rarrrrr in geraldton.

i've been in geraldton almost 2 weeks now. isolation is really getting to me. thank god i was posted here with the other guy and we get along generally well otherwise i'd have gone nuts by now. i shoulda driven here - the idea of walking 30 mins + to get to the beach isn't as appealing to me.

geraldton is huge. i think the best gauge of a town's size is the presence of maccas, KFC. there's even a regional art gallery so short of being 5-6 hrs away from perth, there's nothing different here from a suburb in perth.

somehow uni decided that rural GP = aboriginal health so dan and i have been posted full time to the geraldton regional aboriginal medical service. i'm glad because the monotony of doing gp in a small town for 4 weeks is akin to getting a kidney stone. at least 2 weeks into the term and a million patients later i haven't been asked to look at hypertension or have to pretend to be remotely interested in someone's mole. instead i get to do STI and BBV screens at the prison, take random plasma glucose 20x a day and even work with a psychiatrist. ownez bonez. at the end of the day i still have to walk 30 mins to the clinic when dan isn't driving there and sometimes u just cbf - another caveat when you choose to go somewhere without researching anything.

i'll be going out bush in a week's time to remote communities and i'm actually excited to be out of here. at least no more gp-ness once i go since we're leaving after the weekend. the downside is i have done nothing to prepare for exams and i know i will get a shit mark when i do my case discussions.

trying to decide what to do after exams before convo - was hoping to go to kl at some point but doesn't sound like anyone else is back. christmas in melb woooo cos my sistah she's a-graduating! huzzarhs.