It has been a difficult day, I woke up feeling awful in every sense of the word. I was able to catch a lift from my brother into work which got me out of the rain. I then spent all of the morning washing my patients, which as always is a pleasant experience.
Once all the washes are done lunch arrives and you find yourself in a bit of a tizz as several patients all need feeding but you only have one pair of hands after all. I found myself going from one patient to the next in a bay of four ladies, I was then asked if after lunch i could get all these four ladies back into bed. Again, only one pair of hands. Poses a slight problem.
On the other side of the ward I have a patient who was very very drowsy. Only responsive to pain which made it difficult to do anything with her. I suspect she is in end stage Parkinson's but I'm no doctor. I grabbed my obs machine, and the BM machine. I took all my bits and pieces and then relayed it back to the nurse. She didn't show too much concern so I left it with her and moved onto getting my patients into bed.
Since the start of this particular placement I have been suffering with (its a self diagnosis) Sciatica. It is excruciatingly painful some days and today was one of those days. Its started to affect me sitting too, I must go and see a physio if I can.
I left today without having learnt anything, without that good feeling I usually get. I guess it was a 'normal' day.
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