These two fruitful days have been spent at eagle eye-internship!

The experience is wonderful at least! I am sure that medicine will be what I want. As of now, I just need to wait for my As results to decide which path to take. In the meantime, I shall relax a little, interact with the doctors and learn more. The doctors there have been real nice but i guess I can relate better to dr lim since he is a mp so our topics of discussion are not just limited to medicine but also to govt policies.

I am not sure why but I guess a hospital internship gives a lot of job fulfillment. Though these few days, I have been just sitting next to the doctor, listening to the patients' needs and the doctor's diagnosis and advice, I find that it is really meaningful. My heart goes out to the patients who really needs help, esp when bad news are brought upon them upon the visit to the clinic. The reason why i may consider being in opthalmology is because as of now, the most common eye diseases have a treatment, and largely treatments are reversible.. and these treatments are less complicated and the effects are significant. As of other treatments, the results are unpredictable, but for eye surguries, most of the time it will work out. These few days I have been spending my time in the clinic consultation rooms, witnessing several ops in the operation theatre. I love the one to one interaction and I guess thats what a doctor really needs to fulfill. Unlike a teacher who faces many students, a doctor specifically treats a patient, recognise and understand the needs of the patient. I guess a docor's task is somewhat similiar to mps...You see the patient/resident and you can interact with them, understand their stories, learn something frm them and whats most important is that you rmb who she is and what her problems were. I guess thats the joy of being a doctor and bringing joy for your patients. You rmb your patients so well that you feel that they are part of your life. I guess at mps, the reason why I love it is because I can rmb each and every resident who have met me and I can help them episode by episode.

A doctor saves life. This is so freaking cliche but this is so true mann. As an eye surgeon, you bring vision to a patient to see the world in an entirely different light figuratively and literally. Most importantly, all the surguries done are so delicate. Every mm/cm of cut counts. I love seeing the smile on patient's face whenever they regained perfect or almost perfect vision, be it from cataract surgury or lasik. I guess I share the same feelings too when I did ortho K. Every morning I wake up to have real good vision, it just feels so rejuvenated and fresh! I may reconsider my choice later but I have to get in med first.

Well, as I have heard, 6th seems to be the scary day that is coming. I hope for the best and may god help me in a similiar way I have helped myself. All the best Yvonne!

Cheers! meeting tll peeps tomolo.