Frederick, a tall athletic looking European student comes to see me. He’s been applying a strong steroid cream as if it’s a moisturiser (!) for 4 months and his skin is now thinning and becoming discoloured. He wants more of it… he thought his thinning skin was the eczema but now realises this is differentContinue reading “Diary of a GP 5: 24 Feb 2025… When Suffering Doesn’t Steal Joy”
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Diary of a GP 4: ‘The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand and touch another person’
I was a bit ratty this morning. Not looking forward to work. But then I had a good set of patients in the morning. The first phone call was someone who wanted a repeat prescription of her Hormone Replacement Therapy (menopause treatment). Before I asked her to book in for an annual blood pressure (BP)Continue reading “Diary of a GP 4: ‘The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand and touch another person’”
Diary of a GP 3: phobias, heart attacks, abscesses, dental issues.
Had a hectic weekend, back and forth to London at the moment. Nothing like a bit of instability. Came back with a stinking cold. Called in to delay starting my clinic by an hour. Luckily first 40 minutes are usually telephone calls so can catch up in the lunch break quite easily. The first patientContinue reading “Diary of a GP 3: phobias, heart attacks, abscesses, dental issues.”
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