Gaz and i are on day 2 of our healthy eating...the exercise bit hasnt quite happened yet! We have had 2 weetabix for breaky, a pita bread with a bit of flavoured dip for lunch and a piece of meat for din dins. Tonight we had chicken on skewers in satay sauce...delicious! For a little treat we have an ice pop out the freezer...all 48 calories of it! Because we are doing it together, it is making it a lot easier to stick to the diet. Ive found that because im not eating lots of junk food, im drinking a lot more water which is great! My exercise for the past 2 nights has been on the pole which is in the garden...im slowly getting my strength back but i forgot how much fun it was! im nearly able to do all the moves that i used to be able to do...and im getting the calus' back on my hands...the joys!
Gaz is currently looking up a bbq beef recipe. Ive told him its probs easier just to buy the sauce but hes insistent on making it himself...im sure it will taste amazing. n e way, enough about food...
Work is going ok...ive applied for the royal flying doctors just incase i need something to fill the time between ending my contract at the dental clinic and starting my private job in Aura. I told my boss today i had been offered a job somewhere and he is the sort of person where if u have climbed a mountain, hes climbed one ten times higher. His response was " oh ok, we've filled your position any way. Hes had 16 years experience and specialises in peads and ortho." i was like oh ok...i said i was going to try for a place with the royal flying doctors....his response to that was "oh i did that a few years back, you wont get a job in that now. they are looking for their own dentists, they wont recruit you at this stage.plus youve got to be able to cope with turbulence, you can be chucked 50ft up into the air. And theres the stress of not finishing on time and being left behind at whatever place you are in...the plane wont wait for you." ...sometimes you just want to stick your finger up at him but i just nod and smile and imagine him hanging from a tree eating a banana.
Gaz has moved up a level on the computer and the past 2 days hasnt gone too well but im sure he can turn it around!
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Monday, 28 November 2011
Monday 28th November - Another sad day
I woke up this morning and got ready for work leaving gaz fast asleep. It was really sad to not be greeted by ian and chris at the dinner table this morning. Work was ok...had lots of compliments from patients today about my work which was great and the word has got around about Aura offering me the job so everyone is saying 'dont go we will miss you!' Even hannah, my dental nurse for today said..."your a really awesome dentist and ull be missed here"...which i thought was really sweet! Jackie is even planning a farewell party at her house and some big surprise for me that they have all been discussing. I dont see myself staying on at the Hervey Bay Dental Clinic past february. Its been great experience but i am young and it wouldnt be good to get tied into a job so early into my career. Ive actually been doing some research on the royal flying doctors...Liz printed off some stuff for me at my interview about it and said it is well worth doing for the experience. You get to visit outback places where you are the only dentist around for miles...there are a few people who have done it at the dental clinic and have all said how good it was. Something to consider!
Gaz didnt have a good day on the computer...i dont know if he is in the right frame of mind for it today as we are both still sad about ian and chris leaving. I keep reassuring him it wont be long till we are home to see them and we have a lot to look forward to before then!
Oh and gaz was proud of me today...i had a polish patient who came in demanding antibiotics. She was very rude and had had a tooth taken out by another dentist 3 days ago. Since then she says she has been in a lot of pain and was demanding i give her antibiotics. I had a look and she had a dry socket so i explained antibiotics would have no benefit and instead we would rinse the socket and pack with some alvygel (typical procedure for dry socket). She moaned and moaned 'what about the pain' i said well thats what the alvygel is for, just give it a chance to work. I WANT ANTIBIOTICS NOW! ...."umm no. im not giving you antibiotics." ...."SO YOU EXPECT ME TO WASTE MY TIME GETTING THEM FROM A GP?"....."i dont see why your gp should give you antibiotics, this is not a bacterial infection, this is a problem with the healing of the socket. You have bone exposed to the environment which is why it is painful. the blood clot has not formed properly. Antibiotics will do nothing." "BUT IVE HAD THIS BEFORE AND THE LAST DENTIST GAVE ME ANTIBIOTICS!" "well i cant comment on previous treatment as i wasnt there but i still am not giving you antibiotics." "GIVE ME PAINKILLERS THEN!" "no, you are already taking painkillers, you can buy them over the counter, just alternate the ibruprofen and panadine forte...plus the alvygel will take the pain away." *patient continuously rolling her eyes at me* "SO YOUR NOT GIVING ME ANTIBIOTICS? THIS IS STUPID"....i pass the patient the therapeutic guidlines and highlight the line that states "dry socket - antibiotics are of no benefit" At which point she waves her hands in the air and storms out of the room. Stupid bitch...i love being right though! :D
Gaz and i have had our last day of binge eating and tomorrow is day 1 of diet and exercise!
Gaz didnt have a good day on the computer...i dont know if he is in the right frame of mind for it today as we are both still sad about ian and chris leaving. I keep reassuring him it wont be long till we are home to see them and we have a lot to look forward to before then!
Oh and gaz was proud of me today...i had a polish patient who came in demanding antibiotics. She was very rude and had had a tooth taken out by another dentist 3 days ago. Since then she says she has been in a lot of pain and was demanding i give her antibiotics. I had a look and she had a dry socket so i explained antibiotics would have no benefit and instead we would rinse the socket and pack with some alvygel (typical procedure for dry socket). She moaned and moaned 'what about the pain' i said well thats what the alvygel is for, just give it a chance to work. I WANT ANTIBIOTICS NOW! ...."umm no. im not giving you antibiotics." ...."SO YOU EXPECT ME TO WASTE MY TIME GETTING THEM FROM A GP?"....."i dont see why your gp should give you antibiotics, this is not a bacterial infection, this is a problem with the healing of the socket. You have bone exposed to the environment which is why it is painful. the blood clot has not formed properly. Antibiotics will do nothing." "BUT IVE HAD THIS BEFORE AND THE LAST DENTIST GAVE ME ANTIBIOTICS!" "well i cant comment on previous treatment as i wasnt there but i still am not giving you antibiotics." "GIVE ME PAINKILLERS THEN!" "no, you are already taking painkillers, you can buy them over the counter, just alternate the ibruprofen and panadine forte...plus the alvygel will take the pain away." *patient continuously rolling her eyes at me* "SO YOUR NOT GIVING ME ANTIBIOTICS? THIS IS STUPID"....i pass the patient the therapeutic guidlines and highlight the line that states "dry socket - antibiotics are of no benefit" At which point she waves her hands in the air and storms out of the room. Stupid bitch...i love being right though! :D
Gaz and i have had our last day of binge eating and tomorrow is day 1 of diet and exercise!
Sunday, 27 November 2011
sunday 27th November - i hate goodbyes
It was so sad this morning saying goodbye to chris and ian. I had a riding lesson at 9 and we planned to be gone for 2 hours so i hadnt intended on seeing chris and ian when i got back...so when they were still present on my return, we had a second final farewell. Gaz and I have had the best month since being out here and we have done so much with chris and ian....fraser island, moreton island, bbq's by the beach, eating out along the esplanade and of course gaz got to spend quality time fishing with ian and chris who was always present taking photos. Its been lovely having them to stay and i will miss ian and chris' face at the breakfast table when i come down in the mornings before work. Gaz has been really quiet today and didnt play on the computer...instead he slept for a few hours.
I had a great riding lesson. 6 of us went out together on the horses and buddy was great as always. We spotted lots of wild kangaroos but one poor male kangaroo had injured his leg and couldnt skip...he fell over few times with his legs int he air and struggled to get back up so we diverted the ride away from him. Poor thing wont last long out there like that!
As gaz was having a quiet day in the house i thougrht id go buy a little christmas tree. Its fibre optic from 'the reject' shop...cost me £10 in all plus another £10 for all the decs to put on it. Also picked up 2 little stockings for gaz and i and some santa hats which i have told gaz he HAS to wear it on christmas day...he doesnt look too impressed. ive put all our little pressents from the parents under the tree...looks very cute...here is a photo of it!
I had a great riding lesson. 6 of us went out together on the horses and buddy was great as always. We spotted lots of wild kangaroos but one poor male kangaroo had injured his leg and couldnt skip...he fell over few times with his legs int he air and struggled to get back up so we diverted the ride away from him. Poor thing wont last long out there like that!
As gaz was having a quiet day in the house i thougrht id go buy a little christmas tree. Its fibre optic from 'the reject' shop...cost me £10 in all plus another £10 for all the decs to put on it. Also picked up 2 little stockings for gaz and i and some santa hats which i have told gaz he HAS to wear it on christmas day...he doesnt look too impressed. ive put all our little pressents from the parents under the tree...looks very cute...here is a photo of it!
Saturday, 26 November 2011
Saturday 26th November - Smoked Pepper/Halloween Party
This was ian and chris' last full day with us in aus. Gaz was up bright and early to go fishing with his dad and chris popped down to join them. I stayed in bed and enjoyed a lie in which i dont get very often! Gaz and ian came back empty handed and gaz fell fast asleep. I went with ian and chris to the eagles nest in point vernon to check it out. the little baby sat snuggled in the nest and poked its little white head out the top whilst the parent perched next to the nest, keeping watch.
Gaz was up and about by the time we got home so ian drov eus over to Toogoom so we could grab a milkshake and enjoy the sunshine. Gaz ordered a quiche lorraine but the first....second....and third quiche delivered to our table all had salmon in. Gaz despises salmon and had to keep taking the food back to the counter, explaining it was the wrong quiche. In the end, it was established that there were no quiche lorraines in stock, instead they were all salmon so gaz settled for a sausage roll...bu was disappointed by the refried beans inside the sausage.
This afternoon i had a belated halloween party at one of the dental assitants (Jackie) house. It was a halloween fancy dress theme so i went as a pumpkin witch and face painted my face to look like a pumpkin (chris has a photograph of me on her blog). Jackies house was stunning. she lives in point vernon where her and her husband designed the house and it is very unique. Gaz very kindly dropped me off there and on the way we spotted 6 kangaroos grazing by the side of the road with a joey feeding from its mummy. so cute! The party was great fun, and lots of people from work turned up, everyone having made a great effort with the fancy dress outfits....infact i won first prize which i was shocked at because everyone had made such a great effort.
Gaz, chris and ian picked me up from the party and we headed to smoked pepper for food (me having washed my make up off first!). The food did not disappoint and we enjoyed an excellent selection of tapas. Afterwards we had a stroll down Urangan pier in the dark at high tide and watched some of the fisherman trying to catch fish. No one seemed to be catching anything! the weather today was very very warm and humid...we really need a big storm...preferabley NOT before/during my riding lesson tomorrow!
Gaz and i are not looking forward to tomorrow when chris and ian leave :( trying not to think too much about it tonight...it will be very sad.
Gaz was up and about by the time we got home so ian drov eus over to Toogoom so we could grab a milkshake and enjoy the sunshine. Gaz ordered a quiche lorraine but the first....second....and third quiche delivered to our table all had salmon in. Gaz despises salmon and had to keep taking the food back to the counter, explaining it was the wrong quiche. In the end, it was established that there were no quiche lorraines in stock, instead they were all salmon so gaz settled for a sausage roll...bu was disappointed by the refried beans inside the sausage.
This afternoon i had a belated halloween party at one of the dental assitants (Jackie) house. It was a halloween fancy dress theme so i went as a pumpkin witch and face painted my face to look like a pumpkin (chris has a photograph of me on her blog). Jackies house was stunning. she lives in point vernon where her and her husband designed the house and it is very unique. Gaz very kindly dropped me off there and on the way we spotted 6 kangaroos grazing by the side of the road with a joey feeding from its mummy. so cute! The party was great fun, and lots of people from work turned up, everyone having made a great effort with the fancy dress outfits....infact i won first prize which i was shocked at because everyone had made such a great effort.
Gaz, chris and ian picked me up from the party and we headed to smoked pepper for food (me having washed my make up off first!). The food did not disappoint and we enjoyed an excellent selection of tapas. Afterwards we had a stroll down Urangan pier in the dark at high tide and watched some of the fisherman trying to catch fish. No one seemed to be catching anything! the weather today was very very warm and humid...we really need a big storm...preferabley NOT before/during my riding lesson tomorrow!
Gaz and i are not looking forward to tomorrow when chris and ian leave :( trying not to think too much about it tonight...it will be very sad.
Friday, 25 November 2011
Friday 25th November - Exciting day!
Gaz's parents have returned today after their long drive up the east coast of aus from Canberra. It is really nice to have them back and its a real shame they are only here for 2 nights. Both gaz and i are really going to miss them...even though they havent been with us the past week, knowing we would see them again this weekend was something to look forward to. It will be really sad when they leave.
This morning i had my hair cut. I am very pleased with it as the guy who cut it didnt take too much off the length as i explained i am trying to grow it. I also went and had my legs waxed as my legs were getting hairier than Gaz's! Gaz spent the morning on the computer and again, he did very well. He has had an excellent month and is very pleased.
I had an interview this afternoon with a private dental practice around the corner from home - Aura dental practice. I knew as soon as i walked in i liked the place and i took an instant like to the practice manager, Matt and his pregnant wife, Elizabeth. They are an english couple and Liz qualified in cardiff and even worked 2 years at the hervey bay dental clinic where i am now. They were a very chilled couple and made me feel very welcome and comfortable and they told me there and then in the interview that they thought i would fit in really well at the practice. They asked what my weak points were in dentistry...i said complete dentures....which was great because they dont do dentures at this practice! they refer :D they like the fact i can do impacted wisdom teeth and i had Liz in stitches when she asked 'what is the most crazy thing you have ever done?'. Being put on the spot, the only time i could think of, which i said i probabley shouldnt be saying in an interview, was when my friend and i stole a trolly from tescos in university, dressed as santa claus (it was christmas) and drove it to the fish and chip shop...Liz found it very funny and it reminded her of the things she used to get up to in Uni. The practice is amazing...its only 2 years old so all the equipment is pretty new...intra oral cameras built into the dental chairs and my surgery would be brand new...and suitable for me being left handed! they have the latest x ray equipment with cone beam imaging so we can get 3D images of teeth/bone. The practice is all about relaxation and as Matt said 'putting the patient first'. It is exactly how i would want my surgery to be...the waiting room is called the 'relaxation room'. They have these comfy black chairs with a big water feature in the corner, soothing music and on a big flat screen tv, they have a video of fish that has been filmed...it was lovely to watch! Overall i was very impressed with the whole atmosphere and lay out of the practice...it was almost exactly how i have imagined i would want my dental practice to look like! They said that they are looking to open the 4th surgery a few months after christmas. they said the first 2 months is when people have paid school fees and after xmas, they have no money so the work load dries up a bit. They said they are deffinately interested in having me work there, but they dont know when it will be. If by the time my contract finishes end of feb they still dont need me, i have a few options to consider if i need to fill some time before starting at Aura.
Gaz, Chris, Ian and I have all just got back from a bbq by the beach in our usual spot. The weather has got very window and even a few spots of rain fell. We need a big storm to clear the air a bit! We are all chilling before chris and ians last full day with us tomorrow which Gaz intends to get up early to go fishing with his dad. i hope the weather is good for them!
This morning i had my hair cut. I am very pleased with it as the guy who cut it didnt take too much off the length as i explained i am trying to grow it. I also went and had my legs waxed as my legs were getting hairier than Gaz's! Gaz spent the morning on the computer and again, he did very well. He has had an excellent month and is very pleased.
I had an interview this afternoon with a private dental practice around the corner from home - Aura dental practice. I knew as soon as i walked in i liked the place and i took an instant like to the practice manager, Matt and his pregnant wife, Elizabeth. They are an english couple and Liz qualified in cardiff and even worked 2 years at the hervey bay dental clinic where i am now. They were a very chilled couple and made me feel very welcome and comfortable and they told me there and then in the interview that they thought i would fit in really well at the practice. They asked what my weak points were in dentistry...i said complete dentures....which was great because they dont do dentures at this practice! they refer :D they like the fact i can do impacted wisdom teeth and i had Liz in stitches when she asked 'what is the most crazy thing you have ever done?'. Being put on the spot, the only time i could think of, which i said i probabley shouldnt be saying in an interview, was when my friend and i stole a trolly from tescos in university, dressed as santa claus (it was christmas) and drove it to the fish and chip shop...Liz found it very funny and it reminded her of the things she used to get up to in Uni. The practice is amazing...its only 2 years old so all the equipment is pretty new...intra oral cameras built into the dental chairs and my surgery would be brand new...and suitable for me being left handed! they have the latest x ray equipment with cone beam imaging so we can get 3D images of teeth/bone. The practice is all about relaxation and as Matt said 'putting the patient first'. It is exactly how i would want my surgery to be...the waiting room is called the 'relaxation room'. They have these comfy black chairs with a big water feature in the corner, soothing music and on a big flat screen tv, they have a video of fish that has been filmed...it was lovely to watch! Overall i was very impressed with the whole atmosphere and lay out of the practice...it was almost exactly how i have imagined i would want my dental practice to look like! They said that they are looking to open the 4th surgery a few months after christmas. they said the first 2 months is when people have paid school fees and after xmas, they have no money so the work load dries up a bit. They said they are deffinately interested in having me work there, but they dont know when it will be. If by the time my contract finishes end of feb they still dont need me, i have a few options to consider if i need to fill some time before starting at Aura.
Gaz, Chris, Ian and I have all just got back from a bbq by the beach in our usual spot. The weather has got very window and even a few spots of rain fell. We need a big storm to clear the air a bit! We are all chilling before chris and ians last full day with us tomorrow which Gaz intends to get up early to go fishing with his dad. i hope the weather is good for them!
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Thursday 24th November - The Inbetweeners
I have booked the flights for when mum and dad come out in january. We decided to get them booked early otherwise they would be too expensive to book closer to the time. I have managed to get from 7-23rd January off from work which i have had to use my sick leave up for. I have a certain number of hours off for my sick leave and i said to the admin people that i will be calling in sick if they dont let me have the time off any way so to save a lot of hassle, they may aswell just book me off so that they dont have to cancel patients on the day. They agreed to this...yay! When mum and dad come over, the plan is to have a few days in hervey bay and to then fly down to adelaide, drive down to kangaroo island to see the baby seals and wildlife...then do the great ocean road to melbourne...and perhaps drive to phillip island to see penguins. Cant wait!
Work this last week has been so slow. Patients havent been turning up and its been really quiet. I recognised one patient in the corridor today, he had been in to see one of the other dentists. I said "hello, how are you?" and his reply was "pfft, much better now." and he hobbled off....i was a bit like hmm ok? and then i remembered who he was when the other dentist told me what he was in for....i had seen this 80 year old man 2 weeks ago and he had been moaning his metal denture was loose. i followed the protocol and told him a new denture can not be made unless he comes off the waiting list. He asked me to adjust the existing denture and i said no because it is a cobalt chrome denture and from past experiences, adjusting the clasps on a metal denture can 1. make the denture not fit at all or 2. the clasps can break. He was unhappy with this and had been moaning about me to another dentist. the other dentist backed me up and said we cant make him a new denture but she did take the existing denture to the lab, and the lab tightened the clasp which did the trick and he was happy. He walked out to the waiting room and said to the receptionist ..."well that dentist i saw today was marvellous, so much better than that POMMY, irish or whatever the hell she was, dentist!" .....what a tw*t.
This evening Gaz and i went to the Hogs Breath cafe for a steak sandwhich (im sure it was a patient of mine serving us)...afterwards we went to watch the inbetweeners in the cinema. The cinema smelt a bit funny and was full of teenagers, all very overdressed...but i guess this is a big night out for them in Hervey Bay? The film was ok, a bit what we were expecting to be honest...i cant believe mum and dad went to see it!!!
Gaz has played on the computer today and done really well. Gaz has nothing else to report.
Work this last week has been so slow. Patients havent been turning up and its been really quiet. I recognised one patient in the corridor today, he had been in to see one of the other dentists. I said "hello, how are you?" and his reply was "pfft, much better now." and he hobbled off....i was a bit like hmm ok? and then i remembered who he was when the other dentist told me what he was in for....i had seen this 80 year old man 2 weeks ago and he had been moaning his metal denture was loose. i followed the protocol and told him a new denture can not be made unless he comes off the waiting list. He asked me to adjust the existing denture and i said no because it is a cobalt chrome denture and from past experiences, adjusting the clasps on a metal denture can 1. make the denture not fit at all or 2. the clasps can break. He was unhappy with this and had been moaning about me to another dentist. the other dentist backed me up and said we cant make him a new denture but she did take the existing denture to the lab, and the lab tightened the clasp which did the trick and he was happy. He walked out to the waiting room and said to the receptionist ..."well that dentist i saw today was marvellous, so much better than that POMMY, irish or whatever the hell she was, dentist!" .....what a tw*t.
This evening Gaz and i went to the Hogs Breath cafe for a steak sandwhich (im sure it was a patient of mine serving us)...afterwards we went to watch the inbetweeners in the cinema. The cinema smelt a bit funny and was full of teenagers, all very overdressed...but i guess this is a big night out for them in Hervey Bay? The film was ok, a bit what we were expecting to be honest...i cant believe mum and dad went to see it!!!
Gaz has played on the computer today and done really well. Gaz has nothing else to report.
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
tuesday 22nd november
Not much to report from this end. Last night gaz and i went to find a public bbq along the esplanade. we found a quiet spot that overlooked right onto the sea...unfortunately the wind was a bit strong and our attempt at cooking on tin foil was being 'foiled' by the wind.
Gaz was out fishing when i arrived home from work but he wasnt out long as he said it was too windy...any excuse for not catching something! He cooked me some meat in a bbq source which was lovely and i did some cleaning to spruce the house up a bit! ive managed to clean the whole of downstairs but cant face upstairs tonight...its too hot!
Ian...gaz has found ur buttery biscuits uve left here...hes demolishing them as i type! will have to get you some more when you arrive back here!
Nothing much else to report!
Gaz was out fishing when i arrived home from work but he wasnt out long as he said it was too windy...any excuse for not catching something! He cooked me some meat in a bbq source which was lovely and i did some cleaning to spruce the house up a bit! ive managed to clean the whole of downstairs but cant face upstairs tonight...its too hot!
Ian...gaz has found ur buttery biscuits uve left here...hes demolishing them as i type! will have to get you some more when you arrive back here!
Nothing much else to report!
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