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JIDE
@iam_thatdrjide
Medical Doctor | Writer | Free-spirited Purveyor of #MentalHealth 🧠| ...thoughts, words, and the spaces in between.
England, United Kingdom Katılım Haziran 2022
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@chisomincrease @UnkleAyo I save lives for a living...sometimes, we go for ourselves when the need presents itself...
be called wicked once once... if it helps them sleep well at night its a win for you...atleast you help them sleep 😄😄😄😄
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@UnkleAyo If you die today the people putting you under pressure will move on with their lives
Increase Chisom • Website Developer@chisomincrease
People will be alright with or without you. Except you're saving a life, do not set yourself on fire just to keep others warm
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Chief,
Let me tell you without mincing words.
If you burn yourself to warm others - when there's nothing else left to burn, they'll go and fetch firewood.
If you die fixing other people's problem - barely 24H after, that problem will find a new owner.
Chop people's eyes.
HUSBAND OF SHOLA@iconic_remi
This pressure is too much man ! I can’t solve everyone’s problem , make una leave me biko. Argh
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We all love quoting:
“Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies...”
But what many of us forget is this:
Before the table comes the kitchen.
Before the feast comes the fire.
Before the celebration comes the heat.
Some of us are already giving up because it's hot...
Stay in the kitchen a little longer.
Your table is coming. Happy Sunday
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@dr_rhookie @Nigerian_Doctor I love it when we stay focused and determined despite the rubbish life throws at us... and the people that presents themselves to be a vessel for the rubbish.
Thank God you doing well...
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It’s been one year since I was fired without reason from the first place I ever worked as a fully licensed doctor.
After getting my medical degree in Ukraine, I returned to Nigeria to get licensed. Along the way, I developed an interest in aesthetic medicine. It felt like a field I genuinely enjoyed and, at the time, seemed like a more suitable path for me than traditional residency in Nigeria.
I came across a job advert for doctors on a Telegram page, applied, attended the interview, and got the job. Although I was based in Abuja and initially wanted to work in the Abuja branch, management insisted they needed more hands in the Lagos branch since it was the headquarters and I’d get more hands-on experience with patients there. They also offered accommodation, so after discussing it with my family, I agreed.
I moved my entire life to Lagos.
At first, things were great. I basically had to learn aesthetics from scratch, but thankfully I’m a fast learner. In no time, I was performing certain procedures confidently. Some of the more advanced procedures still made me nervous because I wanted to be properly confident and competent before taking them on fully.
Then sometime around March 2025, I had an issue with management after I declined performing a procedure that technically wasn’t supposed to be part of my job description, especially since there were people specifically trained for it. Despite that, I was constantly being booked for the procedure. I was queried, and a meeting was held where I was told that “as long as it’s the face, you must do it.” I was emotional at the time and eventually just accepted it.
Fast forward to May, HR walked into my office after close of work crying profusely with a termination letter in hand. I remember reading it and laughing. She asked me why I was laughing, and I replied, “Should I cry?” I had already cried enough while working there.
The news shocked everyone around me. Some colleagues even tried to question the decision, but they were immediately shut down and told to mind their business.
To this day, people still ask me what happened, and the honest truth is: I don’t know. No reason was ever given. Was I the best or most skilled doctor there? Probably not. But I know I was good at my job, and I know patients got results from the work I did. Did I make mistakes? Of course I did. I was human, still learning, and always willing to improve from every mistake I made.
I took about a week to process everything. Thankfully, I had support from family, friends, and loved ones, and that made all the difference. I only cried once… the day I finally accepted everything and decided to move forward.
After that, I immediately started applying elsewhere. I couldn’t just leave Lagos after paying over 6 million naira for rent barely two months earlier. Within two weeks, I got multiple interviews and eventually two solid offers that I had to choose between.
Looking back now, I do not regret my decision at all because I ended up in a much better place mentally, emotionally, physically and financially.
And despite everything, I’m not writing this to bash my former workplace. That place taught me the basics of almost everything I know today in aesthetics, and for that, I’ll always be grateful.
Sometimes the door that closes loudly is simply making space for a better one.
Oghenerukevwe@dr_rhookie
Late post!!! I can’t believe I forgot 😩 Check quote in 30mins 🤲🏽
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abeg who produced dey movie?
🤔
JIDE@iam_thatdrjide
And worse still, what they had experienced so far was only the beginning. OMO What's your take on this. What's your advice to Nneka?
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@iam_thatdrjide I can't believe I read it all through
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