My first time seeing a dying patient felt surreal — One of the things all the newbie doctors were dreading was being put on a weekend shift or night shift so close to starting because that’s when things became very, very real. And that’s what happened to me. So soon after qualifying, I was set to have a weekend 3-night…

Where do writers draw the line — I remember once I had really bad writer’s block. It got to the point where I felt so frustrated, even when I stepped away from the screen. I couldn’t seem to shake it off. …

We’re only human — I remember one particular patient I looked after back when I first started as a doctor. It was on a specialty ward but we were used to having an overspill of “general medical” patients when the hospital was under pressure. This patient had a long extended admission which can sometimes…

To be dangerously in love — Only a small percentage of patient encounters stay with me years after leaving medicine. It’s usually the ones that didn’t go well. The ones that were unique in their complexity or were just truly unsettling. The human mind has a propensity for the negative and mine is no different. I…

A discussion on the article titled, “The Rise of Lonely, Single Men” — There has been a lot of conversation recently about an article titled “The Rise of Lonely, Single Men”. I’ve seen many people reference this article and so I decided to read it for myself. …

I’ve not had a good night’s sleep since — Pre-pandemic, I used to attend a lot of events using the website, Meetup. This is a website where you can look for different groups based on your interests and location. At the time, I was in dire need of some new connections. I’d been to a fair few meetings and…

Because I did it the wrong way — I’ve been thinking about the last four years since I left medicine and even further back to when I started this blog, Mind The Medic. …

Oversharing in a digital age — One of the reasons why I like writing on Medium and on my own blog is that I have more control over a story. I get to say how it’ll be told. I choose what gets left in and what gets taken out. When working with editors of physical and…

Sounds like clickbait but actually delivers — The Millionaire Fastlane does sound like a very clickbaity title but after reading the book… it actually does make a lot of good arguments. For example, the author talks about the difference between making money easily and making money quickly. A lot of Get-Rich-Quick schemes that we see on the…