I'm out for a run. The phone rings. Luckily I'm still walking the warm-up so I can still talk. Without gasping.)
After a minute I identify the caller as being someone from St Johns, the hospital I'll be in tomorrow. I think she -- the caller -- tells me her name, I don't catch it. As far as I can tell, the only important information is that someone else -- an admissions nurse -- will phone me at 11:30.
There's some more. I tell her, I'm having trouble with your accent. By which I mean, I have no idea what you're saying.
We confirm the one clear message: expect another call at 11:30.
I hope that the next caller speaks clear English.
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The next caller speaks English. Clearly. We go through a pre-admission Q&A. All very easy, there's "nothing" wrong with me :-)
Interesting: I had a "penile biopsy" (yes, yuk) at St Anne's, supposedly a SJoG hospital. They do not share records.
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Still waiting for the anaesthetist to get in touch. Possibly -- as Deb suggests -- they'll wait till tomorrow, once I'm in hospital.
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
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==="No matter how much you push the envelope, it will still be stationery"
Dying for you to read my blog, at https://notdotdeaddotyet.blogspot.com/ :-)
Yeah accents can be difficult to understand.
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