Some days I'm sure that medicine is a soap opera - my personal day yesterday involved a lengthened journey to work because of a vehicle fire (not mine I hasten to add), a heaving inbox because I've had a week off - do you always think that the holiday was a mistake the moment you see that?, my lovely HCA in clinic having a ... Read More »

I hope very sincerely that I've just had my worst day in medicine. On the facts of the case I don't believe that I've done anything wrong but as a human and as a mother I wish I could change the outcome. I'll describe the case to you. We admitted a man in his 30's with pulmonary oedema and a left upper lobe pneumonia who ... Read More »

It's been a big week in the sadian house. FB DS is 4 today and due to go to school in September and hence we have now had the experience of meeting 'school' friends and all of the school gate interactions that this will bring into our lives. This is in the same week as we are all considering health and wellbeing. I've ... Read More »

I have a very old friend - we have been friends since nursery school. Her father has been admitted to a local hospital with abdominal distension and poor appetite against a background of previous coronary bypass surgery. I went to visit on a personal level as I knew she was concerned about him but even though it is not my ... Read More »

i can  remember as a pre-reg house officer being told by my registrar that the consultant we were working for had promised as a registrar that if his ward rounds lasted more than 4 hours he could be shot. The ward rounds would start at 8:30 and I would start doing the jobs at 4pm - it was a good job they only happened ... Read More »