I love /hate placement !

I started placement last week and it was such a good week back out there. I was in Nuclear Medcine/Medical physics department. I enjoyed it so so much that i'ld love to go back there. The staff are so so nice, they say thank u for every little thing u do for them, like cleaning and changing rolls after each patient, helping to get patients from the waiting room, helping with daily cleanings. We do all this things normally in the main x-ray department and dont get a thank u for it, it feels like a normal job. We even get sent to clean mobiles around the hospital without a thank u.....well we are still students eh? take everything at least for now!
Neways, Nuclear medicine is one of my options now, i'ld really like to work there if i get a job there. Apart from getting more radiation when injection radioisotopes into patients, its just a fantastic place to work. And now that they are manufacturing Gamma cameras with CT together, it sounds like its gonna be more fun! My week went really quick, i suppose it does tho when u are having fun, ur week goes really fast.

This week didnt start well at all, i'm supposed to be working on mobiles and theatres which happens from the main x ray department. I got to the department and as my colleague was telling the senior rad there about what he is supposed to be doing which is same as me, i got there but as soon as i said same thing she was like " i dont care where u are supposed to be, u cant go cos i'm short staff and i need to keep u down here". I was shocked, like how could she talk to me like that on a monday morning! And besides i am a student not a member of staff, i dont mind helping out, which we do on a daily basis and sont get paid for it. So y should i suffer as a student cos they are short? If she was worked up, she shouldnt be taking it out on me! I Was really upset but what can i do, nothing at all! I just had to pull myself together and carry on working. It was a very long day and i couldnt wait for it to be over. When i got home, i had something to eat and went straight to bed. I was that upset and tired.

Today has not been bad, it was quite steady. My legs are so painful though. I guess that is as a result of crap shoes. I need to get myself a proper duty shoe that can support me. I'll do that when i get some money.

I've got another 2 days to go in that place, i cant wait. The week feels really long when u are in d main department. I cant wait for friday to come so i can at least have a saturday off and stay longer in bed.

I'm yawning already, i better start getting ready for bed.
See u all later

Back to Uni

I can't believe i'm back to uni already! I wish i can just have a whole week off.....that's got to remain a wish.
To make it worse i started my week with physics again, my worst nightmare! Thankfully it wasnt too bad cos it was all about the concept of MRI which was quite interesting, well......for now!

Tuesdays was kinda funny. It was all about research and statistics. Gosh that guy know alot of things. He questions every single thing! Guess that's part of the characteristics of researchers. Well i dont envy them. He even got my mate interested in studying a bit of theology, cos he was going on about different stuffs about the world, evolution, Newton, Eistein and a whole lot of them, he wasnt particularly saying they were wrong but he has an explanation for everything. God help him!

Today has been the most boring day so far. Health and Social class was all we talked about in uni today and the tutor wont stop going on and on and on. We spent more than 30mins on just one slide....how boring is that. I guess i found it more boring cos i've done it in college. Well, i felt i should have stayed in bed but i couldnt cos of my attendance, its important.

I'm glad today is over and i'm looking forward to wat tmw has in store for me!
I was abit emotional this afternoon, guess i was too bored and was over thinking. I'm sorry baby, i didnt meant to hurt u. Its the last thing on my mind...... guess the saying is true....idle hand is the devil's workshop. Mind in my case! guess i didnt have anything else to think about but than us and i had to just voice out. I'm sorry if i hurt u with my words. I really am, i didnt mean to.

Neways, i better go and take my medications and go to bed. Been on 3 diff antibiotics for almost 7days now, i cant wait to finish it. I've had heartburn for a long time but no doctor bothered to check me out until lately. How bad!I didnt the breath test and it came back postive and it turns out that the bacteria helicobacter pylori has been causing me problems. Everyone is a carrier, but it doesnt harm some people. This was just before my exams and thank goodness the doctor advised me not to start the treatment during my exams cos i'ld have just failed....gosh those meds knock u out really bad. Its gonna be over pretty soon and i'll be free from heartburns and indigestions.

Na nite, i'm outta here!

Exams!!!!

I can't believe how busy i have been! Ye, you guessed right! busy revising for my exams. I 've got 2 exams, Physics and viscera. I don't really mind Viscera but physics or imaging systems as we call it, i hate with a passion.

We were told to revise past papers and we should be fine. I sat in the exam hall today and there was loads of new questions and i thought "how cruel can she be"? As soon as we finished the exams, people were already asking for the dates for resits in summer cos they were so sure they were gonna fail.....how bad!

I tried my best and i can only hope that i pass at least. I can't imagine resiting in summer, i love my break so much, infact i wanna go on holiday and i wont want any resit to ruin my plans.

Well its one down, one to go. I've got viscera exam to do b4 the end of the week so i better start revising now to avoid the physics kinda dissapointment.

Wish me luck !

Ultrasound/Sonographers

I can't believe how busy i have been....with school stuffs, placements and revisions. Its been so so stressful, what in this life is not stressful? Thank God for God sha, I've been surviving and i will continue to.

My week has been really great,busy, tiring and interesting. I cant believe how many babies i've seen this week.....in the womb of course.

I wanna have a kid now, mmmmm no......not sure i'm ready yet.
Apart from scanning babies and breasts, i never knew ultrasound can do much more. The amount of information it can give is amazing. It can virtually scan any part of the body......I saw a few general scans as well, stuffs like ankles, shin, neck, arms, testes, abdomen, pelvis, kidneys and much much more.
Thank God for technology, it doesnt even use radiation, its completely safe, how cool is that? Very very cool.

Ultrasound seems to be female dominated. There are no male sonographers, there might be some but its not up to 10% of all radiographers. Not sure why this is. And its good money as well, I think they earn more than newly qualified radiographers because they have to do postgraduate to be a sonographer.

Now that i've seen most aspects of radiography, i'ld have to think about the one i like most.....so far, i love CT and general radiography. Ultrasound is good as well but MRI does not just appeal to me. I'm waiting to go to Nuclear Medicine, maybe i'll find it interesting. Lets wait and see.