To wonder why it takes a GP 7 years to train?

[Swedes2Turnips1]

When all they seem to do is say 'I will write you a letter of referral' or 'You will have to make an appointment with the practice nurse for that'. What do they actually do these days?

yes, but don't forget poor old male GP's (God knows why I am defending DH to the hilt, I'm showing him this thread and going for a chritmas present raise on sheepskin slippers)

Lady doctors (that term makes me lol) do fanjos, but the blokes have to do more bottoms I assume (prostate problems) and men get their bits out at any opportunity.

Male docs do fanjos, too, though!

But yeah, men don't have qualms about getting their bits out.

I've always been a man in a woman's body .

Oh yes, cheesy willies are very unpleasant, and I dare say I stick my finger up fewer bottoms than my male colleagues (due to them seeing more prostate problems).

are you kidding, itscold?

this is a tame thread in comparison to the stuff of legend on MN .

you obviously missed the comments on the 'my friend's had threadworms for 10 years' thread:
mumsnet.com/Talk/138/439472

I could never hope to beat the BMC fanjo-imprisonment or is that you type threads! Still, cheesy willies, fanjos, bottom fingering and skanky nails on one thread's not such a bad tally.

well I promise to check my feet before booking my smear
expat - I also promise I'm not precious about it - just not exactly embracing the experience - although I think some anxiety would be understandable after what happened to me earlier this year when the midwife wanted to do a swab - really really painful - turned out she was being a bit to casual in front of a student and was swabbing the wrong bit of me

'cheesy willies, fanjos, bottom fingering and skanky nails on one thread's not such a bad tally. '

I'm sure Cockney will be on in a tic to let us know there's a name for this type of fetish .

OMG, Northern! You poor soul!

Stinky feet are just another failure of the mother cat to train her kittens properly. Like grotty nails and foosty breath, totally unecessary.

Do you remember the poster who whacked a garlic clove up her fango to cure thrush, and then couldn't find the garlic clove.

Cottage Cheese and garlic all in one! Nice!

Hence, why Spidermama warns all posters to carefully thread the garlic clove for ease of removal.

Have read some of hte thread but not the whole thread - terribly unreasonable. It seems you have a GP you don't like and so lump all of them in the one basket.

We have a fabulous GP - who cares for dh with his heart condition, dd1 with her sn and heart defect, and who has cared for me through two pregnancies. She is brilliant.

As to taking two children to an appt. Lots of parents do it. I often have to take three - a 5yo, a 3yo and a baby. The 5yo has special needs and does not cope with waiting but such is life - if the appt is when dh is at work then so be it. I also have to take the three of them to dd1's hospital appts to see various specialists throughout the year - no babysitting available - you just get on with it.

Does she!!!!!!

LOLOLOL

'Mummy, why are you putting a thread through that garlic clove?'

'Shush darling, I just have thrush'

My GP doesn't do smears either. The practise nurses now do long term illness care as well -diabetes clinic etc.

But you are right, I shouldn't tar all GPs with the same brush.

DH just in, training finished early....bloody slackers. Was hoping like mad he could trump your 3 bottoms itscold(funny joke in there already). Sadly no PRs today, only a rubbish and rather tame groin swab.

Right I have to go and spend some concentrated "quality" time with him now.

speculummed.

hmmm, as in i speculum, you speculum, he/she speculums.

really don't like the sound of that!

nearly put he/she speculates. although i guess they would if we all speculummed

Ok - so who's fighting the temptation to change their name to Speculumator?

Oh - and Expat - I did feel very very sorry for myself

Yes, Swedes, the practice nurse does routine follow up of diabetics, checking weight, checking recent blood results, checking for side effects of medications.

So we can deal with the people who think they can demand their own blood tests have acute chest pains, cancer, depression, strokes, earache, skanky toenails and smelly feet!!

And guess what? If there's a problem with the diabetic patient that is outwith the PN's remit - like their control is off, or they have a medication side effect, or a complication of their diabetes - who do they refer to? Ooh, that'll be the hopeless little GPs who're off playing golf in their extended lunch hour.

did you not stop her before she went too far, Northern?

i mean, whoa!

at least, it wasn't a lover trying that approach.

oh dear.
i think i killed your thread.
sorry

cross post.
v relieved.
(can't find phew emoticum)