Jen Collinson

Doctor in Acute Medicine and Stroke, mum to a cutie patootie, enthusiastic plate-spinner

[Dr Liz O'Riordan @Liz_ORiordan]

⚠️ Trigger Warning: This caption contains references to self-harm.

These photos were taken just hours apart. Mental illness can be invisible. When my friends thought I was at my happiest, I was often on the brink of despair, crippled with depression from my twenties.

I’ve been suicidal twice - both times as a consultant surgeon

Lonely, overwhelmed and scared to admit what I was feeling.
I hid it from friends, colleagues and HR for twenty years. I was embarrassed and ashamed that I didn't want to live. I talked about my mental health for the first time in my memoir 'Under The Knife' because I no longer worked as a doctor and I didn't need to worry about what my patients might say if they found out.  

https://t.co/1HE2UgY43C  helped me create a safety plan and got me through the crisis points until I could get proper help. 
Comment SAFE and I'll send you the link 

As a breast cancer patient I found myself overwhelmed with gut-wrenching anxiety, scanxiety, fear of recurrence, survivor's guilt. Why had no-one told me this was part of the collateral damage?

If this is you, ask your breast care nurse if your local cancer centre provides free counselling. I've had it twice and it saved my life. Talk to your GP. I take proudly Citalopram to keep my brain more or less on the straight and narrow

I am no longer ashamed of having a mental illness. I now know that it is not my fault.  

Mental health awareness is not just a wave of quotes. Mental health awareness is brutal and not-so-easy on the eye.

World Mental Health Day 2024 is for yesterday, today, and every day to come. ❤️

You matter. Someone cares
Call the Samaritans 24hour helpline 116 123

[Linda Mamoun @mamoun_linda]

A lot of people in the US don’t seem to know what Israel did to Palestinians before Oct 7. Here is a quick rundown.🧵

[Jen Collinson @drjmc86]

@NPosegay @cam4palestine Incredible!! What awe-inspiring collaboration and determination. I wish I were still a Cambridge student/resident so I could have been involved. Thank you for standing for Palestine ✊🏽

[Jen Collinson @drjmc86]

@jessphillips Huge respect, thank you so much for your integrity 🙏🏼

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Today’s Times. The crux of the matter. The NHS will not survive if it can’t retain its staff.

[Jen Collinson @drjmc86]

@Deborah62655228 So pleased you received great stroke care - as a Stroke Physician in the SW, I’m v passionate about delivering high quality acute stroke care but yes, all too often this is compromised by ambulance delays due to wider social care probs, with enormous human cost. Government:help!!

[Ruth Millington @ruth_millington]

'A Dove Has Spread Her Wings and Asks for Peace' (1982) by Maria Primachenko. When Picasso saw her work in Paris in 1936 he said: “I bow down before the artistic miracle of this brilliant Ukrainian.” One year later, he painted his own 'Dove of Peace' 🕊️

[Ben Lovell @DrBenLovell]

Note the difference in choice of steroids when treating Covid hypoxia in pregnant people

[Segun Olusanya (He/Him) [email protected] @iceman_ex]

He’s done it again.

Absolutely, painfully perfect, #glaucomflick

[Sarah Hudson @sarahhudsonuk]

💥My top 10 learning points from the #ESCCongress 2021💥

A thread for cardiologists/general physicians

1) There is a treatment for HFpEF!

Empagliflozin significantly ⬇️composite of HF hospitalisation & CV death by 21%

Evidence: EMPEROR-Preserved https://t.co/VuBcsxoimo

1/n

[Sarah Hudson @sarahhudsonuk]

10) Exercise improves freedom from AF and decreases AF symptom severity

Evidence: ACTIVE AF (not yet published; https://t.co/1yDl1F7mkU)

10/10 #ESCCongress

[Dominique Pucini @Dominiquepucini]

"Les voyageurs'est une #sculpture de l'artiste Bruno Catalano, symbolisant le vide créé en quittant son pays, sa famille, son peuple... pour une autre vie."

[Jen Collinson @drjmc86]

Yours truly waxing lyrical about TIAs, pitched to the uninitiated SHO. Hope it’s informative/helpful/entertaining!

[Pre PACES Podcast @prepacespodcast]

🌟NEW EPISODE KLAXON🌟

🧠 Transient ischaemic attacks🧠

Sam was joined by Dr Jen Collinson (@drjmc86 ) to discuss this classic PACES topic. We discuss the typical presentation, the key points of a history and what to include in your focussed examination!

⬇️Listen now!⬇️

[Alexandra Freeman @alex_freeman]

Our graphics to illustrate the potential benefits and potential harms of the AstraZeneca vaccine as announced by the MHRA this afternoon.

Benefits accrued over 16 weeks, at three different levels of exposure to the virus.

[Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK @CovidJusticeUK]

Thank you @EmilyThornberry for visiting @CovidMemorialUK and for telling us how your visit and conversations with those who have lost a loved one to Covid-19 made you feel.

[Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts]

The census asks you what house you live in NOW, not which house you were brought up in.
And it’s asking if you hold a religious faith NOW, not whether you were brought up in one.
https://t.co/kW2qobNXCV

[Jen Collinson @drjmc86]

@JonJHilton Dealing with risk is scary but fun! And we’re trained to do it well during the SpR years. Bringing pts back to amb care helps safety-net too.

Use your specialist interest to add some continuity - Stroke is great for that. Also adds a slower pace at times!