Afriend of mine is a nurse, he's doing a masters in something to do with th liver.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 19:33, 1 reply, 11 years ago)

yeah, so a specialist rather than a GP

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 19:38, Reply)

If that's how you want to see it, yes.
General Practice is just that...one needs a good general grounding of everything. I certainly wouldn't play down my experience or qualifications.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 19:42, Reply)

it's a wide but shallow pool of knowledge

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 19:45, Reply)

can't you see how neccesary that is?
if everyone was a specialist, who would look at my flaky balls and deicde whether it needed a bit of cream or a specialist treatment? or look at that guys feet and decide if it's a posture thing or a serious spinal problem or whatever.
GP's are an important part of the process. Someof them are probably shit at their job, but luckily, you don't have to keep going back to the same GP.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 18 Feb 2014, 19:47, Reply)

of course I realise that
My own experience (for what it's worth; anecdotal evidence is worth very little) is that whenit comes to serious conditions they get it consistently wrong to the extent that the the problem is exacerbated.

It's like giving an OPS transfer to a mortgage case checker.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 19:51, Reply)

well, in my experience, i've reached relevant specialists in a reasonable time frame,
so basically, you hate GP's because you have a shit GP.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 18 Feb 2014, 19:54, Reply)

I don't hate GPs

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 19:56, Reply)

Ok.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 18 Feb 2014, 19:56, Reply)

Get a different gp then.
Or fuck off to somewhere where you don't get free care, cradle to birth. The nhs ain't perfect, but it does a fucking good job and I'm proud to be a part of it.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 19:56, Reply)

^ this ^

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 20:02, Reply)

After qualifying, I volunteered for MSF.
It made me realise how good our system is, vast areas of this planet have fuck all. Absolutely F.U.C.K. A.L.L. Please realise that you're lucky as fuck to live here man.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 20:08, Reply)

MSF is a great organisation.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 20:09, Reply)

Ta.
Your drugs are in thepost :)
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 20:09, Reply)

^ THIS ^
Edit - I mean YES to winders post.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 19:51, Reply)

i actually did have flaky ball skin and all.
all cleared up now though.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 18 Feb 2014, 19:55, Reply)

How nice.
Soap and water helps :)
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 19:58, Reply)

actually, soap and water was the problem,

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 18 Feb 2014, 19:58, Reply)

Perfumed and scented soaps can be quite bad on skin in general, more so for 'delicate' parts ofthe anatomy. Like your lnackers.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 20:02, Reply)

exactly,
i got a nice tub of aqueous and some diprobase. cheers doc.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 18 Feb 2014, 20:03, Reply)

Thanks . I'm the first to admit Im not an expert cardiologist/oncologist whatever.
I do think Im fucking good at my job, for all the whinging and fucking about I do here.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 19:54, Reply)