Backlogs

OK, I've been so excited over the plants that I've completely forgotten about life. =)

It's quite alright here right now, possibly cos the weekend's coming (i.e. mom and yx are arriving). Loads of interesting stuff in the clinics as usual, but boss wants me to meet him in theatre tomorrow. *groan*. I know. I said I like eye operations, but if you're the one DOING it.

Anyway it was a total madhouse in the clinics today, and I was spun round and round and got extremely confused. 3 different clinics asking me to go in to see stuff all at the same time, and I was running from one end of the place to the other. Dr. R had a crazy 28 patients to see in the morning itself, and halfway through, Dr. B asked me in to see some retinal stuff. Dr. B is excellent - very very friendly to students, and he asked me to please take a seat every 10 minutes. However, he is so very expert at looking at retinas.

Dr. B: "Come and take a look at this, it's a vitreous haemorrhage and blah blah blah blah"
I peer hopefully into the teaching scope.
FOR 2 SECONDS.
Dr. B: "Excellent!" And he switches off the slit lamp.

Alas! OK, I've learnt to look at retinas really quickly at least. Basically just look at 3 things unless otherwise told to - first the background (obvious stuff like dot, blot and flame haemorrhages, cotton wool spots and exudates/drusen), then quickly at the optic disc (pallor and cupping) and finally the macula (is it grey? Any drusen?). And I've learnt to differentiate between the various layers in the cornea through the slit lamp too .. not bad huh? That comes from my boss being a cornea guy ...

Anyway, I was at the Eye Casualty the other day, and had to resist a terrible urge to giggle. Yes, not unlike that awful first day at AH when The Boss arrived with curry-puff hair and sat right in front of me. The reason? I just kept thinking about one fine day during my ophthalmology posting in NUH, when a doctor stood up, sat back on his roller chair and fell right off onto the floor. HEEHEE.