Oxford in January

I am not feeling great today I woke up with Jaw pain and took some tylenol/acetomenophen and layed down. I woke up in time to call work and tell them I am not coming in. I might try to go to lectures today since they are in the medical school and hospital that I live very close to.
The John Warin Ward is the Infectious Disease Ward. All Cellulitis, H1N1 flus, HIV, TB, and other infections come here to this ward. It is its own little building situated close to Churchill Hospital, I live close to John Radcliffe the ER, the medical school, the women's center, and the main hospital are all at the John Radcliffe. Churchill handles all elective surgeries in all areas: general, urology, transplant... It also has a lot of internal medicine patients, and the ITU which is the ICU. It works well because then we can consult patients better at Churchill than JR. Although all teaching is done at the JR.
We had more snow last night so I think my HIV clinic that I am missing is likely not that busy. I enjoy going to work. I like the group of doctors and I like the patients. They are as always to me, entertaining. The family situations, the personalities, their illnesses, are all unique and I feel very fortunate to be able to encounter them and learn from them.
Last night I went for a walk to Iffley Track and field. This may have made my trip. There in front of the Gate is a sign. Roger Bannister, the first person to run a sub 4 minute mile and then later go on in medicine professionally is an inspiration to me.
Did you know after he ran a sub 4 minute mile 12 more I think did it that year? The following year another 3000 people broke this barrier. Previously it had always been said it could not be done.

"It only takes 1 person to prove that the "impossible" is possible"

I believe that I find that is true in my faith, my career, my hobbies, and my life. I look for those people in my patients, my friends, my mentors, my spiritual guides, my counselors, my teachers, my family. I like proving the "impossible" will someday be possible. Maybe not on my timeline, or my lifetime, but I am working to make it possible someday for those that come after me. And they will need guidance as I seek for it now. It reminds me that what I do matters and I am apart of something bigger than I can ever fathom. That gives me a lot of peace and hope.