Reflective Journal

Five weeks all done. Wrapped its over, however felt pretty emotional and kinda guilty leaving. Mainly because as i was saying my goodbyes, particularly to the young blokes, i realised that these guys were here indefinitely and i just got into my car and left.Its pretty hard to explain but anyway. In hindsight, I'm stoked i had this placement-because as one of the OT's said to me "its a life changing experience..." and its true, it really was. Made me realise how much I take for granted and how insignificant some of the things i stew over and get worked up over. Then you talk to people who will never walk again and there just stoked that their still alive. May sound corny and clechay (no idea how to spell that word) but its true. Apart from all the emotional side of this placement i also learnt a massive amount. Some of which is very specific to the area i.e. tilt tables, quad cough, wheelchair positioning etc and also very general things such as communication, note taking etc. Probably the biggest thing i learnt was transfers, positioning and manual handling. Signing off from the Quad Centre and now going to leave you with a little preach session-if you want a reason never too drink drive, speed, not wear a seat belt or do stupid things on the piss then spend one day in the quad centre. Choi.