it felt like it yesterday. the brief went down like some slick Hollywood script. Here we are, the patient is this, this could happen, this will happen, these are the choices we have, any questions ( Read more... )

It is a weird time at the moment ( Read more... )

A lot of stuff happened over the week, some good, some bad. Mostly stressful though ( Read more... )

I survived the nights ( Read more... )

Today I'm on the late shift. 1-9pm. which is better I think than the 12-9.30pm stint i used to do in Frenchay. More time to read, watch youtube (it's a happy addiction) and skip around inside my own head. You guys may laugh at the last one but for me it's a good thing. I'm not sure why it is good, just as I'm not sure where this journal post is ( Read more... )

i return to work tomorrow morning. 8am back on the line. don't know what the line manager from hell is going to do to me, i'm hoping she'll be ok but i'm asking for nothing at this point. I have to tell her i need thursday afternoon off for emergency dental surgery so I'm hoping she can be lenient in terms of my phased return to work protocol ( Read more... )

i couldn't sleep again. Even on weekdays when I'm NOT working I still wake at the same time I would wake if I was on duty that day. This is making me very sleep deprived ( Read more... )

Tonight I had a very nice talk with a very good friend of mine. kB. We spoke of many things (not cabbages or kings) but the main jist of the chat was the work situation and how it is affecting me ( Read more... )

Well, the good news is that I managed to change my night duty to the following week, so I'm not doing LESS nights, just the same amount of nights at a different time ( Read more... )

i had a real problem back on Wednesday in work. I was on the late shift so i started work at noon and I rolled into work at eleven to get a cup of tea and try and quiet my mind ( Read more... )