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.)

It means you didn't swear, spit at or kick them.

But I would just take it as a compliment.

I'm a bit jealous, I've never been referred to as pleasant in a Dr letter. I haven't needed an appointment for me for years so on most Drs letters I am just called "mum", although the consultant I have known for 16 years does use my name. A couple of weeks ago I took my 13 year old to the dentist. I was called "mum" and he was called "sir". He was chuffed with that and strutted into the dentist's room like a peacock .

Surely the omission would speak volumes? It's helpful for doctors to have advance warning of who they are treating.

I agree.
What has someones pleasantness got to do with her medical letter. I’m guessing people weren’t at the doctors to do a ‘nice’ test.

Why do they write this. !

Is it some sort of code …doctor to doctor.

Agree also with @Nellieinthebarn s DM. What a cheek doctors have writing things like that.

Wow what a jump from pleasant lady to thick

My description was feisty. The consultant dictated it in front of me.
I said, you can't say that, it'll be on my records for ever.
He replied that it's a good thing to be.

He's a terrific surgeon, I discharged myself from another hospital as I wanted him to operate. Great humour with patients and his staff love him. Apparently that's unusual, for a consultant to be popular with both patients and staff.

I wonder if the same adjectives are used equally or men and women.

This.

Actually, I haven't quite understood yet.

I've obviously disinherited the son, regardless. (Not so dozy now am I? Twat.)
😆😆😆 have you reinstated him now?

yes

But it is surely ? You catch more bees with honey and everyone will get better service by being delightful than "well - informed".As true in A&E as it is in Mc Donalds

Fiesty I'd be happy with. Much more so than pleasant!

I too am a pleasant lady. I thought it was like school reports. "Barney is an energetic child." Code for can't sit still and stop talking. Runs around the playground screaming like a loon"

Not very pleasant to create a thread just to insult a woman you likely never met. You don't know that she isn't pleasant, I suggest however she is probably more successful in life than you. Don't be so bitter and nasty and if you want to be political, either be open about it or save it for the common room at playtime.

I was thinking along similar lines to you.

I’ve noticed this on my own notes but I personally find it a bit arrogant, particularly in light of the current state of some NHS services. If I hadn’t challenged some of the healthcare provided to a family member last year, they would quite possibly be dead,

Ha ha - I knew this was going to be a consultant letter before I read your OP.

My severely disabled son was ‘this delightful child’ according to multiple medics throughout his childhood.

Useful information in neurology where you might get personality or mood changes! It does feel a bit patronising and coded in some other settings.

@Fawful Handedness is also actually often important information in neurology, so more likely to be noted there even when it’s not relevant. Apart from the fact that it’s relevant when eg a stroke affects one side of the body, it’s also relevant as for almost all right handers language is processed in the left side of the brain, whereas it’s more. variable for left handers. So they weren’t just finding completely random things to say about you.

Mmm. Being well informed can save your life in the NHS. Being delightful not so much...

It’s standard GP speak for saying you behaved normally during your appointment.

i must admit I did laugh with being called a pleasant young lady. I was 48 at the time so no spring chicken.

My DH was recently described as “a very pleasant gentleman” in a doctor’s referral letter. We took it to mean that he had been polite and respectful during his consultation. Better than the alternative, so I would be happy with what was written.

DH had an MRI which was followed up with the comment “an unremarkable brain”. Obviously fantastic news but we do still laugh about it.

But that isn't what "well informed means" it means has googled extensively and made me justify every clinical decision.

I have a medical referral that describes me as “very agreeable”… Clearly they got the wrong idea entirely.