GPs: Behind closed doors- Thelma

[Snap8TheCat]

She's in every episode! She goes to the doctor an awful lot I didn't realise there were people who visit their GP so often, for as far as I can see, not very much!

I love this show. I can't think who Thelma is, but I'm about to watch tonight's episode.

Which one is Thelma?

There is. Sometimes it seems a GP's appointment list is a duplicate of one the month before. Patients marvel at my memory as I greet them by name and even more so when I recognise their voice over the phone. Mainly it's because they are regulars. My colleagues say I'm like an elephant. I think they mean I'm grey and wrinkly

Thelma is the large, chatty lady towards the end of tonight's episode.

Is Thelma the fairly young one with various chronic pain problems? She's on an awful lot of medication, so presumably needs a lot of monitoring and guidance if it is the woman I'm thinking of.

Ah, I'm thinking of the wrong person, and I'm watching with a delay, so haven't got to her yet.

Doesn't it drive you mad Troy? Especially if it's all minor stuff that could be treated at home, OTC or pharmacy advice?

Ah, I'm thinking of the wrong person, and I'm watching with a delay, so haven't got to her yet.

Yes it does. I can't imagine ringing my GP for some of the stuff I deal with but every day is different and that is what I love about the job, the anticipation. Snap are you a GP's Receptionist too?

No I'm not but I know how frustrating it is trying to get an appointment when you're really poorly and they're all gone by 8.02am.

At my GPs there's a 24 hour automated appointment booking line. No need to talk to the Receptionist, just press buttons. I would imagine loads of people book multiple appointments. Must drive them mad.

Family block bookings. When I was a child I don't remember all our family being ill at the same time and we never went to the doctors all together.

I must catch up on this show

Is it a new series? Or a repeat?

It was a new one on channel 5 this evening.

There's the lass with three kids who always turns up late and then moans at the doctors for making her wait for her appointment while her kids run riot. She pops up a lot! Last time she turned up an hour late I think and then complain that the doctor needed to send her to the hospital to have the cysts on her stomach drained. Lovely one she is!