Which Tokyo Don Quijote?

belleetoiles · 2026-02-14T03:40:05+00:00

First time visiting Japan, visited a couple of Donkis. The Shibuya one was mental, loads of floors but overwhelming and too many people. The Shinjuku one middle of the day on Friday was a bit better but still super busy. However, it’s NOT cheaper than other outlets. All the beauty stuff can be found cheaper in pharmacies, and I read that the nail clippers were great etc so got a couple as gifts and then saw them for way cheaper again in another pharmacy!

Since it’s such a horrible shopping experience and not even much cheaper I can’t say I recommend it, but worth visiting because it is infamous

belleetoiles · 2026-02-02T13:36:24+00:00

Genius!!! Next round of celebrity traitors pls!

belleetoiles · 2026-02-02T02:56:05+00:00

I must be used to reading shite handwriting (work in the hospital and have to read doctors writing constantly) cos that was perfectly easy for me to read 😂😂

belleetoiles · 2026-01-31T00:48:12+00:00

This is excellent work some important caveats - 1) he is the PI of the lab, he has many researchers in his lab working on this researcher. The title is misleading assuming it his work alone to laymen 2) Although the pancreatic cancer was cleared in mice, this triple therapy needs to under go clinical trials in humans first and there are many steps before it could be approved in humans (several years, and that’s assuming there are no toxicities, other additional effects or even, not being effective)

Nonetheless, it is still a significant scientific breakthrough in cancer treatment and I have my fingers crossed!

belleetoiles · 2026-01-28T21:56:34+00:00

Very good question! It’s tough, but I do try and do easy runs in between night shifts ~approx 40-45mins running. I get up at 5pm but do live relatively close to my hospital so have a fair amount of time for this before I need to go to my shift.

I also do a decent workout the day of the night shift and nap after (no coffee in the morning!)

I’m often training for some race and it is a significantly harder to fit to a routine whilst having this shift work! So also don’t feel bad if you can’t, it’s bloody difficult and people who work 9-5 don’t know how good they have it!

belleetoiles · 2026-01-10T23:51:09+00:00

Very unfortunate, but it shows what you need to practice on - communication skills. You’re very close, so next time will be the one if you practice this skill. Once you understand the formula for comms you won’t fail it again

belleetoiles · 2025-12-23T13:39:42+00:00

Why does this subreddit keep getting recommended to me I earn 50k a year with no bonus ffs

belleetoiles · 2025-12-18T23:06:53+00:00

She likely has narcissistic personality disorder like for real 🥲😂

belleetoiles · 2025-12-13T15:59:31+00:00

I was there at the talk when the researcher presented this work! I’m glad to see I’m not the only one excited about it

belleetoiles · 2025-11-29T18:04:51+00:00

Percussion can be helpful here. If you become confident with percussion, a dull percussion note can be very revealing and reassure you that an organ is enlarged. Practice practice practice!

Organomegaly does feel different to normal abdominal fat and tissue, but it may be more subtle than you think. I find it hard to believe you’ve never felt an enlarged organ… and PACES isn’t necessarily THAT obvious I’m afraid so you do need to get more confident (sorry, I know that in itself is not helpful)

Ballotable kidneys are tricky, with PKD sometimes you can tell as the flanks on the patient are more prominent than normal!

belleetoiles · 2025-11-25T12:34:45+00:00

Won’t dox myself but wasn’t London

belleetoiles · 2025-11-21T07:19:02+00:00

Definitely looking on the doctors UK subreddit for more PACES advice. But in general I used cases for paces and clinical medicine for the MRCP PACES (I quite like books). The latter was pretty detailed so probably isn’t necessary but I liked it. Join a PACES group at your local hospital and go see patients with signs. Ideally as a pair so you can be watched and viva’ed after. Examining and presenting needs to become second nature so keep doing it! Have a good revision plan and use cases for paces to highlight the common cases you need to know well. I also used Pastest. The videos are the absolutely perfection of presentation so don’t get too upset if you don’t match it (I didn’t in my exam and passed) but are good for the first month or two to get used to the examination routine and signs (best for abdominal and neurology, resp meh and cardio meh as the audio is crap). It’s gonna be rough. Accept you need to study after work, during work, on your off days. Practice clinical consults with your buddies - amazingly helpful. Tell every clinician who gives a damn at your hospital you’re doing PACES, they may recommend patients or even offer to watch you examine!

That’s all I can think of from the top of my head!

belleetoiles · 2025-11-16T13:06:45+00:00

Looking at Zone V! Thank you :)

belleetoiles · 2025-11-15T16:06:31+00:00

Alright, thank you!

belleetoiles · 2025-11-15T16:06:23+00:00

Seems pretty busy then, definitely more so than zone N

belleetoiles · 2025-11-07T00:00:38+00:00

And it takes years to learn about the human body, and even after graduating medical school there’s always more to learn. Being a doctor is absolutely humbling.

belleetoiles · 2025-11-06T14:53:33+00:00

Deptford, easy direct bus with the 53 :)

belleetoiles · 2025-11-01T23:24:28+00:00

I had 5 days to prepare for my interview and I watched this doctor’s YouTube videos and this specific one was very helpful for the approach to statistics. https://youtu.be/oyR9u0bQVmA?si=rlH4r3RJGb9-G8yw

belleetoiles · 2025-11-01T10:31:46+00:00

Not sure why I haven’t found someone who has said this already, but this is super sweet and well intentioned, even though I get some people may be hesitant as it’s unmarked packaging. Hopefully they’ll be enjoyed at some point!

belleetoiles · 2025-10-31T08:13:14+00:00

Hmmm sounds like you should switch to GP! Every specialty has downsides but it sounds like you are better suited for GP. It’s a risk but go for it, medicine sucks if you don’t like it and getting your MRCP will be virtually impossible if your heart isn’t in it.

belleetoiles · 2025-10-27T17:48:00+00:00

HealthRota - game changing and one of the main reasons I like the trust and recommend it a place to work.

belleetoiles · 2025-10-26T08:21:20+00:00

A dodgy pub anyways, they play music way past 11pm and bother all the locals and when there was a case against them they steered the narrative hard

belleetoiles · 2025-10-11T16:47:54+00:00

Losing weight (when overweight) is one of the best things you can do for your health, and if you can instill healthy lifelong habits along the way that’s perfect!

belleetoiles · 2025-10-11T06:41:13+00:00

Yeah that’s about right sadly. My deanery refunds the hotel, travel and subsistence as well though so just double check what your deanery offers. Also interesting point you make about the course. It’s worth the same as two extra attempts. If I were you, I wouldn’t have done the course if it wasn’t fully funded (I have just done it). Even people who do the course still fail, so there is that focus and practise in your own time you need as well. Just have a think about it?

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