drowning doctor
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drowning doctor
@drowningdoctorr.bsky.social
I don't want to be seen, I want to be heard.
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Healthcare is oftentimes not so much health and care for the ones providing it. I am a resident, formerly internal medicine, currently anesthesiology.
My childhood hobby became my shield. My pen became my sword. My past guides my future. And the undead knights became doctors, the werewolves became patients.

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January 22, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Usually it is me who steps out of the doctor’s office to break this kind of news. Usually I don’t cry. To be really honest, I usually feel very unattached to the whole situation.

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January 21, 2026 at 4:40 AM
The feeling of restlessness is very unpleasant. I feel like although I am at home, I still don't have full agency, I lack control over my life.

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January 20, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I have a colleague who got a chronic disease. He may only work 6h per day but instead of giving him less work, they just give him the same work everyone else needs to do in8h

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January 20, 2026 at 5:12 AM
These patients really don't see us as people but only as their service. In their heads, we're just there for them.

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January 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM
But fatigue is no reason to go on sick leave, everyone is drained. We all keep compensating for our collective sleep deprivation, our deprivation of sharp thinking.

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January 18, 2026 at 7:54 AM
It's like taking them by the hand and showing them my world. Look, that's what I do everyday. That's how your body works. This is my world. I want you to understand it.

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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · premedication · Actually, I love informed-consent discussions pre surgery. I even designed a PowerPoint presentation to show to my patients more accurately how endotracheal intubat…
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January 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I always thought that the goal of an academic career would be to learn critical thinking. (...) I found out that this is only partially what's desired and accepted in the real world.

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January 17, 2026 at 4:34 PM
If I am subject to my conscience, it is me who will fix the holes. If I am held hostage by my conscience, I will sacrifice myself for their understaffed, broken system.

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January 17, 2026 at 8:18 AM
I swing like a pendulum between hating the system and my employer — and hating the very people I am supposed to care for. When everyday work is nothing but stress, there is no room left for empathy.

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January 17, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Healthcare is oftentimes not so much health and care for the ones providing it. I am a resident, formerly internal medicine, currently anesthesiology.
January 16, 2026 at 9:17 PM