Dodgy sausages

Free food at uni.

Sausages, cooked under a dull light.

They probably were a bit rare, but I wasn't complaining. It was free food.

Until the next morning, when I got the worst diarrhoea imaginable.

Still off to uni, followed by toilet runs every 30 minutes or so, combined with the chills.

Unusually for me, I went home early from uni, even missing two lectures.

That night was even worse. Nothing quite like a sleepless night, increased GI motility, noise abdomen, sweats, fevers and running off to the toilet every 30 minutes or so.

Uni and study was a write off the following day.

Slept the entire day, getting up for some water to rehydrate.

Today was much better, thankfully. At least the runs seemed to have slowed.

That'll teach me to have free, dodgy sausages!

Self reflection

My on again, off again partner, Sam, came back from the working remote yesterday. We were meant to have a movie date, suggested and organised by Sam.

However, I didn't hear anything last night. SMSes went unanswered.

I checked Facebook this morning and found I had been unfriended. I checked a chat app and found that I've been blocked.

Guess that means I've been dumped.

Need some self reflection here.

Massive Hurdle

Currently at the stage of cramming for my exams. Regret sets in as I reflect back on wasted time throughout the term. What was I doing, seriously, not mastering the topics?

As the exam period looms in just over two weeks, the amount of knowledge seems like a massive hurdle.

I don't, however, want a supplementary exam. I hope to pass this the first time.

Back to the books.

The things you kick a ball between.

* To be happy.
* To make other people happy.
* To pass first year medicine.
* To spread my wings and fly.
* To keep my normally messy room tidy.
* To know God.
* To laugh often and much.

What I learnt today...

Today, I learnt about:

• Acute inflammation.
• That there are way too many different way to classify inflammation.
• The five cardial signs of inflammation being rubor, calor, dolor, tumor and loss of function.
• Inflammation works in four stages:
• Vasodilatation
• Exudation - Oedema
• Emigration of cells
• Chemotaxis
• Increased Intravascular Hydrostatic pressure + Decreased Colloid osomotic pressure = Oedema.
• Neutrophils are amazing shape shifters and eat a lot of crap.
• I learnt about communicating with indigenous patients.
• That elders wear red headbands.
• That sitting next to an indigenous patient is more beneficial than directly opposite.
• To take the time to listen to a patient.
• The importance of Neuro Linguistic Programming (aka talking and thinking positively).
• Flight bookings are crap.
• I can put on a load of washing before a lecture and it'll be ready when I finish the lecture.
• I can cook chicken and rice in a microwave without getting salmonella (results still pending on this one)...
• The western calendar is called a Gregorian calendar.

Overall a great day.

Back to the studies

Well mid semester break is over - went waaay too quickly.

Bleh.

So back to the grind and uni today.

Quite depressing.

But at least I started on the right foot, though I should have done it 11 weeks ago!

Got to uni just before 9am. Left at 11pm.

What a life!

Dear Andy,

From this day forth, I hereby promise to live the life I want and that I dream to have.

Only I have the power to change and fulfill my life goals and dream, so let's get a move on.

Yours sincerely,

Andy