First day in my final placement today. It was a crazy day! It started with train problems. I was taking the train because my bike is getting fixed. The train got to 2 stops away from the hospital when we ran into trouble and it turned around and went almost back to the city. They booted everyone off the train. We thought that there were buses, there were, but it took them 45 minutes to arrive. Then it took a while to get to where I needed to be. My 8am start was suddenly transformed into a 10am start. Luckily I had classmates stopped by the train problems too so we all showed up late and went to orientation upon arrival.
After orientation I took the train over to the Repat. I met my supervisor, quickly saw the ward and then we went back to the Austin because they were short staffed.
We saw several patients but my supervisor had to leave by 2 so it was a short day. I was a little bit slow while writing my notes so I didn't have them finished by the time she left which meant that I had to ask Jo, the most terrifyingly brilliant PT in Australia, to look them over for me. She was super helpful but I was just anxious to leave. I of course feel bad about this because I was rushing a fantastic learning opportunity.
I got back on the train which was again delayed 15 minutes and met Damien in the city for lunch at 4. Not much of a lunch but I had a fritatta and hot chocolate and relaxed away all of the stress of the day. Well some of it. Then I came home and was worthless for the rest of the evening. Man, the first week of clinic is always so tiring and stressful.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
9/18/2014
Today was the very last day of placement. Dave was relatively uninvolved but I got to treat 2 patients on my own and had plenty of coffee breaks. He left at 10:30 and I waited around until 12:30 to treat his last patient of the day before heading off. My left arm was vey sore so I had one of the Physios take a look at it for me. I think that I have a bit of a tear and as it is heeling, I am pushing it harder and it's just rebelling.
After clinic I met some classmates at the pub for an end of clinics lunch. It was great! Especially because most of our class was still in clinics :)
Thursday rock climbing as usual. Malaysian for dinner at Mamak. I had never been before. It was absolutely amazing! I will definitely be going back.
After clinic I met some classmates at the pub for an end of clinics lunch. It was great! Especially because most of our class was still in clinics :)
Thursday rock climbing as usual. Malaysian for dinner at Mamak. I had never been before. It was absolutely amazing! I will definitely be going back.
9/17/2014
I had a productive morning trying to get chores and papers done. They guideline deadline of Friday is quickly approaching. I started my last shift with Cory at 2pm. I picked up cupcakes from Mister Nice Guys bakery on the way. They are the Dairy free, soy free, gluten free bakery. Somehow they are able to create delicious master pieces with no allergens. Crazy! So I got a box of 12 cupcakes and one coffee scroll… Then I had to ride 4km to the clinic… Through the wind…on my bike that didn't have working brakes. Yikes! but I made it with minimal trouble and only 2 minutes late. The last day was good, I felt very involved, everyone loved the cupcakes and I got good end of placement feedback. Only 1 placement to go now!
Sunday, September 21, 2014
9/16/2012
Finishing up my last week at physiohealth I had a productive day treating patients. I also gave a presentation on nerve palsys and discussed concussions.
After clinic I did a study on cognition. The guy said that I had the best memory for lists he had seen. Yay power pegs!
I also got my results back from a study I had done a week ago. Apparently I have very efficient glucose processing but I am homozygous dominate for a gene that has been linked to obesity, diabetes, uncontrolled eating, and rapid weight gain. Awesome...:/ I guess that just means that it is very important that I keep exercising and eating healthy.
This evening I worked on my clinical guidelines appraisal. It's a painful assignment worth so little but causing significant headache.
9/20/2014
Alright these are a little back dated but life's been stressful.
I am pacing the Sydney Half-Marathon tomorrow, so Damien and I went up to Sydney at 6am. He is running the full Marathon very little training. We arrived in Sydney around 8am the first stop was the Marathon expo to pick up our numbers. Then the hotel to drop off bags. Circular Quay for breakfast and then we went to Manly beach planning to do a walk back toward the city. When we got there we decided to do a different walk up to north head, which was very beautiful. We stopped at a cafe along the walk for lunch. I had an incredible baked eggplant dish. Damien is learning that I absolutely adore eggplant.We headed back and checked into the hotel. They upgraded us to the penthouse for free. It was amazing! Two story hotel room.
For dinner we went to Enmore where we had Faheem's Fast food, Pakistani restaurant and Cow and Moon Gelato. I thought that it was amazing. I specifically loved the affogato flavour.
Extra sleep makes happy Marathoners, I fell asleep immediately upon coming back to the hotel.
Dear Abbie Damien was really trying to get you a birdy friend.
9/15/2014
Clinics all day 8am till 8pm. I am finally getting back into the swing of this I got to treat several patients almost completely independently. It was a good day. I felt productive. Then home. Food. Sleep. Back in at 6am
9/21/2014
Sydney Marathon Day!
I woke up at 5 to get to the start line at 5:30. I guess I was a little bit late because by the time I got off the train everything was so packed that I had difficulty getting to where I needed to be.
Today I paced the half marathon. My goal time was 1:50. I had forgotten my watch but another pacer brought an extra for me. I was very appreciative. I really liked the watch. I'll have to put a new Garmin on my list of things to buy when I have money.
At 6:15 the race started and I was off. I was suppose to be running 5:12 per kilometre but with kilometre markers that were just slightly off of where they were meant to be and the tall buildings in Sydney messing up my GPS, I finished just a bit fast at 1:47.
After the race I went to the sydney striders tent where I enjoyed some cookies and fruit, while having a chat to some of the sydney runners. The marathon started an hour and 15 after the half, so I went back to the hotel, showered, did laundry, and checked out. Then I went back to the finish line and arrived about 20 minutes before Damien finished the full marathon. He was struggling a bit today and made 3:57.
At 12:30 we met some of Damien's friends in Sydney for lunch. We went to a northern China restaurant which had delicious curry lamb, cucumbers in vinegar, eggplant dumplings, and beef dumplings. So much food and it was absolutely delicious. We headed 6 blocks up to Messina the Gelato shop. The flavours of the day were amazing my favourite was carmalized mango.
We had a very lazy remainder of the afternoon lounging in the grass in the botanical gardens. We had a light dinner at the Opera house bar before catching a late flight back to Melbourne.
I woke up at 5 to get to the start line at 5:30. I guess I was a little bit late because by the time I got off the train everything was so packed that I had difficulty getting to where I needed to be.
Today I paced the half marathon. My goal time was 1:50. I had forgotten my watch but another pacer brought an extra for me. I was very appreciative. I really liked the watch. I'll have to put a new Garmin on my list of things to buy when I have money.
At 6:15 the race started and I was off. I was suppose to be running 5:12 per kilometre but with kilometre markers that were just slightly off of where they were meant to be and the tall buildings in Sydney messing up my GPS, I finished just a bit fast at 1:47.
After the race I went to the sydney striders tent where I enjoyed some cookies and fruit, while having a chat to some of the sydney runners. The marathon started an hour and 15 after the half, so I went back to the hotel, showered, did laundry, and checked out. Then I went back to the finish line and arrived about 20 minutes before Damien finished the full marathon. He was struggling a bit today and made 3:57.
At 12:30 we met some of Damien's friends in Sydney for lunch. We went to a northern China restaurant which had delicious curry lamb, cucumbers in vinegar, eggplant dumplings, and beef dumplings. So much food and it was absolutely delicious. We headed 6 blocks up to Messina the Gelato shop. The flavours of the day were amazing my favourite was carmalized mango.
We had a very lazy remainder of the afternoon lounging in the grass in the botanical gardens. We had a light dinner at the Opera house bar before catching a late flight back to Melbourne.
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