Deb Chalmers
@viridescentfrog.bsky.social
Optimist, philomath, tuneless singer of random frog songs.
I am a Physician and an Intensivist with interest in ethics, education & error. I strive for quality & sustainability in my career, and my life.
All views are my own. #LearningToBe
I am a Physician and an Intensivist with interest in ethics, education & error. I strive for quality & sustainability in my career, and my life.
All views are my own. #LearningToBe
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It’s taken me an awfully long time to get to this point And like a pendulum, I’m sure things will swing again.
Acceptance isn’t about giving up. It’s about making a conscious choice about how you want to spend your energy.
It’s about focusing on what you can do and not what you can not.
Acceptance isn’t about giving up. It’s about making a conscious choice about how you want to spend your energy.
It’s about focusing on what you can do and not what you can not.
September 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
It’s taken me an awfully long time to get to this point And like a pendulum, I’m sure things will swing again.
Acceptance isn’t about giving up. It’s about making a conscious choice about how you want to spend your energy.
It’s about focusing on what you can do and not what you can not.
Acceptance isn’t about giving up. It’s about making a conscious choice about how you want to spend your energy.
It’s about focusing on what you can do and not what you can not.
The world we believe in is the world we live in
August 18, 2026 at 9:27 PM
The world we believe in is the world we live in
Don’t let your struggle become your identity … something to ponder as I stare into the flames on this chilly winters night
June 1, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Don’t let your struggle become your identity … something to ponder as I stare into the flames on this chilly winters night
They shouldn’t have to explain their disability to every single person who asks …
Disabled people shouldn’t have to beg for healthcare, housing and food.
They shouldn’t have to “prove they matter” to access services needed to survive.
They shouldn’t have to explain their disability to every single person who asks.
Disability is a minority group you can join any time.
They shouldn’t have to “prove they matter” to access services needed to survive.
They shouldn’t have to explain their disability to every single person who asks.
Disability is a minority group you can join any time.
May 5, 2026 at 5:56 AM
They shouldn’t have to explain their disability to every single person who asks …
Would I choose the same path again, knowing what I know now?
Probably.
I am trying to live my life in a more intentional way. I am trying to be present. A human being not a human doing.
None of these things would’ve happened on a different path.
1of2
Probably.
I am trying to live my life in a more intentional way. I am trying to be present. A human being not a human doing.
None of these things would’ve happened on a different path.
1of2
May 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Would I choose the same path again, knowing what I know now?
Probably.
I am trying to live my life in a more intentional way. I am trying to be present. A human being not a human doing.
None of these things would’ve happened on a different path.
1of2
Probably.
I am trying to live my life in a more intentional way. I am trying to be present. A human being not a human doing.
None of these things would’ve happened on a different path.
1of2
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“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
It’s May already. Life moves and sometimes we forget to pause.
Today is a reminder to choose something that looks after you.
🧡
#kindness #SelfCare
Art by positively present
It’s May already. Life moves and sometimes we forget to pause.
Today is a reminder to choose something that looks after you.
🧡
#kindness #SelfCare
Art by positively present
May 2, 2026 at 8:57 AM
April 25, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Another productive day learning new things, reconnecting with old friends, making new ones, and getting on with my #conferenceknitting at ANZICS Regional Scientific Meeting, superbly organised by the team at MMH Critical Care Complex. @anzics.bsky.social
April 23, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Another productive day learning new things, reconnecting with old friends, making new ones, and getting on with my #conferenceknitting at ANZICS Regional Scientific Meeting, superbly organised by the team at MMH Critical Care Complex. @anzics.bsky.social
Sometimes you have to just embrace the insomnia and go for a predawn walk at the river.
Refreshing for the soul 🥶 and what a gorgeous sunrise
Refreshing for the soul 🥶 and what a gorgeous sunrise
April 17, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Sometimes you have to just embrace the insomnia and go for a predawn walk at the river.
Refreshing for the soul 🥶 and what a gorgeous sunrise
Refreshing for the soul 🥶 and what a gorgeous sunrise
Boundaries don’t cause conflict. They are there to keep you safe. They highlight a conflict that was already brewing under the surface.
If you get that uneasy feeling everytime you interact with someone maybe it’s time to start listening to your inner wisdom.
Is it time to move on?
If you get that uneasy feeling everytime you interact with someone maybe it’s time to start listening to your inner wisdom.
Is it time to move on?
April 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Boundaries don’t cause conflict. They are there to keep you safe. They highlight a conflict that was already brewing under the surface.
If you get that uneasy feeling everytime you interact with someone maybe it’s time to start listening to your inner wisdom.
Is it time to move on?
If you get that uneasy feeling everytime you interact with someone maybe it’s time to start listening to your inner wisdom.
Is it time to move on?
Reposted by Deb Chalmers
Reminder to self as I see some patients again after a few days off work... people with chronic health conditions don't get a 'day off' from having to cope, to manage, to think about how they are, how their treatment's going... important to remember this.
April 8, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Reminder to self as I see some patients again after a few days off work... people with chronic health conditions don't get a 'day off' from having to cope, to manage, to think about how they are, how their treatment's going... important to remember this.
I sat at the dining room table this morning splitting olives to go into a brine solution for curing.
You split each olive with a sharp knife and then put them into a jar with water and change the water every day for 3 days.
You then switch to a 1:10 brine solution and change it weekly.
You split each olive with a sharp knife and then put them into a jar with water and change the water every day for 3 days.
You then switch to a 1:10 brine solution and change it weekly.
March 30, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I sat at the dining room table this morning splitting olives to go into a brine solution for curing.
You split each olive with a sharp knife and then put them into a jar with water and change the water every day for 3 days.
You then switch to a 1:10 brine solution and change it weekly.
You split each olive with a sharp knife and then put them into a jar with water and change the water every day for 3 days.
You then switch to a 1:10 brine solution and change it weekly.
I’m sort of sad my tomatoes and peppers are done for the season. I’m not a huge fan of summer (too hot), but the garden has certainly been productive. I spent today making tasting green tomato salsa to eat later in winter, reminded of the bounty, that will return just around the corner …
March 29, 2026 at 5:26 AM
I’m sort of sad my tomatoes and peppers are done for the season. I’m not a huge fan of summer (too hot), but the garden has certainly been productive. I spent today making tasting green tomato salsa to eat later in winter, reminded of the bounty, that will return just around the corner …
Following on from #RareDiseasesDay a few weeks ago, I’d like to bring your attention to a group called IgG4ward, and IgG4 awareness day on 4th April. They do an incredible amount of advocacy for this rare disease.
March 27, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Following on from #RareDiseasesDay a few weeks ago, I’d like to bring your attention to a group called IgG4ward, and IgG4 awareness day on 4th April. They do an incredible amount of advocacy for this rare disease.
Reposted by Deb Chalmers
You can have 'lived with' a chronic condition for years, doesn't mean it's all OK.
There can still be times when it's so frustrating, upsetting, & just something you could do without. Important to find a place for these feelings.
'Acceptance' doesn't mean everything's acceptable all the time.
There can still be times when it's so frustrating, upsetting, & just something you could do without. Important to find a place for these feelings.
'Acceptance' doesn't mean everything's acceptable all the time.
March 18, 2026 at 6:16 PM
You can have 'lived with' a chronic condition for years, doesn't mean it's all OK.
There can still be times when it's so frustrating, upsetting, & just something you could do without. Important to find a place for these feelings.
'Acceptance' doesn't mean everything's acceptable all the time.
There can still be times when it's so frustrating, upsetting, & just something you could do without. Important to find a place for these feelings.
'Acceptance' doesn't mean everything's acceptable all the time.
I’m generally ok when it comes to planning and progressing. I describe myself as process oriented. I’m good at risk stratification. The devil is in the desolate. That is … until it comes to my health.
I am a terrible patient. I can’t handle being on the other side of the stethoscope at all.
I am a terrible patient. I can’t handle being on the other side of the stethoscope at all.
March 18, 2026 at 10:43 AM
I’m generally ok when it comes to planning and progressing. I describe myself as process oriented. I’m good at risk stratification. The devil is in the desolate. That is … until it comes to my health.
I am a terrible patient. I can’t handle being on the other side of the stethoscope at all.
I am a terrible patient. I can’t handle being on the other side of the stethoscope at all.
Trying to resist pressing “add to cart” for the squishy yarn I’ve just discovered on sale …
I DO NOT NEED MORE YARN
EVEN if I’m under the weather & knitting is about all I can manage right now, I may have one or two surplus balls of squish already …
Now seeds on the other hand …
I DO NOT NEED MORE YARN
EVEN if I’m under the weather & knitting is about all I can manage right now, I may have one or two surplus balls of squish already …
Now seeds on the other hand …
March 15, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Trying to resist pressing “add to cart” for the squishy yarn I’ve just discovered on sale …
I DO NOT NEED MORE YARN
EVEN if I’m under the weather & knitting is about all I can manage right now, I may have one or two surplus balls of squish already …
Now seeds on the other hand …
I DO NOT NEED MORE YARN
EVEN if I’m under the weather & knitting is about all I can manage right now, I may have one or two surplus balls of squish already …
Now seeds on the other hand …
Thank you, past self, for saving this quote as it was just the thing that current self needed to see today.
Hopefully it means that future tomorrow self will be a bit more compassionate and kind when things don’t go quite as she had planned or hoped.
Hopefully it means that future tomorrow self will be a bit more compassionate and kind when things don’t go quite as she had planned or hoped.
March 15, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Thank you, past self, for saving this quote as it was just the thing that current self needed to see today.
Hopefully it means that future tomorrow self will be a bit more compassionate and kind when things don’t go quite as she had planned or hoped.
Hopefully it means that future tomorrow self will be a bit more compassionate and kind when things don’t go quite as she had planned or hoped.
Reposted by Deb Chalmers
Today is Long Covid Awareness Day: I know there’s a lot going on in the world right now, but please don’t scroll past this one!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_CO...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_CO...
March 15, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Today is Long Covid Awareness Day: I know there’s a lot going on in the world right now, but please don’t scroll past this one!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_CO...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_CO...
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The in-between is always hard, and it’s okay to feel mixed emotions.
March 13, 2026 at 11:44 AM
The in-between is always hard, and it’s okay to feel mixed emotions.
Only now do I understand the beautiful tension between the peace you find in the darkness with the soft sounds for comfort, stars twinkling; and the isolation & worry & fear that plagues your thoughts. This witching hour for those living with chronic illness, where both states coexist.
March 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Only now do I understand the beautiful tension between the peace you find in the darkness with the soft sounds for comfort, stars twinkling; and the isolation & worry & fear that plagues your thoughts. This witching hour for those living with chronic illness, where both states coexist.
Some days are harder than they need to be.
And some days you’re reminded that people are good and decent and kind. And the most unexpected people will show up for you when you’re having a hard day.
Sometimes the hardest part is to ask for help. Life gets a whole lot simpler after that.
And some days you’re reminded that people are good and decent and kind. And the most unexpected people will show up for you when you’re having a hard day.
Sometimes the hardest part is to ask for help. Life gets a whole lot simpler after that.
March 12, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Some days are harder than they need to be.
And some days you’re reminded that people are good and decent and kind. And the most unexpected people will show up for you when you’re having a hard day.
Sometimes the hardest part is to ask for help. Life gets a whole lot simpler after that.
And some days you’re reminded that people are good and decent and kind. And the most unexpected people will show up for you when you’re having a hard day.
Sometimes the hardest part is to ask for help. Life gets a whole lot simpler after that.
Maybe all you ever did, all you ever learned was to prepare for this moment in the darkness.
For this moment when you are not sure what to do or how to take the next step.
Maybe you’ve spent your whole life preparing for this moment and you just didn’t know it …
You are strong
#LearningToBe
For this moment when you are not sure what to do or how to take the next step.
Maybe you’ve spent your whole life preparing for this moment and you just didn’t know it …
You are strong
#LearningToBe
March 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Maybe all you ever did, all you ever learned was to prepare for this moment in the darkness.
For this moment when you are not sure what to do or how to take the next step.
Maybe you’ve spent your whole life preparing for this moment and you just didn’t know it …
You are strong
#LearningToBe
For this moment when you are not sure what to do or how to take the next step.
Maybe you’ve spent your whole life preparing for this moment and you just didn’t know it …
You are strong
#LearningToBe
Reposted by Deb Chalmers
