Thursday, March 15, 2007
I have been very sickly for the past few days. The dental attachment on Monday was rather fun. I spent the first half of the day at the dental clinic at NUH and the second half of the day at the student clinic. I prefer the dental clinic because the setting is nicer, in the sense; it was bright, clean and new. As for the student clinic, it is a little older and gloomy. It would have been better if I went to the student clinic first. However, I saw different aspects of dentistry. In the morning there were cases like a fractured jaw (poor guy from rugby), had some uncle coming in with a loose bridge, and to this surprise a fractured tooth that he did not realize as his nerve has been dead (so there was no pain). Many cases actually. In the student’s clinic I saw how they treat the children. The pedo-dontist was amazing in how they handle the children.
However, the hospital isn’t the kind of setting that I would like to work in future. I do not like gloomy hospitals. I think I’ve told Jessie that… and she said... “People sick ma, how can have bright light?” I agree, but it just makes the whole setting so sad and gloomy. I hate all the medical smell. And I think the bright light used by the dentist has killed some of the cells of my cornea, It was so glaring even I look away from it. I was so shag when I came home, my eyes could hardly open. What made it worst was that I vomited out my dinner during my wash-up to go to bed.
Because I felt so weak, I postpone my second attachment to today. I got lost along my way to the dental clinic, but fortunately I was early, so I still manage to reach there early. It was interesting today too, a lot of orthodontic cases. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing. I felt faint when I saw a patient with loads of blood being sucked out of the suction, I tried to remain clam and not be disgusted by it. I guess it was partly due to my hungry stomach, (it was only minutes to lunch) no blood was flowing to my head, and standing did not help too, so I excused myself for like 5 min. Sat down and breathed some fresh air before I went in again. At that moment, I told myself im SO not going to take dentistry. After lunch, the doctor actually offered me to go to other of his friend’s clinic to take a look, that’s when I told him I might want to give that a miss. (because at that pt, I thought I should just give up on dentistry) Albeit, he was encouraging, he said I should not give up dentistry because I felt faint/nausea at the bloody sight.
Haiz, I really don’t know what I want in life. What career path I want to take. I guess that was the same dilemma I had after Os, decided to stick to JC and avoid the topic. Yet, It’s here again! Fickle minded Gemini is really having a hard time... =( Ms Ho says someone out there has plans for me... Maybe that's why i was in IJ and not CJ. We shall see..
Thursday, March 15, 2007
I have been very sickly for the past few days. The dental attachment on Monday was rather fun. I spent the first half of the day at the dental clinic at NUH and the second half of the day at the student clinic. I prefer the dental clinic because the setting is nicer, in the sense; it was bright, clean and new. As for the student clinic, it is a little older and gloomy. It would have been better if I went to the student clinic first. However, I saw different aspects of dentistry. In the morning there were cases like a fractured jaw (poor guy from rugby), had some uncle coming in with a loose bridge, and to this surprise a fractured tooth that he did not realize as his nerve has been dead (so there was no pain). Many cases actually. In the student’s clinic I saw how they treat the children. The pedo-dontist was amazing in how they handle the children.
However, the hospital isn’t the kind of setting that I would like to work in future. I do not like gloomy hospitals. I think I’ve told Jessie that… and she said... “People sick ma, how can have bright light?” I agree, but it just makes the whole setting so sad and gloomy. I hate all the medical smell. And I think the bright light used by the dentist has killed some of the cells of my cornea, It was so glaring even I look away from it. I was so shag when I came home, my eyes could hardly open. What made it worst was that I vomited out my dinner during my wash-up to go to bed.
Because I felt so weak, I postpone my second attachment to today. I got lost along my way to the dental clinic, but fortunately I was early, so I still manage to reach there early. It was interesting today too, a lot of orthodontic cases. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing. I felt faint when I saw a patient with loads of blood being sucked out of the suction, I tried to remain clam and not be disgusted by it. I guess it was partly due to my hungry stomach, (it was only minutes to lunch) no blood was flowing to my head, and standing did not help too, so I excused myself for like 5 min. Sat down and breathed some fresh air before I went in again. At that moment, I told myself im SO not going to take dentistry. After lunch, the doctor actually offered me to go to other of his friend’s clinic to take a look, that’s when I told him I might want to give that a miss. (because at that pt, I thought I should just give up on dentistry) Albeit, he was encouraging, he said I should not give up dentistry because I felt faint/nausea at the bloody sight.
Haiz, I really don’t know what I want in life. What career path I want to take. I guess that was the same dilemma I had after Os, decided to stick to JC and avoid the topic. Yet, It’s here again! Fickle minded Gemini is really having a hard time... =( Ms Ho says someone out there has plans for me... Maybe that's why i was in IJ and not CJ. We shall see..
