Hi all,
Haven't been back to the thread in a while and just caught up on everyone's experiences. I so understand those of you having wobbles about ability, commutes etc etc. It is so difficult just getting to uni, then as soon as something throws you, it is hard to keep positive.
I have had a bumpy few weeks to the start of my course, but feel after 5 weeks, I am finally getting some kind of routine.
I was in a car accident at the end of my first week which resulted in my car being written off and me having a fractured nose (not my fault thankfully). On the day of the accident I found out my placement hospital trust (for the full 3 years) is not the nearest to me, so my commute is much longer than it needed to be, for 50% of my course, and at a hospital I won't be able to get a job at afterwards due to distance. There is also no actual good reason they have put me there, and other students who live much closer have got the hospital I wanted. Anyway, I could write for days on the unfairness of it, had many tears, begged people to reconsider, but no.
I did actually start looking for a job after all this happened as couldn't see me getting through. Things have calmed down for me a lot since then, and I have decided to stick it out for now, go on my placement (which is only just over a week away!!!) and not look too far ahead just now.
On the positive side, my course mates are brilliant, I am in a small group, with ages from early 20s to 40s and only feel old every now and again.
queri how are you feeling about things now? Are you going to keep going?
Lovely to keep track of how you are all doing.