Melinda Cook

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Melinda Cook

Melinda Cook

@sigred72

Katılım Haziran 2022
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Dr Kate Gregorevic
Dr Kate Gregorevic@DrKGregorevic·
Most women around 50 probably still have teenage kids, parents who need help, a job, a mortgage and perhaps a male partner who doesn’t do his share of the mental/practical work, but sure, it’s all down to her hormones 🙃
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Melinda Cook
Melinda Cook@sigred72·
@RoshanaMN I stopped wearing skirts and dresses to work. I just knew I had to get to the end. The physical, verbal and emotional abuse of training was endured but the scars which remain 20 years later still run deep
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Roshana 🦴
Roshana 🦴@RoshanaMN·
Of course. I understand that all too well. I never reported mine. For all the same reasons. Even now I can’t say the right words. I gave the tamest of the examples to the Times for the article. The rest I keep in a box in my mind that I won’t even open myself
Elizabeth@justaduck145

@RoshanaMN It doesn’t surprise me at all he works in theatres. One of the anxieties I had when I reported my assault was knowing that this view was common among my colleagues & that I would be labelling myself as a troublemaker (of course the investigators subsequent actions didn’t help)

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Rhea Liang
Rhea Liang@LiangRhea·
@maffygirl @RoshanaMN My sexual assault wasn't reported either. Even now I keep seeing the man at conferences and have to interact with him in a civil way. And with his colleagues too, who advised me not to report. 'It's just three weeks until the end of term Rhea, just get the pass'.
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Dr Eric Levi
Dr Eric Levi@DrEricLevi·
Failed leadership causes the company to suffer. Yet the failed leader often walks away still with millions. It’s ludicrous, isn’t it? Happens in airline industry, finance, even hospitals.
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Melinda Cook
Melinda Cook@sigred72·
@DrProudman What we need to do is how to incorporate what we want to do into our lives without copying a patriarchal model. Utilising our village and also learning when to say no
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Roshana 🦴
Roshana 🦴@RoshanaMN·
I’m eating a butter and crisp sandwich I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever had in life
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Melinda Cook@sigred72·
@RoshanaMN It is not crazy. It is hopeful. Just like the first women who showed us we could become surgeons it is important to show the next generation we can be parents - the model of training and consultant-hood has to adapt and be flexible
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Roshana 🦴
Roshana 🦴@RoshanaMN·
I know it crazy, but wanting to show it’s possible, to give others the example & strength to demand a better way, spurred me on The days where I’ve ugly cried at my consultants or husband when I’ve felt *too tired* or tried to juggle too many plates; It kept me from giving up
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Roshana 🦴
Roshana 🦴@RoshanaMN·
I often reflect about the choices I’ve made in life & work. The length of my training, the commute, the exhaustion Maybe I should have sped through? But each time I ask myself the question I return to the same answer: I chose 👇🏽 and I’d choose it all over again ❤️
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Melinda Cook
Melinda Cook@sigred72·
@LiangRhea Completely agree. We have to try to rewrite the narrative but at times it is so exhausting
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Rhea Liang
Rhea Liang@LiangRhea·
My first child was unplanned. I also chose to grapple with exhaustion, rigid training structures, and the judgement of others. I had colleagues who chose abortion. I had colleagues who timed out on their fertility. Women surgeons deserve more than these 3 choices.🤨
Roshana 🦴@RoshanaMN

I often reflect about the choices I’ve made in life & work. The length of my training, the commute, the exhaustion Maybe I should have sped through? But each time I ask myself the question I return to the same answer: I chose 👇🏽 and I’d choose it all over again ❤️

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Henry VIII
Henry VIII@SussexHenryVIII·
No mental health advocate would say "Therapy doesn't work for everyone."
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