Dr Leyla Turkoglu @LeylsTurk Twitter profile

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

5 years

Me whenever there is a knock on the door of the doctors office |￣￣￣￣￣￣| | I’m literally | | doing the | | discharge | | summary | | right now. | ＿＿＿＿＿___| (\__/) || (•ㅅ•) || / 　づ

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

4 years

My dad has reopened his kebab shop for takeaway and sent me a selfie. I sent one back.

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3 years

Dear @metpoliceuk , I must have missed the bit at law school where a crime only occurs once an internal investigation confirms it. This stinks to high heaven.

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

4 years

I’m from a v working class background (mum was a dinner lady, dad had a kebab shop). I have been a City solicitor and I’m now a doctor. We need MORE people from working class backgrounds in professions and not to perpetuate the idea that they’re only for certain kinds of people.

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

2 years

Tough run of nights lately. I’m treating myself to a Deliveroo breakfast followed by Netflix in bed. Sending good vibes to other NHS workers at the moment.

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

4 years

The NHS runs on 10% instant coffee, 10% terrible IT systems and 80% passive aggressive laminated A4 signs.

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

2 years

How am I still doing exams aged 36? Why do I still have a pencil case?!😂😩

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

5 months

I don’t think of myself as having the typical anaesthetist personality… but then I find myself sorting the trolley, then the conveyer belt according to an item’s final location in the kitchen for ease of packing and putting away..

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

2 years

Everyone is telling us how exhausted we will be as new parents and how our lives are about to basically end. We know! We are anxious already! But tell me, what do you love about having a child? Positive stuff only please.

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

2 years

Having this tiny bit of real estate in the hospital does more for me than any mandatory wellness module ever could.

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

1 year

Can’t stop thinking about something a medical student told me this week. A cardiologist told her that he hoped she would ‘never be his doctor’. She said she cried for the rest of the morning. Her ‘crime’ was not using the textbook he recommended to study.

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

2 years

Helping a patient have a beautiful death experience is every bit as satisfying as helping to provide a beautiful birth experience. 🤍

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

4 years

Well this blew up...! If you fancy a great kebab and are in the Tewkesbury are, visit my dad at Turquaz kebabs. Please don’t visit me at work. Stay safe, all! X

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@LeylsTurk

3 years

The grace and altruism of gay and bisexual men showing up and giving blood after suffering decades of discrimination is quite something. 🩸 🌈

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

10 months

Lighting a candle for the baby that I lost earlier this year. Never in my arms but forever in my heart. #BabyLossAwarenessWeek #WaveOfLight

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

3 years

Starting my day with my ‘good’ coffee, in the ‘good’ mugs and then putting on my ‘best’ perfume before heading out rather than saving them was revolutionary for me. None of us are guaranteed any sort of future; don’t defer your happiness.

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2 years

Four weeks of our sweet girl ❤️

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3 years

I might be the last person to find this out, but these little co-amox lids double as pound coins for shopping trolleys and swimming pool lockers. A game changer if you don’t carry cash!

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

4 years

When you have to give a ‘fun’ fact about yourself at induction.

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

2 years

Our beautiful daughter Nora was born yesterday morning. We are so overwhelmed and in love. Our eternal gratitude goes to all at @huhmaternity but especially to @Euro_Bo_Bo for her safe delivery and to midwife Michelle for her patience and advice. #TwoMumsClub

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3 years

Absolutely love this inclusive poster on labour ward. As an LGBT+ doctor (and parent to be 😮‍💨), this feels hugely important to me.

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

3 years

UK medical training isn’t working. An impersonal vortex of chasing ‘points’ and extras which are usually done on your own time and have very questionable value for organisations or patients. Burnout and stress are so high and yet colleges seem to bury their heads in the sand.

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3 years

Absolutely BUZZING to receive my first thank you as an anaesthetic trainee 😍👩🏻‍⚕️

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

9 months

When I asked what muslins are for, and why we needed so many. And people misread the tweet and didn’t realise I was asking about little pieces of cloth for our newborn baby.

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@LeylsTurk

2 years

Why is our baby SO alert at two weeks old? 😂

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

3 years

I’m an anaesthetic doctor but I’m also a daughter, a partner and a friend. I’ve had all three Covid jabs because they work and I want to protect myself and those around me. Get your jabs. Wear a mask.

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

4 years

@drphiliplee1 Him- no question. He has been honing his skills for 50 years. I can prescribe paracetamol.

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@LeylsTurk

4 years

What sounds glamorous before you know what it really means? I’ll start: Being on call as a doctor.

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@LeylsTurk

3 years

Whatever your views on him, an elderly man has just died and leaves a family who are grieving. Maybe shelve the hot takes for a day or so.

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

4 years

CT1 surgical trainee *about to incise an abscess* Her boss: Wait wait! Always ask the anaesthetist if she is happy for you to start. CT1 surgeon (Shyly): Are you happy? Me to my boss *hopeful look* My boss to me *small nod* Me: Yes thank you. I am happy. Baby steps.

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@LeylsTurk

2 years

During relentless Covid rotas, and the throes of IVF, we dreamt of a holiday abroad with a child. This morning, I felt a bit emotional at breakfast with my girls.

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@LeylsTurk

3 years

As an FY1 I had to call payroll and explain why I couldn’t wait for the next month to receive my salary and was advised to cite rent, mortgage etc. I just said ‘You need to pay me because you owe me. I don’t need to make a business case to receive my salary’

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

2 years

I’m not at my main hospital today. I’m at an NHS where the food is so good and fresh that local members of the public come to buy their lunches. This is a lamb hot pot and it tastes incredible.

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

4 years

Most thorough medical clerking I’ve seen for an absolute firecracker of an elderly patient. Alcohol: likes a glass of wine or occasional gin and tonic (Bombay sapphire only, does not like Gordons) ♥️

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

2 years

Making her official ❤️🧸👶🏻

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@LeylsTurk

2 years

Two weeks of cuddles, nappies, coffees, sleepless nights, nerves and love. Back to work tomorrow 😢

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

11 months

I would rather receive an anaesthetic from an academically excellent anaesthetist,than from someone who thinks sexual harassment is par for the course of medical training. I’m proud to be a Snowflake Anaesthetist. When snowflakes combine, we are a blizzard. ❄️❄️

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@LeylsTurk

3 years

Got referred to as ‘little girl’ recently by another doctor. What, and I can’t stress this enough, the eff. (Not another anaesthetist)

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@LeylsTurk

2 years

11 years ago today, we had a pretty awkward conversation when Hannah accidentally called herself my girlfriend. I’ve been too polite to ever correct her. ❤️

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3 years

Am I the only one whose heart SINKS when you hear that a zoom session is going to be ‘as interactive as possible’?

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@LeylsTurk

2 years

We are having our bathroom redone so I went to the local leisure centre to have a shower. There was a school party here too and I could hear a teacher saying ‘ok girls, 5, 4, 3..time to get out’. She banged on my cubicle door and I panicked and said. ‘I’m so sorry, I’m 35!!’

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@LeylsTurk

1 year

She beamed and replied, ‘Ach, I think that’s so wonderful!’ It felt like a little victory. We are very comfortable and open at home in London but during every interaction like this, there is a decision to be made. Our evening was just a bit sweeter. 🌈

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@LeylsTurk

2 years

As part of my job I do quite high stakes and stressful procedures like intubation and inserting large lines in to people’s neck. None of these even nearly compare to the absolute terror of trimming a newborn’s fingernails.

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28 days

Happy Pride from my little family. Living openly and unapologetically is the work of a lifetime. I’m proud of who I am and what I’ve created. For me, it didn’t just get better, it got amazing. Wishing you love and strength today and always. 🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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@LeylsTurk

1 year

Got chatting to an older German couple tonight at dinner. After admiring our daughter’s enthusiastic pasta eating (!), the lady asked ‘So, who is the mother?’ For about 0.5s, I hesitated. (We are always coming out, aren’t we?) But then I answered ‘we both are!’ 1/2

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@LeylsTurk

3 years

Managed to bag a cute consultant girlfriend 🍾

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2 years

After some of the most miserable months of my life, I’m relieved to be able to say I passed the primary FRCA mcq. I have always felt worried that I’m not ‘scientific’ enough for anaesthetics/ medicine and so I’m just going to sit and feel a bit proud of myself for a while.

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@LeylsTurk

1 year

Champagne and smiles all round! Over the moon (and very surprised) to have completed the Primary FRCA. Thanks must go to my very supportive partner and beautiful daughter for all their support x

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2 years

My first thoughts on seeing this picture were about obvious the chicken pox scar on my cheekbone looks and about the bump in my nose. She doesn’t see that when she looks at me, so why should I?

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@LeylsTurk

4 years

The real horror of COVID-19 for me goes beyond the breathlessness, the intubations and the deaths. It’s messages like this, hurriedly written by nursing staff trying to bring comfort to patients who can’t have visitors. Second wave is here. Please stay at home.

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@LeylsTurk

2 years

Happy Pride Month from our little family! Living an open and authentic life isn’t always easy but the rewards can be incredible. To anyone struggling with their sexuality, my DMs are always open. Stay safe and lots of love to you. 🏳️‍🌈🌈 #PrideMonth #LGBTQFamily

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Dr Leyla Turkoglu

@LeylsTurk

3 years

Thinking of the bravery of Darnella Frazier who, at 17, had the presence of mind to film the brutal murder of George Floyd at the hands of Chauvin. What an incredible woman.

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2 years

Our first Christmas Eve 🎄❤️ A baileys for mummies and a milk for the lil lady.

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@LeylsTurk

3 years

@sbattrawden As a lawyer and a doctor, I am almost 100% sure that no lawyer wrote a list of over the counter vitamins to counter covid.

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@LeylsTurk

7 months

Some advice for FY doctors. You have the same qualification as any doctor in the building. You are as intelligent as any doctor in the building. What you don’t have yet is experience, but that will come with time. Be humble and learn your craft, but don’t put up with nonsense.

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@LeylsTurk

3 years

I have sometimes wondered what our Ukrainian cleaner makes of mine and my gf’s relationship. She has always been 100% respectful but it is something we have never discussed. Today she left us these presents. Vodka for mama, choc for mummy and clothes for baby. Now I’m crying.

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1 year

@NegroAphrodite Twelve years together. One as mummies.

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2 years

We are in a very traditional family restaurant in Mallorca. We have our daughter asleep in her pram (a miracle). The waitress asked if we were ‘both the mummies’, I said yes. She lifted her top and showed me her ivf infection bruise ❤️

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@LeylsTurk

9 months

London st4 anaesthetics training number ✅ I’m still in absolute disbelief. Big thank you to those who have given me a confidence boost over the last few months. It takes a village.

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@LeylsTurk

4 years

This is a useful tool for checking in on yourself this year if you’re in healthcare (or if you’re not). I’ve spent most of the year in ‘yellow’ after a lifetime of ‘green’. 2020 has been the absolute worst for many reasons: you’re not a failureif you’re feeling its effects.

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@LeylsTurk

1 year

We really have to knock this rubbish off. I remember being shouted at because I couldn’t identify a murmur from the LOOK of a patient as a third year student. It made me feel really underconfident with cardiology for years.

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@LeylsTurk

3 years

Watching surgeons with their new FY1s from behind the drapes. Something I’ve not thought of before is what a kindness it is to say ‘great question’ to juniors. Normalises asking when unsure and is a nice confidence boost. Will do the same when/if I have juniors.

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@LeylsTurk

4 years

If you don’t make a joke about a ‘free NHS wax’, have you even removed a canula dressing?

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@LeylsTurk

4 years

Day 1 med school: Tutor: it’s really important you can keep up with the content. Me: *nods* T: the level is very high Me: *nods* T: so I’m concerned about your level of English. . Me:I’m a native speaker, have a degree in English and I’m a qualified lawyer so it should be ok.😐

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What’s your most awkward experience with #discrimination at work? Mine... Patient: You know Doc, the Bible is the one and only true scripture there is. All others are just nonsense. Me: Sir, let me get my finger out of your bottom and we can discuss religion.

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9 months

Nobody warned me that adult life is basically cleaning the kitchen all day long, but never having a clean kitchen.

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2 years

We made it on our first trip out (for the little lady’s appointment).

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3 years

I love being a doctor and I think I’m alright at it. However, it is my *job* and not who I am. My ‘moral ethic’ is to my patients and not to prop up an under funded system at the expense of my own health and/or well-being.

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1 year

The baby has discovered that if she fakes a stridor sound at meal times, she gets a big reaction from her anaesthetist mummies. She is finding this hilarious. Us, on the other hand…

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@LeylsTurk

3 years

I was told it was impossible to do it as payroll ‘had already been run’ for that month. I said I would accept a CHAPS payment by the end of the day. Miraculously, it materialised. Paying staff correctly is *the* most basic function of payroll/ HR. The NHS is so so bad at it.

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@LeylsTurk

2 years

A friend of mine is a teacher and we are talking about how stressful school trips are. When I was 16 on a school trip to Paris we all snuck out of our hotel and went on a FULL night out without the staff knowing. Got home around 6am ready for the trip to the Pompidou.

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@LeylsTurk

3 years

I asked the consultant I’m on with today if she had any tips for the primary FRCA. Cons: laminate your books Me: 🥴 Cons:…so the tears roll off 😂😂

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@LeylsTurk

3 years

For the 61,000 junior doctors who worked tirelessly through the pandemic: no 3% rise. Disgraceful.

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@LeylsTurk

8 months

And that’s Core Anaesthetic training ☑️ (slightly longer because of LTFT after the arrival of the little beastie 👧🏼). From being terrified of giving a GA, to being the labour ward reg on call, I’ve come a long way… Thanks to all the teachers and pals I’ve met along the way!

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@LeylsTurk

4 years

@tariqjenner So sorry for whatever you’ve had to witness today. This is real trauma. I hope you’re having a warm meal and get some good rest if you can tonight.

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2 years

First on call as the ICU registrar. 😵‍💫

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1 year

I wish my 12 year old self could see me now. Sipping a coffee with my (gorgeous) long term partner as our daughter plays with her toys and the waves crash behind us. I’m taking a break from a job that I enjoy and feel has meaning (one I would never have considered). Life is good.

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3 years

Turkish breakfast is the absolute best. I will not be taking questions at this time.

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2 years

There’s no better hype man than my mum.

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@LeylsTurk

4 years

I have seen my parents once this year and spend most of my days in full PPE. Every healthcare worker I speak to is absolutely exhausted and running on fumes. I’m sure I’ll feel better tomorrow but really had enough of this stupid virus today.

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@LeylsTurk

2 years

I inserted a cannula today (1st attempt) in to a vein that my consultant said just wasn’t there. I’ve peaked. The only way from here is DOWN.

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@LeylsTurk

3 years

Can’t stop thinking of the trainee solicitor who is currently having to collate all of Aldi’s tweets for the IP case. Good luck, buddy.

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@LeylsTurk

3 years

I truly despair when I see senior doctors arguing against a pay rise for doctors that is in line with *inflation*. Maybe if we worried less about the ‘optics’ of how we are compensated, we’d actually get somewhere.

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1 year

I wanted to say ‘Mate, the things I know that you don’t could fill a warehouse’ but didn’t. Shame.

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@LeylsTurk

4 years

A lot still to do, but we moved in to our little house yesterday and I couldn’t love it more 🥰

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@LeylsTurk

1 year

@greenpsyched Can you imagine a country where you think a doctor shouldn’t be able to afford a takeaway coffee? 🤡

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@LeylsTurk

2 years

My mother in law knitted a toy cat for our daughter, but made it rainbow because ‘it’s pride month’. 🌈 ❤️

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@LeylsTurk

2 years

The fact that nurses in this country have never voted to strike until now speaks volumes about the dire state of healthcare in our country. Nursing is an incredibly difficult job in every way imaginable. They deserve far more pay and have my full support. #FairPayforNursing

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@LeylsTurk

5 years

Does anyone else feel irrationally guilty about calling in sick as a doctor?

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@LeylsTurk

2 years

This really feels like the bleakest times I’ve lived through in the UK. People waiting hours and hours for ambulances, food bank use at record highs, worried about staying warm over the winter. I feel very worried for the most vulnerable in our society over the coming months.

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@LeylsTurk

3 years

Nobody told me being an adult would consist almost entirely of paying bills, studying for exams and cleaning the kitchen. 🥵

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@LeylsTurk

4 years

9 wonderful years. 🖤🖤

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@LeylsTurk

4 years

FAOD, this is not a ‘pulled myself up by my bootstraps’ post. I was very lucky that my talents were noticed and nurtured. Systemic inequalities are very real and it’s important to recognise this.

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2 years

Help! I have so much I need to do before bed but I am being held hostage. The suspect weighs approximately 5kg, has no teeth and shows no signs of releasing me.

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2 years

I was just singing to my unborn child and they very pointedly moved to the other side of my partner’s abdomen. Very tough crowd.

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4 years

Walking through my hospital I saw a ~3 year old sitting outside maternity with his dad. A few seconds later a lady wheeled out a newborn baby in one of those plastic cots. The little boy SQUEALED ‘it’s my baby brother!!’ Pure joy. Then my heart melted and my ovaries exploded.

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2 years

@NotoriousB_E_G Can you IMAGINE the Twitter storm if there was a whiteboard in the doctors mess with: ‘I’m on my break’- every nurse ever Junior doctors are fair game for everyone, though.

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2 years

We’ve all been talking about the woes associated with wearing glasses with surgical masks… But why is nobody mentioning how annoying it is when the inside of a surgical mask turns ‘wispy’ and all the little fibres irritate your nose??

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3 years

@LordAshcroft So considerate of the ancient Greeks to set up their alphabet so that, in a few millennia’s time, morons could make anagrams.

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3 years

@ImNotJK Working as a doctor, I’ve seen too many people who worked every hour available in preparation for a future that never came. Nobody is guaranteed a old age. Don’t defer your happiness. Life is happening now- don’t miss it.

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2 years

@jessphillips I pulled over to a cyclist who’d come off their bike some months ago. I was worried about spinal injuries and immobilised them at the roadside. I was told an ambulance would be 4h away and even more delayed because I was a doctor with her. The operator said ‘the ship has sunk’

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