Inspired by MasterChef!

The brand new masterchef series has started! And remember that one of my new year resolutions is to prepare more homecooked food?

Yes...both Kevin and I were very inspired to prepare our own fine dining in the comfort of your own home! =D I have to admit that it does take quite abit of an effort, but the end result is well worth it. And it is definitely nicer to cook for two!

So...here they are!

Stuffed apple with ice cream
(pardon the apple, it kinda exploded in the oven...hence it had lost its shape)

Brown Rice Kedegree with side salad

Pan Fried Seabass, topped with tomatoes and olives salsa, and grilled courgettes on the side.

We attempted to present the dish well! Guess we didnt do too badly.

I wish I could take credit for creating such lovely food...the recipes are taken from Sophie Dahl's Cookbook, "Miss Dahl's voluptous delights!"

I highly recommend this cookbook if you're looking for nice homely healthy food!

Today is The Day

Today is the day that I felt I have failed to be a doctor.

=(

It hasn't been a good week so far. Things were disorganised, consultants were being difficult, nurses were being pushy, and patients were very ill.

There is a death in the ward for the past 2 consecutive mornings.

However, the death this morning has made me feel like a complete failure. This poor patient has metastatic cancer...lets call this patient B. B came in with increasing abdominal/chest pain, with episodes of diarrhoea. We have thought it was gastroenteritis, and attempted to get on top of B's pain with opioid based analgesia. B was very settled before we all left for home yesterday.

Unfortunately, when I came to work this morning, B was in severe pain overnight. I went to review B. B was screaming in pain and was writhing around the bed. B apparently had a shot of diamorphine, which seemed to work for a few mins, before B was in severe pain again. The tricky thing about B's pain control was B was quite sensitive to morphine, and had an episode of presumed opioid toxicity, which he responded quite well to naloxone (an antidote for morphine).

I didn't know why B had such bad pain. But my initial plan was to give B some intravenous morphine to get him comfy. However, just as we going to get some IV access in him, B just suddenly deteriorated. B's breathing became very laboured, the colour on B's face disappeared very quickly, and just less than 1 minute, B just stopped breathing, and died.

I was shocked that B deteriorated so quickly. The worse thing was B died in pain! How could I possibly allow a terminal cancer patient die in so much pain...B was screaming in pain seconds and minutes before B's death.

I was very disappointed with myself for not doing anything sooner. One can only imagine how much pain B was in, and that B's death was so uncomfortable for B. I seriously felt I failed to be a doctor today. I also could not understand why B's pain relief was not addressed properly overnight, when B was in so much agony. Who knows! B's death was certainly inevitable, but we as doctors should have made sure that the journey towards B's death was as painless as it can be.

I was very disturbed after that death. My deepest sympathy goes to B's family.

* sigh.

How Unthoughtful!

This is no laughing matter.

And, this is NOT the first time that I have encountered this problem.

Yet, I still DO NOT understand why there is a lack of modern technology in this era!

Now, what am I talking about?

Well, simply the fact that there are quite a number of obese patients in the country that could not fit into MRI, or CT scanners.

One of the patients in the hospital needed an urgent MRI scan to investigate for spinal cord compression. Unfortunately, although he is not obese, he still could not fit into the MRI scanner. The radiographers have blamed it on his big tummy! There are no larger MRI scanners in this region....and I heard someone mentioned that there might be a specialised MRI scanner for obese patient in Sheffield, or the patient could use the scanners build for the use of animals.

What I do not understand is, why aren't there many larger scanners available in this country? I mean, surely, the government realise that obesity is a problem in the UK. And surely, this problem occurs quite frequently. Ok, I admit I do not much about the physics and mechanics of these scanners...but one would have thought that if there are scanners available for large animals, why can't there be ones build for larger patients?

MRI scans are more helpful in identifying spinal cord problems compare to CT scans. Are we depriving larger patients more accurate diagnostic investigations? If building larger machines is not the answer, then what is?

I guess you can ask these patients to try to lose weight...but that would take quite awhile. Moreover, the scans are needed to be done on an asap basis. I guess health professionals just have to treat empirically and use their best clinical judgement for such cases. Or, utilise other investigative methods to investigate an illness by the process of elimination.

Do Not Miss The Black Swan!

I am a big big fan of Natalie Portman. I simply love the way she carries herself, her intellectualness, beauty, and her acting skills. I last seen her in the movie "Closer," which I really enjoyed. So when I first saw the thriller for Black Swan back in December, I told myself, I NEED to watch it.

Yes, I watched it about a week ago. Oh my, Natalie was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. She was so graceful as a ballet, yet extremely mentally disturbed. Thumbs up to her for being able to portray the character Nina so well. I know this whole movie is fictional...but heck, it was brilliant!

It was rather intense. I cringed when I saw "Beth" stabbing her own face with a knife, and also the scene where Nina slammed the door against her mother's hand. There were scenes where I was just not sure whether she had made it up in her mind, or were they for real? The lesbian sex scene was also really sexy and steamy. Well down to Natalie and Mila. Imagine being good friends, and having to kiss each other, and pretend to have sex?! that must be SO UNCOMFORTABLE!

So, if you haven't heard of the Black Swan, you are definitely OUT OF DATE!

If you have heard of it, then I would highly recommend it. =)

Harmless Flirting

FLIRTING.

According to Wikipedia, "Flirting" is non-physical sexual communication between two people to negotiate mutual attraction through body language and verbal tactic.

Flirting can happen anywhere really, whether at a shopping mall, dinner, parties, or work.

In the hospital setting, a lot of flirting takes place, particularly, between young female nurses, and male junior doctors.

It is really quite interesting to see it happening in front of your eyes. I had the luxury of observing one the other day.

The junior doc working in my ward at present is a young male, who is very much into gymming. Let's call him X. He is bald, and has a muscular V-shaped body.

You get the pic?

It was a busy day at work yesterday. We were all rushed off our feet. Later in the morning, I returned to the ward after reviewing a few patients in a different ward. As I approached the doctor's table, I saw a group of female nurses crowding around the table, where X was sitting. They were all giggling in a very flirtatious way. I was wondering what was going on, and I found out that they were flirting with him.

"Aww...X, would you mind prescribing this for me, please? I will stare at you until you prescribe it....hehehe (giggling)....." said one nurse.

Another said, "Hey X, you not been for your lunch yet? Aww...would you like a cup of coffee or tea? I will make one for you."

"Hey X, I will send that off for you, just pass it to me..." offered another young nurse.

The nurses hardly ever offer to make any one cups of tea/coffee, unless we are on our night shifts, or you are a consultant. I wanted to laugh when I saw X blushing. He suddenly received a surge of attention and TLC from the nurses.

After all that, I heard one of the nurses whispering to another, "Oh...he is so cool and hot...look at his body."

I have nothing against all these harmless flirting. But it could make the person in the hot seat quite uncomfortable sometimes.

Cook, Cook and Cook!

I havent mentioned this before, but one of my other resolution for the new year is to cook. Yes, I seriously need to spend some time cooking a meal for my ownself.

Over the past year, I have to admit that I have been cooking more than I used to, but it is still not good enough. Many a times after coming back from work, the tiredness and laziness just overcome my whole body, to the extent that I simply could not be bothered to stand in kitchen to cook a simple meal, like pasta or fried noodles/rice. But, is boiling some instant noodles for 3 minutes considered as cooking? Probably not.

This is even worse after a long day at work, or pre-night shifts. I keep telling myself, "Come on, how difficult can it be to chop up some vege/meat....put some oil in the pan, and cook yourself something edible?!"

Well, I think it is difficult, and requires alot of inspiration and effort. haha. The only time that I feel the urge to cook is when I have a friend over.

When I don't cook, I would eat loads of junk, just to keep me tummy filled. The junk includes sweets, chocolates, biscuits, crisps, breakfast cereal (even for dinner!!!!)..and ice-cream!! (I hide my face in shame just admitting to all these....) How am I meant to set a good example to my patients?!

So this is why it is very important for me to stick to this resolution of mine. Therefore, I have recently bought a few new recipe books...just so that I can get some ideas and make cooking bit more exciting/less hassle.

One of my new recipe books is called "Miss Dahl's voluptuous delights," written by Sophie Dahl, of course. I bought it because this book is written in a seasonal manner. So, they are different recipes for the 4 seasons of the year, and each recipe uses certain ingredients that are of more abundance in that particular season. Her instructions are easy to follow. Now, isn't that a good recipe book?

I shall update this blog now and again, whenever I attempt any of her recipes.

Also, since the start of this new year, I have followed a few of Nigella Lawson's recipes, which were taken from the internet. I love the way Nigella cooks her food. It is so different from other chefs, like Gordon Ramsay/Rick Stein.

Before I end, here's a treat for all you chocolate lovers/snack lovers out there. I strongly recommend Nigella's very easy to follow, and sinfully delicious "Churros with a chocolate dipping sauce" recipe. Yummmm....

Here is the link, so do go check it out:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/churros_with_chocolate_84833

=)

New Year ... New Look!

Welcome 2011!

I must admit that I have been struggling to write the dates in the case notes!

I keep writing too many number 1's. LOL.

Anyway, to celebrate this new decade, I have decided to change the look of the blog! I have chosen the wintery background because it is winter here in the UK. More snow has been forecasted over the next few days! *sigh

I should not really make any resolutions as I never keep up with them....but I feel the need to aim for a few things this year...and they are:

1. to run a 10k

2. to pass all my exams

3. to go home for a holiday

4. to travel abroad...somewhere!

Just 4 things to aim for this year....should not be THAT difficult!

wish me luck!

=)

A lil note to end the year...

another year has came and gone.

what can i say about 2010?

it has not been a bad year for me.

i managed to pass my exam after a few attempts, which was a great milestone for me.

i had a wonderful spring break visiting Paris...such a lovely place. i would go back there anytime.

i had a fun summer....this time, i travelled to Lake District, and visited the little towns at that place.

Autumn was the main highlight of the year...because I got to go home! yes....it was lovely. i managed to attend my best friend's wedding, and was even more surprised when she asked me to give a speech at her wedding. i also attended my cousin sis' wedding...which was lovely. i met up with most of my old frens, savoured all the tasty local cuisines...

then, came winter....which was BITTERLY cold. it snowed, snowed and snowed. my arms were getting very good daily workout, by just simply scraping the ice off the car! driving conditions were horrible....i feel so lucky that my car has been brilliant, apart from the signal light wiring problem.

it was soon christmas....where i spent the weekend working. it was busy and tiring. i received a few lovely pressies....got lovely purple gloves, 2 DVDs from the studio gibli company to add to my collection, a head massager, a box of chocolates, 2 tins of biscuits....However, i also received a rather odd xmas present, in the form of a luggage tag?!

anywho, it is new year's eve now...and i am happy that i am sitting down on my couch, in front of the telly, and typing this, with kylie minogue's music playing in the background. life has been very kind to me. i am blessed to have a lovely supportive family back home, a boyfriend that is so patient with me, a few good friends here that are there when i need them, a nice and cosy flat, a good job, enough funds to support my occasional crazy shopping spree...

so goodbye 2010....and welcome 2011!!! =)

Night Shifts.....again

My night shifts ended on Friday morning. The whole week was horribly busier than normal, most probably because people are catching various kind of illness during these few months as we approach winter.

The nights were made more pleasant by being on call with a hot Spanish registrar. *hee heeee

Yes, he is new in our hospital. He has lovely wavy dark brown hair, tanned, and I love his Spanglish. He is also tall and well built. (hopefully you could picture him in your mind). He is also extremely approachable, helpful and down to earth. The funny thing was actually watching how a few of the nurses with him in the ward! yes!

The nurses will come up to him to ask him to prescribe simple things like paracetamol or an anti-sickness medication...which is what I usually do for them. But rather than asking me, they approached the reg. While waiting for him to prescribe them, they just start to chat him up!

haha.

I bet the reg was enjoying all the attention. Some of them even sat down and had a little conversation with him...which was pretty unusual on a busy night shift.

Oh well, that aside, he is a great reg to work with, and I was glad to be on call with him.

errm.....yes ok, I probably did giggle a little too much whenever he cracked a joke! =P

Yay!

Finally got my MRCP 1 performance details yesterday. Yes, I passed, finally!

I really wanted to know which field I did best....After the exam, I felt I didn't do well in the clinical sciences, clinical pharmacology, infectious diseases (ID), neurology, dermatology, nephrology and respiratory.

Surprisingly, I did very well in ID, pharmacolgy, neuro and nephro. And even more surprising, I scored full marks in dermatology! I also did very well in geriatric medicine...maybe I should think about becoming a COTE specialist.

But I was right, my scores were quite low for the clinical sciences. I didn't do as bad as I thought in ophthalmology and respiratory.

Overall, I'm pretty pleased with the outcome.

Now, to prepare for Part 2.

The pressure is on...coz a lot of people at my stage has already gotten full MRCP.

Delicious Malaysian Food

My trip back home was all about catching up with friends, family and enjoying local food. And that was exactly what I did. Due to our multi-cultural society, we get to enjoy food from a vast variety of food, including chinese, malay, indian, western, japanese, korean etc.

I will not write much...but all I can say is MALAYSIAN DELICACIES ARE DELICIOUS! There are so tasty, bursting with flavours...yumm... I hope the following pics will make you hungry! =D

Ipoh white coffee, with kaya toast

Tasty and crunchy bean sprouts (or taugeh)

Ipoh Hor Fun

Char Kueh Kak

Nasi Goreng Peranakan

Asam Laksa

These food looked good rite?

Well, they were EXCELLENT!

If you haven't been to Malaysia, pls do plan a trip there...its well worth it! =P

6 more days and counting!

The only thing that is keeping me through the crap at work is the thought that I'll be home in less than 7 days!

woo hoo!!

I really can't wait. I am really excited coz I haven't been home for the past 2 years. But at the same time, I am rather stressed with it too. Well, should I say that the stress is actually GOOD stress. I mean it is NOT like exam stress at all, which I must say is BAD stress.

Now you may ask why am I stressed out?

The stress is because I have not much time left for packing.....I dislike the fact that I am on-call this weekend. If only I were off, I could take the time to pack my stuff, and also maybe do abit of last minute shopping.

The other stress is having to prepare a speech for my good friend who is getting married in exactly 10 days. Don't get me wrong, I am extremely honoured to be asked to speak at her wedding reception.....but the only problem is I have never done this before. I have never been to a wedding reception before! So I really do not know where to start! Anyone has any good ideas? Or anyone has spoken at a wedding reception before???? Please share your ideas and experience with me.

I am thinking of starting it with a lil LOVE quote, and then, proceed to talking about what I think of my friend as a person, and how she met her hubby and managed to keep the relationship strong for the past for more than 5 years.

hmm...it is easy to think of what to say...but it is putting those thoughts into words I find difficult. I still haven't started to write anything yet....and time is running short!! help!!

Those stress aside, I am starting to count down to the moment I step into my flight back home to destination: KL.

Physiological Changes to the Body During Stress

Gosh...its amazing what stress can do to one's body. I have been very stressed lately, with exams, portfolios and work.

Stress was at its peak yesterday because it was exam day! My body was behaving oddly.

I could not sleep...(waking up every hour from my sleep is NO sleep at all.

I struggled to eat any of my meals (but forced myself to otherwise my brain cannot function).

I have million butterflies in my stomach (highest number yesterday compared to the rest of the week).

I felt so nauseated that I nearly vomited in the train!

My heart rate was averaging from 90 to 100 bpm for most of the day.

I was having pleuritic chest pain for a few hours.

My fingers and toes were freezing.....and the palms were sweaty.

........... This morning, I slept bit better, still having some flashbacks about the exam yesterday....I just need to stop thinking of the questions and the answers..... Coz when you think about it, you want to know whether you have put down the right answers by looking it up in the book. If the answer was right, that's good....if not, I will feel very upset. So I'm really trying not to think about it.

It is time to get ready to work.... I am not hungry, but probably should have my breakfast otherwise I would be hungry later.

I am hoping for a stress-free day at work today....can't physically manage another stressful day again today.

Grim

Dying from cancer seems like the most dreadful thing. It is a slow and painful death. There will be numerous hospital admissions either for chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery. And let's not forget that these patients have to endure endless complications either secondary to the side effect of their treatment or because of countless infections.

It has been a grim day at work today. 1 out of 4 patients in the ward is suffering from terminal cancer. None of them are curable. Majority of them have a severe infection, while the others have new spread of their cancer.

I really can't imagine how much pain these poor patients are experiencing. It must be excruciating. We are trying to manage these pain issues with strong doses of opiates, and also putting them on a syringe driver. But we never seem to be able to keep their pain score at ZERO.

And it also makes my heartache when I saw a lovely man in the ward who was talking to me about 2 hours ago, and just as I left the hospital, he was unconscious, agitated and taking the last few breaths of his life. I know I shouldn't be surprised to see how quickly a cancer can kill you, as I have seen many of them in such situations, but still, I can't help it.

To top it all off, it upsets me even more when people drink far too much alcohol for their own good, and end up having liver damage because of it. Why do you self mutilate your body?! And once we have treated you and get you back on your feet....what do you do??? Of course! You go back to your old drinking habits. Within a few months, they bounce back into the hospital again, and the whole cycle repeats itself.

Have they ever thought of how previous their life is??? Why do they want to end their life so quickly??? Have they even thought of those patients suffering from terminal diseases that would prefer to live on for a little longer, but can't because they isn't any other way to cure them?

I dunno. I guess this is medicine and the reality of life for me.

The Big Changeover

The biggest day in hospital diary is the day where all junior/senior doctors changeover in August. Outpatient clinics are reduced or cancelled to allow for a less chaotic changeover. Team leaders from different departments in the hospital will be asked to do a short presentation to the new group of doctors, as part of the hospital induction.

On this day, fresh junior house officers begin their career as doctors, learning to apply everything learned in medical school into clinical practice.

On this day, ex-juniors become senior doctors, embarking on new challenges and bigger responsibilities.

On this day, most doctors will start work in a different ward or hospital, whereas a few others will remain in the same place.

This particular day is said to be the worst day to be admitted into the hospital, as errors do happen, and most things will be disorganised.

My changeover day was not bad at all. I started off doing night shifts, which is absolutely fine, because I get to escape the morning chaos in the wards. However, on my night shift, there was a junior doc who was absolutely terrified of doing anything! *Bless her!

She was terrified of writing up a patient's drug chart.

She was terrified of taking a blood sample from a patient.

She was even terrified of waking a patient up at 3 am for a physical examination!

Poor gal....I have honestly never seen anyone as scared as before!

Anyway, with a little push, she plucked up the courage to do a few basic things during the night shifts.

Apart from being terrified, she appeared absolutely clueless as well. The one thing that I remembered the most from that night shift was she didn't know how to prescribe paracetamol!

In my very humble opinion, I think that is the simplest prescribing task ever! How could she not know how to prescribe that? hmm...Maybe I am expecting abit too much from a junior house office.

The big changeover day has passed, and work resumes as usual for everyone.

Live or Die?

Wow....the season 6 finale for Grey's Anatomy is the best yet!

In fact, the storyline from season 4 onwards have been really good. I see each characters growing... most of the episodes were very meaningful. Somehow, I can feel what the patients and surgeons were experiencing. I feel my emotions floating into the scenes....I couldn't help but cry too!

Season 5 ended with George dead.....then, Izzie had skin cancer... and then, the unexpected happened. Dr McDreamy was shot!

Gosh....I was crying so badly when I watched the final two episodes....

I know it is only a drama...but heck, the creators have done a good job.

What Grey's Anatomy said was right. We all have choices. Life is full of choices...

Do we want to be a hero or a coward?

Do we want to fight or give in?

And do we want to live or die?

I know that these choices are not always given to us...but if we were given them, which will we choose?

Would you fight on to live.....or do you give in to your illness and die?

Do you become a hero, and try to save the day....or do you become a coward, and hide from all responsibilities??

hmm....decisions......

The Writer - Ellie Goulding

My favourite song at the moment: The Writer by Ellie Goulding

Love the the lyrics... here is part of it.

But I've got a plan

Why don't you be the artist

And make me out of clay?

Why don't you be the writer

And decide the words I say?

Cause I'd rather pretend

I'll still be there at the end

Only its too hard to ask

Won't you try to help me?

Such meaningful words....

Conversations in the Hospital

Thought I would share a few entertaining conversations I had in the hospital this month.

Conversation 1

This lovely elderly man was admitted with urinary retention, and subsequently developed a urinary tract infection. While examining him, I proceeded to ask him the routine 10 AMTS (Abbreviated Mental Test Score) questions.

One of the questions was, "What do you think my occupation is, if you look at me?"

Bear in mine that I was wearing a simple blouse and trousers, with my stethoscope hanging around my neck, and my pager stuck to my pocket.

He gave me a good look, and said, "Well, you're a beauty queen."

hmmm.....I wish I was. He scored 5/10....so guess he was pretty confused eh?

Conversation 2

A locum orthopaedic doctor came to my ward to review a patient of mine who possibly has a broken pubic rami. He examined the patient thoroughly as you would. Then, he started to write his findings down in the notes. While doing so, he looked up and asked, "Is it better to write; there is good moving of the right leg, OR there is good movement in the right leg?"

I know I really shouldn't be laughing at others, whom English is not their first language. I tried really hard to stifle my giggles. My colleague told him that the latter sentence was a better of describing the patient's range of movement. It was amazing that he could keep a straight face while doing so.

Conversation 3

There was a pleasant elderly lady in the ward. Unfortunately, most of us, when we grow older, we will lose our hearing. This lady was nearly 90 years old, and she looked alot younger than that. I asked her whether she smokes. She replied, "Well, yes I do...you know, its really hard to get rid of this habit."

"How many do you smoke in a day?" I asked.

"hmm...about 4 to 5 a day."

"Oh ok...so about 4-5 a day...."I repeated as I make a note of it on my records.

She said," No....not 45 a day....it is 4 TO 5 a day."

I laughed...and told her that I know she said 4 to 5, and not 45.

Treasure What You Have

It is such a common humanly mistake that we never seem to REALLY treasure what we have until it is taken away from us.

I thought the latest Shrek movie was excellent. It was funny, good animation and not to mention, the moral value the movie was trying to teach everyone. Shrek had almost everything he could dream off....a lovely ogre wife, Fiona, 3 cute kids, good friends (Donkey and Puss), and a nice place to live..... BUT (there is always a but), he felt that he has become a tame ogre, not fearsome no more. So he decided to exchange one day in his life, and that day, was back to a day he didn't have any friends, no family, and Fiona did not recognise him as his wife. He regretted his actions, and felt miserable. He misses Fiona and his family. He did everything he could to go back to his present life, and succeeded in the end. And like most animation, the story ended happily ever after.

I felt good after watching it. I realised that sometimes, I may have taken some things for granted...and I need to change my actions, change my attitude, to become a better person, less grumpy, and really appreciate the lil things in life that makes my life meaningful.

ahh....how's that for a new resolution?

That aside, I highly recommend Shrek Forever After to everyone! It is definitely way better than the previous one. Watch out for catchy words like, "Cat-tastrophic!" and "Ri-don-culous!"

McDreamy or McSteamy?

Grey's Anatomy rocks!! Yes it so does. I love this drama to bits! I wish there is a real McDreamy and McSteamy in the hospital that I am working in at the moment. haha.

I know alot of people will disagree with me. The storyline might be cheesy to some, or unexciting. They might think that some of the medical bits in the drama unreal. But who cares! Grey's Anatomy catches the essence of life as a doctor. Although I have to admit that the love life might not relate to everybody, but the happiness, disappointments, competitiveness, difficult decisions, life-saving measures....they are so real.

Many a times, while watching Grey's Anatomy, I found myself thinking about my own personal experiences. For example, I could feel the disappointment in Dr O'Malley when he found out that he had failed his internship. I could feel the joy in Meredith and Derek, when the finally managed to treat a patient's brain tumour successfully in their clinical trial. I could sense their tiredness at the end of the day....their need to just not talk about things at times.

I guess that is what attracted me so much to Grey's Anatomy....of course, not to mention, the existence of McDreamy and McSteamy makes the drama that even more exciting and hilarious....what more can you ask for?

If you don't watch Grey's Anatomy, then, you wouldn't know who they are. McDreamy is Dr Derek Shepperd...a talented Neurosurgeon...at least he isn't as grumpy and as arrogant as some of the Neurosurgeons I have spoke to. He is McDreamy, because I suppose he has that dreamy look in his eyes....Then a few seasons later, McSteamy arrived! He is a hunky plastic surgeon. The 2 of them are good mates. And I feel the complement each other in the drama very well.

If given a choice, I would pick McDreamy anytime....keke.

Anyway, I just completed watching Season 4 of Grey's anatomy. I finished the entire series in less than 7 days!! I have to admit that I have an addictive personality. Once I start watching a drama series, I want to watch the next episode immediately. That is why I NEVER EVER buy DVD box sets. I simply have no self-control.

I will need to get season 5 stat!