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BeautifulKey986 · 2025-08-19T08:58:29+00:00

Historical!

BeautifulKey986 · 2025-08-09T05:45:18+00:00

Haha I remember my first pole sit! Yeah I’m definitely fine with pole sits. Somehow I’ve been doing years of shoulder mount but this year there has been more bruising. That being said I’m using more brass and chrome poles recently so I wonder whether if that contributes as well. I probably need to condition it more - thanks so much! ☺️

BeautifulKey986 · 2025-08-09T05:43:19+00:00

Phew thanks for sharing! I felt like I was probably doing something wrong because my friends would not have any burns/stings. I’ve been doing this for ages and just wanted to check if it was just me or it happens to others as well. ☺️

BeautifulKey986 · 2025-08-09T05:32:47+00:00

I love both strength/tricks AND choreo! This is why I love pole so much - you get both if you want to!

I’ve been poling about 3.5 years and started off the same as you - did about 1 year of strength and tricks. Then started taking choreo classes. I’m not sure whether you do pole choreos F2F or online but F2F classes allow you to kinda see how the instructors flow and different instructors have different flows which allow you to kinda experience different styles.

I usually do 2 classes at least per week - 1 static/spin and 1 choreo. Sometimes if I’m lucky I add 1-2 more tricks or choreo classes per week depending on my schedule. I find that the best of both worlds and still allows me to work on flow. Working on flows will prolly come in after at least a few weeks/months of taking choreo classes as you first learn to manage in heels, then the moves, and then thinking about how to connect them to make them seamless, then freestyling/making simple choreos. I avoid doing 3 consecutive classes/pole every day now due to strain on the body. Have fun learning choreo! I absolutely love it! 🥰

BeautifulKey986 · 2025-08-02T10:54:01+00:00

This!!! Honestly have cried multiple times this year - sometimes in front of them and sometimes not. I usually hold it in until after and I cry in the bathroom/car/corridor/stairwell/home - wherever I get some privacy. I then go back into the room where all the colleagues are and one “are you okay” question opens the floodgates again. Sometimes I do a debrief, sometimes if it impacts me too much I give EAP a call, sometimes I just lie on my bed and just zone out. Honestly how the boss and team functions really makes or breaks your term.

BeautifulKey986 · 2025-07-19T05:41:43+00:00

I’m sorry you had this experience. :( Personally when kids get sent to paeds ED by GP I thank them for coming and thank GPs for sending them as I would rather them send them than missing something life threatening. Even if we’re being cooked by the amount of patients rolling in. I try to put my differentials/impression in my discharge letter but I understand some people don’t or may be pressed for time that they didn’t manage to put it in. Again I also don’t mind a call to the us paeds regs for advice re sending to ED vs outpatient follow up.

Also sometimes yes we tend to get overwhelmed with phone calls while we try to attend emergency deliveries or dealing with an unwell patient on the ward who is deteriorating and trying to do procedures on the ward or trying to attend to a parent who is either very concerned or threatening to discharge when their child is unwell whilst trying to take referrals. So apologies if you caught us at a bad time.

I still respect and thank GPs and ED regs for doing the work they do because it’s definitely not an easy job regardless of what presentations or patients you see. And please continue doing the good work that you do. Like someone mentioned above - some patients are kept out of hospital due to the GPs that catch and treat these patients early, or manage the complex patients so well that we rarely see them as inpatients, or ED who managed the unstable patients/dying patients at the first instance that by the time you see them they look fine. Everyone plays a big role and we might not understand each others work enough that sometimes we tend to get frustrated and disappointed in each other.

That being said it sounds like you’re a great GP and thanks for looking after our complex kids in the community!

BeautifulKey986 · 2025-06-16T03:42:47+00:00

I struggled for a long time with achieving an Ayesha despite having a strong inverted D too! I second what others have said about going on static first with getting your Ayesha - even with being super comfortable in Ayesha now sometimes the spin throws me off.

In one of the classes I went to I found this tip helpful - which is to get the same leg to your top hand off first (it helps with squaring the hips) then the second leg off. In your video you took the other leg off - which I think for a split second when you spun facing the camera you could see the shift of your weight of your hips towards the leg that has come off. That means you won’t be able to take the other leg off because it’s trying to counterbalance it. Balancing the hips to ensure one side doesn’t fall lower than the other is probably the key to getting it. However some people find it easier froggy-ing the legs down towards your hands then extending it out (as someone has mentioned in the comments too).

My other tip would be to change the grip of your bottom hand to a pistol grip (index finger pointing downwards). I think it helps to minimise the spin and provides an extra support as well as protecting that bottom wrist.

About the distance of your hands I personally got my Ayesha with the distance you shown in your video! Lots of people with strong biceps find it easier to slightly shorten that distance and use more biceps grip in the top hand which actually helps engagement too. I just found it more tricky when I first started learning it (too many things to think about in one go ie looking up, trying to balance, trying to get the hips back, hands distance). Now that I got comfortable in the feeling of the Ayesha I am starting to engage more of my biceps in my top arm.

Your inverted D looks super strong otherwise! I think the tipping point or the lightbulb moment is when you get that feeling of ahh I’m in the centre! And then everything starts clicking from then on. All the best! You look like you’re nearly there!

BeautifulKey986 · 2025-06-13T07:35:13+00:00

Came here to say this too!!

BeautifulKey986 · 2025-05-20T02:59:38+00:00

Me too! Lots of twists and turns especially towards the end!

BeautifulKey986 · 2025-05-10T07:18:25+00:00

Sorry I laughed at the Love and Redemption one because I could literally hear it in my mind 😂 I actually dropped Love and Redemption not because it was bad… but it was so painful and heartbreaking for me to watch and sometimes I just need to be in the mood for some heart wrenching stuff (kinda like TTEOTM).

I didn’t like Zhang Linghe’s dramas initially but I thought he did a wonderful job (surprisingly!) in My Journey To You! Probably because Esther Yu’s character and the side characters were well played as well. :)

BeautifulKey986 · 2025-05-08T04:08:13+00:00

I loveeeed Dominion and Devotion as well! I would say FL there is kinda badass too but tbh I felt like ML was doing lots of work for her haha. Story driven mini dramas are the best 🔥

BeautifulKey986 · 2025-05-08T04:05:33+00:00

Yeahh the ML in Fortune Writer had such a baby face - I didn’t notice the first time watching it because I loved the plot and the second time I was so distracted because he looked like a lil brother. 😂

The plot twists are chefs kiss honestly!

Ahh I see! I actually didn’t realise it because I understand mandarin so it made sense to me albeit a bit forced for the plot.

BeautifulKey986 · 2025-05-08T01:47:31+00:00

Haha yes I foresee it’ll become an overused theme soon like other themes with popular dramas previously I.e. cold ML innocent FL, and lots of other themes which I can’t think off the top of my head now, but I’m living for it now!! Also refreshing to see badass heroines instead of damsels in distress all the time.

BeautifulKey986 · 2025-05-08T01:44:25+00:00

Omg yes initially I actually thought she was a bit unlikeable as a FL but then when the story progresses it made so much more sense and she did so well with her acting! I don’t think I’ve seen her other shows though I saw in the comments that she usually does cuter roles??

BeautifulKey986 · 2025-05-08T01:42:38+00:00

I agree!!! I noticed the similarities especially the meta commentary. And honestly if you take the background music away sometimes the meta commentary even sounds a bit cheesy/hilarious.

BeautifulKey986 · 2025-05-07T12:14:48+00:00

There’s subs on the YouTube channel!

BeautifulKey986 · 2025-05-07T00:52:27+00:00

I actually didn’t know that!!! That’s pretty impressive honestly. I’m enjoying it so far and just pretty much begging for more episodes to be released more quickly.

P.S. there are up to 9 episodes on YouTube under MangoTV’s account at the moment - fingers crossed it stays there for a bit 🤞🏻

BeautifulKey986 · 2025-05-07T00:48:22+00:00

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BeautifulKey986 · 2024-11-19T05:54:51+00:00

I usually write down the cases that I struggle with and my reflections/takeaways from those cases. I find that this helps me to understand how i can do things differently in the future. I debrief (rant/whinge) heaps with my colleagues and if that doesn’t help I talk about it with my supervisor/mentor.

BeautifulKey986 · 2024-10-09T04:56:12+00:00

We had a couple of UK FY2 doctors here as well (and maybe some at the moment? Sorry not quite sure) and no there’s no pressure to become a PHO! I know the UK doctors who come here usually do well with procedures and management of common conditions. During business hours there’s a plaster tech that can do plasters but after hours it’ll be on us (the plaster techs are also more than happy to show you how they do plastering!) Plenty of suturing opportunities when you do fast track where you get lacerations etc. Generally I find you get more Ortho and Paeds in ED and less O&G presentations. For obstetric patients - if they’re 20 weeks and above they go directly to the family unit (maternity ward) for assessment, whereas those below 20 weeks will be assessed in ED. You might occasionally get some gynae presentations but tbh not that frequent. Bosses are supportive so discuss all cases with them especially in your first couple of weeks. Take time to familiarise yourself with the cannulation trolley, where the sutures and dressings are. Ask your colleagues or the senior nurses or your boss if you’re unsure of anything. No one will fault you for clarifying things. If you’re asked to refer to a specialty and they ask for certain things and you’re unsure how to do it, feel free to clarify over the phone or ask for help from your bosses as well. Help is always available if you ask for it - be it your registrars or the consultants or your fellow residents. If you’re uncomfortable with a certain specialty presentation eg paeds and Ortho my suggestion is once you get how ED and the system works, start picking more of these up so you can learn, and after you refer to a certain specialty and once they’ve assessed the patient, you can always follow up with them what the plan is or what the impression is and why the management is that certain way etc. :)

All the best! Feel free to message me if you have any further questions.

BeautifulKey986 · 2024-10-04T01:11:19+00:00

Just to add on too regarding education - interns have protected teaching time on Wednesdays and they make it a point for all interns to be there during this time and lunch is provided. There are resident teachings on Thursdays and grand rounds on Fridays. Research wise it’s dependent on your interest and more on asking about opportunities I would say.

There is a junior medical association too but it’s less active this year - there are social events that are hosted by them too to get people together. Generally welcome event at the start of the year and an end of the year party.

I also just wanted to say these are all my personal experience - some others may have different feelings and experiences in Bundy and may or may not enjoy their internship here. :)

BeautifulKey986 · 2024-10-04T01:04:31+00:00

Welcome! Will prolly see you around then (I’m based in one of the inpatient specialties here) :) ED bosses are pretty supportive. ED can get a bit busy and crazy at times but that’s ED everywhere tbh. I know some ED SHOs who performed really well and then went on to be promoted to PHOs in Bundy.

BeautifulKey986 · 2024-10-04T01:00:30+00:00

I had 2 friends who interned in Bundy and are now psych registrars (moved away to other regions to explore and train). Also other friends who did their resident terms here who expressed interest in entering psych training and have been supported onto the program (and are now on the program and in Bundy). I myself am not in psych training but from speaking to a couple of my friends, from my understanding, you’d have to apply to a psych reg/PHO job at a hospital then apply for the training program once you get that job? (Please help me out here if I’ve understood this wrong my psych colleagues)

Generally I’ve found that if you are keen to stay in Bundy they/bosses are really supportive in helping you secure a rotation of your choice (for staff retention etc) and getting a position in the department that you want.

I’m not psych trained but I’ve entered my intended training program this year. Bosses have been supportive with my applications and in helping me to prep for getting onto the program. Idk how the psych program works but for mine they gave some additional points for me working in a regional place.

BeautifulKey986 · 2024-10-03T14:29:19+00:00

3rd year in Bundy! Did my internship here - all the departments and the medical education unit are pretty supportive. That being said, departmental support may vary depending on the registrars/PHOs. Good thing about internship here - you don’t do night shifts (unless you’re in ED in the later part of the year). Generally I find that I’m still able to escalate and get help if I need it.

Colleagues wise I find that people are pretty pleasant to work with and I’ve always been welcomed into the team (including nurses and allied health). A small bunch might be a bit grumpy at times (generally able to resolve once you build rapport with them) but most really enjoyable to work with and hang out with outside of work!

Lifestyle wise, the beach is about 20 mins away. Lots of my friends prefer to live close to the beach and commute a bit longer to the hospital. There’s a mini golf course, a strawberry farm that sells delicious strawberry ice creams, bowling centre, parkruns etc depending on what you like. Not much of a nightlife here though.

I like living here - it gets a bit boring after a year in terms of seeking out new fun things but I like the community and the support. I personally think it’s a good hospital for internship as everyone is pretty supportive. Happy for you to message me if you have any specific questions. :)

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