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Gaby Adkins

8 months

Years of perseverance paid off! I remember opening my Primary #FRCA books sat in a chemo chair at Guy’s. So Friday was a wonderful feeling 💙

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

I’m an anaesthetics registrar and am very grateful to have been vaccinated x3 against COVID. This protects everyone I come across, as well as myself. #VaccinesWork

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

A brief 1am ‘stop and stare’ break! #labourward

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

Not knowing if my cancer will ever recur as metastases is, sadly, the greatest lesson in uncertainty management I have ever known. But: #ICanDoThis

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

Oct 2015 after biopsy I had a v high suspicion I had cancer (all the clues, radiographer going silent etc). Terrified that evening, I walked out of my hospital accommodation and looked out onto this view. Today looked out onto the same view, but this time as a survivor…

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

4 years

Got Primary FRCA results. 48/48 in the viva. Can’t believe it...

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

4 years

Not quite sure how this happened but I passed the Final #FRCA written exam!! Can’t believe it

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

FRCA ✅ Genuinely cannot believe it!!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

Right at the beginning, before my response to treatment was known, I asked my clinician whether I would be alive in 3 years time… …after a long pause he shook his head and said he didn’t know. Which is true, noone could have known. Still here, coming up to 6 yrs later 🙏

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

I’m in Paediatric MRI for the day…introduced to the concept of ‘feed & wrap’ 🤗….sometimes we anaesthetists aren’t required :)

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Hugh Grant for PM!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Final day at King’s…neuroanaesthesia has been the best rotation I’ve had to date… Thank you for having me ⁦ @KCHAnaesthetics ⁩ ⁦ @KingsNeuro ⁩ Hope to see you again!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

1 year

Just got back home to be greeted by the best scroll of all 👩‍🎓 (No one is allowed to laugh at my middle name! ) #FRCA

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Whatever the outcome, I am now in the Square Pig! 💪💪 #FRCA

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

8 months

The final FRCA frontier! #RCoAdips

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

Got some unexpected good news from oncology yesterday

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

Well a piece of good news...my mammogram came back clear x

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

1 year

Absolutely 100% has made my day! 🦮🐾🐾

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

10 months

@gaswomancometh A peloton

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

4 years

Sometimes I wonder how things would have been had I not been diagnosed with cancer. I would have perhaps been half way through my ST5 year by now! However, we each have our own unique path to explore. And our experiences make us who we are x

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

4 years

ST3 post at SESA!! 🎉

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Brrrap brrrap 💨

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

10 months

@ben_hock Which coffee chain? Will avoid in future 👍

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

One day I want to be the kind of ES mine is 💙

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

When a consultant says “I am very proud of you”, that honestly means a lot!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

6 weeks since stopping tamoxifen (for good!) and it still doesn’t seem real. A tiny bit of freedom 👌 #breastcancer

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

1 year

Accepted my first choice SIA (ATM) in neuroanaesthesia @KCHAnaesthetics for ST6! 💪

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Had a moment this evening where I felt sad… I’m hugely grateful for my post cancer life but occasionally it’s still hard.

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

5 months after stopping tamoxifen, the biggest difference has been a disappearance of ankle oedema! Here’s to being less puffy! 😂 Small wins 💫

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

This was just before my first infusion. 6 months of chemo later I was bald, puffy and far less energetic...but with a complete pathological response to treatment. We mustn’t let cancer be forgotten. #CancerResearchAtRisk

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Tube strike…so back home after a night shift by boat! 😎

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

I unfortunately failed…full marks in SOE 2 however it wasn’t enough to compensate. But…I’ll keep going #TeamJuneSOE ✊

Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Very best of luck to everyone for Final #FRCA SOE results tomorrow 🍀

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Congratulations to all, including the consultants receiving this email today!😂

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Just over a week to go until the exam, and I’m tired…I’m nearly 39 years old and I’m still taking exams. #FRCA

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

I realise that everyone in the NHS has just about had enough, but please can we not take it out on our colleagues? I feel lately like I’m a punch bag, and it’s quite unpleasant… (NB this is nothing to do with anyone on Twitter, you are all absolutely lovely)

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Is it acceptable to write a portfolio reflection on the eclectic musical taste of consultant neurosurgeons? Today we went straight from Pavarotti to Eminem!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

1 year

Absolutely delighted (and relieved) to report that after 3 scans, biopsies and a rather long wait, my MDM outcome came through today This time round… All benign! 💥💪 #LifeAfterCancer

Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

1 year

Would rather be anywhere else right now (though the radiographers are so lovely)

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

LTFT application approved ✔️

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

Was looking at this photo of me in 2015 when I was last in Poland…scary to think I must have had cancer at this point but had no idea…I’m glad I got through it!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

Outcome 1!! 🎉 ST3 Anaesthetics ✅

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

4 months

Stage 2 ✅….ST6 let’s do this! 💪 #Outcome1 🥳🥳

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

So far on labour ward, I’ve progressed from ‘try to arch your back like an angry cat’ to ‘angry…PRAWN’ 🦐😂 I’ve been made aware that ‘like a croissant’ 🥐 may be an alternative… Any more suggestions?

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

4 years

Our ICU garden, taken before morning handover 🌿 #teamcroydon

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

5 years

Important exam this week...whatever the outcome, I’m just glad that once again here I am, standing with all my colleagues out there. 4 yrs ago, facing my cancer diagnosis, I wondered whether this would be possible. #PrimaryFRCA #teamanaesthesia

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 months

Paper accepted for publication! 🥳🥳

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

5 months

‘She emerges from the most difficult of cases and busy shifts with her sense of humour intact…’ Multi Source Feedback, 2023) 😂

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

ST4 #ARCP Outcome 1 🎉

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

“No suspicious mass lesion or microcalcifation. No change since 2020” I guess maybe some things are more important than exams eh… Standing at the spot I stood at in shock, in 2015. A kind of ‘going back to the scene of the crime’ response perhaps?

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

1 month

One issue with being an only child is discovering my mum has created what can only be described as a shrine, on top of the piano! 😳

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Anyone else in London not got covid? I feel like I’m one of the last ones standing…

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

It’s hard hearing about the tragic loss of someone with breast cancer only 1 year older than I am…what’s clear is that Stage 4 needs more…more funding for research, more treatments, more focus. #thisiscancer #breastcancer

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

Being in charge of a speaker 🔈 is a big responsibility. I asked the general surgical consultant what he wanted to listen to… “Gaby I want to feel like I’m on a sunny beach in Italy, sipping a Campari!”

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Booked onto a Human Factors course at the British Airways Global Learning Academy (Heathrow). Ridiculously excited!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

My home for the weekend… #ObstetricAnaesthesia

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

20 days

Published in the May edition of BJA Education (available now):

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

5 yr mastectomy anniversary - so much gratitude to everyone involved in my op, especially @amit_pawa for his superpower anaesthetic skills 🙏 May the Fourth be with you, tweeps

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

4 years

We have an anaesthetic emergency. No coffee beans 😱

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

5 thoracics cases and 3 DLTs…and we managed to finish at 4.30pm!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

8 months

Sometimes being outside in the sun to have lunch makes things seem a bit brighter in general ☀️ #thesmallthings

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

Long term effects of chemo (I think!) …this was 2 yrs ago, when a bra strap angered my skin. Even now I don’t think my nails are as strong as they were pre docetaxel!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

To all who didn’t get ST3 jobs, my DMs are open. I had 2 years out of training after CT2 and am always happy to chat about experiences x

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Applied a few days ago… Round 2 💪

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

5 years

3 yrs ago today (on Star Wars day!), I woke up at the crack of dawn, took my bag and walked across Westminster Bridge to get to Guy’s for my mastectomy/reconstruction. I hoped the Force was with me. Indeed it was. To all those involved, thank you so much

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

7 years today since cancer diagnosis - I’m never sure what to feel on days like this!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

6 months

Fellow female anaesthetists, how are we coping with all our……*stigmata *that post is surely a joke?!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

Anyone else enjoy transfers a lot? Especially when there’s an ambulance ride back ‘home’ again!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

This is how my breast surgeon explained it…it was bad luck. My cancer was not my fault. I didn’t do anything ‘wrong’.

Dr Liz O'Riordan

@Liz_ORiordan

3 years

I want EVERY cancer patient to read this article. I want them to know that it’s not their fault. They shouldn’t blame themselves for not finding it earlier. We need more money for #stage4 research. Please RT and share ⁦ #bekindtoyourself

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Unexpected additional theatre team member joined our list…the dental surgeons made sure they quickly looked the part 👏🦷

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

1 year

A day of mainly of paeds, with some squeezing of the green balloon on The Sleep Machine 🥰

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

1 year

Just got signed off for my last ICM block in training!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Co-chaired the AAGBI Global Anaesthesia 2022 online seminar with Dr Anna Janowicz this morning - truly blown away by today’s speakers. A privilege to have them all speak for us today. #GlobalAnaesthesia

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

4 years

This was my last chemo cycle in April 2016. Smiling, though by this point I could struggled to climb a flight of stairs. Mouth ulcers, peripheral oedema, constantly tachycardic. Breast cancer isn’t pink and fluffy. #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

7 months

8-year #cancerversary today…I guess it’s a good sign of recovery that I nearly forgot! I know I’ve been very lucky and I’m thankful to everyone who was involved in my care. Thinking of friends lost along the way and anyone out there whose journey is just beginning 💙

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

Got to love Amazon Prime... Little syringe...BIG syringe! Thanks for the advice tweeps :) ☕️

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

4 years

Can’t believe I’m a...ST3! #letsdothis #excited #teamanaesthesia

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Best Day Ever ⁦ @Trainetics ⁩

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

Very happy to be spending NYE with all you amazing people :). I joined Twitter in 2017 after feeling lost at sea and rather lonely after my cancer treatment finished. I never thought I’d find such an incredible bunch x

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

The sorting hat has spoken…I now have an anaesthetic ‘house’ for ST4!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

5 years

4 years today I was told I had cancer. It feels like a bit of a strange day but 4 years on I’m thankful to be here! I’m still standing. #Thisiscancer #Cancerversary #breastcancer

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

A colleague has told me I’m on the inside front cover of Anaesthesia News! Am very glad to do my bit to promote the AAGBI!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

4 years

1K followers! Small twitter milestone :)

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

1 year

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎶

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

5 years

Cancer is tough. Especially when no one talks about it any more.

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 months

Haven’t been abroad for years and it was honestly the best thing I have done for my wellbeing in ages 🙌 #IslasCanarias 👌

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

4 years

1st run of #Couchto5K ✅ 👍🏻

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

1 year

ARCP Outcome 1 and abstract accepted for AAGBI Annual Congress - cannot wait to go to Edinburgh!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Right, have applied for the March 2022 Final FRCA SOE. Need to get this done!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Tropical GSTT 🌴

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

1 year

@jonathanclinch This is so sad…I read music at Oxford in the early 2000s and had an absolutely unforgettable experience. I’m now an anaesthetics registrar but music will be my companion for life

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

4 years

Found in the Department...The Anaesthetics “Morning After” Box 🧐😂

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

1 year

Sitting at computer in ICU, and I hear an ICU nurse quietly singing Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World with a patient… ICU nurses are incredible - pretty sure they should rule the world!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

2 years

Scoping sim and 3 supervised asleep fibreoptic intubations afterwards!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

4 years

9th October 2020...my 5 year #cancerversary has finally arrived! Hoping so much for a clear mammogram in December 🤞

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

4 years

Shoutout to any others living by themselves during #lockdown

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

Have signed up to do some remote teaching for anaesthetists in Sierra Leone…very exciting!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

1st time in cardiac theatres, seeing CPB…wow!

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

11 months

My dad got a BEM

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 months

I *may* be able to get used to this for the week! Still 21 degrees this evening. #CanaryIslands

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

3 years

Time to Shine for all those affected by cancer tonight…let’s do this x #Shinewalk #CRUK

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Gaby Adkins

@gabyadkins

4 years

4 years ago at this time of year I was beginning chemotherapy with my first regime of epirubicin and cyclophosphamide. So grateful to everyone involved in my care. #breastcancer

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