It's still listed in the BMJ. I've never tried it. Nor did Mr V-rap even when he WAS a depressed doc and getting well and truly kicked around at work. We'd both found the BMA so ineffectual in every other capacity when we'd sought their help that it didn't even occur to either of us to use the helpline.
I'm just writing about how following the research evidence can keep people with cardiovascular disease alive longer. But I believe in the "when your name's called, there's no point resisting" creed too.
When she was four, Angelmouse pinned me down on the subject of death and dying and how people feel about it. I did my best, but my abiding memory is of driving the car out of town towards the Aston Expressway with Angelmouse screaming that she would never, ever, be able to accept the idea that one day she might die.
feel crap and now i feel even more crap having just been phoned and asked if i wanted picking up on the way thru - damn !!
er supervision isnt for depression - its to discuss cases, clients etc and reflect on practice - its called clinical supervision mostly - and it is a good way to monitor and review practice
im thinking seriously prem babies who may have serious problems if they survive, and maybe seriously ill peeps whos quality of life is poor and life expectancy too
feel grotty - shivery and achy and the effort of getting a shower and dressed was too much - i may also have a Very minor bleughh! as i wasnt feeling inspired
Nope, Bune, but sometimes medicine tries too hard. One of our debriefing topics today was irritation over why someone had checked the cholesterol of an 88-year-old woman who didn't have heart disease. And I've had district nurses phone me in a flap because a patient with terminal cancer can't swallow their blood pressure pills.
Sometimes we have to accept that death is the kindest outcome.
my housemate has a delicate problem - itching and irritation around the crotch area - shes tried a couple of creams etc and its getting not much better - any suggestions - doesnt know what caused it - may be sweat - but shes very uncomfortable
I did a stint looking after prem babies. They looked so small and fragile and incomplete, and things were always going wrong, and heroics were done almost hourly, but it is SO worthwhile because so many do survive and more than half will be OK eventually.
i used to be sure about euthanasia - but having been in the position finally of watching someone take a few weeeks to die im not sure i could take that decision
assisted suicide is slighty different but still an immensely difficult ethical question
Bune, suggest that your housemate either puts in a Canesten 1 pessary or takes a dose of Fluconazole tomorrow morning. If she's not better by Monday, she should see her doc, and be prepared to be examined, and not take "thrush" for an answer.
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death
aint nowt we docs can do about that
whenits your time, thats it
I have never thouht of phoning it
silly, that
Dont be silly bune
Doctors dont get depressed!;)
Why arent you out?
When she was four, Angelmouse pinned me down on the subject of death and dying and how people feel about it. I did my best, but my abiding memory is of driving the car out of town towards the Aston Expressway with Angelmouse screaming that she would never, ever, be able to accept the idea that one day she might die.
er supervision isnt for depression - its to discuss cases, clients etc and reflect on practice - its called clinical supervision mostly - and it is a good way to monitor and review practice
"Dont worry , when you die , youll go to heaven and be with all the people here2
And why exactly do I want to hang out with smelly ex alchoholic students and coffin dodgers ?
but the patients ask for this a lot of the time
ask me about the 91 year old i dialysed last week
i have virtually no support or teamwork in ths job
im lonely
i have a great secretary tho
you cant tell
so-you do the benefit of the doubt
Sometimes we have to accept that death is the kindest outcome.
I am, I must add, opposed to euthanasia.
i dont know
i mean, ihope id find a sympathetic peep if i wanted to
my housemate has a delicate problem - itching and irritation around the crotch area - shes tried a couple of creams etc and its getting not much better - any suggestions - doesnt know what caused it - may be sweat - but shes very uncomfortable
assisted suicide is slighty different but still an immensely difficult ethical question
is flucanazol canestan too ?
I'm always getting people asking about funny errors on thier pc's or getting dragged round to look at something thats happened
Does this still happen to doc's ?
but then, thaty dont speak to us