Surgical SHOs as Harry Potter memes. A thread: (yes, I have finally cracked).

When youre handed the scalpel and asked to make the opening incision

When the consultant says you can put the ports in during a lap chole

When you hear that your fellow SHO came in on their day off to operate

When your friends ask you for post-work drinks but theres an appendix in A&E

When you stay late to scrub in to a case the reg has told you that you can lead but then another sho scrubs

How every female surgical trainee feels when a male says “you should consider options out-with surgery so that you’ll be able to balance your family life in future.”

When you’ve spent years revising the anatomy of the inguinal canal only for it to FINALLY click after your 5th hernia repair

When you finish ‘that section of the rota’ with the 100 hour week of nights and on calls