Was it a right choice?

A lot of flowers are coming out soon -mainly shades of yellow. I've no preference for flowers, as long they look pretty and have some substance.

After the letter published in ST, several people wondered if I've made the right choice in choosing my degree course and profession. My choice was made long time ago to be in health care. I want to treat people but not potong them financially or physically - so medicine is out. Some of my JC teachers asked me to try getting into medicine, but i've no interest. Pharmacy was on top of the list. It is a specialised degree with a very broad horizon.

Most challenging profession with the lowest salary - more incentives should be given to encourage shorter queuing times and better individual drug counselling. Not many like the profession as they have an innate thinking that pharmacists are shopkeepers instead of DRUG THERAPISTS. I treat doctors as DIAGNOSTICIANS, tell me the disease, I'll try to source for a suitable individualised treatment.

If Greg House can have a Dept of diagnostic medicine, can I have a Dept of Pharmacotherapeutics and CAM? More fun. "He finds treatments for diseases that the others can't treat"

If everyone wants a job with high returns and low educational requirements - be an investor. But then you realised that if everyone's an investor, so who's gonna create the investments?

Clinical pharmacy is something I'm very much interested in and I'd to get very much involved in patients' treatment (while maintaining some form of social life - maybe have to get a really independent and supportive spouse in the future =p). No doubt about it, although I am slowly seeing myself faultering in certain things which I wished I could have done better.

Some of my colleagues in the hospital didn't know I'll be joining them for another nine months because my pass says "Temp. staff". I've not introduced myself adequately (as usual - the forced extrovert).

Packed my first script for Ritalin yesterday (sees a lot of people nodding their head signalling I may need it too - sounds like a very rare case of adolescent-onset- ADHD). Filled in CD register and checking stocks carefully - each mistake will make the book a mess - pressure pressure but then someone has to do it eventually =p

Some people asked me if the hospital was my first choice. Honestly speaking, I take things as they come. The hospital gave me the green light in the shortest length of time - it's a hint that I'm wanted. Quite a few people were shocked at my decision to turn down a big practice, and some were equally shocked that I was accepted at the bigger practice. I felt that my value to the bigger practice would be lesser as they took 15,000 times longer to get back to me. I prefer to go to places where I can be a value to, so i can further value-add, even though, I'm currently a bit damaging.

Distance-wise, it can be a bit far as I spend more than 3 hours a day travelling. However, I enjoy my time and the camaraderie of the staff i work with, it sorts of offset the hassle. Some more, working 4km a day can be good for me since I've not started climbing stairs to reach the in-patient wards (Psst, I still can't find the stairway!!! I love stairs) Perhaps after I progressed some what I can bring home enough dough to take taxi every day home. Eating dinner so late at night can be fattening.

Now, i've to make up for my deficiencies and my memory inadequacies, picking and packing is good opportunity. Shoulda started early since year 1, but then pharmacotherapy can be a breeze and yet a pain if you know something the examiner does not know. Anyone still up for the "Promethazine can onli be used in ages 2 and up?"