was in clinic today and we were seeing a couple. i took the wife’s blood pressure first, and it was a bit high. so we advised her etc.. and then asked, are you stressed? she answered us by staring at her husband, and then turned to face me – she asked: are you married? me: no.. wife: *shakes her head* lucky you
my gp and i had a good laugh this morning..
addit: the very next day, it was a cold one. so i turned on the heater. [note: my tolerance towards the cold is not much] so i made sure i asked each patient that walked in if it was too warm for them. so Mr J, a very funny man jokingly said, you’re wasting too much energy christine! turning the heater on and all that (well, in my defense, it was so cold my fingers were turning blue! and i’m from malaysia where it’s really warm). ahahaha.. at the end of the consultation, he cheekily said, “if you wanna be warm, go and get married!”
-_-”
what’s with patients these days?
anyway, to sum up my gp rotation, it turned out to be better than i expected it to be – considering how much i dreaded it (no offense to those who wanna do gp training, it’s just that i did my share of general practice last yr). dr jain’s really nice, and by the 2nd-3rd week, she pretty much let me do my own stuffs, see my own patients etc. long hours no doubt.. thank God for chuen who lent me her car. for which i am eternally grateful!
out of the 3 weeks of seeing many patients with the cold/flu/urti, i thought i was strong enough but i finally succumbed. just fever and a sore throat, which is heaps better now by the grace of God, good rest and some panadol (all of which still comes from above). as for my muscle aches.. let’s not go there. oh ok, we shall. i had my final FREE personal training session at fitness first yesterday, and boy did my trainer work those muscles. my quads and hemstrings are SO painful, it’s not funny k 
