Brand New Start
So I've got a new posting at a certain clinic. Anyway, fyi, I ain't a doctor and the last time I checked, I still couldn't stand the sight of blood or needles or ..cute doctors. But this is just a posting for almost half a year talking about the visual parts of your body...your eyes and not my hips. Actually, it is not new to me since I have been coverage for my colleague who hasn't exactly been in her best of health as of this year...eh..more accurately, ever since her posting to the clinic. I don't know if it is a curse like superman or what but whoever stays there, after a while, they do get sick..often. But rahayupopz is to the rescue! I shall be the first one there to be so freakin' well, people think that I am a robot! And im digressing right now.
While I have been reading up for unexpected questions especially those buggers who fully make use of whatever knowledge I have concerning common eye diseases, I am bloody nervous. I know how my colleague felt who is supposed to be my coverage who has to speak to parents and make use of the *sniggers*...HIGHLY COMPUTERISED SYSTEM....because officially today, I was once a coverage before assuming my full posting later on. After awhile, I do get a hang of it especially when I know how to start the ball rolling for every case and believe it or not, it is more or less in the prescription given to the patients to make spectacles for the children.
Ironically, I don't even encourage to make spectacles for my brother for the belief that I know for sure that he is still rather young and his degrees are not that overwhelming but at the borderline. And another thing about him is that he hardly studies so you know the deal...his eyes are not used often for reading and writing. But that aside, he wasn't one of those so called priviledge kids who get the chance to have their eyes screened at a young preschooler age. I tell you that nowadays, kids are so lucky that we adults are actually working hard to detect any medical problems with them. The last time, it was basically 'the jab' when they go to primary One. As much as I hate to break the news to the parents that their child may have to be a spectacle-wearer, on the other hand, I know that it is for their children's own good. And they are not my children in the first place but my heart still goes out the parents who think their children are far too young to be prescribed with spectacles. But that's the thing. Our fast paced environment is changing so fast that it actually increases our standard of living but not necessarily, our health. It also breaks my heart learning about children having diseases usually related to adults once upon a time and Im not talking about just eye diseases here as well.
I fear for my brother's health and whose age is not even qualified to be that of a teenager..even though he looks like one judging from his size. I just feel that my mum should put a cap on it when it comes to giving him food to eat. I want her to know that what is more important is what goes into his stomach and it is not about filling him up only. It is natural for him to wanna keep eating because he is a boy after all and you know boys usually need a bigger diet than a girl but it doesn' mean that he has to eat Mcdonald's almost everyday as a quick solution to his hungry fixes. I am so sick and tired of arguing with my mum when it comes to buying his food which mostly comprises of fast food but mum, being mum....they think they are always right. I just hope that she can come to her senses that one day, she is not going to suffer but eventually, it is him and by that time, it may get serious and there's nothing much we can do except to alleviate the pain that comes with it and dear God, I do hope there won't be such a day.
Back to the cases I have handled in the clinic. Basically, I am just a counsellor..er..how ever you spell that. I explain to them more about common children's eye diseases and in particular the one that is affecting their children. I can categorise parents into the 'heck care' type or 'concerned' type..and the one that is so freakin' unfortunate to me...who 'makes full use of the free consultation service they are receiving' type. Like what the heck..most of the questions they directed to me thereafter are questions not even related to the child..hrmph..I have to seriously crack my head and try to answer every question thrown at me that is not even in my line of work! Anyway, they have to thank their lucky star that in between playing spider solitaire during my free time on my work pc sans internet, I do read up on all the freakin' shit relating to eye diseases.
So anyway, I wasn't spared yet again last Saturday when I don't know how and why, it happened to be a day when on more than one occasion, I got directed these sort of questions. Like hello? I am not even a surgeon in the first place or a freakin smart eye specialist but you wanna know, well here's crap knowledge to you..haha..And like what, can't they just take the word as it is like for example, 'squint' is basically the eye turning inwards or outwards rather than looking straight. And they HAD to ask me the scientific term for squint right after asking me what is 'amblyopia' as stated in the pamphlet which I gave to the parent after a session with them. I was stumped for a sec not coz I didn't know the answer but rather, I was thinking..'you're testing me, aren't you' which after that I said 'strabismus' when she asked me then what is the scientific term for 'squint'. Could see she was rather impressed with it and still, the last test she gave me (which could mean the last straw to me of which I ws tempted to show her the door) was to spell it out on the pamphlet so that she could do some research on the internet. Eurgh...the spell test. And I am a bit crapped out as I was not 100% sure if there was an extra 's' in there but anyway, I thought carefully and had it written down and pray hard, that it is the correct spelling. So, after this.....I guess I should seriously do some research huh? Haiz.....and what is the internet and the library for anyway? Oh, I forgot, it is after all, a 'free' consultation session. Dammit.
Whatever it is, I am so freakin' nervous about my full day posting tmw for the next six months. Still, I managed to read up some notes in the pamphlets I took from the eye clinic at The Eye Clinic at a certain hospital my father is currently having his follow up with. Actually, I know these pamphlets are not exactly the stuffs you read up and then regurgitate to the fellow patients' parents but hee, they are helpful anyway! At least, when it comes to providing short and concise answers to the common questions and also for a quick general knowledge.
Hrm? Image wise? I try to break out of the conventional frumpy image of a health counsellor..hehe...and even though I hate waking up early for work on Saturdays, Im kinda psyched up over the possibility of wearing jeans and three quarter pants! And 'up' that with heels! Oomph!! Too bad my ryan is not around. RYAN!!!! Alright so I shall quit whining over his absence.
Haiz, so I better get to work for a slight bit after this to prepare myself mentally for any forthcoming from those annoying parents later. I may have company if my colleague managed to get the permission to be attached to my clinic in case she needs to cover my duty. She was just lamenting to me about her not being able to conduct her duty well as she is not that experienced with powerpoint or handling the computer for that matter and on top of that, speaking to parents. I just blame it on the fear of the unknown. It happened to me before and to think I had to cover on the very first day my previous colleague on duty was supposed to start!! Anyway, it wasn't easy and I was stumbling all over my words and repeating what I had said before. I didn't even think I was being straight to the point and I was being all nervous that if you touch me, I would have jumped sky high like a scaredy cat.
I would say that things have been improving and from the way I carry myself nowadays, it did hint a bit of professionalism..heh heh..The only thing that I need to do now, is to read up as much as I can on various possible questions only to keep the irritating blood sucking mosquitoes at bay. Wish me luck!
While I have been reading up for unexpected questions especially those buggers who fully make use of whatever knowledge I have concerning common eye diseases, I am bloody nervous. I know how my colleague felt who is supposed to be my coverage who has to speak to parents and make use of the *sniggers*...HIGHLY COMPUTERISED SYSTEM....because officially today, I was once a coverage before assuming my full posting later on. After awhile, I do get a hang of it especially when I know how to start the ball rolling for every case and believe it or not, it is more or less in the prescription given to the patients to make spectacles for the children.
Ironically, I don't even encourage to make spectacles for my brother for the belief that I know for sure that he is still rather young and his degrees are not that overwhelming but at the borderline. And another thing about him is that he hardly studies so you know the deal...his eyes are not used often for reading and writing. But that aside, he wasn't one of those so called priviledge kids who get the chance to have their eyes screened at a young preschooler age. I tell you that nowadays, kids are so lucky that we adults are actually working hard to detect any medical problems with them. The last time, it was basically 'the jab' when they go to primary One. As much as I hate to break the news to the parents that their child may have to be a spectacle-wearer, on the other hand, I know that it is for their children's own good. And they are not my children in the first place but my heart still goes out the parents who think their children are far too young to be prescribed with spectacles. But that's the thing. Our fast paced environment is changing so fast that it actually increases our standard of living but not necessarily, our health. It also breaks my heart learning about children having diseases usually related to adults once upon a time and Im not talking about just eye diseases here as well.
I fear for my brother's health and whose age is not even qualified to be that of a teenager..even though he looks like one judging from his size. I just feel that my mum should put a cap on it when it comes to giving him food to eat. I want her to know that what is more important is what goes into his stomach and it is not about filling him up only. It is natural for him to wanna keep eating because he is a boy after all and you know boys usually need a bigger diet than a girl but it doesn' mean that he has to eat Mcdonald's almost everyday as a quick solution to his hungry fixes. I am so sick and tired of arguing with my mum when it comes to buying his food which mostly comprises of fast food but mum, being mum....they think they are always right. I just hope that she can come to her senses that one day, she is not going to suffer but eventually, it is him and by that time, it may get serious and there's nothing much we can do except to alleviate the pain that comes with it and dear God, I do hope there won't be such a day.
Back to the cases I have handled in the clinic. Basically, I am just a counsellor..er..how ever you spell that. I explain to them more about common children's eye diseases and in particular the one that is affecting their children. I can categorise parents into the 'heck care' type or 'concerned' type..and the one that is so freakin' unfortunate to me...who 'makes full use of the free consultation service they are receiving' type. Like what the heck..most of the questions they directed to me thereafter are questions not even related to the child..hrmph..I have to seriously crack my head and try to answer every question thrown at me that is not even in my line of work! Anyway, they have to thank their lucky star that in between playing spider solitaire during my free time on my work pc sans internet, I do read up on all the freakin' shit relating to eye diseases.
So anyway, I wasn't spared yet again last Saturday when I don't know how and why, it happened to be a day when on more than one occasion, I got directed these sort of questions. Like hello? I am not even a surgeon in the first place or a freakin smart eye specialist but you wanna know, well here's crap knowledge to you..haha..And like what, can't they just take the word as it is like for example, 'squint' is basically the eye turning inwards or outwards rather than looking straight. And they HAD to ask me the scientific term for squint right after asking me what is 'amblyopia' as stated in the pamphlet which I gave to the parent after a session with them. I was stumped for a sec not coz I didn't know the answer but rather, I was thinking..'you're testing me, aren't you' which after that I said 'strabismus' when she asked me then what is the scientific term for 'squint'. Could see she was rather impressed with it and still, the last test she gave me (which could mean the last straw to me of which I ws tempted to show her the door) was to spell it out on the pamphlet so that she could do some research on the internet. Eurgh...the spell test. And I am a bit crapped out as I was not 100% sure if there was an extra 's' in there but anyway, I thought carefully and had it written down and pray hard, that it is the correct spelling. So, after this.....I guess I should seriously do some research huh? Haiz.....and what is the internet and the library for anyway? Oh, I forgot, it is after all, a 'free' consultation session. Dammit.
Whatever it is, I am so freakin' nervous about my full day posting tmw for the next six months. Still, I managed to read up some notes in the pamphlets I took from the eye clinic at The Eye Clinic at a certain hospital my father is currently having his follow up with. Actually, I know these pamphlets are not exactly the stuffs you read up and then regurgitate to the fellow patients' parents but hee, they are helpful anyway! At least, when it comes to providing short and concise answers to the common questions and also for a quick general knowledge.
Hrm? Image wise? I try to break out of the conventional frumpy image of a health counsellor..hehe...and even though I hate waking up early for work on Saturdays, Im kinda psyched up over the possibility of wearing jeans and three quarter pants! And 'up' that with heels! Oomph!! Too bad my ryan is not around. RYAN!!!! Alright so I shall quit whining over his absence.
Haiz, so I better get to work for a slight bit after this to prepare myself mentally for any forthcoming from those annoying parents later. I may have company if my colleague managed to get the permission to be attached to my clinic in case she needs to cover my duty. She was just lamenting to me about her not being able to conduct her duty well as she is not that experienced with powerpoint or handling the computer for that matter and on top of that, speaking to parents. I just blame it on the fear of the unknown. It happened to me before and to think I had to cover on the very first day my previous colleague on duty was supposed to start!! Anyway, it wasn't easy and I was stumbling all over my words and repeating what I had said before. I didn't even think I was being straight to the point and I was being all nervous that if you touch me, I would have jumped sky high like a scaredy cat.
I would say that things have been improving and from the way I carry myself nowadays, it did hint a bit of professionalism..heh heh..The only thing that I need to do now, is to read up as much as I can on various possible questions only to keep the irritating blood sucking mosquitoes at bay. Wish me luck!
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