A friend , a surgical registrar, was on his stag night with his future
father-in-law who he had not met before and was known not to approve of his
daughters choice ("doctors are never home"). That later that evening he
developed acute severe epigastric pain and vomiting. My mate blames it on too
much drink. Later he gets severe generalised abdo pain and can't move cos it
hurts too much; mate (pissed) examines him says is wind from gassy beer; a
little later still future father in law is delirious and another mate (a
dew-picked medical house dog) promptly diagnoses rip-roaring peritonitis.
Father in law spends wedding day in ITU but makes full recovery from his
perforated DU. Marriage didn't last!
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From: [log in to unmask] on behalf of Douglas Soutter
Sent: 25 February 1998 12:54
To: GP-UK
Subject: Thick doctors
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Five days ago it took me 16 hours to diagnose my appendicitis. Despite =
my wife telling me not to be so wet I managed, eventually, to convince =
her that I was not being neurotic. On reciting the story to the =
GP/Nurse/Houseman/Registrar/Consultant (bleeped while on the 17th tee =
apparently)/partners/friends, they all seemed to think it was a classic =
history - which it was.
Has anybody else taken such a long time to seek a proper doctor for =
something that turns out to be serious or am I really that thick (please =
don't reply to this Hotch)?
Douglas Soutter.
Looking forward to two weeks to learn more about his computer.
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