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I did mention I didn't agree with all of it.

wrt to "last resort" - I've had patients in who've not taken paracetamol for a simple headache. I've had parents fail to give their child calpol/nurofen for a fever. I've had patients who've had a sore throat for one day and come in. People don't allow things to progress naturally or take the appropriate response. Sure - if the headache's not settling with painkillers, or the child's unwell, or the sore throat has been going on for days, by all means come in. But a lot of patients don't seem to be able to manage simple things.

I agree, I have had a nasty case of food poisoning with complications but resolved it myself. I have painkillers but rarely need them anyway. My last headache was more than twenty years ago.

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wrt "lists" - for the majority of people, either they have too much time on their hands to make the lists, or they're depressed. I've so far had a 100% detection rate on people bringing in lists of 5-6 problems and diagnosed them with depression. It takes one careful sentence and they'll break down in tears and tell me everything. We had elderly patients who can't always remember, but they generally have only 2-3 small things on the list which you can zip through.

The elderly need them as do amnesiacs. Though for most people it is not necessary, though I can understand young mums with babies needing them, as they have a lot to cope with at that stage. If I take a list I keep everything very brief. In and out within 5 minutes if possible. I know doctors can be busy.

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wrt "letters" - there is no NHS service for writing letters for various things. The Med3 or "fit note" really only applies for people over the age of 18 and who are supposed to be working. We have people wanting us to declare they are fit for xyz where xyz is say ski diving. I'm not a sky diving expert. I don't know what problems you're like to encounter. There should be someone employed by the sky diving company who can arrange medical fitness for customers who want to sky dive. But they don't. I have to phrase my letters to avoid me basically green lighting it. It's all about who carries the can if something goes wrong. Hence we charge £££ for it.

I am looking to get a letter from the ministry to cover my medical issues when I travel. I will be doing that through the MP or directly rather than through a doctor. Though for my ATOS medical they wanted a letter from my doctor re transport costs to the medical. Yet I have never discussed my amnesia with my GP, so he would have no idea about the complications that it presents. So why would he know? My condition can be completely managed if allowed, without ever bothering the GP, yet there are times when you have to tell him what he needs to do because he will not know.

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wrt "scans" - I think I alluded this in another thread. People often have various ailments that magically disappear once they've had a form of imaging. They lie in their history, they lie when you examine them and hence when the scan is normal, the pains have resolved. They just wanted a scan for the sake of it. Nothing wrong with doing a scan for back pain if it isn't responding to analgesia. I've also stated previously that if you scanned people without any back pain symptoms that the MRI can show severe degeneration and prolapsed discs. There's a very poor correlation between scans and symptoms/findings.

Yes scans are also very expensive and could curtail some other treatment. My CT scan was done as part of a research project as amnesiacs are rare and all they found were enlarged tricorns? Though the consultant had already diagnosed diffuse brain damage without needing to scan.

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After Stella Artois Cidre,
Carling are now making cider too. (WTF?)

I'll stay with my westons, ta very muchly.


Impeccable taste there. Weston's make some bloody lovely stuff.

I'm partial to a Thatcher's from time to time as well. Not long until proper cider weather, with any luck...


Out of curiosity, have they been advertising more recently? I wondered was it just a coincidence when a full page ad turned up in Private Eye's Thatcher special :lol:

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Impeccable taste there. Weston's make some bloody lovely stuff.

I'm partial to a Thatcher's from time to time as well. Not long until proper cider weather, with any luck...


Out of curiosity, have they been advertising more recently? I wondered was it just a coincidence when a full page ad turned up in Private Eye's Thatcher special :lol:

Not sure. Can't get Thatchers in London :(


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It appeals to me on so many levels. Lego, geekiness, moz and not least in a colour that my wife likes as apparently it brings out the blue in my eyes. All in all 13 quid well spent I feel.

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It appeals to me on so many levels. Lego, geekiness, moz and not least in a colour that my wife likes as apparently it brings out the blue in my eyes. All in all 13 quid well spent I feel.

Such a mix, I wonder how much of that £13 went in royalties to different companies :lol:

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So nearly bought that one, mostly because it's named after one of my favourite Moss lines.

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Looks great - I love the idea. I suspect it will be quite useless in real life.

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Looks great - I love the idea. I suspect it will be quite useless in real life.

I had something similar called Solio and it was not always totally practical.

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I'm partial to a Thatcher's from time to time as well. Not long until proper cider weather, with any luck...

Out of curiosity, have they been advertising more recently? I wondered was it just a coincidence when a full page ad turned up in Private Eye's Thatcher special :lol:

:lol:

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I have some antireflective glass about, A4 size. I think there is potential to use it to get great shots(running water, seeds or smtg) but I'm not sure what exactly.
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