my week #202

This week, I was on palliative care - a bit weird to put it in the middle of a ten week surgical block! Emotionally, it was a rollercoaster of a week and on Friday night, I slept for nine hours (I usually get between 6 and 7.5) which kind of says it all. It was nice to be able to have a lie in this weekend too - I now go onto five weeks of general surgery, rotating through various specialties, and I have to be in at 8am most days so goodbye sleep...

It was also nice to see Scotland win against Italy yesterday in the Six Nations :)

How has your week been?

my study week #9 - neurology notebook

It's hard to believe that my neuro placement was half a year ago now...! Back then, I used this Foray notebook to write up all my learning objectives. The main pens used in it were a cheap black gel pen, my Lamy Safari, a Pilot Vanishing Point and a Faber Castell Ambition fountain pen.

You may spot a fair bit of doodling and illustrating in it and thats usually when lectures get a bit dry and I'm trying to stay awake. I'll let the pictures do all the talking in this blog post.

Enjoy!

in search of the perfect blue-black ink #3: diamine twilight

The third ink in this series in my quest for my perfect blue-black ink. In all honesty, I'm not quite sure what kind of blue-black shade I'm looking for but I'm searching on the pretence that I'll know once I find it. My gut feeling for most things in life is pretty accurate so I'll carry that onto this ink quest.

Previously tried blue-black inks: Platinum blue-black cartridges and Pelikan Edelstein Tanzanite.

And how the ink looks in my notes:

Twilight is a shade that I actually quite like (despite its name) but I'm not quite sure it's my perfect shade of blue-black. 

my week #201

This week was a bit disappointing. I was on trauma but didn't see much in theatres or in clinics unfortunately. As a student, this wasn't great for my learning. Trauma was one of those specialties that has interested me as a potential career path (right from the start of medical school) so it was a bit gutting that this week didn't quite feed this interest.

Because my timetable was a bit lighter than usual this week, I took the chance to catch up with as many friends as possible :)

How has your week been?