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Life As A Physiotherapist, Kuching (2025)

06/06/2025

What a Chaotic Day!

27/05/2025

Even months has passed, my mind still questioned, would I be able to sustain myself mentally and physically as I wake up everyday despites the chaos I willing to uphold eventhough I've been warn on the chaos I may face?

I wouldn’t be where I’m at today if I had not take the courage to gone through some of the greatest challenges of my life. My journey as physiotherapist is full of mountains to climb and detours to navigate into what values I want to apply to my patients I treat. There are many options open wide outside but I'm grateful what I can have here for now. All I can say always choose what we want to values at work.

I enjoy people teach me to learn new things but I hate them gaslighting my skills which can be very annoying for me 😂 ~There are times I enjoy having fun with them at work but at times feel annoyed for trying to follow their pattern at work. I come to a point if you're so good at it you just do everything yourself don't spoilt my mood at work🫠🤭🤪

Keep remind myself that mistakes are meant to be corrected not to be insulted, problems arise are meant to find solutions not to find fault in others 🥹 Things that has happen at work, may leave deep scars to everyone but that is a badge of honor (problems) that mould each of us into a best physiotherapist we would never thought we be. 🫶 Don't let others opinion or situations at work cloud our quality at work and relationship as a team that may affect the patient 🧐

When something negative happens at work which triggers my resignation mode again, i reflect back on what my superior used to told me "It takes someone special to work here" (makes me feel uniques and special a while), however I would rephrase it as working here is not for the faint heart 😂 Jia you ba to myself and all my lovely colleagues 💪

09/05/2025

I'm so happy today despites of buzyness with work 🤣

I got cooked food from my lovely coullegue, desserts by my cool seniors, appreciation cake from the awesome hospital management, drinks from our engaging curious physio students and Curry puffs from our delightful patient 🥰❤️

Life can be stressful enough without the dread of going to work which is why it’s important that we as healthcare worker staff need to be always happy in the workplace.

There are times when my colleagues argueing or misunderstanding at work which I find it funny when reflects back 😂 I guess whatever things we agree/disagree at work with each other, importantly, deliver the best treatment to the patient with safety 😬 What I want to mention is that despites of whatever negative things that has happen it's ok to let it happen cause it would be a funny story to reminisce back and relearn from the mistakes 🤣

Anyway, I just want a happy friendly professional working environment that creates a better mood and work where no longer feels like a chore, but a pleasure despites all the chaos happens. A happy workplace is proven to boost productivity which in turn, is great for the patients quality of service from the healthcare worker and less burnout/sickness from them too.

to all my friends that work in healthcare settings 🫶😎

29/04/2025

It's been a while I'm away from here. Lol! Reflecting my life at work back to hospital at my hometown vs new work environment away from my hometown. Glad I'm still in sane mind after all the work chaos.

When is the last time I had 20 patients a day? 3 years ago I guess. Broke my own record in this hospital. Reminiscing back the last time I've seen various cases of patients in my first hospital during oncall about 25 to 30 patients a day and appointment back to back patients with sudden indonesian walk in patients seeking for imediate treatment before they go back to their hometown generally I may seen about 12 to 20 patients a day 😬 Can you imagine that time I do not even have any help from assistant or even clerks 🤦‍♀️🥹. What a hectic day but a sastified moment seing patients recovery progress better than the last visit they come.

Waiting times are increasing due to poor management in treatment duration and lack of equipment that make patient wait for their turns to used. At times I felt we had more patients, less physiotherapist , and at the same time I had the mind need to make a steady stream of revenue to cover the cost of running the rehab team which may foreseen our future expansion and Vitamin Bs 🥹.

Setting appointments back to back on wanting the patient to progress in their recovery which may cause my coullegues workload increase where I'm in the state should I consider on their workload or upon patients recovery 🤦‍♀️

Yesterday some work argument happens between my coulleagues & superior. At times, I really hope my workplace is fun and peaceful everyday. Currently, what I feel is everyone had their own perspective in doing things but can we proceed with the changes to see how safe and efficient to the patients and therapist? We can always change back to original if new changes is not practical or safe to everyone. At times ourself, may use status of power, work experience or seniority to judge situations at work that may cause some misunderstanding among younger generations which I myself felt alot of time. I guess compromising each other ideas on someting at work for patient's safety & best outcome treatment is always our main goal at work rather than using our own emotional. 🤔

Seeing coulleagues in bad mood, listen to some cool colleagues mention may resign for better work environment when so called unfair situations happen and misunderstandings among them makes me so reluctant going to work and I also felt want to resign and questions my ownself why I choose here to stay despites better offer from other workplace 🤔🫠. LOL! I need to slap myself being emotional when make decision at times 🤣 I always believe whatever choices I've made God has always be my guidance 🙏🥹

However, I am still grateful for my positive colleagues that always trying to find good vibes in every day. Anyway without each of my different character supporting coulleagues to me in this team, i can be drowning day by day at work with all the negativity vibes from patients complain, unexpected so called work taichi from other coulleagues, own life situations or maybe even random management intervents at work.

When all this hospital drama started, I just need to remind myself why I first started my passion being a physiotherapist back to hospital. 🥹 Anyway what is life when there is no unexpected hospital drama situations🤦‍♀️

27/03/2025

I still feels surreal when my patients thank me for helping them with their condition. It's been 8 months I'm back to hospital to rehab lots of my patients and has been seeing their improvements has made me gain my sense of confident as a physiotherapist despites of the chaos at work im in.

In this field of work as physiotherapist gives me time to evaluate every factor that could influence my decisions on life values I want or shares among people I rehab. Ensure it aligns with your values and aspirations. Don't leap into a choice without understanding its potential outcomes. I always believe there is blessings in disguise in every challenge I face at work. 😊

This message comes from a physio who works with a private hospital to physio centre than currently to a charity hospital. However I am very grateful towards all my workplace that has mould me into a great physio 😎 Each of every experience in previous workplace to current that I has gained, allows me to see things as physio in different views on my work values that I apply to my patients.

Anyway all I can say that my career adventures doesn’t give me all the sweet spots I ask for instead it gives me the challenges that shape me into the person with the values I want myself to be. Every obstacle is preparing me for what’s meant for me to bring me into another career phase. I keep assured myself to trust the process and be a great physiotherapist that I never thought I would be despites all the disregards I face.

I would say this has always been my dream when I was a teenager and now it become reality 🥳 It may not be a very great glamorous appearance outlook but I just love how the values I practice at work 🥰

07/02/2025

Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. Does the passion that use to be burning wild worth pushing through?

"You should find your own reason something that will keep you in place, even if you work like a dog and treated like s**t!" -Dr Baek 📺: The Trauma Code: Heroes On Call.

"It's not other people's opinion that makes you. It's your own view that makes you. So praise yourself more and be kind to yourself," Kim Sabu 📺: Dr Romantic 3

" Bad things at times do happen to good people," Dr Seok Hyung📺 : Hospital Playlist Season 2

"Small things may seem insignificant but becomes meaningful when seen in a different light.” 📺 Hospital Playlist Season 2

I just need some of this motivational quotes to push me when I'm down at work. 🥹 At times, I'm just being too emotional when things doesn't goes by the flow but what can I say working in a hospital is unpredictable 🙃 Indeed there are moments I just felt overwhelm & helpless when I can't help all the patients on time (which they have to wait) while trying to chase time to document the assessment for the porter sent back to ward ending up I need to make my coullegue inconvinient🤦‍♀️ I love fast pace treating my patients but at the same time need to assess patient with proper assessment and problem listing to have quality treatment in a speed which can be a challenge where I need to learn juggle up faster, which there are times when I didn't meet the suppose work flow I really feel I'm so dissapointed to myself 🙃. All of this going to be fine, you'll just have to pace yourself at your own time. 🕐

05/11/2024

Life as Physio Hospital is unpredictable 🤣 Today I get to listen the hospital drama or aka hospital in-patient physio story. 🫠 All this stories makes me recall back how I feel annoyed by my long gone partner coulleague during the time I'm working at ward.

Headache episode 🤦‍♀️ Work duration on treatment 🙃 Gosh this will be a nightmare of patient comparison on charges and treatment time 😬 Standardized treatment duration and prices to each patient so there won't be comparison 🙃 However how much effort and quality as physio put in their treatment duration 🤔

Another heart pain episode: Sudden lots of new refer from dr and even discharged patient🤣 Hunting for the in charge physio for their new refer vs in the end I'm the one do the patient before their discharge. 😬 Got angry for a while my coullegue being too slow while not consider about other patients that need their physio treatment. 🫠 Trust me I also had lots of argument with my coulleagues due to miscommunication at work 🤣 I even remember the time, I need to go back for oncall after office hour time. That moment I just started my car or maybe drive half way back home, new refer for chest physio, ambulation or supply equipment. 🫠
I even remeber I need to follow one of our dr's ward round, if my team didn't follow him we will get a big scolding from him 😤 At time, I rather treat patient than wasting my time follow ward round 🫠 Or else what's the point there is a referal form.
At the end of the day work is just work. Let's be nice to each other 😉

Anxiety episode: Feeling guilty to cancel of my patient that comes off very late, while thinking that they come from a far distance and might be intense pain or in need physio. My heart wants to let the patient in but I may get sounded some of my coullegues that it will clash with other appointment patient and make everybody super busy 😬 One of my coullegues told me at times we need to discipline the patients that doesn't respect time. 🧐 There are times i felt all this is inevitable 😬
Coullegue told me I forget put timer and call bell to patient. 100% heart drop everytime my coullegue told me this. 🫠 Always try to remind self to put timer and call bell on patient after modalities application to avoid complications. Actually thats the danger of multi tasking however I also need to take precautions of that for patient safety 😎 Keep reminding my brain need to focus 1 by 1 before proceed to another patient to avoid miss out step at work.

Dramatic episode: My coullegue got sudden scolding from patient family member. This patient refer for chest physio by dr and being askes to learn the method during the treatment. As procedure family member should not be in the chest physio room during the treatment because of the infection control safety (coughing and huffing phlegm) after percussion, however the patient family insist to be in the room to learn the method of chest physio ( mentioning the dr requested). Patient got annoyed that his requested rejected on at first which is during the treatment, but my coullegue offer the familly member to learn after the procedure which is not in the room and he is not accepting the alternative offer instead he got angrier till complain to customer service 🙃 My coullegue has tried her best to compensate his angry even mention to reteach him again for free if he comes back but in the end no result of him coming back 🤔 I guess he just get angry for his 1st request got rejected rather than having an intention to learn the chest percusion method to help the mother 🤦‍♀️ Tell me who's the problem here 🫠

Happy episode: It's been a while I get to gait train my patient❤️ Lol, cause being a physio at my current work place, i always have the help from my rehab assistant to bring or guide my patients after my assessment , treatement plan and manual therapy. 🤭 I'm not used to it but I try to gradually get used to it thinking ways to write out the exercise name to let my assitance guide my patient instead of me teaching the exercises 😆 Imagine one patient assessed by physio but with one communication form "a list of treatments" can be assist by our rehab assistants . All this process is something I still take time to adapt. Cause every visits of the patient there are times treatment plan change and need to rewrite new treatment on the list which I normally direct teach the patients or I'm the one putting the modalities to patient 🤭

Serious episode: Case discussion with our manager and get to learn new treatment application to patient.

Excited episode: What I like the most is having clerks to arrange my appointment patient which I don't have to bother my treatment time while trying to explain to patient about their arrangement. I only advice them the intensity of treatment time and duration for their condition to recovery during their treatment, after treatment they will just make an appointment and payment at the front desk clerk. I just love this team integrates so well 🥰 Looking forward on my company dinner 🎊🎉

15/10/2024

I was quite surprise when one of my patient hug me after her treatment. She was so happy that she get to stand longer and move her back after for constant pain for past 2 days. Gosh, it's been a while to seen patient that deeply thankful for what we do for them. Seeing patient to move with less pain one of the best reward for me choosing the path back to hospital is worth. There's one incident that makes me working here thinks differently in patient approach makes me feel being valued as a physio rather than being bullied with inconsiderate patient or management. Having a senior physio & HOD that cares for your welfare while working is part of life blessings that we can even hardly to find at workplace.

09/10/2024

Today I've encounter a special situation where one of the hospital patient that don't speak. There's a deaf patient that was waiting for their turn while the nurse is calling for name for them to enter the room. I was actually wanted to get in to my rehab department which I need to pass by a specialist clinic. Somehow the patient caught my attention. He was trying to sign languange me what he wants to express which I don't understand, but his fascial expression of worry bout something which I guess he worry he can't hear on something based on his action he is trying to sign me, anyway I was using phone to type questions and he type back bout what he is his worry so I verbally told the nurse bout his worry and please do call him by action of patting or waving to him instead of voice call. Then I reassure him I've told what the nurse needs to know before I enter to my department. Grateful for the little meaningful things that I do out of my normal work routines.

08/09/2024

Happy Physio Day to all the awesome and strong Physiotherapist!!

This post I dedicated to one of my patient at my previous workplace. I got the news you've left this world. I've train her from bed ridden until she is able to walk with quadripod about half year, however her body conditions suddenly drops, she stop physio for 3 months for medical treatment, then she restart her physio again this early year before I left. This time her body is weaker than last year, however her determination is stronger than her body capabilities. Her m/power was 3, numb on both leg, intense pain on her operated infection spine that she had 2 years ago. I can say her physiotherapy progression is up and down, at times she can push her body to do more repetitions of exercise and ambulate more, sometimes she just feel intense pain and very weak to move her lower limbs. I guess that's life cycle that we need to face, accept that the body just slowly shut down when the time has come. RIP my lovely bold patient. Thank you for sharing all your life experience when I first come to Penang working.

06/09/2024

It's been officially one month I'm working in this hospital 🎉💪 Hooray, I'm survived 😎

I was missing a while from here because I am facing an avalance emotions for a while. I was so stressed bout myself in adapting at new lifestlye, waking up to face the jem with sleepy eye, brainstorming with my Manager of department, trying to recall back all the medical theory and lack of sleep due to reading 😅 I was actually in the midst of self questioning why I make myself so hard for going back working at hospital. 🤣🤦‍♀️

I know all this refresher on physiotherapy subjects and discussion is important which it will be beneficial to my skills and my patients recovery 😆 I'm glad that she tweak my mistakes while seeing me apply my skills on patient and give me guidelines to explore more. I'm really grateful I have this new working journey as hospital physiotherapist out from my hometown in a complete rehab team.

One of the challenges at this new place I need to learn communicate with many people to make the work process smooth. I feel awkward to instruct someone to do the work I used to do at my previous workplace, however I take it as a new challenge on myself. Overall, it's fun to know all my rehab teammates with clerks, portals, physios, speech therapist, occupational therapists and rehab assistants.😁

Working in a hospital has been one of my child's dream because I use to admit to hospital almost every year due to my asthma exacebations 🤦‍♀️. I never thought I was a physiotherapist cause my ambition is to be a doctor or nurse that time. 😆. Anyway It has been my first choice after I graduate eversince I started my first job in hospital at year 2010 back in my hometown. I just feel more energetic and lively when I'm in hospital.😅 That's one of the reason I wanted to go back hospital work after 2 years hiatus at Rehab centre. I know working in a hospital is a tough game on physical and mental however I just love it when I know I can ease someone's physical dysfunction and make them move for a better life. Eventhough with all the hardships I need to face through this hospital journey, I will always know that the Manager of the department, in charge, leader, seniors and other team mates will always try to keep on motivating me that I can overcome all the nonsense stresses I put on myself to be a better version of me as physio!

One of the things I cheerish the most here I get to ask from my manager, leader, senior and juniors on treatment methods they apply on their patients and discuss in clinical reasoning. I also glad that they are willing to share their work experience where I can learn to know new cases I never treated before. I also like that this hospital rehab team have various cases to be rehab which would be the best place to learn and give the best rehab service to patient. I enjoy in learning alot of new work process, skills and other new equipment I never used before at my previous practice. Besides that I'm really amaze with this work environment, where we can still go to work everyday eventhough the work situations scares us at times!! 😂

Anyway thanks to my family and friends for listening on my rants, keep on pushing me over my limits, motivating me and supporting me throughout this career journey eventhough I feel wanna runaway from this new stress I get myself into. I also feel empathy to my manager that puts alot of effort spending her personal time after work just to train me, I also feel slightly guilt that I myself had slow in understandings at times till she has to explain in drawing, demonstration and some easy "terms" for me to digest up to my mind. I hope my physio in charge and leader will feel relieve once I remembered fast on the work process soon, so they would not face any misunderstands from other staff. I also thankful for other team mates for being patient that I need to be reminded some of my work process which I still need to catch up soon so I would not keep asking or disrupt them at the midst of their buzyness at work!!!

P/S I also had some hospital's drama I've been missing awhile. Lol! Facing one of my coullegues almost first code blue patient at department. Causing slight argue with my coulleagues due to my mistakes at work process 🤣. Being sound as not considerate at other staff mistake due to my own stupid eye didnt see properly at appointment time or maybe damn old brain forget to set something, i didn't want to argue much, i just say sorry to make everyone happy 😂. At times I also ask myself what the heck I put myself in this damn situations. 🤔😬 Happy to see students again and learn from each other. ☺️ Looking at them being curious at whatever the physios do makes me reflect back how curious am I that time until I'm a physio now 🤣 Anyway looking forward on my new episodes if I had the crazy mind to write this long story at work ya 😉🫠

29/07/2024

Gentle Reminder to myself at future new workplace 😀

Don't be a toxic coworker. Work with passion and kindness, no matter what position I'm in. Don't be the reason someone feels unmotivated, burned out, anxious, or outcast at work. And please, don't be the person who makes someone else lose their self-confidence. Keep encourage each other, spreading positivite vibe and friendliness at work.

So, let's create a safe space and a healthy working environment for everyone who just wants to grow in their careers. We are all fighting silent battles, and the world is already chaotic enough. Let's be kind to one another at work.🤝

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