tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post2494447556744492150..comments2024-03-27T07:18:58.033+00:00Comments on Frances Garrood: True/untrue - a nurse's taleFrances Garroodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-23969323488800726012012-07-15T15:36:24.154+01:002012-07-15T15:36:24.154+01:00I think all this talk of passages is awkward. Who ...I think all this talk of passages is awkward. Who started it? And more to the point - why?Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-24921114323507575202012-07-15T15:32:42.607+01:002012-07-15T15:32:42.607+01:00Indeed. But it does go to show that speaking in eu...Indeed. But it does go to show that speaking in euphemisms can lead to trouble...Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-38373867774167148652012-07-15T15:31:30.711+01:002012-07-15T15:31:30.711+01:00You're welcome, Yvonne!You're welcome, Yvonne!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-20796617852918437762012-07-14T15:12:34.425+01:002012-07-14T15:12:34.425+01:00Hmmm - reminds me of a compliment paid to me by an...Hmmm - reminds me of a compliment paid to me by an elderly lady who complained of a problem with her <i>back</i> passage. She apologised and said that she couldn't allow me to examine her down there as I was "too young". No matter - the symptoms alone were sufficient to warrant a second opinion, and I referred her.<br /><br />Now in those days it wasn't considered good form for a GP to refer a patient to a consultant without having a proper examination. I wrote to the consultant - a good man, much my senior - explaining why I had not examined the patient and expressing the hope that she would not afford him the same compliment about his youthfulness.<br /><br />She didn't. All was well in the end, and the consultant did write me ever such a nice letter.Dr Henry Tegnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09066781800926576413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-40528413429007337422012-07-14T15:05:03.494+01:002012-07-14T15:05:03.494+01:00Ha! ha!Ha! ha!Writer Pat Newcombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12678017709861817691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-12899402297283721802012-07-14T10:28:31.837+01:002012-07-14T10:28:31.837+01:00Ha!! Did you fall over laughing?? I'll bet the...Ha!! Did you fall over laughing?? I'll bet the young doc was set back on his heels. I'll be checking out the other Doc later today. Right now I'm off to the farmer's market. Thanks for giving me my morning pickup along with my coffee!Yvonne Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212188414972694795noreply@blogger.com