Presenting Complaint

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A presenting complaint is when the patient tells you in their own words what is wrong with them. These can sometimes be highly amusing and are often very far from the real diagnosis.

• 23 year old female who thinks she has cancer. She has had a sore throat for 2 days and GOOGLEd possible causes. Cancer was on of them.
• 60 year old male who can come into the A+E up to 3 times a day. He is an alcoholic and enjoys his frequent daily visits. He is here because he can't find a girlfriend.
• 3 year old boy who stuck a marble up his bum because it was a good hiding place.
• 28 year old female who went for a pedicure and now wants to see if she contracted any diseases whilst having her toenails done.
• 72 year old female who lives alone and comes in on a regular basis. She just wants to chat and have a bit of company.
• Mother with a 7 year old girl, who has tummy ache each morning. After probing questions, it transpires that she is being bullied at school.
• 64 year old homeless man with emphysema. He comes in each night for a nebulisation, cup of tea and a sandwich.

Patients are strange creatures!


LMM

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Skeeter - The Narcoleptic Dog

This is how I feel today :(


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When God was a Rabbit

"This is a story about a brother and a sister.

It's a book about childhood and growing up, friendships and families, triumph and tragedy and everything in between.

More than anything, it's a book about love in all its forms."


Sarah Winman's debut novel was my latest monthly bookclub read. The protagonist is Elly and the story spans four decades of her life shared out between Essex, Cornwall and NYC. It is divided into two parts, her childhood and twenty years later as an adult. Colourful characters enhance her daily life: her eccentric family, an aged neighbour, Jenny Penny, who smells of chips and has crazy hair, a Shirley Bassey impersonator and of course the rabbit called God.

Throughout the dark encounters, trials of friendship and different forms of love, her one constant, is her brother, Joe. He has experienced every moment of ectasy and every day of sorrow with her, keeping her untold secret and understanding why she is the way she is.

This isn't a book I would normally choose to read, but I am thrilled that I had the chance to delve into the story that is Elly. I was slightly disappointed with the number of unexplained things, but I suppose those were there for the reader to decide for themselves. All in all a good read and something slightly different.



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What I wanna be when I grow up...

When I go back to SA next year my dream is to start specialising in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, or as my friends call it......va-ja-jay doctor.

Now, there are many questions that us females have when faced with all things va-ja-jay.....

Like, should you groom prior to seeing your Gynae?

Is mine ugly?

Is it weird to go to a male Gynae?

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First things first. Your gynae has seem many different va-ja-jays in their career and whether you shave, wax or trim beforehand, doesn't make much of a difference to them. A male gynae hopefully has a wife at home and is not in the least bit interested in you as you lie in the stirrups, so be as professional as they are and don't let it bother you. All va-ja-jays look different and YES, some are ugly, but the ugliest thing is definitely a diseased va-ja-jay. So girls, look after your flower and make sure you don't have an STDs, UTIs or other nasties.

To keep your va-ja-jay trim and healthy click here and here for some extra tips.


Any more questions?


LMM

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