by Anonymous | 7th Jun 2019 | Grief
Grief comes, like love, in myriad forms, chameleon-like, shape shifting, shadow dancing, furtive and furious, all consuming, ever-present, ineluctable. It hits with the power of a tornado, obliterating everything in its path and it lingers, a festering presence eating...
by Anonymous | 30th Apr 2019 | Grief
“It’s not life and death!” How often do we say that, euphemistically, to reduce whatever it is we are agonising over to its relevant size? But sometimes it is. Life and death. I knew my friend and neighbour was going to die and that it would be soon, but I did not...
by Anonymous | 9th Apr 2019 | Stress and Burnout
I’m starting to look old. I noticed it quite by accident recently when I thought I had a mark on my neck, running lengthways from the top to bottom. Tipping my head back, I tried to wipe the mark away but then realised it was a fold in my skin, which looked deeper and...
by Anonymous | 5th Mar 2019 | Clinician Stories, Grief
The evening started like any other, a day spent sleeping poorly, counting the hours until another long night spent in the emergency department. My disguise laid out; dark green scrubs, pens, stethoscope and an ID badge. My hair is scraped back off my shoulders and I...
by Anonymous | 5th Feb 2019 | Grief
The message stopped me dead in my tracks when it came through. There, in black and white on my phone screen. In that moment, unable to un-read or no longer know. Fact, reality, life. Or rather death. What was supposed to be a joyous celebration of new life; the...
