Had a rather comprehensive but monotonous series of Orthopaedics lectures today. Halfway through during the break, a few of us actually went to donate our blood. Anyway, that is not exactly the climax of the day! The climax comes in the afternoon.
JS and I attended a hand surgery clinic which is part of our timetable today. Initially, I was rather apprehensive about the whole thing and thought it can be rather boring because most of the time, we are invisible. As I quote from someone, "It is even better than Harry Potter's invisible cloak." To our surprise, we were in fact not invisible and the 2 doctors present at the clinic were actually very helpful and never forgets to show us something and throw us questions at appropriate timings. Even when we could hardly answer any of the questions, still, I must say that I learnt a lot today. So much so that I feel what I have learnt today is very much more than the 4 weeks combined! What is more? JS actually noticed that I am interested in it because I have been rather passive during the past 4 weeks and though I do exhibit interest the sleepiness just controls the whole situation.
Today was different.
Not only was I wide awake, I even hurried JS along to follow the doctors. With each X-ray displayed I happen to look at them intensely as if every piece is something new. Oh well! I am really glad and happy that I attended today's clinic and my thanks to the consultant and MO who were there to guide us along. Anyway, we have decided to visit this clinic again and I guess I will definitely keep this subject in mind even though it is extremely difficult and challenging. However, the fact that our hands are of such important function in our daily lives makes this even more worthwhile. :-)
Anyway, the consultant actually felt that we were very fortunate today for the following reasons;
1) We saw patients with conditions that is considered rather rare 2) We saw a patient's X-ray from injury all the way to healing. 3) We saw what we asked. Which is really amazing! 4) He was surprisingly in a mood to teach.
