Me: do you think I should go and see someone about my medical issue ?
GP wife: silence
Me: well ?
GP wife: do you want the truth β¦ you are getting old & what you have described goes with that
Brutal triage π
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@medicaccountant
Well, it sounds like your GP wife is not pulling any punches! Maybe time for a second opinion? π€
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@medicaccountant
I am/was the brutal triage person in our house but you do always have to do it with ears and eyes very carefully open and preparing to be wrong and re-advise (as
@DrSteveTaylor
notes, at his cost)
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@medicaccountant
Like when I went to the opticians and they basically told me at my age I had to expect to start falling apart.
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@medicaccountant
GP's save all their boundless empathy for when they are being paid for it. My (GP) wife gives me similarly curtailed advice.
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