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Doing life on HardMode as neurodiverse(ADHD/dyslexia) spoonie with T1DM.Married to @uinseann87 Mama to Henry & happy wee med school dropout. Doctors Assistant

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Joined March 2010
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I just realised I am in fact the emphysema of medEd. My V/Q ratio is shockingly high. I am the revision personification of over ventilated, and under perfused. When I was dx with ADHD & dyslexia I remember saying I didnt realise noone else worked so hard to be average
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Hi 👋-Doctor’s Assistant here! I’ll do those bloods/cannulas AND chase the things for you.I’ll also summary draft your discharge letters,ready for you to approve/prescribe on,&remind you (and the consultant!)when it’s time for lunch. No one skips lunch unless doing compressions!
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If I want an interface between the nursing team and the medical team - that is the nurse and a doctor. If I want some help doing bloods - that is the phlebotomist. If I want some help doing cannulas - that’s a nurse. If I want help chasing things - that’s a doctors
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So I had to do an online consult today to request an HBA1C because it’s been almost a year and I have a consultant review coming up… the system is daft, so I decided to have some fun with it. Obviously. 😂 1/3
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Honestly… I’m going to have to whip these new f1s into shape. It’s 1430, I still have one who hasn’t taken a break and the other two think I’m tapped when I point out they’re meant to take two breaks on a 13hr shift.
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@maka1687 Welcome to the club... I will be 34yo starting second year, and my friend is 44yo and the year above. You're already a pharmacist, so you'll seriously ace med. My background in History and cultural heritage isn't much help in med surprisingly! 🤣
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Once more for the people at the back…. DISCHARGE SUMMARIES ARE NOT EMERGENCIES. They can, will, and absolutely SHOULD wait until the medical team have eaten/drank some water/been to the loo and taken their contractually valid break.
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@timricketts_ @amateuradam People telling qualified doctors that they can’t go for meals until they complete discharge paperwork and thinkings there’s nothing ring with it
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Doctors Assistant: aka F1 Rottweiler. You can absolutely guarantee I know precisely how to escalate when other people try to dump on the F1 team, and have zero hesitation in doing so.
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@weeinstillag3l @ConkerLover @Dr_Done_ I like to consider myself the F1 Rottweiler. No one gets to be mean or rude to “my” F1s. I’m a permanent staff member, I don’t rotate, and I know who to escalate to when people pull “that’s not my job” and dump everything on the F1. Not on my watch. 😂
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@weeinstillag3l @ConkerLover @Dr_Done_ I like to consider myself the F1 Rottweiler. No one gets to be mean or rude to “my” F1s. I’m a permanent staff member, I don’t rotate, and I know who to escalate to when people pull “that’s not my job” and dump everything on the F1. Not on my watch. 😂
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3/3. Hope I gave the GP reviewing it a little chuckle anyway. They’ve already text to say they’ve put the hba1c request on 😂
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@timricketts_ It’s the most important part of the role of you ask me. we are the ones who the f1s can ask “hey where do I find….” “How do I do…” - cos we never have to rotate… but we are there to support the foundation docs primarily.
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@DrBenLovell They do. I am one in @MidYorkshireNHS - my job as a Doctor's Assistant is to support the junior doctors in whatever they need. I scribe ward rounds, request/take bloods, cannulate, do admin, TTOs, phonecalls, chase scans etc.
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Ok - this is my new favourite person on Med Twitter. Flattery will get you everywhere 😂 But I’m not a PA, I’m a DA - Doctors Assistant. 🫶🏻
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This is a delightful thread of exactly what a PA should be. Intelligent, resourceful, autonomous, useful and safe.
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I can’t believe the traction that tweet has got today, kind of enjoying being the Main Character of Med Twitter today. Feeling very loved indeed 😂
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@Long_way_round_ Is it just Valentine’s Day or has every dr on Twitter just fallen madly in ❤️ with @Long_way_round_ who has in one tweet both saved the NHS, and compelled every F1 to find out how they can work at @MidYorkshireNHS ! #YouPrescribeIllScribe
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@Doc_IonaCollins We already exist. We are called Doctor’s Assistants, we are £25k cheaper than a PA, do all the non medical clinical/admin stuff (drafting TTOs, phlebotomy/cannulation, scribing, ordering tests requested by docs), and we don’t need a masters degree for it. ;-)
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@AbiBosher @TheBMA @BMAJamesP @BMA_JuniorDocs @royalhospital @LibraryCRH @BAspinallDME @ChesterfieldED @CRHHumanFactors @crhcceteam @CRHMedicineDiv @the_mdu @teamsurgery Yikes, this is embarrassing.... Highly trained professionals being required to work over their lunch break, and not even valued enough to be provided with a chair...
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It was not even 10am and the @MidYorkshireNHS Assistant Director has already sent out an email to all our doctors reminding them of their contractual rights to breaks. I really do work for the best NHS trust around. @IanCarr16285869 you’re a good egg!
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Honestly… I’m going to have to whip these new f1s into shape. It’s 1430, I still have one who hasn’t taken a break and the other two think I’m tapped when I point out they’re meant to take two breaks on a 13hr shift.
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@DrJoFranklin @weeinstillag3l @ConkerLover @Dr_Done_ I think that F1s especially are so used to being treated like children, bossed around and having their opinions/wishes/objectives ignored in med school/by UKFPO etc and depend on being “liked” for ARCP that they don’t put their head above the parapet for being treated poorly.
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@KateOfHysteria @DrHannahBB Day 1 in the 10 Days of Hunger Games COVIDmas and I'm out. LFT +ve, PCR in progress. 😭
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@weeinstillag3l @ConkerLover @Dr_Done_ I can genuinely say in 3.5 years as a DA, I’ve never been abused by a jr doc. My experience of the relationships we have with our foundation docs especially has been entirely positive,they’re usually incredibly glad to have our experience on systems etc&assistance with bloods.
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@Dr_BellaR This is called a Doctors Assistant. We exist. We cost 30k a year less, and we don’t need a masters degree for that. ;-) We are a Band 3 role in @MidYorkshireNHS , but somehow the same role is a Band 4 in @RoyalFreeNHS 🫣
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@RM_Riles I stopped using “my pancreas chose early retirement” when I learnt that the pancreas does more than just insulin 😂 I’m a big fan of “I have an overachieving immune system” too though.
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Ooooh I also totally forgot! I discovered today that Actual Fully Qualified Doctors are now so young that they never experienced Netflix as a postal DVD service. My F1 literally googled this because she did not believe that when I was in uni, the internet came in the mail!!🤣
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@DJ3370178658 Oh, I’m 100% serious - been in post since Oct 2020 in Mid Yorks. There’s a full team of us, with DAs based permanently in Acute Med, Geris, Stroke, Gastro, Resp, Cardiology and elsewhere. 7 days a week!
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@weeinstillag3l @ConkerLover @Dr_Done_ They meet me,potentially on their first On Call(I only work OOH)and I can help with the frustrating IT issues,show them how where stuff lives on a ward they’ve never been on, make sure they stop for lunch,and try to “protect” their role as the Dr by dealing w/non clinical issues
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Today, my mama graduated from @QUBelfast School of Law and was delighted to be demoted from her position as the Oldest Graduand at 57yo by Lady Hale, who was awarded an Honorary Doctorate during her convocation ceremony.
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@HeedDoc @DrSelvarajah So by extension,you're saying that the nursing apprenticeship has created lesser nurses than a traditional pathway?Or engineering apprenticeships are turning out unsafe engineers?I'm sorry,Id have to disagree strongly.Change can be good.Widening participation is not just finance
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@julesbuddle Just incase any of your other followers are interested,I got a heated electric throw blanket from Argos a few years back for £60 or so. It costs less than 70p to run for 8hrs on my tariff and keeps me TOASTY when I’m working from home.Heat the person,not the room and all that!
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@RavenPresser @mollyjforbes This. So much this. I had 5 mini bags of Hariono between 11pm and 5am last night. Type 1 diabetes hypoglycaemia meets ADHD dysfunction and sensory aversions… my choice is coma/ambulance or sweets… 🤷‍♀️
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@DrLindaDykes But yet, the Doctors Assistant is getting her dinner made by the Consultant 😂 @uinseann87 says “you can’t have Lauren, she’s mine!” 😂
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@DrSelvarajah Think it will be great for widening participation& helping mature students, like myself to train as doctors. I'm facing having to withdraw from my traditional course after I have a baby,&can't commit to a 3hr round trip commute to uni but also cant move as hub a consultant here
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@dannyjnwong No, it’s a Band 3 Doctors Assistant. (Or band 4 if you are in some trusts - @MidYorkshireNHS for some reason still think we are worth less than our colleagues elsewhere)
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@DrEilidhMaria @dannyjnwong @MidYorkshireNHS But a bit of upbanding would be nice for us too @DrEilidhMaria 😂
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@DocCSarah That’s the goal. Being a GP is a rough gig at the moment….
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@DeakinSue1 As far as I know, @MidYorkshireNHS wanted to improve their performance in trainee satisfaction survey and one of their initiatives was the Doctors Assistant role,to help free up Foundation docs to actually do some medicine rather than ward jobs that don’t really require an MBBS.
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Some of my lovely Doctors Assistant colleagues on AAU featuring on the @myttacd page today!
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Let us introduce our Acute Assessment Units Doctors' Assistants! They are always super busy on the ward doing bloods/cannulas/ECGs & chasing things. They also draft discharge letters ready for our medical team to approve & prescribe on! #NHS #MedTwitter #AcuteCare #MYTeam
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@weeinstillag3l @ConkerLover @Dr_Done_ This is even more important when you consider that an F1 in West Yorkshire could very easily have 4 jobs in 4 different trusts, with only one or two shared systems.
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I have hit the holy grail of diabetes tech life - both my pump and my dexcom are due to be changed today…. My type 1 techies know what that means….. TECH FREE BATH/SHOWER!!!! OH THE LUXURY!!! #t1d #gbdoc
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@CharSquires @TharushaGunawa4 My aunt is a teacher and lives alone. She had a horrific stroke and was found by the police when her colleagues called as she hadn't arrived to work. The ambulance arrived pre 10am, that's how on the ball her colleagues were in alerting.
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@DrEmHenderson @MidYorkshireNHS Erm @MY_LenRichards - if we have a sudden influx of doctors wanting to work at Mid Yorks, now you know why… 😂
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@Dr_BellaR @MidYorkshireNHS @RoyalFreeNHS We were brought in to basically act as an assistant to the Foundation docs,because they were getting hammered in the trainee satisfaction surveys.Essentially we are there to alleviate the “non medical” burdens you’ve described,and allow the F1/2s to get the training experience.
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I did a remarkable thing tonight. I prebolused for chocolate, using the actual carb values on the packet… and then ONLY ATE THAT AMOUNT OF CHOCOLATE. WHO is this goddess of insulin delivery and willpower? 😂 I don’t recognise this situation at all 😂 #gbdoc #T1D
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@DrJoFranklin @weeinstillag3l @ConkerLover @Dr_Done_ I’m a permanent, unionised employee. I have zero issues in following correct procedures and protocols in reporting bullying/ignorant behaviour which is not aligned with our trust values. Absolutely none whatsoever.
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@medicalmodelbri I’m confused why they don’t just recruit a JCF and a Doctors Assistant for near enough the same money. Mitigate the risk, double the body count… get the continuity with the DA… and a JCF is usually a year, so that’s not exactly “rotating”
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Excuse me while I boke in a bin. Disabled is not a dirty word. It’s not derogatory. Being disabled is nothing to hide. But I swear to god, anyone who terms me a “person of determination” will likely get a very angry and undignified response.
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@DrAminaYonis And I love how they say ‘people of determination’ instead of ‘disabled or handicapped’
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@dr_dru_ @BeccaMedic Not the point you’re making but also… Let’s not refer to people as BED NUMBERS. A.) it’s dehumanising. B.) The patient in bed 2.4 could very well change 4 times during my 10 hour AAU shift. Use the patients name, help prevent mistakes. Simples.
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@DrSeanMon @DrLindaDykes @uinseann87 @hlnewey I personally love to start rumours about the Paediatric Neurology Consultant in Leeds who got the first year med student pregnant….. Can’t wait for the day that gets overheard and the rumour rolls off without the follow up that I was 34 and we’d been married for 8 years 😂
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@ConkerLover @weeinstillag3l @Dr_Done_ Honestly,it’s one of those things- I genuinely get a lot of job satisfaction from my role.Not enough to put my baby in daycare&do it during the week for baseline band 3,but once a week is fine 😂 We make a genuine difference to the F1 OOH shifts.And that’s a nice thing to have
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@waterman_harry @timricketts_ @amateuradam Not on my watch. Discharge summaries are not emergencies. Consultants are independent practitioners more than capable of doing ward rounds without the supervision of an F1 for 30min. At least the ones I work with are!
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@dannyjnwong @DrEilidhMaria I don’t disagree. 😂 AND we cost less than half of what the PA costs 😂
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@Cleverclog67596 That’s always my goal too - I often try to start *before* handover, so I can get the lay of who might go home, what bloods didn’t get done by night team, and what way I need to try to “manage” (I use the term loosely) the cons on WR to see the simple TTOs right after high NEWS.
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When your husband finally becomes a consultant and the random stains on his scrubs are no longer likely to be bodily fluids… it’s a WIN!
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Today,I graduated from @qubelfast after 13yrs in @HAPPatQUB . 2020 being what it is, I've reverted to an archived graduation photo,with one of the most inspirational,dedicated& supportive faculty members I was privileged to have on my side. @MarieMCole thank you for everything.
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@kerrymc05443501 Hi Kerry, I’m one of the DAs at Mid Yorks, we are very definitely not Doctors. Our (AFC Band 3) role is to support the doctors in doing admin and jobs such as taking blood etc,basically the parts of their job that take them away from assessing,diagnosing and treating patients.
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@parthaskar Ah, thanks Partha! We have a great team of Doctors Assistants across Acute Care and Elderly Medicine at @MidYorkshireNHS . @MY_LenRichards is going to be wondering why our social media is blowing up today 😂
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@DrBenLovell Sometimes the best support Juniors (F1 especially!) need is a cuppa tea on ward round and wrangling off the ward to have lunch at a sensible hour. I've threatened to physically carry one off the ward once.She was tiny,I'd have been fine, but I'm sure HR would have been unhappy.
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Much love to all the wonderful doctors I work with in @myttacd on #NationalDoctorsDay - I am very lucky to have such dedicated, knowledgeable and compassionate colleagues to support in my own role as a Doctors Assistant.
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Today we celebrate the professionalism and dedication of all doctors working across the UK. Share your thoughts and pictures below. #NationalDoctorsDay
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@ollieburtonmed @Doc_IonaCollins Honestly, it’s a wonderful role,that gives me a lot of variation in my day,and a lot of self directed working in terms of how I structure my tasks,but ultimately my tasks are generated from the ward rounding docs.The biggest problem is there’s no upward progression opportunity…
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@Dr_BellaR @MidYorkshireNHS @RoyalFreeNHS However, having seen the job spec for the role in the Royal Free, I think Mid Yorks need to take a look at this - we are long overdue a banding review.
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@RoshanaMN If the juniors get FPR, some of the consultants will be earning less than the registrars…
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@EmergMedDr Thankfully @MidYorkshireNHS moved us all to reusable ffp3 in Jan or Feb, so we have the option to use ffp3 if we want... But the trade off is sounding and looking like Darth Vader
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Repping my #dexcom while #breastfeeding my baby on the beach at sunset tonight. So grateful to having this tech that lets me get on with life as a busy, active mama of a busy, active baby! #type1lookslikeme #type1mama #diabetes #GBDoc
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@parthaskar @MidYorkshireNHS @MY_LenRichards It’s why I hold out hope that Mid Yorks (especially now it’s a teaching trust) could lead the way with a really GOOD model of medical apprenticeship. The current med apprenticeship seems poor but the DA role, combined with part time extended time frame med school? Winner.
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@DrJSherrington I did support work w/palliative care 5+ years back, and “whatever you fancy” mouth care was standard for us. I’ve seen chocolate milk, whiskey,red wine,pimms,vodka coke, the whole heap on mouth care sponges 😂 I feel like I’ve either had lectures or WR with docs who did similar
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@julesbuddle @Wyres67 Not to mention that the generations who have “survived” this before are about to learn how very different “survival” looks as a pensioner with less physical reserves and lower immunity than the last time they did so. They might not be so “lucky” this time round.
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@DrLewisThomas Oooh I think I might just do that!
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@LindsayBbent My personal favourite though, was trying to convince the hospital administrator that my QUB qualified, GMC Registered husband, who had been working in NI for 8 years since graduating was not in fact an “international doctor” for the purposes of relocation and NI was in the UK
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Henry’s response when silly people say his diabetic mama can’t eat cupcakes! #thatswhywehaveinsulin #type1 #gbdoc #bantingjuicelife
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@UniofNewcastle @thegradmedic Can we also remind ourselves that in most cases, the examiners are *current clinicians* AKA.... THIS PERSON IS CURRENTLY PRACTICING MEDICINE.... Most likely interacting with patients in the Newcastle region. It's like #bikinimed all over again.
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@NHS_HealthEdEng This is so exciting for me, as I face the prospect of having to withdraw as a mature student from my traditional med school due to having a baby and being unable to commute 3hrs daily for next 4 years. This might be my saving grace for a career I am passionate about.
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@SukiSu12 breaks are compulsory! Remember, they’d have that name plate changed in a week if you dropped dead tomorrow.Seen it happen when I was a civ. servant -when their spouse came in to say thanks for flowers/support the managers had to pretend that there wasnt a new butt in the seat!
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Did I pre-bolus for 2 slices of toast and a banana, as I put the baby down for his nap, and go to have a (presumed 30-40min) nap myself? Yes I did. Did he then have a 2.5hr nap causing me to wake to Dexcom having a meltdown about my 3.2⬇️⬇️? Yes indeed I did.
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@moribunddr @YousufMed And they often give the best guidance on where works lol
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So I’ve been on GLP1 for 10 days now. The results are ASTOUNDING. My 7 day TIR jumped 80% to 97% whilst my average glucose is down 1.8mmol. My 7 day TITR ROCKETED from 46% to 68% -absolutely unreal. I actually need to adjust my ratios tbh, it is THAT good. #gbdoc #type1
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@parthaskar Wish we were here for pump therapy Partha... I'm fed up being told I'm "too well behaved" for pump therapy... It's SO hard to be so controlled, yet we get penalised for working so hard.
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@JNShabz I mean, I can’t do my job without you… you do the prescribing, I’ll do the scribing, and we can tackle the job list together?
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Bloody hell, that shift was dire. Why can't people just be NICE to their colleagues? Is it really that difficult? Fed up with how some colleagues speak to my F1 colleagues that I support as a DA. These are our most junior docs, they need support, not tongue lashings.
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I can’t even begin to describe what this feels like as a T1D. Insulin Pumps change lives.Ive been pumping for 1year, upgraded to HCL (omni5) 7 months ago,and it is AMAZING. I mean, those numbers. The QOL improvements. Thank you @parthaskar for all you’ve done to make it possible
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So I am FINALLY getting sent to Pump Assessment Clinic with the view to getting Omnipod👍🏻the bummer is that the wait list is so long that the assessment clinic isn’t until late Dec w/the earliest possible pump start time frame is MARCH 2023.😭grateful,but a bit gutted #gbdoc
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discovered today that when you have a baby, random midwives show up unannounced at your house…and get really quite perplexed when you tell them you’re at the park with baby😂can’t be sitting in all day lounging about the house,this family does ADVENTURES! 😂 #4dayspostcsection
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@DrJSherrington I think we’d be pretty handy in GP land tbh… I’d be interested in that opportunity 😂
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@DrClaireEmma I mean, if you’ve already requested the ionising radiation then there’s no reason I can’t make the phone call for the logistics. I just can’t ORDER the xray. ;-) (I know my role, and what I’m not allowed to do…. Despite my proximity to Leeds 😂)
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Yeah so this is my 2 day TIR for Christmas Day and Boxing Day… @parthaskar the work you have done getting us not only flash/continuous glucose monitoring but now also hybrid closed looping is the best gift of all.
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@HeedDoc @DrSelvarajah Why is it that I can work LTFT from graduation as a disabled doctor, but I can't study part time ANYWHERE in the UK? Why are we still mandating compulsory attendance at 400 person lectures that could be recorded and remote? It's elitist gatekeeping, and nothing more.
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Hey @ESHTNHS - you’re about to be pretty popular with the foundation doctors 😂
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D’ya know the hardest thing about being a type 1 mum of a 1yo? I pre-bolus, and then he eats my food.
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@KristaLerista Yip,stop the clock breaks at any point during viva,proof reading service(paid for by the Uni),dedicated office space(not communal) voice to text software.I feel like preemptive questions were also included for the viva but tbh, it was traumatic,I've forgotten the specifics.
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@clarissascortex Oh, I’m flattered 😂 - been in post since 2020 in Mid Yorks. There’s a full team of us, with DAs based permanently in Acute Med, Geris, Stroke, Gastro, Resp, Cardiology and elsewhere 7 days a week!
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@DrEilidhMaria Not a single doubt in my mind. Anyone harms my child, I’ll likely do time so the financial implications are somewhat moot. But also - if married, you’d get a fair/legal settlement anyway, especially if one had “diminished career status” due to childcare etc.
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@doctor_dru_ Was gonna say - this is a blooming AWFUL take. Especially in context of medical specialisms where the nurses will have potentially decades of experience in that, which the f1/f2 can potentially really benefit from.
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This. Just this. #BlackLivesStillMatter
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We’re not asking you to shoot them like you shoot us, we’re asking you to NOT shoot us like you don’t shoot them...
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@AlanCarson15 @Dr_BellaR @MidYorkshireNHS @RoyalFreeNHS I’m looking forward to returning after Mat Leave -but I genuinely enjoy supporting the F1 docs on the ward and showing them the(non clinical)ropes,especially the poor ones who get stuck with an on call in AAU the weekend after becoming a doctor 😂I also force them to eat lunch!
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@parthaskar I never delete tweets either…. But these days I do try to keep “If HR fire me for this, will the Employment Tribunal go my way?” at least in mind…. I consider that significant personal growth tbh. 😂
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@JNShabz Honestly, I feel so sorry for them. They’re the least likely to kick up a fuss so the easiest to target with “issues” on the wards and it drives me BARMY.
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If your WP support stops at admittance, your medical school is failing those who your marketing team have successfully recruited. If your WP support is focused on economic barriers to the exclusion of all other barriers, your medical school is failing to see the bigger picture.
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“there’s no point in just getting 27% widening participation students into medical school is there? if once they get there there’s still barriers for them, there’s still not opportunities for them” yes!!! yes!!! #tasme24 @enamhaque31
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@alvin27june @Megsenmumdr Not even remotely microagressive. That’s ridiculous.
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@_Doctor_Dom I remember when @uinseann87 thought he was going to do EM and always said never trust farmers, or horsey women. 🤣
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I absolutely think @parthaskar is absolutely BANG ON about his colleagues who think/say “I don’t do technology” - move over, this is the future of Diabetes care! #diabeteschat
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@kerrymc05443501 Band 3 means our starting salary is £22,816. We are definitely not out earning Doctors (or many roles tbh, as there’s actually only one band below us) so I think you might have confused our role with another.
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@DJ3370178658 Nope, we are permanently employed - I’ve been with Mid Yorks since 2020 now and the team is being expanded constantly
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