I am a "very pleasant lady"

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... according to the consultant who wrote to my GP following an appointment. It says so on the first line of the letter.

I was feeling quite chuffed about this but when I told my cynical piss taking 21 yo son he said it probably meant I was a bit dozy. Surely not!

Does anyone know if "very pleasant lady" means fragrant and nice, or if it means thick?

I've obviously disinherited the son, regardless. (Not so dozy now am I? Twat.)

Ah, well I'm glad that this isn't just used for women!

But @Autumnismyfavouritetimeofyear , what sort of diseases would you use FLK or FLPT for?

And SLS - how sad.

I am a ‘charming lady’ fwiw.

I had the same comment on a referral from a specialist for an anal surgery. I don’t know how he assed me to be lovely when all he had done was take a look at my arse.

Great typo.

I’ve had GP’s tell patients they haven’t had the letter when it’s on S1 and I’ve sent it electronically so it’s there. I can see it under the letters and communications tab. So then you send it again 🙄 Electronically.

The little rascals.

I’ve never been pleasant in any of my consultant’s letters. They quite often say I’m a solicitor which doesn’t have much bearing on my dodgy neck, but I suspect it’s there as a warning.

All GP's write this on referrals. Sorry.

Time for some in the profession to lose the God complex that still lingers on.

Dear God - you think it's OK to record those subjective little personal reactions for posterity as part of someone's medical record?

It is standard, however be assured that if you weren't pleasant, then the doctor would have either omitted this OR put a different comment to highlight that they weren't pleasant. Some of the ones I've seen are:
Thank you for referring Mrs X
This anxious lady ....
Mrs X came to see me today and was obviously frustrated with wait times
Mrs X was unhappy with a b & c

As patients now have access to records clinical staff are more careful what they write but I think you can take it that the doctor did think you were pleasant 😀

Appearance, including clothing, is part of the mental state examination. So if someone was wearing obviously filthy clothes, or clothing far too hot/cold for the time of year, or anything else unusual, that could be noted. "Appropriately dressed" just means wearing sensible, vaguely clean clothes. It's part of a bigger picture!

😂😂😂

Well behaved and amenable patient.

That made me giggle!

😂 😂

On the other hand I remember reading how in job applications some people would disguise racism by saying the applicant was 'pleasant'. In other words black. THat was shocking.

Oh your poor husband!

Slightly off topic but this reminded me.

When I was about 10 or 11 there was a knock on the door, mum opened it to a woman (I swear she was wearing a twin set and pearls) who said, "I'm collecting for the national children's home".

Mum responded by grabbing mine and my brother's collars and dragging us to the door and thrusting us at the poor woman with the words, "Here you go".

oops @EverythingElseIsTaken

Oh your poor husband! . I hope you reassured him! That was meant for you!

It's a problem when they make assumptions, though. A consultant recently wrote about me that I was 'dreading the prospect' of surgery when I'd said nothing of the sort. I'd merely pulled a little face and said ideally I'd like to avoid it. It didn't really matter in the scheme of things, but the inaccuracy was a bit irritating.

Yeah definitely. They should have clarified when you pulled a face if you were concerned instead of making assumptions. Hope surgery went well ❤️

That's funny. But I'm sure they meant, just a nice lady. Take any compliments you can. They are few and far between in these times

They all write that, even if u rnt.

Yeah definitely. They should have clarified when you pulled a face if you were concerned instead of making assumptions. Hope surgery went well ❤️

@Roco11 thanks! Happily I didn't need it in the end. Because I have osteoporosis he was saying I might need a shoulder replacement if a fracture didn't heal optimally 😬 hence the face pull, but thankfully it healed well.

I'm another one who knew it was a clinic letter....every letter I've had from hospital appointments have said either that or 'it was a pleasure to see Spidey today'.

I think it's learnt alongside illegible writing in medical school.

They used to put this on most of my hospital letters. I think it just meant I hadn’t abused them lol. No hidden meaning. 😉