over half way thru a 14.5 hour shift...on a sunday....after working 10 hours on saturday. this doctoring business isnt all that its made out to be. er, grays, even scrubs....all completely inaccurate. our work is so inglamourous u wouldnt believe it unless u did it urself. anyway, i'm not complaining- its actually not that bad. just very tiring, and leaves time for little else beyond eating and sleeping- i'm glad i'm able to do these things regularly. my two fellow interns (i'm at coffs harbour hospital for 10 weeks) have it much worse than me- they work 10-12 hour days regularly whereas i rarely work over 9. the weekend shifts everyone has to do at some stage.

its a steep learning curve, especially when ur the only doctor in a small country hospital- like right now actually. because my morning colleague and i were very effecient this afternoon, i'm enjoying a long break. the problem is the cafeteria is closed and i cant leave the hospital to get food. so i'm just pumping myself full of sugary tea to keep me going for a another 3 hours. have to plan better next time. anyway, just got called about a patient. better get back to it.....