3. Decisions! Decisions!!
Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it. Charles Swindoll It was always going to decide which speciality to follow after five years of grind at medical school. Initially we new graduates all dived in feet first with enthusiasm into our new careers. Our first pay were on […]
4. What is a Gasoose?
Picture Jonny on the floor in the company of the lovely Tracy Tyttefieder (no, you work out the pronunciation) having trouble with his pipe. The problem is that he can’t get it out – and eventually the lady has to resort to a hacksaw to finish it off. Jonathon May (Confessions of a Gasman) […]
5.The Anus-Tit-ist
I’m playing the right notes just in the wrong order. Morcombe and Wise Show with Andre Previn Strange things can happen in life at any time and anywhere. Personally I very rarely used my “Doctor” title out with the hospital. It just became a habit. There was a feeling that the title often intimidated people […]
6.Just a Quickie Please Doc
There’s no reason for it …… it’s just our policy WwRobert G. Evans This blog is deliberately written to feature short anecdotes and quotes. Some are informative. Some are amusing. Some are serious. Some are controversial. Historically Petri dishes were placed around various points in a ward especially in Intensive Care Units. They were often […]
7. Bollywood or Rock and Roll
Music gives me a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. Plato The life of a hospital doctor can be tough. This applies particularly those working in specialities with high out of hours call out commitments. You know same old, same old, overworked and underpaid blah, blah, blah (apologies […]
8. Medical Funnies
Anaesthetists and most surgeons generally work long hours. At times it is tough going. Stress can be a problem. With seniority, stress disappeared from me. There was no point in carrying such a burden. Confidence dissolved the stress I suffered with it enough during my years as a trainee. My problem as a consultant was not […]
9. You’re Just a Woman
10.Three Kids, Two Women and a Man
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40 : 31 People assumed that I had a wealthy and glamorous life. It is easy to think that. There are psychological traumas […]
11.The Book Pedlar
From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend on reading it. Groucho Marx There is so much pleasure gained by turning the musty pages of a book. The rustic smell as each page is turned brings joy. It is just not the […]
12.Whatever Happened to suits, ties, shiny shoes and white coats?
I would make myself head of the style police and we would fight fiercely against sloppiness. Karl Lagerfield It was rare for me at any time during my career to be scruffily dressed or unkempt in my appearance. My father was on a dialysis program. He had been unwell overnight. I could not refuse to […]
