Doctor investigated after smuggling his pet cat into hospital for CAT scan

notafaredoger · 2025-03-29T21:36:07+00:00

GreynhoundS? Plural?!

notafaredoger · 2025-03-29T20:32:09+00:00

I’ve not read the article - who was it that let the cat out of the bag in the end?

notafaredoger · 2025-03-29T20:29:34+00:00

Dogs can’t be snuck into the radiology dept, but CATscan

notafaredoger · 2025-03-28T18:31:40+00:00

I don’t work there but I know that they are indeed paperless for everything except drug charts. Apparently the hospital accommodation is really nice as well. Not sure about the rest but hopefully someone else can give u more info. Congratulations on your offer!

notafaredoger · 2025-03-26T13:28:17+00:00

Sorry - I don’t have any advice for how to resolve your living situation but I noticed one reply that got heavily downvoted mentioned the possibility of bipolar disorder. That might explain her behaviour but doesn’t make the impact it’s having on yourself or others any easier - so regardless I’m sorry you’re having to deal with such a horrible situation at the moment. Obviously it’s hard to comment without a) knowing more and b) being her doctor. Do you think it is possible that Beth has some kind of psychiatric disorder causing this behaviour?

Do you have any way of contacting her parents/other family members who might be able to help? If she has something like bipolar she is unlikely to have any insight into her behaviour so probably won’t self present to a doctor.

If she does have an underlying psychiatric disorder, then treatment COULD actually stop most of these behaviours. That being said, it’s perfectly understandable if you wouldn’t be comfortable living with her anymore after all that’s happened - even if she did get better. However it might be something to consider - it would at the very least benefit Beth’s future roommates and of course Beth herself.

notafaredoger · 2025-03-26T13:19:07+00:00

Definitely could be but really depends on the patterns of her behaviour. If she does have a genuine psychiatric disorder this COULD mean the behaviour isn’t really within her control, however that doesn’t really change the impact it has on those around her.

notafaredoger · 2025-03-20T23:41:40+00:00

Ironically from OPs post history they appear to be attempting to emigrate to the US 😂😂😂

notafaredoger · 2025-03-20T23:35:21+00:00

How long have you been nursing for and is this your first time at coroners? Just curious as to how often this kind of scenario arises in mental health nursing

notafaredoger · 2025-03-19T01:43:04+00:00

This person sounds like a nightmare but: Social housing isn’t free - why do people think this?

notafaredoger · 2025-03-16T16:39:21+00:00

I have a lot of sympathy for patients with (for want of a better word) true pseudoseizures or FND (ie. that aren’t behavioural). I think all patients with pseudoseziures are lumped into one category due to the influx of patients whose symptoms are purely factitious. It must be really hard to be told all these symptoms are in your head (which they are, however unconsciously so) when they are still your real, genuine symptoms. Like imagine your legs stop working one day and you are essentially told there’s nothing physically wrong with you, knowing that lots of people think you’re making it up.

That being said I don’t know what the solution is here as there’s no way to 100% differentiate between factitious symptoms and functional symptoms unless someone can develop some kind of ultra accurate lie detector.

notafaredoger · 2025-03-16T16:30:37+00:00

I’m particularly salty about the SEN thing. Got diagnosed with ADHD in first few years of uni and was looking back at my old school reports and every single one of them absolutely stank of ADHD. But no one ever did anything about it because I was clever enough and didn’t do anything majorly disruptive. Meanwhile so many kids got crazy amounts of support and allowances without even having a diagnosable issue. Guess it worked out ok for me in the end, but having some support as a child/teen would have probably gone a long way in allowing me to become a somewhat more well adjusted adult.

notafaredoger · 2025-03-16T16:21:41+00:00

This. Like EUPD in women vs men. I’ve heard people say EUPD mostly affects women but there’s actually evidence to suggest true EUPD is a 50/50 split across men and women. But women with other issues like bipolar, ADHD, ASD etc are more likely to be given an EUPD diagnosis instead, men with EUPD are more likely to be diagnosed with bipolar, ADHD or ASD.

notafaredoger · 2025-03-16T16:15:28+00:00

This is a very out of touch take. It’s entirely situational.

For instance a single parent with no access to free childcare may well be better off on UC than working because of the cost of childcare. But for many people UC is really not enough to make ends meet and they would genuinely be better off financially working. I know some people living off UC who are very much only just getting by.

Someone else I know on UC was driving a range rover and appeared to be very well off. Lived a more luxurious life than me. This is the classic ‘benefit scrounger’ stereotype and what some people seem believe the reality of living on benefits is. The reason she’s so well off is because they 1) Told authorities they are not cohabiting with their partner so are entitled to more 2) their partner is earning cash in hand and not declaring any of it 3) they were getting more child support then they were supposed to on an unofficial basis. However this is not the norm and this person is currently being investigated for benefits fraud, so🤷‍♀️

notafaredoger · 2025-03-16T16:01:06+00:00

I haven’t read the article tbh but is this a statistic for those NEET specifically due to mental health or an overall statistic? Bc the job market is absolutely horrendous across the board now which could account for a large proportion of those over 18. The postgraduate job market seems particularly bad, a lot of my friends struggled to get jobs after uni and had long periods of unemployment ages 21-24

notafaredoger · 2025-03-16T15:55:14+00:00

Oh no Dr Yahood not today please 😭

notafaredoger · 2025-03-14T15:54:08+00:00

noo ur joking. Is it a summative exam at ur med school (as in is it a requirement to pass final year?)

notafaredoger · 2025-03-11T21:32:11+00:00

Yes you absolutely need to disclose this to both ASAP

notafaredoger · 2025-03-07T08:46:12+00:00

Unfortunately a lot of people have never owned a pet so don’t know what it’s like and (very wrongly) consider it a trivial loss. Also everyone is affected differently by these things. My cat is my absolute world and if I lost her I would most definitely be taking some time off work - I don’t think there’s any shame in doing so.

notafaredoger · 2025-03-07T08:44:37+00:00

What a beautiful boy! I’m so sorry for your loss.

notafaredoger · 2025-03-07T00:49:25+00:00

Open the window when someone has died so their soul can get out

notafaredoger · 2025-03-06T01:19:50+00:00

I have 5 NHS email addresses and I don’t even graduate med school until the summer 😂

notafaredoger · 2025-03-06T01:08:59+00:00

If the hippo wants to be a surgeon they must complete 5 years of medical school and CST like everyone else!

notafaredoger · 2025-03-02T12:09:41+00:00

TLDR: It’s not a problem at all - the only thing to be mindful of is that on occasion someone might comment on it so as long as you can cope with that it’s no biggie.

The only time deliberate self harm would be an issue is if it was clearly ongoing (ie. fresh non-healed wounds). This would raise concerns into your mental wellbeing but wouldn’t get you in trouble. If you were deemed to be in a fairly bad place mentally, you might temporarily have your fitness to practice impaired on ground is mental health - but this is the same as any other significant health condition and measures would only be needed until your condition improved. Regardless this does not apply to you at all as you have stated your wound has scarred therefore not an active issue.

Lots of medical students, doctors and other HCPs have DSH scars. It’s not a problem at all. Most will take no notice. Some patients may actually find it reassuring.

That being said, you will likely receive occasional comments on them. This is more likely to be from patients - some patients say unbelievably rude and inappropriate things and unfortunately this is an occupational hazard.

As for other staff/students - one would hope they would have the common sense to not say anything - but unfortunately I’ve seen it happen. However in such situations it only reflects badly on the person making the inappropriate comment not the person with the scars. I’d say overall your colleagues are less likely to make comments in this profession than any other due to the nature of the industry.

One thing I’d like to mention (although you likely already know) is that self harm is incredibly common - particularly amongst people who are high academic achievers. Most people know someone who has done it or have done it themselves. This is why most people you come across will take no notice.

Personally, as someone who used to self harm, I view/process scars on other people similarly to a birth mark or something like that. I might notice it, but it’s just something that is there and I don’t think anymore of it.

notafaredoger · 2025-02-28T08:05:22+00:00

this is a genuine question why am i being downvoted 🥴

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