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Lesson learnt since I was 19 and you have proved it right again and AGAIN!...
Monday 10 December 2012
Wednesday 24 October 2012
Friday 3 August 2012
Monday 25 June 2012
Dental Disgust
It has been almost 2 months since i started working in the new clinic.
KPSI is one of the busiest dental clinic in JB. We do not have time to even allocate 1 minute for patients to rinse their mouth after treatments. All what we do is to say: "Cik/Uncle/Aunty/Boy/Gal, go rinse in the toilet." or else i'll just say:"toilet" when we are too short of time to form a full sentence.
Sometimes patients spilled some of their saliva+water+blood on the floor when they tried to talk with a mouth full before rushing to the toilet and i'll have to turn to my DSA and say: "blood on the floor!!" Then, next thing she did was to spray some disinfectants and wipe it away.
Last week there was a patient with some kind of mental disability presented in my clinic for an extraction. The tooth was sitting deep inside the mouth. With his constant tensing lips and uncontrollable tongue, it was difficult to put a grip on that tooth even though it was already mobile.
I managed to extract that badly carious 48, however unfortunately i lost grip on that tooth and it fell down the throat. He cough and immediately i said:" Uncle DO NOT swallow, no swallowing, cough it out!!!" but the next thing i heard "Gulp........"
In my mind i was thinking: Eeeeeewwwwww ... the patient just swallowed the grossly decayed tooth down his throat!!!!!"
I turned to his dad, who was standing next to us, overlooking the whole situation, explained that his son just swallowed the tooth. He smiled to me and say:" Guess it'll come out with his poo rite?"
Today, i was scaling a mouth full of calculus when i saw a silverish piece of metal near the suction tip. I put down my handpiece after the scale and check the teeth, found out one of the amalgam filling has dislodge with underlying secondary caries on that tooth. As usual i ask the patient to rinse in the toilet and come back for the filling next visit. The next thing she did was, stood up from the chair, swallowed the mouth full of water+saliva+amalgam+ blood+ calculus and started asking her questions!!!!
.... @_@ ....
KPSI is one of the busiest dental clinic in JB. We do not have time to even allocate 1 minute for patients to rinse their mouth after treatments. All what we do is to say: "Cik/Uncle/Aunty/Boy/Gal, go rinse in the toilet." or else i'll just say:"toilet" when we are too short of time to form a full sentence.
Sometimes patients spilled some of their saliva+water+blood on the floor when they tried to talk with a mouth full before rushing to the toilet and i'll have to turn to my DSA and say: "blood on the floor!!" Then, next thing she did was to spray some disinfectants and wipe it away.
Last week there was a patient with some kind of mental disability presented in my clinic for an extraction. The tooth was sitting deep inside the mouth. With his constant tensing lips and uncontrollable tongue, it was difficult to put a grip on that tooth even though it was already mobile.
I managed to extract that badly carious 48, however unfortunately i lost grip on that tooth and it fell down the throat. He cough and immediately i said:" Uncle DO NOT swallow, no swallowing, cough it out!!!" but the next thing i heard "Gulp........"
In my mind i was thinking: Eeeeeewwwwww ... the patient just swallowed the grossly decayed tooth down his throat!!!!!"
I turned to his dad, who was standing next to us, overlooking the whole situation, explained that his son just swallowed the tooth. He smiled to me and say:" Guess it'll come out with his poo rite?"
Today, i was scaling a mouth full of calculus when i saw a silverish piece of metal near the suction tip. I put down my handpiece after the scale and check the teeth, found out one of the amalgam filling has dislodge with underlying secondary caries on that tooth. As usual i ask the patient to rinse in the toilet and come back for the filling next visit. The next thing she did was, stood up from the chair, swallowed the mouth full of water+saliva+amalgam+ blood+ calculus and started asking her questions!!!!
.... @_@ ....
Monday 18 June 2012
Sunday 17 June 2012
Sunday 10 June 2012
Saturday 9 June 2012
My List Goes On...
1. Santorini (it's still top!)
2. Turkey, Cappadocia & Pamukkale
3. The Silk Route, China
4. Portugal
5. Sweden
6. Munchen (Again, specially for their pork!)
7. Provence, France (in Christmas)
8. Monaco
2. Turkey, Cappadocia & Pamukkale
3. The Silk Route, China
4. Portugal
5. Sweden
6. Munchen (Again, specially for their pork!)
7. Provence, France (in Christmas)
8. Monaco
Thursday 31 May 2012
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Working in a new, hectic clinic is turning me into a monster.
Impatient, cold, sarcastic, and bad quality of work.
Nothing that anyone wants in a health care professional.
A patient asked:"How is the sterilization in this clinic? Is it good?"
I replied:"Uh, we've tried our best to keep them sterile but you cant expect too much from a busy clinic!"
He said further:"I'm sure government is better then private"
Me:" Oh no, privates got different standard, depends on which one you chose to go" (in another word: you must have been a cheapo and found the bad ones!)
Another patient asked today:"Oh can i bring my daughter here on Saturday?"
I replied:" Oh yeah, you are welcome but we won't be here seeing you for sure. The school is off on weekend and we too need our break!"
I've been repeating myself hundreds time since i started working:"One treatment a day. No More!"
Sometimes i wish i can just tell them: "Shut up and let me continue my work". or else "Get out and get the next patient in ASAP!"
I half jokingly told a nanny who wanted her sensitive or else sound tooth out of her mouth:"I am not making you a denture since you wanted your healthy tooth out so do not come and see me!"
An uncle got up after his scaling and told me:"Wow, you did the scaling in one shot, didn't even give me a break. The private i went gave me a few."
I replied:"Oh wells, this is the government and see how many cards stacking behind?!"
Wish i can stick a post at my door:
Dear patients, less than 10 minutes per person. What can you expect? Just don't turn up on a busy day or else go to a private and get as much pampering as you want!
Impatient, cold, sarcastic, and bad quality of work.
Nothing that anyone wants in a health care professional.
A patient asked:"How is the sterilization in this clinic? Is it good?"
I replied:"Uh, we've tried our best to keep them sterile but you cant expect too much from a busy clinic!"
He said further:"I'm sure government is better then private"
Me:" Oh no, privates got different standard, depends on which one you chose to go" (in another word: you must have been a cheapo and found the bad ones!)
Another patient asked today:"Oh can i bring my daughter here on Saturday?"
I replied:" Oh yeah, you are welcome but we won't be here seeing you for sure. The school is off on weekend and we too need our break!"
I've been repeating myself hundreds time since i started working:"One treatment a day. No More!"
Sometimes i wish i can just tell them: "Shut up and let me continue my work". or else "Get out and get the next patient in ASAP!"
I half jokingly told a nanny who wanted her sensitive or else sound tooth out of her mouth:"I am not making you a denture since you wanted your healthy tooth out so do not come and see me!"
An uncle got up after his scaling and told me:"Wow, you did the scaling in one shot, didn't even give me a break. The private i went gave me a few."
I replied:"Oh wells, this is the government and see how many cards stacking behind?!"
Wish i can stick a post at my door:
Dear patients, less than 10 minutes per person. What can you expect? Just don't turn up on a busy day or else go to a private and get as much pampering as you want!
Monday 14 May 2012
An Evening Loving Myself
90 minutes of massage after work, followed by Ginseng soup, on a Monday evening. ^^
Sunday 22 April 2012
Sunday 15 April 2012
Sunday 1 April 2012
Friday 30 March 2012
Goodbye FYDOship!
1 more week will mark the end of my FYDOship...
It wasn't too bad after all. At least it didn't turn out as a disaster, or a nightmare.
Of cause, i did learnt something too.
It wasn't a bad decision to come back to work, experiencing the part of Malaysia that i have never seen. (I've been to Tioman Island finally!)
NO regrets.
1 year flew pass in a blink, however it did felt long sometimes.
Glad that i manage to make some friends here.
End of FYDOship, beginning of Permanent posting.
Probably it's time to end it here before things turn ugly and move on to my new phase of life?
07/04/12 - What shall i get myself as a remembrance?
It wasn't too bad after all. At least it didn't turn out as a disaster, or a nightmare.
Of cause, i did learnt something too.
It wasn't a bad decision to come back to work, experiencing the part of Malaysia that i have never seen. (I've been to Tioman Island finally!)
NO regrets.
1 year flew pass in a blink, however it did felt long sometimes.
Glad that i manage to make some friends here.
End of FYDOship, beginning of Permanent posting.
Probably it's time to end it here before things turn ugly and move on to my new phase of life?
07/04/12 - What shall i get myself as a remembrance?
Sunday 26 February 2012
Friday 24 February 2012
Time passes in a blink. I'm turning 27 before i even notice.
It feels heavy all of a sudden.
Not because of i'm getting old, but what i've gained so far doesn't seem enough.
Then again, what more do i wanna achieve? The answer seems blurry..
I do wish to visit home and my love ones more often,
travel to somewhere spontaneously, or else take a few months out traveling,
maybe start doin some charity work
or start learning some new skills?
Sometimes it needs a lot of courage to follow what your heart tells you to...
It feels heavy all of a sudden.
Not because of i'm getting old, but what i've gained so far doesn't seem enough.
Then again, what more do i wanna achieve? The answer seems blurry..
I do wish to visit home and my love ones more often,
travel to somewhere spontaneously, or else take a few months out traveling,
maybe start doin some charity work
or start learning some new skills?
Sometimes it needs a lot of courage to follow what your heart tells you to...
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Friday 10 February 2012
Tuesday 3 January 2012
Restorative ^^
1st day of real work in 2012 did started off GOOOOD!
tho we gotto stay back till 5.45pm to finish-up the patients, at least i'm doing something that i like - RESTORATVIE!
Today- 2nd day of my new posting was eventful.
A PFM crown preparation on 26, a new case - a patient who claims that her husband was a dentist (in my mind i was thinking 'damn it.. a patient with high expectations!'), and a re-endo treatment on 14 - 2 canals!
Firstly, i've never prep a tooth since graduated in 2010. Took me more than 30 minutes to complete that prep i guess, that doesn't include temporary crown, impressions, bla bla bla...
Secondly, I've never done a re-RCT case before. God knows how difficult it is to find and clean those canals that were filled with GPs in a tiny hole (access cavity).
It's been a challenging day but glad that i've learnt a lot. =)
Our aim for now is to punch out on time everyday!!!!!
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Here's my new favourite song to start the year of 2012 * ^^ *
*Many many congratulations to dear Ai Ling who's getting married this Friday,
and to Farah who just got engaged! xoxoxo
tho we gotto stay back till 5.45pm to finish-up the patients, at least i'm doing something that i like - RESTORATVIE!
Today- 2nd day of my new posting was eventful.
A PFM crown preparation on 26, a new case - a patient who claims that her husband was a dentist (in my mind i was thinking 'damn it.. a patient with high expectations!'), and a re-endo treatment on 14 - 2 canals!
Firstly, i've never prep a tooth since graduated in 2010. Took me more than 30 minutes to complete that prep i guess, that doesn't include temporary crown, impressions, bla bla bla...
Secondly, I've never done a re-RCT case before. God knows how difficult it is to find and clean those canals that were filled with GPs in a tiny hole (access cavity).
It's been a challenging day but glad that i've learnt a lot. =)
Our aim for now is to punch out on time everyday!!!!!
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Here's my new favourite song to start the year of 2012 * ^^ *
*Many many congratulations to dear Ai Ling who's getting married this Friday,
and to Farah who just got engaged! xoxoxo
Sunday 1 January 2012
Happy 2012!!
Time is ticking a lil too fast..
It's already a new year before i even realised.
Feeling a lil melancholy here. Spending the last day of 2011 on-calling and the beginning of a brand new year feeling sorry for a patient who might not even make it through today. What a way to end and to start a brand new year. Still, i'm grateful that my 2011 was a fulfilling and a heart warming year. Started a new life in an alien place, experiencing the true Malaysia, being able to work n to support myself, seeing my family more often than the past 6 years, making trips to a few places, of cause meeting up with EK and to spend some quality time together. The only downside is to have loose another precious member in our family. Also, i do miss my friends at the other side of the world a lot...
Everything does sounds perfect and i should be happy with my life now. Right?
but.......
to be honest, i'm not entirely settled. Strange that i feel lost sometimes and the sense of emptiness does frustrates me occasionally. There's something that is missing in my current life but me myself could not figure out what. Maybe my 8-5 job and less friends has made me a dull Jack. Then again, i'm feeling antisocial most of the time.
Oh wells, buhbye 2011 and welcome 2012. Foreseeing a daunting year ahead with many many uncertainties. My heart does feel heavy, on the other hand, i'm hoping to make a change.
What happens if i take a year out n travel around the globe? hmmmm....
It's already a new year before i even realised.
Feeling a lil melancholy here. Spending the last day of 2011 on-calling and the beginning of a brand new year feeling sorry for a patient who might not even make it through today. What a way to end and to start a brand new year. Still, i'm grateful that my 2011 was a fulfilling and a heart warming year. Started a new life in an alien place, experiencing the true Malaysia, being able to work n to support myself, seeing my family more often than the past 6 years, making trips to a few places, of cause meeting up with EK and to spend some quality time together. The only downside is to have loose another precious member in our family. Also, i do miss my friends at the other side of the world a lot...
Everything does sounds perfect and i should be happy with my life now. Right?
but.......
to be honest, i'm not entirely settled. Strange that i feel lost sometimes and the sense of emptiness does frustrates me occasionally. There's something that is missing in my current life but me myself could not figure out what. Maybe my 8-5 job and less friends has made me a dull Jack. Then again, i'm feeling antisocial most of the time.
Oh wells, buhbye 2011 and welcome 2012. Foreseeing a daunting year ahead with many many uncertainties. My heart does feel heavy, on the other hand, i'm hoping to make a change.
What happens if i take a year out n travel around the globe? hmmmm....
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