Adjectives used in consultants' letters. What do they mean?

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I've had a few letters written regarding health matters over the years. In each of them, I've been described as 'this pleasant young lady'. My most recent just described me as 'a lady'. Just out of interest, IS there a secret code with these adjectives. I once heard that there was. Just interested.

My eldest brother was once described as "this pleasant Australian gentleman" by a consultant. He's from Kent

DDs letters have lots of "mum is very well informed" which we take to mean "mum knows what she's talking about, probably even more than we do, so don't try any irrelevant waffle or fobbing her off as she means business" .

I dont see the need at ALL to assess character

just say " here is nick - he has a peanut stuck up his nose " fgs

You would all have an attack of the vapours if I repeated some of the comments written in old Psychiatric notes.

Dreadful but they knew no better.

Wards/departments had names too. Some of them horrible.

Leaping Now that is definitely code for bring your best game!

I very occasionally come across unsigned, handwritten additions to letters. Very clever because nobody could ever prove who had written them and they'd be easily hidden by tipex if the patient ever requested a copy of their notes.

The most memorable was the letter which contained a reference to the patient's needle phobia. Someone had drawn an arrow to this sentence and remarked 'doesn't appear to have prevented numerous tattoos!' I was and

There used to be a note on DS1's record at the GP's that said 'parent is pharmacist'. I had to get them to change it to mum after DH took him for an appointment and came out more confused than when he went in

My consultant always used to point out that I was very tall when doing referrals, which seemed very strange to me at the time!

I had 'mum is heavily pregnant' on one of ds1's letters - I'd given birth 2 weeks BEFORE the consultation. I was unimpressed.

Someone on here did have their child described as NFN recently (as in a few years ago). Bloody appalling.

MrsDeVere

Definitely part of the culture. I won't repeat them here because they are bad enough to read.

One boring afternoon I liberated my notes during my break from the unattended records room just off A&E. I spent a merry half an hour correcting various errors. It was written prominently on them that I was 'Staff' and worked in Psychiatry. Not sure what to think about having staff stamped on them so prominently

When ds's consultant wrote to our gp after his operation he started the letter with "this young man was admitted..." My ds was 2 weeks old at the time!

DS1's letters sometimes make reference to the fact that I used to be a teacher or have experience working with children who have SN. Perhaps so they realise I do know what I'm talking about and am not making a fuss about nothing!

Someone once told me the staff at the local health centre had a special acronym, FANTA, for some of the teen mothers. :/

I'm a vet, and back in the days of handwritten cards it was common to write WYF (watch your fingers!) on the record of a patient known to be free with their teeth. Fair enough: not so sure about DMITO though, which was probably mostly a myth (dog moe intelligent than owner :/ )

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What would FANTA stand for?

Waych your fingers seems a very reasonable warning.

I have been called 'peculiar' in an exchange of letters between consultants, an 'interesting case' by most medics who come across me, and 'obese' when I attended a clinic for something when I was heavily pregnant! Charmed I am sure!

Written (and said) by the OBGYN at my appointment to request a tubal ligation

"Won't need counselling prior to sterilisation as is RMN and so clearly knows her own mind"

Yes, well....

fuck and never touch again

I thought this was where MILF came from, in the context of the medical professional examining the child but commenting on the mother?

This might help

Yes TUBE and TUPE have been seen plus HHH and MFF (measure for fit into coffin) and TTT (Toe Tag Time).

There are worse.

A group of newly qual Drs at a hospital I worked at were discovered running a 'Vagina Of The Week' competition in the local OBGYN OPD. Not amused.