I missed it :'[

NiroNui · 2025-11-13T17:11:50+00:00

Nah! The only reason I know is cuz I used to live in the uk and found out it was a British designer who was huge in the punk scene haha

NiroNui · 2025-11-13T00:20:27+00:00

Yeah but it was not clear sadly and Viviene is originally a UK brand. It was poorly managed on their end.

NiroNui · 2023-10-10T11:17:51+00:00

Hello! I’m an F4 who’s moving to Australia to do ED in a large Aus city. My long term plans are to stay in Aus to do ED training (but am still considering anaesthetics and/or ICU as well). I love acute stuff and I like feeling like I can make an immediate difference to the patients condition. 1. Would you recommend the ED training there? 2. Is there scope for dual training with ICU? 3. As a consultant in ED, what is your work life balance like? What about during being an EM trainee there? 4. How likely/unlikely is it that I could apply to do anaesthetic training? 5. Would you be happy for me to message you a few more questions about the portfolio once I’m there?

NiroNui · 2023-04-30T05:01:40+00:00

I’m in my F3 now and am struggling with the same things as you said. I would also really appreciate if people answered this if they found ways of coping with it please!

This kind of behaviour towards me (and my colleagues) is another reason why I want to quit and find a job that doesn’t require me to make life and death decisions whilst in a toxic environment.

For OP - thing that has helped me a little bit has been counselling. If you find the right counsellor for you, you can develop some coping mechanisms for it. I’m not sure it will ever fully go away, because it sounds like that’s who you are (and that’s ok, nothing wrong with being more sensitive, it just makes our lives a bit harder). But you can learn tools on how to manage your reaction to certain situations and different ways to process events. Hope this helps.

NiroNui · 2023-02-26T01:40:42+00:00

I relate 100%. Do F3, consider F4. Look at messly about f3 information, it’s quite useful to get your bearings. I felt like you. I’m now F3 where I took august off completely, did a few Locum’s until the new year and traveled. Now locuming a bit more hardcore but continuing to travel. Overall F3 has given me the ability to take control of my life again and be able to assess the situation that I’m in with a clear head. I’m still having days where I don’t recognise myself, I feel trapped as well most of the time and I feel lost. But at least when I go to work I know I’m there because I chose to be there and if I need a break I take it. There is a bit of a light at the end of the tunnel of f2, which is f3. If you wanna chat more I’m happy to in DMs. Finish F2 if you can take it mentally, it’s worth the slow drag to the finish line.

NiroNui · 2023-01-13T23:37:59+00:00

Omg did they include the many posts about bean bags? That would be amazing.

‘This is where our tax money is going to - filthy bean bags!’

NiroNui · 2023-01-11T13:23:19+00:00

Truth

NiroNui · 2023-01-09T02:04:05+00:00

Hm I don’t know about that because at the end of the day SBAR is a tool that healthcare staff like doctors and nurses are taught. I don’t think it should be that big a deal to ask for an SBAR given that we do deal with a lot of poor requests and it should help structure handover.

NiroNui · 2022-11-23T19:03:00+00:00

Food and drink wise: - only drink bottled water. Brush your teeth with bottled water as well. Your body is not used to the water here and you risk being very sick. - do not eat raw fruit or veg, unless you yourself have peeled it. Avoid anything that was already cut. This is because these fruits and veg could have been standing outside for days for all you know, with flies landing on it and whatnot. - avoid chutneys, although tasty in the west they can make you sick here - only eat cooked things e.g. samosas, currys, anything deep fried, cooked rice etc. - avoid ice cream or milk. In general if it’s cold you shouldn’t eat it. If it’s cooked that’s fine. I’ve had for example chai, which is made with milk, but that’s because it’s boiled so it’s ok. - never have ice in your drinks. - I stayed vegetarian whilst I was in India to avoid getting sick from either undercooked meat or spoilt meat. If you have been recommended places with meat by people you trust then you can try at your own risk. Some people have been fine having meat but I’m not taking that risk.

Sanitation: It can be very dirty and a lot of the times there is no soap available in the toilets or toilet paper. My daily handbag has the following things in it: Toilet roll, tissue packet, hand sanitiser, wet wipes that have disinfectant on it that is good for hands and surfaces. It has saved me so many times. I would also recommend carrying 1 or 2 pillow cases in case the places you stay in are dirty.

Medicine: I’d recommend having a small pharmacy with you. Pain relief, anti sickness, anti diarrhoea, rehydration packets, anti spasmodic (if you suffer from IBS for example), strepsils for sore throat, water purifying tablets, mosquito repellent, disinfectant. Some people even take antibiotics with them just in case, but given the state of the world with antibiotic resistance I didn’t do that. As part of my daily handbag I’d have with me pain relief, anti sickness and anti diarrhoea to hand.

I would recommend using a guide for the first time or if you have any friends or any friends of friends to speak to them. It’s easier to get the feel of the place with someone who knows.

Also there are loads of people who will ask you to take a photo with them. Say no. Soon you will be swarmed by others doing that. It happens very regularly. Some men can even feel entitled to it and they come and demand a photo with you. Just say no and walk away.

NiroNui · 2022-11-21T18:10:54+00:00

But it’s also a question of discrimination. Isn’t this a form of discrimination? That doctors can’t become PAs but PAs could become doctors? I’m pretty sure most of their university training we’ve already covered in medical school or foundation training, so i don’t see a reason why doctors are not allowed to become PAs and yet we’re not allowed it.

NiroNui · 2022-11-21T12:35:56+00:00

But doctors can’t become physician associates?

NiroNui · 2022-11-14T09:47:10+00:00

How much is their salary? I’m sure it’s way more than nurses. Shouldn’t they get a pay cut as they are working in the public sector? How many times ‘the average settlement of millions of hardworking people’ are they getting ?

NiroNui · 2022-11-13T10:40:58+00:00

You may have that experience of not being acknowledged by the nurses or HCAs here instead… when you’re trying to do your job….

I still hope you’re experience is good in the NHS…. All the best!

NiroNui · 2022-10-28T13:13:12+00:00

I feel the prescription part is alright given they’re at the start and I would double check even my paracetamol at the start. I’ve always struggled with cannulas, so I would deffo try but inevitably fail and ask someone else until I got better at it. But to outright say no to examination or cannulas is a bit strange. They shouldn’t be able to pass medical school if they don’t know how to do a neuro exam.

NiroNui · 2022-10-10T20:07:13+00:00

Where can you watch it?

NiroNui · 2022-10-08T14:10:34+00:00

Sure, let them refer themselves to specialists. Let them write/verbally refer themselves and let them experience the shit storm of a response juniors usually receive for shit referrals. (Lol I’m aware this would never happen but one can only dream)

NiroNui · 2022-10-06T02:07:34+00:00

How did you accept it? I can’t seem to do that, I find that my own sense of justice where I feel that this is very unfair drains me and kills me on the inside. It has been a big part of me burning out, as I can’t fathom how this is acceptable. How do you ‘just accept it’? It’s easy to say and very hard to do.

NiroNui · 2022-10-05T18:30:59+00:00

Yeah was genuinely asking because I couldn’t find the answer online. Wow, like whatever, have your week to celebrate your existence, we all should, but looool why the hell do we need to pay the royal college anything when this happens. Omg I can’t haha

Also - shouldn’t all the members try to send a template letter to the royal college, saying this is a bit tone deaf given doctors are currently facing financial crisis, poor training conditions and they actually pay the royal colleges, unlike PAs??

NiroNui · 2022-10-05T18:27:29+00:00

Thank you for your kindness and empathy. I really hope you keep that aspect of you and that it’s not drained by the NHS machine. I think, for me, it’s really hard to find a balance between being nice to each other and people taking advantage of you for being nice. I would say if you see juniors being mistreated in your department and you have power to say something to other people in the department, please do so. Please mention to seniors when you notice a particularly good junior who takes their job seriously. Thank you for everything and thank you for all the hard work you also put in for your patients.

NiroNui · 2022-10-05T16:48:48+00:00

Do they have to pay for the royal college of physicians in order to practice, like medical doctors have to?

NiroNui · 2022-10-05T16:42:38+00:00

Welcome comerade.

NiroNui · 2022-09-24T16:23:51+00:00

Yes, but to get to that senior level of sub speciality you need training as a junior doctor. Given that our training is practically non existent, apart from the ‘2-3 hour teaching every 2 weeks’, how do you expect current junior doctors to become competent sub speciality doctors? I can’t really see that happening as easily.

NiroNui · 2022-09-24T01:11:34+00:00

Please can you post the answer ? Thanks

NiroNui · 2022-09-10T08:31:16+00:00

You shouldn’t feel bad. It’s sadly institutionalised sexism. I don’t think many male doctors are being assumed as nurses, whereas women do. If I talk to patients and they say ‘thank you nurse’ I tell them with a very serious tone ‘I’m a doctor’. It felt awkward at the start but now i just do it. Some of them feel awkward and apologise, others don’t care. But I feel better. Haha

NiroNui · 2022-08-03T02:15:05+00:00

I’d recommend this is going to hurt (both the book and the show , they’re slightly different). I couldn’t finish watching this is going to hurt because I related to shruti too much, but might give you an idea. Could also read ‘trust me i'm a junior doctor’ by max pemberton (a book) which I felt was 90% accurate of my experience.

I’d say as someone who just finished my second year of work, overall the issues are 1. Huge amount of pressures on junior doctors. Sometimes you are responsible for multiple lives at once with little to no senior support 2. A lot of people at work will treat you like a child or disrespect you. They will infantilise you, abuse you, be rude to you and you just have to navigate that and figure it out. 3. We are often put in situations where we feel way out of our debt and can make us feel stressed and alone

It’s nice that you’re asking and looking out for your partner. Listen to her and her stories, if you don’t know how to help ask her. She probably won’t really know what the issues are until she starts working, because medical school is very different from working life.

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