I think I'm semi-famous

Hello... it's me... that random person who should be writing this blog but has in fact been snowed under at work due to a registrar's decision to move NHS trusts. Great. Thanks. A lot.

Well I have to start studying for my advanced exams to let me become a registrar which means I am also getting to spend a couple of shifts a week in A&E doing 'liaison work' which in effect means I am an extra pair of hands that they don't have to worry about the pay or supervision of, it's nice to be wanted for a change. This registrar post means a lot to me and would be proof that I can actually achieve rather than just plod along and float through my medical career but it's going to involve a lot of hard work and time and I am so tired at present that I don't know if I can face it.

I was very naughty the other day and asked my fiancé (also a medic) to prescribe me some sleepers so I could get some rest, luckily for myself, my career and my reputation he refused but he bullied me into seeing my GP about everything (he thinks I have never really got over all my 'mental' stuff and am shoving it away, never to be dealt with) and so I have half a morning off work tomorrow to see him. Now I don't particularly get on with my GP, I don't know if it is the same for all health professionals but my GP seems to not be very keen on me as he always assumes I know what is wrong with me and what I need to be prescribed. I guess he thinks that in my eyes all he is is a signature on a prescription as I can't prescribe my own drugs, which isn't true. I see GPs as the 'gateway' to all NHS services and view my GP accordingly. Anyway, I know that depending on the result of the consultation there may be a visit to occupational health which means more explaining, but I know I am not coping well with the stress of everything at the minute and I want to stave off any impending doom than give into it.

Finally for the subject title of this post. I have since discovered that I have been mentioned on Mental Nurse's Blog which is a great privilege as I first read about their blog in The Observer a while back and have to say that they were some of the inspiration in creating my own blog. I feel deeply honoured.