Body feels all worn out. Meetings after meetings, workshops, training, events… My work has been this huge learning curve for me.
Learnt about the eHealth strategy that they want to implement in Western Australia, about living wills, Language Services in Western Australia, met other consumer representatives… Everyday I learn something new about the health system – it’s so dynamic, so complex… So convoluted to a degree. I can see why there are so many struggling to cope with all that information!
Needless to say, all that learning has taken its toil on me… At the end of my workshop (which went pretty well, with all participants leaving smiling and feeling good about themselves, and a step closer to understanding the importance of consumer participation in the health system – exactly what I wanted them to feel), I felt super dizzy, super achey all over and struggling for breath. Upon reaching home, I just died on my bed… Until this morning when I got my cervical cancer vaccine.
Freaking arm still hurts. The nurse placed a plaster over the jab area, and lots of blood was still pouring out of the site… The whole plaster was drenched in my blood but I figured it would cease in time. For fear of being secretly charged, I went outside and was about to make other 2 appointments for the rest of the dosage when a wave of nausea and dizziness overcame me, and I had to sit down. It was horrible – I was alone and I didn’t know how I would make it home that way… I had to call someone to pick me up.
I guess that was the initial phase though, because after that I felt it was manageable, and was about to get ready to go home on my own when I saw my sister and mother in the car. Guess I made her worry calling in my state earlier… Got them breakfast/lunch to thank them, and watched The Godfather – always makes me feel better.
While talking to the boyfriend, I suddenly felt drowsy again – next thing I knew I woke up 2 hours later. Oops. Popped him a message to explain, and felt really sore from sleeping so much so I got up and walked about outside. Got some DVDs and ice cream for my mum and brother.
Saw FF4 being sold… It’s been eons since I last played games… Got home and found my DS, started playing FF3 and couldn’t stop… Guess I better play as much as I can now – because tomorrow I need to work on some stuff for work… My colleagues think I overwork, my family thinks it’s normal and my boy worries about how it affects me physically… But I like my job, so I’m happy this way. =) I do need to control my need to overwork myself… So I guess it’s good I took today to just do relaxing stuff.
Looking forward to my lil holiday in June! Need to push myself harder for work, get everything done! =) Nite, world!
