And so by the goodness of God, I woke up one Friday in early May to an update on the MRCP website saying that the Part 2 results had been released and thankfully, I had passed again. Far from aced it, mind you, but hey, my aim was never to be a genius anyway.
I was riding on a cloud that night when I embarked on my second weekend in a row of surgical nights - something that mind you, I hate to the core. And then after a couple of days the euphoria passed and I started realising that even when you have passed both written parts of your membership exams, there is still so much that you don't know and there is still so much yet to come.
But for now, let's focus on happy things for the time being, i.e. that my last FOUR days of work are approaching. That this is the last time EVER I need to do bloody ENT Surgery or any kind of Orthopaedic / Urology / ENT / General Surgery on call EVER again. That my one month of freedom and holidays at home are coming up. That I might actually make it as a Cardiologist after all, now that I have leaped through yet another hoop along the way. That I drew my time at this hospital where I had built so many memories, gotten to know so many incredible people and grown so much as a doctor, to a proper close and had an amazing time at my party.
There is so much I have to say about leaving this country where I have spent such a significant number of years of my life, but I think that deserves another post in itself. At the moment, we have been so busy chucking stuff out and moving that I have not paused to take it all in.
But as this post says, happy things and happy thoughts only for now.
