Of ENT, Tests and Birthday Dinners

wham, bam, smash. that was how my ent ended - with a crash called the end of posting test. it was an absolute disaster, and if you look at my previous posts, i've never described any test in this way before, so you can guess how agitated we all were after the test. ah well, never mind about that now...if i were to say anymore i would probably sound like a chicken about to be slaughtered...

fortunately i had some r and r before going home. lots of it in fact. went with m.g. to suntec to get presents for some people, then walked around the place a bit before proceeding to vivocity where my cg and some others were celebrating a cg mate's birthday at modesto's. it was a very enjoyable dinner, even though i only had a pasta, because of the great company. a flaming Lamborghini and waterfall were ordered for the birthday boy. the drinks didn't have much effect on him, so someone suggested that we dare him to re-enact that famous scene from titanic with a guy. it was hilarious. wish i could post the video up online! haha.

ent was an enjoyable posting i must say. it's quite varied for our level, and the docs were all quite happy to teach us. during the two weeks we saw a whole lot of nasopharyngeal cancers and some oral cancers, one of whom underwent a mandibulectomy. had a chance to have a look during the surgery, and i must say that it was a rather amazing sight to see the surgeons saw through the mandible while another group of surgeons worked on the arm to prepare a flap. midway through the op, there was an emergency tracheostomy because some guy flew off his bike and landed on his face. he lost a couple of teeth, one of which apparently went down his left bronchus and caused one lobe to collapse. hope both patients are recovering well.

but of course ent isn't complete without the numerous otoscopic examinations of the different types of ears. for some strange reason, i seem quite bad at this, so that really got to me. let's see if i'm equally bad with my opthalmoscope when i start my eye posting in a month's time. heh. for now, it's pathology and forensics. precious time to revise for my upcoming pathology exam! whoot.