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Hi 🥰 Felt nostalgic, might delete later. How are you deviants?

Gentlemen *tips hat* I’m putting today’s win down to the fact that we had an old skool catch up today. JawD kindly invited myself, Pud, Jill and Ritchie to the game. I also took that new baby that I had 5 minutes ago and gave him the day off his GCSE revision. There was lots of reminiscing and disbelief at how old we are. Anyway, beating that lot will always be amongst my happiest days and it was much needed today ❤️

It was glorious 😁

Hopefully he’s such a precious little bitch that he’ll drag them all down with him now and do a Cummings

After already having a week off I had to ring today to say I’ll be off for at least another. Still testing positive on day 8 and not sure whether it’s because I’m a first-timer but fucking hell man, it’s knocked me sideways. Constant dizziness at the moment. I’m just wandering round the house like a zombie half-heartedly doing jobs that can’t wait.

Yeah we only test new admissions if symptomatic but there’s been a few slipped through the net that have caused havoc once confirmed. I get that we have to live with it but also need to limit the spread amongst the most clinically vulnerable. And poor anaesthetic nurses who get roped into helping on wards when they’re short-staffed.

What the fuck? Mask-wearing is still mandatory at our place in all clinical areas as standard. That’s madness.

There’s a first time for everything and this might just be it.

Thanks. I think the fevers have stopped and now just feel fluey and wiped out. Work rules say I have to go back if negative on days 5&6 which is unlikely. I’m definitely off til at least a week today unless still testing positive next Wed. Having not had it until now it’s made me extremely grateful for the vaccine and boosters that I’ve had. And also reflect on seeing so many patients die at the beginning. It’s quite surreal ☹️

I can guarantee it would me shouting “Nooooooooooo!!!!” as said man stood up and unleashed a torrent of sewage across my shoes, scrubs and floor. I had my fave Jimmy Anderson socks on too. Poor Jimmy 😢

I was wrestling with a shit-covered man and bum dialled you! That’s what you get for being first in my phone list 😂 I had to send 3 apologetic texts that next morning. Mortified 🥺

I have. I know exactly where I got it and I’m annoyed but it was pretty unavoidable. It was a vulnerable patient with Covid, Alzheimer’s and constant diarrhoea that I had to clean up several times. I had PPE but it was relentless. Started with fevers on Sun night and have been rotten ever since.

Well this virus business is shit, innit?

What kind of dickhead would roster themselves on nightshift when the clocks go back an hour. Enjoy your extra hour of sleep, knobheads 😖

Won’t be long! 😉

Stop encouraging them! 😆

My teenager is better behaved than you lot 😄

It’s going to be rough but just be there. You’ve been there yourself so you know that there’s nothing that will make it hurt less. Keep doing what you’re doing - you’ve got this. And take care of yourself too x

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I honestly don’t know. He’s just quietly been skulking in the wings waiting for his moment. I won’t ever forgive him for what he did to the junior doctors and the NHS in general.

I go to bed after nightshift and wake up to find Jeremy Hunt is Chancellor. We’re fucked, aren’t we?

It’s absolutely horrific. I haven’t looked into it in detail but know they all took place over a period of one year. It feels mad that it wasn’t noticed sooner but that’s easy to say with hindsight and given that the poor babies involved were already in a critical state of health. Even from the limited evidence that’s been presented and reported on it feels almost a foregone conclusion that she’s guilty. Could she have coincidentally have been present at each and every adverse incident being reported? I’ll be interested to see her defence for each incident already outlined. It’s unforgivable if proven.

To be fair, two of those are specifically anaesthetic drugs and they’d have to get the keys from me first. 😁

What, so the doctors can kill them instead? 😉 Nope, insulin is kept in the cupboard with everything else. There are far more effective drugs to hand if you wanted to do a Shipman (Potassium/Propofol/Rocuronium - we use them every day) Thankfully very few of us are serial killing psychopaths.

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