Gynaecology

The heart of woman is like the needle in the sea. You can only understand one thing from them, is that you can't really understand them at all.

I started to attach to the gynaecology team in our hospital. Do you know the meaning of gynaecology in its Greek? It is the study of woman. Oh, it is the study of woman. They are so special that we need to develop a -logy for them. (In fact, there is a andrology in this world. You might just never hear this word.)

We had our ward activity in the morning and we took a few histories from the patients. The symptoms were mostly about bleeding. It looked like boring. However, the bleeding meant a lot to them. Will guys really understand how patients suffer when they had their pants and trousers soaked with blood for a few times in a day? Will guys really understand how they will suffer when they have to change pads 10 times a day for the sake of the bleeding? It was something serious undoubtedly.

In the afternoon we stayed in the out-patient clinic. It was something different from the clinic during Psychiatry module. The doctor was different. The patients were different. However, one thing that stayed the same was the approach of the doctor towards the patients. She must take the psychological aspect into the account when formulating the management. She must put herself into the shoes of the patients so she could understand how it will affect the patient. After all, we were sons and daughters from our mothers.

How I miss my mother when I made this entry.