After taking 3 days off to do the stupid super stressful Journal club, I was back to work on Tuesday. The first day was okay. Wednesday was soooo crappy. Patient coming was expected, but one referrals after one, and after another was super irritating. If this happened to only one patient, I guess I can tolerate better. However, this was not the case. One after another referral...... I was extraordinaryly mad, lost my temper.
"Mr Wong, I can do it no more!"
"Hang in there!!"
"I really can do it no more! People are crazy!"
"This is the psychiatric unit."
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The next day, there was a returned patient, who refused to be discharged with tones of unreasonble excuses. This is the first time I needed to enter the pantry to ventilate and to cool down myself in order to avoid any stupid behaviour due to rage. Then there was a new case who came with his son. This son was dressed educated but in fact not educated enough to ask questions while the therapist was available. Too may irrelevant questions which may lead me to answer something stupid. This was the second time I needed to entry the pantry, and I asked Papa Thomas to come with me.
"Mr Wong, I am dead."
"What case is that?"
"Frozen shoulder. Crazy...."
"Now you can first xxxxxxx, then xxxxxxxxx......"
"Okay..."
"You are competent of handling this, and very well. If there are further problems, you call me for help, like this."
"Okay... thanks."
Returning to my spot, trying my best to communicate with the client & ignoring the son, everything was settled afterwards. The client was actually pretty nice and following command. Thomas Papa gave me this thumb and said, "Very good. You are competent enough to handle these situations!"
Thomas Papa was so so so nice. I knew I wasn't good enough in a lot of aspects, but he kept on giving me so powerful encouragement. He took super good care of me, making me feel like I am experienced enough. Wanna give him a super big hug.
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The next day, I was just a lil bit frustrated about how people can get a physio appointment in only 3 days which is not classified as category I. As usual, I have no hesitation of expressing my thought to Thomas Papa. He told me that I could tell the seniors but that's a first. "I'd better not creating more trouble." Thomas Papa smiled, saying that I sounded like I have been doing this for 20 years.
Mucho Gracias Thomas Papa
