Nothing comes without a price. Sometimes, I find it so discouraging when I try so hard, yet it just seems that my system memory is failing me time and time again. Memory and knowledge retention becomes a huge challenge to me. When I was young, my memory used to be pretty impressive, but nowadays, I [...]

I feel very, very discouraged.I am almost in tears now.
In the hospital today, I was trying to make myself useful. I failed ALL my attempts to do venepuncture. At the end, I just got so disgusted at myself. I felt like strangling myself. It is just so, so disappointing!

Why am I always so bad in [...]

I left the theater at 5pm today because the skies were dark. I missed out on the microvascular surgery. So, instead of sitting there regretting, I youtubed a video and satisfied myself watching it. It took ages! Good thing I opted to come home for dinner and coffee.

A quickie here from LW’s PA (again!).
While Dr W is busy with her work at the moment, I the PA is also busy with mine. I also spend a substantial amount of time in the hospital and in fact, I study in the hospital as well. I am far away from graduating.. I am still [...]

Etiology of the retrobulbar neuritis
• It is an nflammation of the optic nerve situated behind the eyeball.
• It is characterized by a normal optic nerve head and retinal nerve fibre layer.
• This is the most common type in adults and is frequently associated with demyelination.
Clinical picture
• Its clinical features (except the fundus changes) are essentially [...]

Diverticula of the colon are acquired herniations of colonic mucosa protruding through the circular muscle at the points where the blood vessels penetrate the colonic wall. Thus they tend to occur in rows in between the strip of longitudinal muscle (taenia coli). The condition most often is localised to one part of the colon, usually [...]

Etiology:
The cause is unknown. No organisms or group of organisms can be incriminated.
Possibly the disease is linked with emotional stress.
It may be related to genetic abnormalities disease.
Some cases are allergie to milk protein. In cases of extensive ulceration secondary infection plays a large part.
In some families there is a strong tendency for the disease to [...]