Author Archives: Isra

Anthropocene Arrived at work as planned one hour earlier, paperwork, clinic, post-clinic case discussion, quick break, meeting until 6pm. Fast forwarding my day with brief notes: Clinic: joined by an enthusiastic junior doctor. It is a perfect combination to take care of someone while teaching another. We had a variety of case presentations of adrenalContinue reading “365 days: Day14”

On the phone I went to work one hour before the start of my clinic to do some paperwork and review the list of patients, and allocate them for appropriate level of review. With COVID19 affecting how we perform medicine I had a mixture of virtual and in-person reviews. Some virtual reviews were decided byContinue reading “365 days: Day13”

A very normal day! The alarm woke me up at 5am sharp. I stood and turned it off and returned to bed! I gave myself an excuse that I was stressed about a relative who is sick in another country and was contacted to support and provide guidance about management during the night and theContinue reading “365 days: Day12”

Personal vs professional Back to work today and it was good to see most people and chat between clinics on the go to briefly see how everyone is doing. But it brings me always that question of how much of personal life you could reveal and if there is a division between personal and professionalContinue reading “365Days: Day11”

Last day of the holiday! (A brief note on learning productivity) Today is the last day of my holiday with tomorrow being the actual start of the year of work. I decided to stay late in bed before getting up to re-organise my things and clean my place since I realise that from tomorrow, IContinue reading “365 days: Day10”

Afternoon tea at Parker’s Tavern Since my holidays plans for Christmas and the new year had changed in the last minutes, I had to plan for a good time before returning to work. One of the things I hoped to do in Cambridge is to visit the Parker’s Tavern restaurant. The thought was initially forContinue reading “365 Days: Day9”

Muddy! One of my new-year’s goals is to meet as many people as I can. Since the pandemic, I have developed this thirst for knowing people, meeting with them, and learning about them. As a socialised introvert, I find this intriguing, but it did happen to me. I signed up for a group walk inContinue reading “365 days: Day 8”

Gratitude 365 days.. Day7: Gratitude This year has been tough on many people. The pandemic, the isolation, the deaths, travel disruptions, delayed plans and collective trauma. However, we are blessed to be alive, blessed to learn the importance of people in our lives, blessed to learn the importance of our health and that happiness andContinue reading “365 days: day7”

Pressure It seems that the idea of counting the days makes me uncomfortably aware of how much time is slipping from my hands and how short the day is and so the week, the month and the year and one’s whole life!  Most of my life so far I have been aware of what IContinue reading “365 days: Day6”

Self-care The best thing about being off work is that you could sway the plan of the day as you wish. The half-day of work plan changed to half day of rest and binge watching of YouTube videos before I head to the beauty salon for some planned self-care. A rare occurrence given that timeContinue reading “365 days: Day 5”