I will never forget the summer of 2011 that I spent working in the rural Nepali town of Tansen. Its impact has been huge, moulding and shaping me in many ways that I predict will be with me for the rest of my life. I am so grateful for the experience I have had. I would describe it as a real privilege and honour to have lived and worked with the team here (both western and Nepali). It is such a tight community and that has been too much fun to be a part of, and ...

Well into my final week in Tansen, sad times, its been Biblical. "Like a London bus, you wait all day and 3 come along at once". This famous cliche doesn't quite fit my experience with inverted nipples and transilluminating testicles. I certainly haven't been waiting for them, but indeed 3 of each came along this afternoon. How suspicious that on my last week such seemingly trivial, even comedic phenoma should show up in clinic, not that a hydrocoele (medical di...

My faithful readers! How kind of you to tune into this adventure once again. The truth is, in this episode, I have little significant to offer but a continued revelation of my day to day life in Tansen. The bugs I am used to and the shrews now fail to strike me down with fear, I must be finally adjusting to life as a Nepali. Surgery continues as always. I have seen more gall bladder and renal stones than i can poke a stick at. Someone told me that the water tric...

Well Hello there most dearest! I apologise at how long it has taken me to update the blog, but the website has been playing up! I feel I have quite a bit to share however the week has been a blurr so I apologies for any holes in my story, I hope to tell you in person one day! It has been my first week on surgery. It has been awesome!! Kinda makes me want to be a general surgeon! It has thrown a spanner in the works. When people ask me about my future career path...

Spent my one day weekend chillaxin !! We had English service at 4 and then a big feast afterwards. It is a great way just to hang and spend more time with the team here. Today was my first day of surgery. It was way more relaxed than medicine which i was not expectin. I just kind of did what I want, went on the ward round, saw some ops, did a little study and then surgical consult. Nothing crazy. The days are going quickly now. Just been speaking to Bill, I am...