I have great respect for doctors and nurses. Great respect. Particularly those who work in the NHS. Far too much work for bugger all pay. Treated like crap by those in management and whined at by most of the public (yes, myself included). I just thought I’d preface this post with this so that people realise that this is coming from a place of panic and worry about my Mum. K? We clear? Sorry to all you lovely medical professionals.
There was supposed to be a scan at 10 o’clock this morning. It still had not happened at 4pm. This is my mother, people. Now I know this is selfish and that every person in there is someone’s mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, son, friend, lover, husband, wife but this is MY MOTHER. OKAY?! If you say you are going to do a scan at 10am then do the bloody scan at 10am or, at the very freakin’ least, advise when it is going to happen.
There have been some fairly scary words floated around as well. The calm way Dad has been taking it all made me wonder if I was just over-reacting. Then I phoned my aunt, who has her head screwed on right, to let her know and she reacted in the same way I did. Good. Freak outs necessary.
I just want to see my Mum, y’know. But visiting times are 3-5pm and if you are feeling even a teeny bit ill you can forget doing anywhere near the wards. Right now I look like zombies have had a go so I’ll probably be stopped at the first roadblock.
But today can’t get any worse right? Oh except smiley smiley Heath Ledger is dead. I mean, come on, seriously, WTF? I’m not sure how to feel about that.
I’m not sure how to feel about anything today.
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January 23rd, 2008 at 12:21 am
I’d like to offer you some chamomile tea and a nice nap to soothe you…then tell you that I hope tomorrow is much better,
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January 23rd, 2008 at 12:32 am
Hilly - It’s funny - am sitting here just finishing a cup of green tea… and as soon as I’ve read blogs it’s bed time! Great minds!
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January 23rd, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Doctors are handsomely paid. An ordinary run of the mill doctor gets over £100k a year. I bet you’d switch your pay packet for that!
I hope things turn out the right way for your mother.
As for Heath Ledger, it came as quite a shock. He was a good actor and a little girl’s dad. As I don’t read any of these things about the private lives of the stars, I didn’t know that the lovely Michelle Williams is the child’s mother.
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:43 pm
yorksdevil - Hell no. They get paid that much to take that much shit. I’m just not cut out to take that kind of abuse day in day out. And you have to care. No no no no no.
Am now thinking positively. Have to or I’ll go crazy.
Re Heath Ledger - damn good actor - under normal circumstances would be able to find the energy to care but right now? Nope. There will be a touching moment in any Oscar ceremony though. That’s probabably when I’ll shed a tear for wasted talent.
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January 27th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
There is nothing worse than when a family member is in hospital - very stressful. Hope all is well.
I also feel awful about Heath. I shed a tear for him. It was such a shock. I still can’t believe it.
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January 27th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Selma - It feels really weird - I finally saw the trailer for The Dark Knight and it was odd to see him on the screen and realise that he’ll never know what the audiences thought!
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