Friday, November 17, 2006

When I go into hospital.......























If I ever go into hospital as a patient, I have decided that this is the dream team of people who I want to look after me. I admit that two of them are purely there for me to drool over.

I had to pick Karl Kennedy as he never leaves the hospital and Duffy and Charlie are the greatest nurses ever!

I should be looking at genetics rather than spending time doing this, but since my workload got so heavy, I love finding an excuse to not study and do anything else!

Sunday, November 05, 2006

I couldn't have said it better!

I read this post tonight from 'topher's blog at "The Rumors were true". He is a medical student in the Carribean and I had to put a link to the post here, because it is describing exactly how I feel about trying, and failing to get on top of the workload.

I love reading some of the medical student blogs and this one and "That med school guy" are brilliant. It's strange to think that students in Canada and the Carribean are having the same problems as little old me, in the Midlands!

I am happy - it's the weekend and I am being a housewife.

Then Monday will come around and the merry go round starts again!

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Men I would leave my husband for....1

I have been married for a long time and as lovely though he is, there are some men that would have me running for the hills.

Of course, these men are also unavailable, out of my league and unlikely to be interested in a little women from Wales. I have no doubt that my husband has a similar list which will contain really classy women like Jodi Marsh and Jenna Jameson.

This chap is just......beautiful!

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

A month in Medicine.....

.......Or five weeks in to be exact.

This week we have studied:

mRNA transcription
enzymes
DNA mutation, damage and cancer
Child psychology
Cognitive behaviour change
Histology - connective tissues
Examining the musculo skeletal system
Cohort studies

Phew and it's only Thursday!

I continue to be shocked with the volume of work that there is. I would say that this is the first week where I feel organised and as though I am keeping on top of the work given each day. This is a BIG problem as I am now 5 weeks into an eleven-week semester. My last five weeks worth of work is unorganised and I haven't a clue when I will be able to go through it, ready for revision. I feel like it has taken me a month to settle into the course, but the shitty thing is that we are half way through our first semester and I needed to be settled in from the beginning.

The message which I so wish I had taken on board is that you need to be organised from Day 1. I am in quite a mess because of this and I can't blame it on having going out on the beer every night. I haven't been anywhere but seem to have frittered the time away.

I have settled into my hall of residence, which is brand new and fine. The downpoint is that there are 730 people here and only two mature students! I haven't found this to be a problem but other mature students might want to avoid New Hall for this very reason. Nixon Court and Opal Court have many mature students and are very near to the medical school.

To make things more complicated my husband has just got a job down the road teaching. He's in digs in Coventry and between us we are paying £650 a month in rent. It makes sense to rent a house and live here together but I am not sure if I can get out of this Hall contract. We shall see!

I think I would quite miss living in Halls though - I have gotten used to not having to be a housewife in the week - no cooking and no cleaning his knickers from Monday-Friday. The upshot of this is that I have to bloody clean them all at the weekend, but I shouldn't moan as I love it really.

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I knew I wanted to study medicine from 5 minutes into my nurse training in 1992. This didn't go down too well with my peers but it has taken me eleven years to get my life in a place where I could apply to medical school, so I have paid my nursing dues! I was lucky enough to get two offers. I have been married for seven years to an ex footballer who is now a PE teacher. We have no plans for babies but I would love more King Charles Spaniels. I start medicine on September 20th 2006 and am absolutely petrified.