40 patients seen today. Normally at the end of a day my receptionist will ask me:
"And how did it go today?"
To which I usually answer:
"Well nobody was horrible to me, and that can't be bad"
I was not, however, able to say it today. One man came in on behalf of his son requesting more powerful pain relief for his (the son's) escalating back pain. He has already been seen at the spinal clinic who don't really know what to do with him. I started by expressing concern about how much analgesia he was using, but the dad was that sort of "working-class-clever-with-sarcastic-overlay" person; that is he had a dismissive answer ready for everything I said with the unpleasant attitude thrown in for free.
I responded in kind, insisting he treat me with some respect, but he simply took that as his cue to berate the medical profession in general and me in particular. I threw him out.
I then phoned the son on his mobile and invited him to come in tomorrow for a full airing of his problems. With any luck he won't bring his dad with him. If he does, I'll just have to throw him out again
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