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Hello livejournal, I thought this afternoon I should make a post since I've been so bad at catching up with everyone this year.... that is to say, since I've caught up with nobody in Brisbane this year... It's not that I've been all that busy, just busy enough for Brisbane to be a very long drive away I guess. I had a week of holidays but a group assignment I did 90% of the work for was due at the end of it so I didn't get much of a break. Honestly, I'm a little bit jaded what with doing research over my entire Summer break and then much the same over this last week break. Anyway, enough of that, significant life events in dot points.
- I was diagnosed earlier this afternoon with Narcolepsy. Sleep study with electroencephalogram confirmation. Which was a little bit interesting. It doesn't mean I'm going to fall asleep without warning anytime soon though, don't get too excited. I am an impaired driver however until my medications get sorted out.... Bit annoying. Still, interesting.
- Last saturday I competed in my first Olympic distance triathlon, which was heaps of fun. A bit long, honestly Olympic distance was a bit ambitious, but still fun. Especially the swim, wouldn't ever be game to swim that far out to sea without a bazillion lifeguards around. I did the Byron Bay Ocean Swim the week before in much rougher conditions and that wasn't nearly as nice. Gold Coast Half-Marathon is next.
- Tonight is a farewell dinner for the students going back to Sydney in a couple of week (i.e. students like me). I'm going back to Sydney at the end of the month. All a bit sad but there you go, exams to be written. I'm going to apply to Qld for internship but I'm applying to NSW as well and to be honest I'm a lot more likely to get a good hospital placement in Sydney than I am in Brisbane. I'm not sure how I feel about it, I dunno. It's all good I suppose. I'm really not looking forward to graduating though, full-time jobs are hard.
- I examined a lady the other day with cancer in her liver of unknown origin. Breast cancer being so common a breast examination was obligatory so the team got me to do it and I found a lump. Which was sort of interesting, too. Fortunately the patient had already had the bad news about the liver broken to her so my findings didn't create any extra anxiety.