by Anonymous | 16th Apr 2020 | Clinician Stories, Patient Stories
Part 2: Terrified I was ventilated for 10 days. My first recollection after my “near death experience” was post extubation. I remember seeing my wife and mother in law and saying, “Hello mum. What are you doing here?” The next few days blur into one partly because I...
by Anonymous | 14th Apr 2020 | Clinician Stories, Patient Stories
Part 1: a moment in time In March 1987 my life changed forever, one morning on my way to work. Everything that happened before that day is now categorised in my mind as “before accident.” Statistically I should never have survived, and I certainly never...
by Anonymous | 11th Apr 2020 | The Covid Diaries
Saturday 11th April 2020 Easter Saturday. The forecast is for a day of bright sunshine and above average temperatures for the time of year. A weekend when normally families would gather, friends would meet and hoards would head to the coast. A weekend for those with...
by Anonymous | 31st Mar 2020 | Clinician Stories, Identity
“What’s in a name? That which we call a roseby any other name would smell as sweet.” Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2) I don’t know about you, but nowadays I am rubbish at remembering names. My neurosis reaches a critical point when at social gatherings...
by Anonymous | 24th Mar 2020 | Clinician Stories, HA, Stress and Burnout
David was my GP trainer, my course organiser, my mentor and my partner. I met him in 1998, was trained by him, and then became a Registrar in his practice. It seemed logical and part of life’s natural order that I should become his GP Partner and for ten years we...
