Tonka Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Or a roasted red pepper hummus. Yeah I like lots of those things about London - but there a quite a few I don't like in there too... I will still have to come back to London on occassion with work so I won't lose touch completely - I think smaller doses of it suits me better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 My GPs' surgery has had lots of praise from me over the years but they're seriously annoying me now. 3 of the 4 partners have left in the last six months and have been replaced by other doctors who seem to have the bedside manner of a rabid pit bull terrier. A simple telephone conversation to discuss a repeat prescription for migraine tables that I've had since the 1990s had this new doctor, with an accent that is barely understandable, telling me that he doesn't think I should be receiving them and the PCT wants to cut costs so he's not going to reauthorise the prescription. When I told him that the hospital consultant had just reapproved them for me and adjusted the dosage only a few months ago and that it wasn't really his place to change that prescription without even getting me in to examine me he got aggressive and told me that I should be grateful other doctors have been so soft over the years. That wasn't what annoyed me the most though, it was his patronising and condescending attitude, he was telling me that migraines are only bad headaches and a good lie-down and an aspirin would help. So... now, I've got to take time off work, get an appointment with the sole remaining competent GP in the surgery and then get him to undo the damage on my records of having an idiot doctor unilaterally removing my medication. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 My GPs' surgery has had lots of praise from me over the years but they're seriously annoying me now. 3 of the 4 partners have left in the last six months and have been replaced by other doctors who seem to have the bedside manner of a rabid pit bull terrier. A simple telephone conversation to discuss a repeat prescription for migraine tables that I've had since the 1990s had this new doctor, with an accent that is barely understandable, telling me that he doesn't think I should be receiving them and the PCT wants to cut costs so he's not going to reauthorise the prescription. When I told him that the hospital consultant had just reapproved them for me and adjusted the dosage only a few months ago and that it wasn't really his place to change that prescription without even getting me in to examine me he got aggressive and told me that I should be grateful other doctors have been so soft over the years. That wasn't what annoyed me the most though, it was his patronising and condescending attitude, he was telling me that migraines are only bad headaches and a good lie-down and an aspirin would help. So... now, I've got to take time off work, get an appointment with the sole remaining competent GP in the surgery and then get him to undo the damage on my records of having an idiot doctor unilaterally removing my medication. You sound so butch when you're angry. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 You sound so butch when you're angry. Angry?! Angry?! I was so infuriated I could easily have kicked off a migraine but I now have to hoard the few tablets I have left so I've just made myself a lovely cup of chai. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Angry?! Angry?! I was so infuriated I could easily have kicked off a migraine but I now have to hoard the few tablets I have left so I've just made myself a lovely cup of chai. Go and have a lie down and an aspirin. It's all you really need you drama queen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 i'm a student, again. foxes or poor people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob8 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 i'm a student, again. MBA? GCSE? "You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 MBA? GCSE? BSc foxes or poor people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 BSc I was going to post earlier "dirty old man hanging around in student union bars pretending to be doing a degree" but thought better of it. Should have posted it... Have fun "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I was going to post earlier "dirty old man hanging around in student union bars pretending to be doing a degree" but thought better of it. Should have posted it... Have fun i'll be doing that too. foxes or poor people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 BSc Another degree, what in and where? Fides invicta triumphat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Another degree, what in and where? applied chemistry. mmu. foxes or poor people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 applied chemistry. mmu. Cool. Might see you around. Fides invicta triumphat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Cool. Might see you around. great. foxes or poor people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Owen Farrell is in the team to face Leicester who have George Ford playing at flyhalf this afternoon. Fides invicta triumphat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WearyRhino Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Owen Farrell is in the team to face Leicester who have George Ford playing at flyhalf this afternoon. Who are the Quisling, Joyce and Iscariot kids playing for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolford6 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 applied chemistry. mmu. My mate's a lecturer there. Pharmacology. Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amm Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 20 years ago today I was in labour and on my way to Billinge Whilst I do not suffer fools gladly, I will always gladly make fools suffer A man is getting along on the road of wisdom when he realises that his opinion is just an opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartofGold Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 20 years ago today I was in labour and on my way to Billinge Happy birthday little amh. My youngest is 20 next year. What freaks me out is when one of my mates says "My baby will be 42 on friday" In the blink of an eye it could all be taken away. Be grateful always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amm Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Happy birthday little amh. My youngest is 20 next year. What freaks me out is when one of my mates says "My baby will be 42 on friday" thank you, Rachel is my youngest too - what freaks me out is me being 50 in November Whilst I do not suffer fools gladly, I will always gladly make fools suffer A man is getting along on the road of wisdom when he realises that his opinion is just an opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 thank you, Rachel is my youngest too - what freaks me out is me being 50 in November Crikey. You look very good for your age. First day of the teaching year tomorrow. Got that nice excited feeling. Fides invicta triumphat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amm Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Crikey. You look very good for your age. First day of the teaching year tomorrow. Got that nice excited feeling. thank you (on a galloping horse) Rachel starts at Huddersfield Uni Tuesday - she get a day off on her schedule Mondays, which is nice as she works all weekend, so at least she gets one day off each week - that reminds me, I must do a housework chores list for her Whilst I do not suffer fools gladly, I will always gladly make fools suffer A man is getting along on the road of wisdom when he realises that his opinion is just an opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Last three working days I've woken up far too early. Last Thursday, I was up at 3:30, convinced I was late and that I was missing something important Friday, I was up at 5:00, convinced my alarm hadn't gone off and I'd missed my train Today, I was up at 4:45, convinced my alarm hadn't gone off and it was hours later. I usually get up at 5:45 and it's doing my head in waking up that early and disturbing my already limited sleep. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 i have lots of reading to do. this uni lark isn't all beer and skittles. foxes or poor people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 i have lots of reading to do. this uni lark isn't all beer and skittles. Not going for a drinker's degree then? Otherwise known as a Tutu... "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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