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Luke Parkes

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1 year

Just finished my last ever night shift. Elated. 🥹🥹

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

I’ve always wanted to give blood but as a gay man I’ve never had the opportunity thanks to some pretty outdated restrictions. Covid has put a hold on my dating life meaning I can now give blood so today I donated a pint of my red stuff 🩸

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

Tell me you work in the NHS without telling me … Here’s the walk between the wards and theatres 😅

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

There is an NHS worker with a tesla at my hospital and I need to know what their job is so that I can strongly consider my future career options 😜

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Luke Parkes

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1 year

Overworked and underpaid. Junior doctors can’t go on like this. Pay restoration now! ✊✊ Special shout-out to my fellow sexual health colleagues!

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

Proudly wearing my red ribbon for World AIDS Day!

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

My sweet potato genuinely looks like I could cannulate it 💉

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Luke Parkes

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1 year

Classic NHS. Who needs a vase when you have an empty clinical wipes container?! 🤣

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

Still can’t quite believe it but by some miracle I’ve been offered my dream job in CSRH. So so happy and can’t wait to get started! Ever since medical school I’ve wanted to do sexual health but never thought I’d actually get a training post! 👨🏼‍⚕️💊💉

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Just reflecting on how unfair I think it is that we as doctors have to pay for all our specialty exams. Also, they are bloody expensive! Whereas my pals working in finance have all their accountancy exams paid for AND are given appropriate study leave. 😒😒😒

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

Just come home to an email from my consultant asking the locum bank to pay me for staying late to assist her in theatre 🥺🥺 I mean they won’t pay me but a lovely gesture ...

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

Not me (a sexual health doctor) doing a neuro exam at 4 am on my housemate who fell out of her taxi 🤣😅

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

Just casually googling alternative careers for doctors on my night shift 🤷‍♂️

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Surgical junior essentials. Bleep + lube 😅

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Officially been offered a clinical fellow job in Sexual Health in London to start in August - excited!!

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

Guess who finished nights and obviously had to take a pic

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Relieved is an understatement - MRCP part 1 ✅

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4 years

A guy I’ve been seeing for a few months messaged asking for a walk and a ‘chat’ which we had earlier tonight. Ofc I made sure I looked banging and smelled great so that when he dumped me at least I felt like a 10/10 in one way.

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Just automatically went to spell the word ‘prep’ as ‘PrEP’ ... clearly been working in sexual health long enough now 😅

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Just your friendly night medical SHO with the new luminescent PPE backpack ✌️

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

And I’ve officially started as a CSRH trainee!! (incorrect specialty on the badge but I’m slowly accepting that everyone will forever mix GUM and CSRH 😅🙄)

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

#NewProfilePic

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

Birthday cakes in a sexual health clinic 🤣

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

First time at Glasto and it was AMAZING! Such an amazing time and a great vibe. Can’t wait to hopefully come again! Safe to say I’m still recovering … 🥴

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

Slightly fell in love with the Lake District ❤️ Now back to the grind ...

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Amazing news!! Anyone fancy becoming my boyfriend so that I can give blood in the near future? 😜

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

House to myself tonight so as a young gay man I’ve obviously decided to ... binge watch Canada’s Drag Race 🤪

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Six hour exam with a mask on in a hot stuffy room was not ideal but at least MRCP part 1 is (hopefully) behind me 🤞🤞🤞

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

@DrAnimeshSingh Very fair point ... it’s just a big comparison to my Toyota Yaris that has its rear bumper stuck together with duck tape right now ✌️ All about priorities I guess

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

These box labels don’t fail to make me chuckle each morning 🤣 Medium tops clearly in demand …

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

It’s Pronouns Day so here is me with my pronouns badge ✌️ It’s a small gesture but I believe it is important to state your pronouns because it helps to create a more inclusive environment especially for trans and non-binary individuals 🏳️‍🌈

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

Anyone else keep buying new books even when you’ve got 10+ unread ones on your bedside table?! 🥴

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Luke Parkes

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1 year

Turns out people found my sign for the strikes quite funny - it’s now been entered into a competition!! If y’all agree it’s funny and could vote for it that’d be fab.

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

I think I’m slightly in love - new bike! 🥰🥰

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Luke Parkes

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1 year

Well that was a long time in the saddle! Ride 100 (miles!) ☑️

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

My barber found out I was a doctor today and gave me some free hair products as a thank you for all the hard work healthcare professionals have done over covid ❤️🥺

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

Legs are paying for it today but managed a 10K PB of 43.30 yesterday at the London Winter Run. Now maybe a half marathon later this year … 🏃‍♂️

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

Last pride of the season 🥹 Birmingham Pride you were fab!

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

Guess who’s upgraded and now has bib shorts?! 🚴

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

So I worked 9 hours yesterday (standard day so no complaints) whereas my housemate who is on furlough spent 9 hours yesterday drinking in a pub. Not. Impressed. 😑😑

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Just realised that yesterday was national boyfriend day - my annual reminder that I am indeed still single

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

I don’t think it’s a coincidence my heart rate has been 10 bpm lower the last 4 days - chilled time with fam vs working and all that comes with living in London

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

Job ranking time! Anyone else also write them out and rank them like this?! 🥴

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

Super happy to have been offered one of my top IMT choices but I’m so torn because I’m genuinely loving Urology right now 🥴 Wahhh decision time

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Luke Parkes

@lukemparkes

2 years

Us gay Drs want to party too! 🥹🥹

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2 years

I just want a primary care physician who’s gay enough that he “gets it” but not so gay that i see him at horse meat disco

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Finally treated myself to some CK underwear - am I a real gay now?! 🤪

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Now that I’ve partially recovered here’s some evidence that I did manage to cycle around some of the Isle of Wight 🥵

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

A 3 hour hospital lockdown after a stabbing on site made weekend ward cover a bit more dramatic 😱

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Foundation training all signed off - outcome 6 ✅ Not gonna lie - was tough at points but I’ve learnt loads and met some fab people ✌️

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Luke Parkes

@lukemparkes

4 years

On that note - my DMs are open to any guys who are able to text back and don’t have commitment issues 😜 I’m single and ready for some (socially distanced) mingling.

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

Having a brother as a sports physio is coming in pretty useful. Promised I’d repay the favour but as a sexual health doctor I’m hoping it doesn’t come to that 🤣

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Luke Parkes

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1 year

Hoopla 2023 ❤️ 🌈 Always a fab day!

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Driving back into tier 4 London after a busy oncall locum shift full of COVID knowing that Christmas is cancelled and the holiday I’m saving for with said locum shifts is also likely cancelled is a mood. But I’m about to get a maccies so all is good ✌️

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

Took me a while but finally finished knitting some newborn baby jumpers for some pals who have just had a gorgeous little baby girl 🥰

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Virtual interview from home today but for some reason I still thought it was worth putting my special aftershave on for it 🤣

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

Yay for new bib shorts 🚲

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Luke Parkes

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9 months

#NewProfilePic

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

I think we should take a moment to appreciate @Uber and @ubereats_uk who have provided more support to NHS workers than the actual government has ...

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

Might as well jump on the band wagon 🟢 who’s in?

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Working 7 days in a row, moving city and starting a new job got me feeling pretty tired 😴

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Is this apparent trend of ‘collecting matches’ on dating apps something that is unique to gay dating or do others also experience it?! Some of us are trying to find a future husband and it’s quite hard to do so when people match but won’t reply 🤣🤣

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

#NewProfilePic

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Oooft maybe watching It’s A Sin in my fragile post-nights state wasn’t the best idea 😭😭 Amazing series so far though!

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Foundation year two ✅ (8 months of respiratory was wayyy too long 😅)

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Knitted my first ever cardigan 🧶 Lockdown project finally complete!

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Wtf didn’t the government train up everyone who was furloughed to be HCAs/porters etc?? A massive untapped workforce being paid to essentially do nothing ... It’s not like we didn’t know wave 2/3 was coming

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Not quite the beach we had in mind for a vacation but Devon is proving a good (but colder) alternative!

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Cheeky email about potential redeployment received today 😑 Looks like I might be heading back to medicine sooner than I naively thought ...

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Now that surgical and radiology trainees have also been redeployed, suddenly the medical team aren’t quite so wary about me being the redeployed GUM SHO 😆

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

Yes, I did just eat a whole tub of Ben and Jerry’s I have no regrets

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

The contrast between the Carly Rae Jepsen and the Arsenal fans on the Victoria line tonight 🤣

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

The bleeps in my new hospital won’t stop beeping until you manually press a button to turn it off and it’s already driving me crazy ... not ideal mid PR examination 😅

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

Some very interesting talks at BAUS 2022 today. Also had the chance to present my recent consent form audit and very honoured to have won a national prize for it! #BAUS22

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Back when I was working 9 to 5 and gyms were open 🥺🥺

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4 years

quote this tweet with a picture of when you just KNEW your body was FIRE 🔥👀

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

Me: finally builds up the courage to walk across a bar and ask a guy if he fancies a date at some point The guy: *looks me up and down*. No. How was your BH weekend? 🤣

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Yup, I’m gay. 🌈

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

COVID antibody negative 🦠 Maybe I should have had a bit more faith in my plastic pinny and surgical mask

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Wall paper stripped ✅ Cracks filled in with polyfilla ✅ Three coats of paint ✅ Completed it! Am I masc now?

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

Managed to win myself this unicorn at #FutureSurgery2021 ❤️ Surely this counts as an award for CST applications?? 😜

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

Me: sat at home with COVID revising for surgical exams All other gays: Just landed in Mykonos baby ✌️ 🥲🥲🥲

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

Set up for the day! Perks of a virtual conference - access from the comfort of my bed 🤣 Time for some learning … #fsrhvirtual2022

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

Haven’t even started training yet but my new educational supervisor met me for lunch to discuss what I want to get out of training and what I want my rota to look like ❤️Very glad to be joining as a CSRH trainee

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

First haircut at home of this lockdown and I’m not mad. Cheers @kericherry 😘

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

I’ve cleaned the house and watched ‘Framing Britney Spears’. Now contemplating baking. Welcome to the life of a 20-something gay during lockdown ✌️

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Luke Parkes

@lukemparkes

4 years

Today was a stark reminder that being 6 foot 2 and stood over an operating table is not kind to my back 🥴

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

As if I was sipping aperol in the garden less than 24 hours ago and now I’m sat watching snow fall in the same garden

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Anyone else meticulously clean their teeth in the few days leading up to a dentist appointment?! 😬

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Luke Parkes

@lukemparkes

3 years

Despite being double vaccinated, in (fairly) good shape and no other medical issues, I still managed to get COVID and it certainly left me feeling pretty rough! COVID is very much still around - get vaccinated y’all 💉

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

New low point. DM on insta asking me to apply to be on naked attraction. Clearly my insta page screams desperate singleton 🥴

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Luke Parkes

@lukemparkes

3 years

They contributed to a lot of my inner turmoil and could have easily broken me but I’m standing here today as a proud and happy gay man. It’s clear to me that even the presence of these organisations is harmful and they need to be banned! #banconversiontherapy (2/2)

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Luke Parkes

@lukemparkes

3 years

Oooft this new conversion therapy documentary on Netflix is really hitting home. When I was 12 years old I actually got in contact with a lot of the organisations mentioned in the documentaries and I pleaded with them to help me become straight. (1/2)

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Luke Parkes

@lukemparkes

2 years

Final essay submitted for my PgCert in medical education! Relief is an understatement - I have a strong distaste for studying and working at the same time. 🫠

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Luke Parkes

@lukemparkes

4 years

So @British_Airways have kindly given my trust a handful of prizes including Avios points and I’m crossing all my fingers that I’m selected to win. As an NHS doctor and an AvGeek it would be a literal dream come true 🤞🤞

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Luke Parkes

@lukemparkes

2 years

Amazing service at my GP surgery. Got an appointment smoothly and seen by such a lovely GP. Huge shout out to all GPs out there - you’re doing a fab job! 👏

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Pre night shift MRCP revision - wtf has happened to my life?! 😑

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Luke Parkes

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2 years

Not me googling when the England vs France game is so that I know when the gym will be quiet to go to …

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Luke Parkes

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3 years

I now know why I used to be so poor pre lockdown ... already had way too many meals out this week 😅

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

@danj_h I’ve literally had patients seeing me in the GUM clinic who have had their Grindr notifications go off when they are with me 😅

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Luke Parkes

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4 years

Anyone know if there’s a way of filtering out guys who are rubbish at texting back?? 😑

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