My week

I’ve had quite a good week… well.. interesting more like…

Firstly, I had a patient who told me he doesn’t take opium anymore when I asked him what medicines he takes. Says it makes him sick. So I asked him if that’s why they stopped giving him opium.. LOL.. funny patients like that

Next, I had a patient on theophylline already and doctors prescribed some aminophylline infusion!!!! Good thing the nurse came to ask me what the prescription said cause she couldn’t read it. Patient was tachycardic so I had no idea why the doctor wanted to give aminophylline infusion when there were no levels taken!

Then, I had to call someone up. The patient was a 1 yr old baby who used to have jerky movements (the medical term eludes me), and parents didn’t speak English. They only spoke Mandarin. They had given the baby some unknown powder and we had to find out what it was. So I called the dad up and asked him where he got it from. Apparently he got it from China from a well-known Chinese physician who treated a lot of cases similar to the baby’s. So they had been giving the baby some combination of pearl powder and unknown substances. Apparently it helped… cool… Well, I kept trying to think of how to say all the medical terms in mandarin… and I still have no idea how to!!

Yesterday, a doctor said I was her favourite pharmacist……

 

yea… life is great…

one week over…

So ends my first week in Blackburn. How do I like it? It’s still too early to make a judgment. I felt better after posting that last post. Not too depressed now.. Just a bit bored sometimes. I’ve unpacked some of my things now. Had been reluctant before as I thought I would want to leave already and if unpacked will only need to re-pack.

Just have to get used to the new place….

Depressed….

I’ve left this blog unattended for a long time, having not completed my amsterdam saga. Since then, I have completed my pre-registration training, got myself registered as a pharmacist in UK, went back home for a month and started a new job.

It’s the last bit that makes me want to restart blogging again. So far, I don’t really like it. Don’t get me wrong, people are nice here. It’s just that I feel like an outsider, which is fair as I had just started (it’s only my 4th day today). Maybe with time I will fit in but so far it’s a bit difficult as I am still finding my way around and trying to figure out how they do things here.

I suppose they did expect me to start on Monday, but nobody else seemed to know much what I was supposed to do. A week of shadowing makes me feel a bit useless. After coming from a place where I could do everything, I come here and I know nothing….

Woke up this morning thinking that I might have fallen into depression. Could be due to homesickness and the unfamiliarity of it all. Can’t help thinking whether I made the right decision in choosing not to stay in a place I know and move to a completely unknown area.

I probably just need time to adjust… In the meantime, I am entitled to feel sorry for myself. Being alone in a place where I know nobody…. I guess this is how people become depressed….