f**k me, that amount of people that come to the surgery with headaches. It's beyond belief. I have

[Rich]

developed a routine for dealing with this kind of person which nearly always works.

Is this the first time you have had a headache?

No

When was the last time you had one?

A couple of months ago perhaps.


OK, and what happened last time you had one?
I took some paracetamol.

And did it work when you took the paracetamol?

Yes

*remain in silence and look at person for around 5 seconds* :-|

[redgunamo]

[Snin]

about September / October, sometimes chesty sometimes tickly then sudden fits of it and chest just has had a pretty much non stop feeling of being not properly clear..went for 15 mile run on sunda and it was ok but could feel it on the hill sections and it felt bit crackly..best get it scanned i feel ?

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Rich]

going on in there.

These people are mostly morons and/or people that want time off work, though (imo).

[Billy Goat Sverige]

Of other things of course....

[Curly]

[Rich]

probably have a listen to your chest first whilst you take some deep breaths.

They won't give you a scan straight away because they're so expensive.

[Brentwood]

[Snin]

[Rich]

[Curly]

[Berni]

been persisting for/degree of severity and that sort of thing?

You are the front line in the triage process, ffs! Do your job properly!

[Snin]

years but re-started about 5 years ago to relieve the sympoms of UColitis..but just about 1 to 3 a day to keep it in check.. anything else doc ?

[redgunamo]

greens such as mushrooms, squashes and spinach? Nuts? Zinc pills?

[dismalswamp]

clogged up with shell suit wearing skiving scumbags wasting everyones time with their f**king sniffles. they need a one off injection to sort them out permanently.

[Rich]

would have to be considered.

Most of these people just want a note to sign them off work, especially when they've already been off for a week.

I refuse to do this for them unless absolutely necessary.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

[Snin]

[redgunamo]

But, yes, you're right. The pills would be best.

[redgunamo]

[Berni]

[Snin]

and im still running too..14.5 miles on sunday..off road n hilly..lovely it was

[Classic Jorge]

That'll teach them for being born poor

[Berni]

[Classic Jorge]

You know rich though, if someone who went to Stowe popped in he'd be writing out blank scrips for all the laudanum in ceylon.

[Berni]

And, as a side note, I think it's a terrible shame we don't still have laudanum available.

[Classic Jorge]

I think we can chart a very real and compelling story charting the decline of the british empire alongside the decrease in popularity of laudanum and other tinctures.

You dont even see apothecaries on the british high street any more.

[Berni]

wonderfully available and widely used. It also coincided with a massive upsurge in both invention and great artistic flowering.

Coincidence? I think not. Nobody's written a decent novel since they outlawed skag, basically.

[Classic Jorge]