I wake up and lie in bed. Can’t bring myself to get up and do anything useful. Decide to get my phone and scroll. Un-mindful medic. Eventually I contemplate if I can even be bothered to cycle into work. I hear David Goggins’ voice: “The only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you’reContinue reading “Diary of a GP 20: Mental Toughness Has a Time Limit”
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Diary of a GP 15: No Soap, No Hope
I come in to work and as Carrie the healthcare assistant pops into my room to borrow a thermometer in the morning, I ask for my hand soap to be replaced as I can’t find any in the store cupboard. I receive a blank look. ‘The soap. It needs replacing.’ She rustles away. ‘We canContinue reading “Diary of a GP 15: No Soap, No Hope”
Diary of a GP 8: Axes and Olive oil, a delicacy
Arrived early for work and got myself a nice cup of tea. Opened up my emails. Few bits of nonsense and then…. Hi DrRe your 10:25 appointment with Jake – I received an email yesterday from the social prescriber to alert us she called the police on Monday as he was presenting as danger toContinue reading “Diary of a GP 8: Axes and Olive oil, a delicacy”
Diary of a GP 7: A non-stop day
Duncan, the 22-year-old whose relatives and friends keep dying around him, is back. I can’t believe it. His grandfather fell and is now paralysed. He keeps having panic attacks—one triggered during his therapist’s consultation, another when his mildly abnormal blood results set off his health anxiety. He’s coping quite well despite this. Recently, he spentContinue reading “Diary of a GP 7: A non-stop day”
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