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.)

I used to attend DM's oncology spots with her. She was also "a very pleasant lady" and I was her "delightfully interested" daughter.

Yep, consultant referred to me as 'very pleasant lady', however a friend was referred to as 'this slightly overweight gentleman' much to his annoyance 🤣🤣

I thought it meant that I was understanding that the consultant doing my appointment was called to A& Eso she was late seeing me. Instead of a long wait to have my appointment in the main hospital I had an appointment at a private clinic a few days later.

I was always told that if a consultant wrote "this nice lady" it was to indicate to the healthcare professional who would be seeing them next that the opposite was true and to brace themselves! but it's not the case...every patient I've seen where this has been written in the last clinic letter has indeed been lovely!

Patient told me that xyz is fine!! It’s fact.

It’s not professional though. You’re not writing a text your communicating information, usually to a Dr or above, and you need more than “fine”.

It’s a hop skip and a jump away from “looks sus to me iyswim, could do with an x-ray fam. Hit me up on task if you need the tea”

Now you are being ridiculous.

I disagree and as a health professional I write to the people I am providing a service for, use plain language and copy the letter to the professionals. Because I am in service to the patient and the most important thing to me is that THEY can understand it and make sense of it, as well
as the other professionals. I am not writing for the courts.

In my observation, this often suggests that the general practitioner perceives the patient as demanding, or it may reflect a history of the patient being overlooked or disregarded, leading them to adopt a more assertive demeanor.

Patient often to repeatedly present to their GP in hopes the GP can speed up the referral - the GP has no control.

I agree with this - I suspect GP lie about not receiving letters or receiving notification their referrals are rejected.

I concur that the primary focus should be on ensuring the patient comprehends the information. Nevertheless, I believe it is essential to document this information, and I strive to present it in a manner that the patient can utilise as medical evidence if necessary.

Oh flip I've just looked back on some old letters. One describes me as "well connected and assertive" ... To be fair I was a councillor at that point so I suppose I might be described that way at a push.. Was it a warning to people to watch how they behaved towards me... or what?

Another described me as "a delightful lady presenting with an unusual set of symptoms" (it was true and it took ages to diagnose the problem and now on long term meds)

In the rest I'm mainly pleasant or in one case charming

No its not hard. if you think its right to change you just do it.

Yeah you strive and utilise 😂

My DH had to return to consultant for test results. I wasn’t with him - I was on holiday with a friend. Holiday had already been postponed due to Covid and husband persuaded me to go. Results letter to GP informing of my husband’s cancer diagnosis said ‘Lamby 225 attended alone today as his wife was on a cruise’. We laugh about it now (husband luckily had successful treatment) but it made me sound a heartless bitch.

Oh my! I'm laughing at that lol. Very pleased his treatment was successful!

Omg how do you get assertive and I get difficult for being assertive 🤣🤣

That'll be the 'well connected'.