Are hospital letters supposed to do this?

[LanguidLobster]

I'd already had a letter from them about next appointment so wasn't expecting another one and opened it thinking it was something else but the first paragraph was describing how exceptionally nice I was.

I nearly kung fu kicked over the hospital bed last time I was in. I squinted suspiciously at this.

Is this Orwellian double speak? Just didn't expect that and wondered if that was standard speak which hospitals do

My consultant always dictates 'young lady' about me. Wish I got 'lovely young lady

I have never ever received a copy of consultant letters. Didn't even know
it was a thing. I'm in NI would that be why?

And yes “intelligent” and “sensible” mean “likely to retain and follow the management plan we discussed, and can be trusted to seek medical attention if she feels unwell”.

My mother's latest letter began with

"I reviewed this pleasant woman who attended my xx clinic with her assertive daughter"

assertive Moi 😂😂😂😂😂😂

OMG do they seriously ever put about your house @zzzzz??

Mine's tiny. I'll have to drop in something about my bijoux residence (bloody tiny) and get an upgrade from exceptionally nice next time. Dammit!

This is like a challenge now.

It's a bit Courtly love, isn't it? (Not Courtney Love).

@zzzzz I have no idea. But I suspect they were being super nice to her to stop her being extremely nasty in return. She had every single nurse on the ward in tears, and the ward manager during her stay. Quite an achievement.

In a recent letter from a consultant he described me as 'charming' I'm not in the least bit charming.

He went on to say that '[purple] manages to maintain a robust sense of humour despite the significant pain she experiences'. I have gallstones, when they're bad the analgesia makes me a bit...erm...chatty.
DH says I'm like a comedian working the men's club circuit 

Haha EastmidsGP my dad's letter once had that about me!!! It was code for 'daughter will send snotty letters to all and sundry until we get our totally incompetent patient communication and waiting list management sorted out' It worked, too. I was so proud

frogsoup
😂😂
It might have been my ' more monthly blood tests? Ffs she's nearly 90' 😃

chankleybore I've just looked that up and funnily enough he did also have a heart condition, not found until 4 years later but he doesn't have anything else now, he's fit as a fiddle! 😁

mother can you say what the condition is?

Oh. Well this is interesting! My DS was a toddler (with undiagnosed autism) when I had to take him to a paed consultant to examine the ptosis on his eye. He had the most ENORMOUS meltdown when this stranger tried to touch him and examine him. There was literally no calming him at all (and again, he was pre diagnosis and I thought he was just a little shit).

Subsequently, a letter arrived....."I write in relation to Master XXXX XXX who I was enable to examine as he had a terrible tantrum and his mother was ill equipped to control him"....

I can laugh loudly at that now but at the time I was incandescent with rage as I had a teen daughter and was not an inexperienced parent. I was just floored by this child who had no social graces whatsoever

He was right to be fair...although I was very glad we saw a much nicer, more patient and understanding consultant later on...as I might have been charged with assault!

I do this when I refer a patient. It's not code for middle class , it's code for " I like this person and I think you will too "

And I'm not a middle aged make consultant