Having worked full time as a doctor for 38 years, you'd think I'd seen everything by now, but no. This morning a patient comes in having strained his back and, handing me a tube of arnica cream, asked me if I could massage it into his back for him. No one has ever asked me to do this before. I had already asked him if he had anyone at home sufficiently well disposed towards him that they might do the service for him, but no, his girlfriend had left him the week before (no coincidence about the back problem then)
Not being under pressure at that moment,I complied with his request. And remarkably, as I rubbed the gloop into his back I could see his muscle spasm diminishing under my fingers as I watched. Perhaps I have missed my vocation.
Those well acquainted my blog may be asking themselves why, now I am part time and only working on a Monday, why I was at work this morning. Answer: I was covering my senior partner, away on her half-term break. It's all extra pocket money, and gives me an extra reason for getting up in the morning, if I needed one (which I don't really)
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