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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

It's almost a week now since I last mentioned any medical problems (unless you count my morbid obesity), so in case anyone's concerned about my current state of health, I'd just like to reassure everyone reading this that I'm still ill. Frankly I've been at death's door for so long, the Grim Reaper thinks I'm squatting in his porch.

I returned to work last Thursday, so with perfect timing, my throat got a lot worse on Friday, and by Sunday I was coughing. Fortunately the soreness is now a lot better. So today I've developed a blocked up nose. I feel like I'm playing the I-Spy game of common ailments. I coughed my way to Crawley yesterday, and today I've been sniffing around Haywards Heath. By tomorrow I'll be vomiting all over Brighton.

I obviously look pretty rough too. One of my patients today was telling me about his experiences at a minor public school in Leamington Spa (I didn't tell him I went to a Comprehensive in Basildon), and having mentioned his old GCE exams, he said "It's all GCSEs now of course, but I'm sure you remember doing GCEs". I've never been so offended in my life. I was going to say "No, but my wife does", before realising that Lisa's finest achievement was a CSE in Child Studies. I wasn't sure he'd be that impressed.

But while I crawl slowly into my sick bed and die, here's an interesting article to read. Judging by the 1,000 angry and insulting comments it's received within a few hours, not everyone agrees with the author's conclusions, but it's always good to challenge your own perception of the truth. And as everyone knows, alcohol changes your perceptions. I expect she'd had a drink when she wrote it.

7 comments:

Dave said...

I have decided that the major change on my new blog is that i'm not going to talk about my health.  Well, not until I die, anway.  Please carry on.

Phil's Mum said...

Will you have much to say on your new blog, Dave?

Dave said...

Sarcasm hurts.

Phil said...

I thought you weren't going to talk about your pain any more?

Dave said...

Not on my blog.  I'm going to do it here.  And on Facebook.

Z said...

I thought my children, the older two anyway, took GCEs.  Does that mean you're younger than my children, Phil?  Blimey.  Hello, sonny.

Phil said...

The last O-level exams were sat in 1987. I took my GCSEs in 1989. So you have to be over 40 to remember GCEs.