4th Week in Family Medicine

So today is the first day of the fourth week. Do you have any idea how creepy that is ಠ_ಠ (Anamil's favorite smiley)? that means next week is our finals! Yea doesn't feel good :S. Today also was the second day in the second PHC (Primary Health Care) center. Last three weeks we were in Prince Abdulmajeed Dist. PHC center and now we're in the National Guard PHC center. I've heard about NGH and I had NOOOOOOOOO idea that the PHC center is just as strict! From the first day we were divided into groups and given the schedules and all. Well I was in a PHCC before and I did NOTHING! merely one step of Hx or Ex but NOT THE WHOLE THING! And the docs were super lax there. Not that we took advantage of them Wallahi but we didn't more than expected! And the horror began today when everyone was in her subgroup. And I began with GP clinics. So the doc assigned each girl to a clinic. I am a very insecure girl when it comes to be thrown ALONE. Even if it's being thrown alone in a room! I freaked out. I understood what's happening and I freaked out more! The doc planned to throw us in the sea to learn how to swim in a the most non-delightful way! :(

I stood outside the clinic praying that it's some sort of a prank and the doc will come at least to assist me when I space out and forget something. Instead, the doc came and said "Behave as a doc and speak with me only in English."  She didn't say it in an offending way but Behave as a doc? What was I doing earlier? belly dancing? 

Anyhow, the nurse came and said "do you want me to call the patient?" The horror shown on my face. Can you call the doc instead??? I suppressed my shouts for help! I could see -or I might have imagined- her suppressed smile! Dunno really. I tried to swallow the huge lump in my throat but that was super difficult! She gave me the patient's file. Thank you! Yes I can read files. I can read Hieroglyphic too!!

The nurse called the patient and I tried to calm myself. Fadiah dude calm down you took care of patients before!!! I think it's was the setting that freaked me out! In a ward I get to enter the patient's room. I dunno but I guess it felt like I can ditch the patient whenever I want to. But in a clinic, the patient comes in, and suddenly you feel that there's no way out! I know what you're thinking, my brain is functioning in a weird way. The patient came in and I took her Hx, what is supposed to be Hx I'm really not sure what I asked O_O. It was the shortest, most defective Hx I could ever get. AAAAAAAAAH! And the Exammmmmmmmmm!!! My lord it sucked big time! Then the patient went out because she heard the other nurse calling on her daughter and she wanted to check on her, so I'm like OK, I'll be here. The doc came in a minute or so and gave me a look of blame and said "Where is the patient??!!!" I swear I didn't kill her!  "She left to check on her daughter." Said Fadiah with the weakest voice ever. 

Doc: "Tell me the Hx." 

Me: "Blah blah............."

"And?"

*Looking at the ceiling and noticing all the cracks and different colors on the walls* "Blah blah...."

"Differential?"

Please please God help me not to look like an idiot! I really hate differentials I always suck at them.

"This and that??"

I don't remember what happened next. Oh yes, she got me a family R4 lovely doc. She is the nicest thing ever and she helped me a lot. Then all of a sudden she gave me the patient's file and said "Fill it up." 

"WHAT?" Again, another panic attack. 

"You took Hx and did Ex, write it down."

"I'm only a fifth year student, are you sure it's okay?" Said the really desperate Fadia-with-an-H. This is my new nickname by Anamil. Unconsciously spreading awareness of how to correctly spell my name :p.

"Just write it down, I'll sign."

Me surrendering to the fact that I have to write it all down and did it. But I don't guarantee it looked nice! I'm sure it's super messy and someone is checking the file and saying "WTH??" but again, whatever!! The rest of the visit was okay. Then we went back to the college and prepared for our presentation. It's then when I got another panic attack and I began to sing "Follow the yellow brick road" I don't really know why, but I guess I needed to sing a fast rhythm song or whatever.

Anyhow the girls started presenting, I was the last, and at 13:50 the doc said I only have 10 minutes. I hated her!! WHYYYYYYYY?? It's not like I had plenty to say but I didn't want her to force me with those 10 minutes. A control freak -as my friend loves to say e7m e7m- doesn't like to be controlled. I did good. Al7amdellah and the girls were pleased, SHE however didn't say anything as if she's gonna die if she said it was nice! Ha!! Die!! What a lovely idea at the moment! 

Random thoughts: 

-Other friend of mine believes I'd make a good teacher, an Ablah!!! Yea I hate medicine I might wanna specialize in Anatomy or something :p.

-When I saw my pics I laughed my ass off, first the four of us -the presenters- were on the stage as if we're prisoners. Yea some drama! The doc wanted to ask us few questions and stuff. And laterrrrrrrr I realized I was doing like this dude in the pic, my hands were on a lower level though. 

I. FELT. HABLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. Hahahahaha but those pics shall always be a good reason to laugh. 'Cause OH MY GOD the looks on our faces were simply priceless.

I'm thankful to everyone who either videotaped us or took pics and for all the girls who really lifted up our moods before, during and after the presentation. 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand finally I'd like to tell you all that I'm taking the night off. Yea this is my way of rewarding myself hahaha.