learn and a lot were very useful, maybe like an overview of the clinical practice.

One major thing was the amazing experience in the Operating Theatre. I and my group had the chance to witness a few surgeries live, as in we were just inches away from the incised area. And when I was next to the first surgery, which was a breast lumpectomy, one artery was cut and blood was oozing around. Imagine the artery behaving like a snake, with the blood squirting all over, some even touched my shoes.

The second one was rather more like a complete mastectomy since the lump was like 3-4inches in diameter. My heart just sunk when I saw the patient's breast. I just hope more women out there can be more aware about what's happening in their breasts. It's just mind-blowing for somebody to keep a lump for 2 years, making it malignant at the time she presented the lesion. It just saddened my mood of the day. She must have her reasons, but for such a young lady, it's rather depressing. My message to women out there: do your Self-Breast Examination and don't hesitate to contact doctors if there's anything different. Some lumps are benign when detected early; otherwise, if left, they can become cancerous.

Enough said of those factual stuffs, I just hope I have reached some people out there.

Hmmm...well, it was a fun night out last Saturday. It was my little cousin Justin's 1st birthday and also my now 16th year old cousin Michelle's birthday party. Had a great splash with the bouncer. Good food...some drinks and not forgetting BBQ. Nice break after a week's hard work.

Oh yeah, I had my first class of yoga! It was tougher than I expected. But I really do enjoy the session. It's hard to describe what happened, but it was a mind-pleasing meditation session. I'm up for more yoga lessons now. Excited for more now...

Now, I'm having a long weekend break I have some plans but well, basically some relaxing. Sure thing is tennis. It's been a while since I last swam. So, maybe some swimming. Not forgetting working out; that's if I've got the mood. Hehe... Oh yeah, some badminton too.

I guess so far that's it. A lot more had happened, but I'm tired now. I'll go do some midnight cooking now.

Take care everyone. Cheers!