Fi Lewis Mendoza is @knitdoctorfi on Insta

Other exciting news - I’ll be at the Pantiles Market in 1 month! This is a favourite market of ours and there’s fab brunch spots, pubs and places to walk, all the ingredients for a great Sunday And of course, I’ll have baked goods to hand out

The issue is STILL not resolved & ill be putting in a large complaint taking you to small claims court. Obviously I’ll never use you again, it was absolutely disgraceful @BritishGas 3/3

Despite me asking repeatedly to speak to a supervisor (over the course of 4hrs) “they weren’t available” & I was promised they’d call me back - nothing ever happened @BritishGasHelp 2/3

@BritishGas I had possibly the worst customer service experience of my life yesterday - not only unhelpful, prolonged, repetitive & frequently dropping the line but also literally breaking the laws of logic 1/3

I’m taking a backseat from SoMe in 2025 so I have no plans for Bluesky etc, but feel free to message me on Insta (@knitdoctorfi) which I check about 2x/week So long, everyone, and thanks for all the fish x 2/2

I’ve been quiet on here recently, not even logging in more than 1 x a week & I haven’t missed it, despite brilliant people I’ve met & priceless information. I’m not deleting this account but consider it dormant 1/2

@DocDoLi Now that is a very long story! Short version - my priorities changed & I love things outside of surgery/academia too much

@FiFiELewis Wow, that’s an amazing little career path - why did you end up leaving Vascular if you don’t mind me asking?

A little more on this grave situation... - Published 8 times - Distinction in every year of Medical School - Multiple audits - Multiple presentations, with a couple at a national level - Two bursary awards Yet, I still wasn't good enough to get an interview for an ST1 job

@DocDoLi I got into CST - got to ST5 vascular and quit. Spent a year figuring out what I want, turns out it’s GP Would have made my life much simpler if I figured that out at FY2 but what can you do 😂

@FiFiELewis Did you get into CST and leave for GP?

@Dr_DeanS Amazing work Dean! And it’s not about speed, knitting is slow work

First time doing an adult piece Its taken me far too long. Still another sleeve to finish, fix the back which i made too short and then bring all together. But it is finally at least showing a shape of a cardigan when I place all the parts together.

@Dr_DeanS A great 1st fair isle project is the Anthology hat by @tincanknits - I made one for my husband last year and used it as the gauge swatch for his sweater!

I could only ever dream of being able to do this and in 114 hours?! Teach me please.

@catiwat @caffeinemedic I agree with normal day then 5-8pm being superior EXCEPT when you’re covering a clinic in another hospital in the daytime …fffs

@FiFiELewis @caffeinemedic The other thing I’ve definitely noticed is 24hrs on call scrambles your brain and you definitely get decision fatigue but doing a normal elective or academic day (either clinic or theatre) 8-5 then taking over the oncall 5pm-8am is way easier.

@catiwat @caffeinemedic I’ve done both (& 48hr NROC) and I’d say generally I prefer 24hr but a busy 24/48 is an absolute killer Especially when you’re supposed to work the next day (as we were post 24hr as vascular for a MTC….)

@caffeinemedic Noooo I’m team 24 hrs. A run of nights ruins me for weeks whereas 24hr NROC is no rougher than night 1 and you get to keep your circadian structure- day is day, night is night, you eat at normal times and you’re a bit tired rather than tapping out of normal life for a week

@LiangRhea @Frances__Daily I’m a huge soup fanatic (it’s the Jewish mother in me) & my husband half-jokes I’ll be the GP handing out soup to my pts 😂

@Frances__Daily I doubt anyone of any background can go past a bowl of noodles or some chicken and corn soup. Though I may be just a little bit biased!

Congee, pickled celtuce, preserved orange peel and Chinese newspaper. Welcome comforts for a relative who has appreciated wonderful hospital care, but spent the last 3 days complaining about 'white person food' 🤣. I think we underestimate the value of culturally-congruent food.

@Lucyclizine My 1st day as an FY1 I was mistaken for a paediatric patient on a paeds ward…admittedly I did look very fresh-faced 🙈

Things I’ve been mistaken for on the wards as a med student (UPDATED) Med reg FY1 doctor Senior sister A 12 year old???

@Dr_BellaR For 1 glorious year (fy2) I had a convertible & any dry weather I’d roll into the hospital car park, roof down & music blasting - indescribably euphoric

@UK_Engineer_Mat @DrNeenaJha I’ve always been keen but my husband’s job is fairly restrictive - I won’t be able to take a GP post that far from London for the same reason

The argument that “we need PAs due to a GP shortage” is a lie. The “NHS GP shortage” is deliberate & entirely manufactured 15036 doctors applied for 4096 GP training posts **10,940 doctors** were unsuccessful We have the doctors! NHSE are ensuring there are NO jobs for them!

And here he breaks down while explaining the absolute trauma experienced by smaller hospitals in particular - the "healthier" ICU patients were transferred out, leaving them coping with so much death. They felt so alone.

@BeAwesomeBeAdam MSRA for me - I swear I knew some of this for finals 🤦🏼‍♀️

@FiFiELewis I am sitting MRCEM primary next month, basic anatomy and physiology , forgotten lots even after sitting MRCS part a a few years ago and then seeing random questions pop up during MSRA revision last year...the mind boggles

Attempting to learn phosphate/ca homeostasis for probably the 4th time at age 31 - can confirm, I still don’t remember or understand it