The whole country: Internet explorer is dead. It won’t work anymore. NHS: Keep using it to check patients bloods as ICE won’t work on any other browser. I’m sure it’s safe despite numerous pop ups telling me to stop using it and it’s now unsafe.
Woken up at 6am to do a drug chart urgently for a new admission. “He hasn’t slept all night” “really?” “oh wait, no he’s currently asleep” “is he on any regular meds?” “I don’t know” “so what is the urgent need for the drug chart?” “I don’t know, I was told to ring”
#SHOlife
Beyond ready to be done with the psychiatry SHO rota. Called at 1am to review a small abrasion on someone’s back. Asked if it was an emergency? “They’d like to see the doctor”.
#teamnightshift
Really great feedback from psych ST4 interviews that “sounded too rehearsed” from pre released questions… what do they expect?!? They release them 4 weeks ahead of interviews, of course I’ll practice them!
#LosingHope
#HateTheSystem
9m old did a very green poo. I start worrying and packing bag for hospital. Remember she ate half a rainbow bagel yesterday. Next poo mostly green and yellow. Waiting for the purple and pink one next!
#ohdear
#rainbowbagel
These women (and their growing relationships with their babies) are the reason I
#choosepsychiatry
. Perinatal mental health needs to be at the forefront of the NHS. We need to be listening, educating and supporting women.
#MothersOnTheEdge
Another great ‘excuse’ in “who does the swabs? Nurse or doctor?” saga.. “but doctor, we can’t do them. The box it was delivered in says medical professionals only. And we aren’t medical....”
#SwabSaga
#COVID
The CMHT office have now asked us all to stop WFH and to return to the office. Because lots of staff are off unwell/isolating. So we should all crowd together and work in an office again. To prevent becoming unwell and having to isolate. Riiiiiight.
#OkayThen
#Omicron
Final supervision with lovely psych consultant over breakfast 🥞 we even ventured to the local kosher restaurant at her insistence! It’s the little things.
#choosepsychiatry
#valued
#forensicpsychiatry
Finally named our little girl last night with a beautiful online zoom baby naming with family and Rabbi. Sad to not do it in person but I was in my pyjamas so there’s always a silver lining!
#NewBaby
#BabyGirlG
@bykatewomersley
Basically!! It’s so infuriating! Can’t wait for reg rota in august 🤞🏻🤞🏻”pls also rewrite drug chart as we’ve been writing on the edge of the paper for the last 4 days and only just realised”
So it seems that I have also been offered a run through
#CAMHS
job - flabbergasted! How do I find out more about the deanery if the location is quite vague?
@NatPsychRecruit
Drove past my 3.5y old on a nursery trip to the local park with the rest of his class. My first thought was “he looks like he’s having fun”, my second was “where is the security guard?”. This is normal for a Jewish nursery. 3 minute walk to the local park, security park present.
@juliaisobela
This is just an incredibly well written and insightful thread. Thank you so much for this. You are an amazing person with an awesome future.
Six year wedding anniversary today! Celebrating by doing the ironing, prepping purées for weaning and doing the washing up! Rock and roll life! ❤️❤️❤️
#anniversary
#sixyears
#husband
@HiDoctorAli
@DrLindaDykes
@ianlewins
@HannahPopsy
I delayed my psychiatry training as I wanted to have a proper 3 week honeymoon - not sandwiched between nights and coming straight back to work etc. I wanted to go away with no stress of swaps, flying home pre nights etc. so I took an f3 year.
Our next door neighbour just put money thru our door to buy our son a belated birthday present as they said “it’s so nice to hear a baby again in the garden”
#TheNicestNeighbours
#Sunshine
#ThankYou
!
Happy 3rd birthday to the loveliest little boy who made me a mummy! Rushed into the world 3y ago on Yom Kippur and today a
#ThomasTheTankEngine
loving, kind boy. We love you xxxx
Here we go. Last day of revision. Feel horrific thanks to combination of around 5h sleep per night for last week. Horrific blocked nose, 7m pregnant and pregnancy insomnia. Woooo. Let’s power through!
#exams
#HelpMeSleep
So sad to leave my lovely ward today as I turn 28 weeks. They are the best team and so so caring! They sent me off with some lovely presents too 😭
#ThankYou
#ChoosePsychiatry
#BabyNumber2
This time last year, I was in bed having contractions (which I didn’t think were contractions) whilst husband was at Kol Nidre service. Happy Yom Kippur anniversary and happy nearly first birthday to my baby boy!
#birthday
#anniversary
#labour
#YomKippur
My absolutely delicious baby boy is 5 months old today!!!! He rewarded me with some amazing giggles!!!! Where has time gone?
#lovemybabyboy
#5m
#time
#son
Yes I am Dr Leigh. Yes that is my surname. No, I’m sorry that you assumed Leigh was male. Yes I am female and a doctor.
#DoctorProbs
#FemaleDoctorProblems
Final day at CAMHS. Genuinely loved it. Surprised myself I think! Not a future CAMHS Psychiatrist but was a really lovely placement - made all the better by wonderful colleagues!
#movingon