Making a Detour To Communications. 2nd May 2019. 2:34 PM Tomorrow marks the start of a new phase for me. I am both as excited as I am nervous, and have my outfits planned out for a month. I don’t know who this person that plans outfits ahead of time is, but I like
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On Getting Diagnosed + Living With Endometriosis.
I never thought that it would happen to me. It wasn’t a thing I thought about. Not even now that it has happened to me. It still isn’t a thing I think about. Because maybe thinking means realizing that life as I’ve always imagined it. Always expected it, might never eventually happen… What am I
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A Day In My Life As A Doctor – My Paediatrics Posting Experience.
Last post in my housemanship in Nigeria chronicles! Phew. Guys, I made it through my twelve months a slave in one piece! Ain’t God good? Looking back at my whole housemanship experience now further reiterates the fact that you can pull through whatever and no matter how long the night lasts, morning will always come.
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On Adulting, Rounding Up My Housemanship Year And Future Plans
I have approximately one day until the end of my medical internship / housemanship year. How do I feel about this? Excited, Yes! Happy that I’ll finally be able to get more sleep? Yes! Rounding up this compulsory one year of my life is one thing I’ve really been looking forward and counting down to.
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Med Diary || My Surgery Posting Experience.
And it’s another housemanship in Nigeria Post! This time though, I’m kicking it off on a happy note – Super excited because I start my last posting in this my housemanship journey tomorrow (started writing this on the 21st, so I’m already a few days into my last posting now)! Whoop whoop! How times flies
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Housemanship Chronicles || My Medicine Posting Experience.
Back on my housemanship in Nigeria chronicles – Yesterday was “officially” my last day as a house officer in the Endocrinology unit of the Department of medicine, LUTH and it feels so good to be leaving. Although, officially in quote because I still have a two weeks extension to spend there sometime in the future
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Med Diary || Moving To Medicine + An Update.
Quick Update Guys. So I’m back to work! I’ve been low-key looking forward to going back to work just so I can move forward with this housemanship thing again and get it over with. Like I explained in my last med diary, we go through four department (Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, O&G) and spend three months
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Housejob Chronicles || Med Life So Far x 3 Months In O&G.
Today officially marks the end of my first posting/three months of work (whoooop!!) and I figured what better time to write about my housemanship experience so far than now. I promised to keep you all updated and I’ve tried to do that on my instagram and instastories – so go follow me @cassiedaves and check
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New Beginnings || When The Test Becomes A Testimony.
Guess who is picking up the ward coat and making use of her stethoscope again? Yup Me! I dedicated a whole post to my problem/test so it is only right that I do a post to share my testimony. What testimony, you ask? I finally got employment for my housemanship in Luth! If you’ve been
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When Life Gives You Lemons. . .
Make Lemonade. Isn’t that how the saying goes? And I think that’s what I’ve been trying to do – Make Lemonade with these Lemons that have been thrown my way. This joblessness. Keeping my mind and hands busy while waiting to finally get a job and resume duty as a Doctor officially. Although, I haven’t