Doing my GP rotation now. I must say that although there is a lot of free time, it just seems to zoom by. (probably because I spend time doing things like writing in my blog =.=)
anyway just finished reading through lecture notes on nausea and vomiting in palliative care and this was on one of the last slides:
Guerir quelquefois – to cure occasionally
Soulager souvent – to relieve often
Cousoler toujours – to comfort always
When i first entered med, i must say that my view is quite different from now. before, it was all about disease disease disease and i although i knew that the element of caring for the patient was definitely very important, i never realised the difference it made in patient care. when i broke my foot, (actually it is still broken) the registrar i saw at dandy on my last visit was just unbelievably nice :) he explained everything to me even though he knew that i was a med student and was very reassuring. he was absolutely lovely. i can’t remember his name, but oh man, he was one of those doctors you would want to marry if you were his patient. :)
of course, there’s the other extreme with that doctor at the polyclinic that i saw when i went home who was an absolute DOUCHEBAG. he made me feel stupid and like i was wasting his time. -smack him-
which brings me to my point about the fact that even though i’m not fully cured, God knows how long it’ll take before the bone fully unites, the element of comfort that was provided has made a huge difference. by the time i saw the reg at dandy this semester, i just about had enough of the foot. although there were minimal changes radiographically, my outlook changed dramatically.
ok back to work :) just thought i’d made a small comment :)
