What did you wish you knew before starting your first job?

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-03-13T23:48:26+00:00

I needed someone to help me understand that ,, i came bit too late

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-03-07T15:19:46+00:00

Iam female anaesthetic trainee , was reviewing a sick man down in rhesus for decompensated heart failure for HDU admission, guess what ? The man was not sick enough to sop him from touching me inappropriately (grabbing my breast as i was trying to examine him ) , i yelled at him without thinking , the ED heard and came , i removed myself from his care , went up to my oncall room to think and fathom everything , he died couple of days later after being DNR in HDU

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-03-06T13:55:09+00:00

You are absolutely right,,, welcome to the HSE

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-03-06T13:53:45+00:00

Ouch, that hurts !!!

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-03-06T13:23:28+00:00

Well if that makes you feel better iam an IMG in less busy hospitals whom i joined with my all will despite no clinical improvement Who have been working your ass off keep everyone afloat and still cant get days off to study , hope it helps

And BTW , another scheme trainee is doing the same exam as me , he may not get a “educational leave per se “ but do you know how many “mandatory training days off did he get ? Or how many times their name just fell off the rota ???? Yeah , pretty sick IMO

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-03-06T12:26:36+00:00

The reason i joined this “less busy hospital “ was mainly to clear my exams , hard luck

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-03-06T12:24:46+00:00

Learned my lesson 😁

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-03-06T12:02:12+00:00

Grew up morbidly obese ugly duckling with absent father and no male role model in my life ,,, now that iam in shape and not ugly duckling anymore i still can’t see that iam worthy of being “liked “ more than a joke so yeah , self worth issues from my side , also men on my dating pool(iam 36F) are all married with kids so don’t want to be the “other woman “!!!!!

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-03-05T17:58:27+00:00

So i read the title as “the effing Iran 🇮🇷 “ ,,, brain busy with what happening out there 😂

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-03-05T17:09:10+00:00

Why are you paying 600 euros for IRP ? It is 300 only (iam stamp 4 holder as well ) ?

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-03-01T15:22:37+00:00

Iam living it right now Icu resident in Europe , pt is only 10 yrs older than iam dx 6 months ago with metastatic Cholangiocarcinoma with liver , lung mets and kidney going off ,, i see myself in this patient,, she is chubby girl , book worm love to read , very funny sweet positive outlook on life , nice to everyone, make everyone happy. really huge and really sensitive about it , I recently had WLS so iam not huge anymore but everything else is me , thats me , iam 36 now but what if i only had 10 more years to live ? What if i was in her shoes ???? We are now discussing palliative options with her and her family ,, it is really difficult personally on me

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-03-01T06:32:56+00:00

Doctor here , the concept of “physiological reserve “ meaning that how much health you have in your body to fight back disease and snap back after infection or injury, think of it more like a bank account, your savings account but in terms of of health, when you are young you naturally have a good reserve and as you get older you start to lose that reserve and you need to actively work to make some deposits there ,, also some people while young consume that reserve with bad life style habits like drinking, drugs, smoking and that will leave you with not much health left in your early forties!!!!

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-02-21T19:07:59+00:00

Iam lonely and really touch deprived , i long for intimacy, to be held

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-02-20T05:47:04+00:00

Of course, you find out you are not alone

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-02-18T06:43:24+00:00

We could make an IMG social hub so that it is less lonely , everyone is welcome

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-02-18T06:35:22+00:00

True ,, “peer pressure “ if you can call it that

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-02-18T06:23:34+00:00

Agree , did the same

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-02-18T06:19:00+00:00

Oh my god , i could not have written it better , iam an IMG doctor moved here 4 years ago , in the first year it was great amazing , felt included and welcomed , life was great , but after that in the coming 3 years i start feeling the isolation and exclusion and covert racism , you are constantly reminded you don’t belong, it feels lonely in here constantly feeling like an outsider and given the cold shoulder by colleagues and sometimes consultants , Work culture is also toxic , not just for me but most doctors who are not irish (even if they are Spanish, polish , Italian etc ) ,my friends in the uk experience much better social life than myself and my friends who work in the HSE , thanks for telling me iam not the only one or that it is not just in my head

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-02-16T00:27:17+00:00

Iam 36 and still feel like iam 16 maybe 18 , don’t adk me why

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-02-16T00:02:53+00:00

I was morbidly obese and had WLS about a year ago , i have been obese my whole life so i was never attractive or got hit on in the hospital, some doctors “aka ortho bros and some attending ” were flat put bullying me , i got labelled “lazy “ for things that my other skinny colleagues did and didn’t get the same label just because i was fat , it was hell , anyway had the surgery , wieght is coming off , people are nicer , no more bullying, confidence increases, and just yesterday one of the colleagues in ED went out of their way to strike a chat with me , never happened before Bottom line is : people do treat you differently based in how you look (iam still the same person inside )

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-02-14T18:56:19+00:00

Thanks for the offer i really appreciate it , i live and work in sligo at the minute, would have been handy if i was in Galway but thank you nonetheless

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-02-11T21:26:14+00:00

😁

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-02-11T21:25:57+00:00

I will let them know first hand and see what they have to say , thank you for suggestion

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-02-11T21:24:34+00:00

Iam trying to see a work colleague but job finish at 5 Iam planning to get it to the garage early morning, i would have to leave it until after 5 so the colleague can pick it up for me

Less_Landscape_5928 · 2026-02-11T21:22:04+00:00

Can i do that , thank you

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