Grade until August 2016, when I started an ST3 post in the East Passed the Primary theory and viva sections after a change of I returned to work on 1 September 2012, 12 weeks after my On this journey I have lost my fear of failure, which has enabled me to step out of my comfort zone and believe in myself. Gratitude, we bought pizzas for the staff in theatres, ICU, the Pain free and discharged from ICU the following morning, I had put my affairs in order, my family were there to My transplant went ahead on the second attempt on 31 MayĢ012. Patients, colleagues and friends - this is part of who I am. I haveĪlways felt happy to be at work, meeting and interacting with Reduced hours with agreement from the transplant team, myĭepartment and the Occupational Health Department. While on the waiting list, doing some daytime elective work at In March 2011, I was feeling much better and was deemed in the transplantable range and therefore listed forįact I had some control over my destiny. ![]() I had a cunning plan! Stop work, relax, socialise, and prioritise my Give anaesthetics and help other people anymore. Ventricular Assist Device, but knew that this would not beĬompatible with the life I wanted to live, and I would be unable to ![]() I returned to Papworth and was deemed non-transplantableīecause of pulmonary hypertension. Shortly after the exam, in November 2010, I decompensated. I gained great solace from the fact I had some control over my destiny. To my struggles, I was informed I could make no further attempts. Suppose my awful cardiac output was not helping either. With my memory and stamina, and kept falling just short. MCQ in January 2009, but failed the Primary Structured OralĮxamination for the fourth time in October 2010. Non-sustained VT in June 2007, but I was very happy to be back The insertion of an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator for Work was hard with heart failure, interrupted by Long as I could do so safely for myself and my patients, andīegan a phased return to work in March 2007, 10 months after Remember this as the most important phone call of my life. Was medical optimisation and follow-up every three months. Hope, confidence and optimism for the future. They encouraged me and gave me tremendous I was asked to attend urgently, when theyĮxplained the various treatment options and I had the workup for I referred myself to Dr Jayan Parmeshwar, the transplantĬardiologist at Papworth. ![]() Improve my health and wellbeing, but I knew that my heart failure One month’s full pay and two months’ half pay as I had been in Reliant on my wife, family and friends for support. My life priorities, and the best way to move forward. There was denial, then a process of acceptance, a consideration of I became ill and was diagnosed with severe heart failure andĭilated cardiomyopathy secondary to viral myocarditis. We managed our first cold winter well! However, in May 2006 ![]() The weather was at times a challenge, but I thought I started as an anaesthetic SHO in Harlow, Essex, and we settled My wife was also looking for new horizons, and the opportunity to further her career in microbiology in England. It had been an excellent three years, but I was looking for new challenges, including the opportunity to sit the infamous FRCA. We moved from Bahrain where I had helped to set up the anaesthetic and intensive care service atīahrain Specialist Hospital. My wife and I moved to England during the gorgeous summer of 2005. A change of heart leads to endless possibilities!
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