tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post135004564796118149..comments2024-02-12T11:58:18.115+00:00Comments on Alright Tit by Lisa Lynch: Mind the gap.Lisa Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801653171602300600noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-44396602971436184642010-12-07T16:37:27.001+00:002010-12-07T16:37:27.001+00:00Funnily enough I did wonder how you could manage t...Funnily enough I did wonder how you could manage to be so brave and yet suffer so much. Maybe sometimes the medics need to be told exactly how bad things are. The trouble is that the profession as a whole tends to dislike the stark facts, so we try to shut up.Fredahttp://www.freda.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-9133343392040603752010-12-07T12:38:35.151+00:002010-12-07T12:38:35.151+00:00I'm actually in the position of seeing treatme...I'm actually in the position of seeing treatments from both sides of the fence. I'm a nurse so I know about asking my patients how they are to be told 'I'm fine' or 'Great!', I do figure that if they were fine or great then they wouldn't be in hospital or have any need for me but I understand that a lot of people have the need to paint a nicer picture than the Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02320825022151563037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-50804145611498489512010-12-07T10:39:41.543+00:002010-12-07T10:39:41.543+00:00Love this post, because, as always, you tell like ...Love this post, because, as always, you tell like it is. There's no fluffy bunnies, no covering up of the hardship and that's vital when it comes to medical stuff. I think you ought to write a dictionary/translation of medical terms, eg.<br /><br />"You'll just feel a sharp scratch" (This is gonna hurt)<br /><br />"It's a simple operation."<br />(For us, not Nicolettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01204664514310990272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-34228573048697585462010-12-05T01:00:22.718+00:002010-12-05T01:00:22.718+00:00Medical Anthropologists are a strange breed. I'...Medical Anthropologists are a strange breed. I'm an Evolutionary Anthropologist (I get to study fun stuff) and I must say I don't really *get* medical anthropologists. However, this is one of the good things they do, which is to humanise Dr's and medical students. And I really wish I'd been able to get down and sneak into your lecture, would have been dead interesting. Come do oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-77317493718438380902010-12-03T15:11:01.312+00:002010-12-03T15:11:01.312+00:00Moving and thought provoking, as usual.
Hell is a...Moving and thought provoking, as usual.<br /><br />Hell is a personal and private space, isn't it? But sharing yours has helped me be a better friend this last year, I hope. <br /><br />Mad xMBNAD womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604195971368211750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-47647437281870535882010-12-03T11:04:09.228+00:002010-12-03T11:04:09.228+00:00I am MORTIFIED that I missed that. Consider it cha...I am MORTIFIED that I missed that. Consider it changed. (And a night's sleep missed.)Lisa Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801653171602300600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-66037729832907507282010-12-03T10:57:30.683+00:002010-12-03T10:57:30.683+00:00As ever, a brilliant and thought-provoking post. ...As ever, a brilliant and thought-provoking post. Knowing what a pedant you are about punctuation etc. though, I thought I should point out that the person/people thing (i.e. the word structure actually changing in the plural, like child/children) means that the apostrophe goes BEFORE the s!!!Lindynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-14971240460521450042010-12-02T23:39:58.724+00:002010-12-02T23:39:58.724+00:00This was such a great post - just brilliant. I rea...This was such a great post - just brilliant. I really miss talking to Si about anthropological thingumies. He really is so fascinating xxxAntnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-47206833069424909212010-12-02T20:27:08.571+00:002010-12-02T20:27:08.571+00:00The trouble is that some people, and I guess you a...The trouble is that some people, and I guess you and I are in that group, don't want to "let the side down" or "whine on about it". They told us that we would lose our hair and feel sick with the FEC and they told us about the bone pain with the Taxotere - so when it happens we just accept it and get on with it, because what option do we have?<br />But of course they can The Impatient onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12295252408758527923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-58185219384875380222010-12-02T18:29:42.180+00:002010-12-02T18:29:42.180+00:00I think that what was so brilliant about your book...I think that what was so brilliant about your book is the way you told it like it is. I had 8 x FEC and it was horrible. Yes, I coped, yes people called me an 'inspiration' but it was bloody horrible and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. My BCN tells me I 'flew threw treatment' and she's right I did, cos I had to, but it wasn't easy and I think the emotional effects of Carliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17089691232821653134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-25350112270873312052010-12-02T18:17:56.608+00:002010-12-02T18:17:56.608+00:00You're right. Tell the world just what happen...You're right. Tell the world just what happens, what the procedures feel like, what the chemo does to you ... I wish I'd been able to read about it before I had it - it would have been less scary even if it hit me just as hard. I told all on my quilters' chat group, before I knew what a blog was, always with the same subject line so they didn't have to read it if they didn'tMargeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02275501565481574279noreply@blogger.com