tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post1376176311343407788..comments2023-07-18T07:27:08.516+00:00Comments on Siren Voices: doctorsSpence Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-52434140060184847992011-10-11T18:28:10.969+00:002011-10-11T18:28:10.969+00:00Nothing good, I'm guessing... :/Nothing good, I'm guessing... :/Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-52239577813638898702011-10-11T18:09:44.467+00:002011-10-11T18:09:44.467+00:00I really want to know what happened in 1955!I really want to know what happened in 1955!Blogging to Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172041571721243456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-15515770908564293312011-10-08T14:02:40.165+00:002011-10-08T14:02:40.165+00:00I think it's somewhere in the realm of 'ma...I think it's somewhere in the realm of 'making a profession of your illness'. I'm sure a GP would be able to tell you more ;)<br /><br />Cheers Lollipop!Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-48202847104597088872011-10-07T20:29:07.828+00:002011-10-07T20:29:07.828+00:00Gosh I don't know if I should laugh or cry rea...Gosh I don't know if I should laugh or cry really this is so sad.<br />I seem to remember that a while ago I think doctors were the smokers too - haha I can understand why.<br />Keep up the good work/writing.<br />Best wishes<br />lollipop<br />xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-1020757821316297482011-10-06T20:15:59.294+00:002011-10-06T20:15:59.294+00:00Thanks Jean! 8:)
Hey Nari - not that old, by the ...Thanks Jean! 8:)<br /><br />Hey Nari - not that old, by the look of the diary. It is interesting to wonder what started it all off, that level of intense personal scrutiny. Her husband has obviously just been drawn in over time, and together it's become their dominating issue.<br /><br />I've heard that stat about doctors, but I don't know if there's any research to back it up (it'd be diff to get them to admit to it...)Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-80354525893541381582011-10-06T19:53:22.042+00:002011-10-06T19:53:22.042+00:00I wonder how old she was when she began documentin...I wonder how old she was when she began documenting her medical history. I wonder what triggered that need.<br /><br />I wonder if her husband was drawn to her appearance of frailty and illness from the beginning.<br /><br />I wonder how many doctors I've visited that were completely tanked during my check up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08810246558284580306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-27111019191631499842011-10-06T19:18:44.355+00:002011-10-06T19:18:44.355+00:00I was going to leave a comment but your wittiness ...I was going to leave a comment but your wittiness here made me laugh and forget it!<br />Good job both ways. d:-)Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02099808690177823190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-6544598763154210392011-10-06T16:20:39.392+00:002011-10-06T16:20:39.392+00:00Hi JoB
I'd say if an average shift was 10 job...Hi JoB<br /><br />I'd say if an average shift was 10 jobs, at least 4 or 5 don't really need an ambulance - either the patient could make their own way, or see their GP, or simply take advice from NHS Direct. Of the remaining 5, 2 will be non-urgent but necessary - the put back to beds / non-inj. elderly falls, 2 will be medium to serious, and 1 serious. But that's a rough estimate. Some shifts you run from full-on job to job without any let up; other shifts are a continuous and sapping line of trivial cases. But that's the way it goes (frustratingly). <br /><br />Of course, the blog gives a skewed view of my time on the ambulance. I'll tend to write up the jobs that stick with me - something about the circumstance, or some quote that really gets me. But most of our work is pretty straight forward and unremarkable (although you can look at anything and find some angle - that's why I still LIKE the job, because I'm fundamentally nosey like that).<br /><br />And of course now that I've said "most of our work is straight forward" .... (cut to skidding petrol tanker / flaming Airbus / bus of nuns approaching a yawning sink hole... Note to self: stop watching disaster movies.Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-761403340513480522011-10-06T14:22:53.834+00:002011-10-06T14:22:53.834+00:00Frank has,in his usual pithy way,summed things up ...Frank has,in his usual pithy way,summed things up rather nicely.<br /><br />Ever long to be called out for something normal Spence?<br /><br />(Obviously I'd rather you weren't called out at all,but you know what I mean!)jacksofbuxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420847156401984373noreply@blogger.com