A sensible Doctor

[Drago]

Finally got a date for my shoulder op, the 11th July. Sub acromial decompression ahoy.

Met with the anaesthetist today so he could check I wasnt about to kark it. BP great, pulse low, height 193, weight 118.8kg.

Chappie is a cheeky cockney sort. He looks at the chart for my height v weight and proclaims, "technically you're obese mate...", but then carries on, " but don't believe that bull****. You're a big strong feller, not a bloater like some we get through here. A weights man?". I informed him I was, but I'm now cycling, running and doing regular but light work on the cables. "Ah, no worries. This system is bull**** really, don't know why they make us bother."

He was a ruddy nice, down to Earth bloke to chat to, but what a refreshingly awesome approach to BMI. I ought to get him to drop in here.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

He was just afraid you'd get angry, sit on him and squash him to death, ya big fat git

 

[Drago]

The Missus reckons he was an imposter off the street who picked the scrub out the laundry.

 

[John the Monkey]

Wasn't this chap, was it?

 

[craigwend]

You get a free tattoo with a 'Sub acromial decompression'
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/a...le-i-think-now-definitely.176680/post-4199121

 

[Drago]

[QUOTE 4831828, member: 259"]Ah, the joys of private medicine. [/QUOTE]

It was indeed private! How did you twig that Mort?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Finally got a date for my shoulder op, the 11th July. Sub acromial decompression ahoy.

Met with the anaesthetist today so he could check I wasnt about to kark it. BP great, pulse low, height 193, weight 118.8kg.

Chappie is a cheeky cockney sort. He looks at the chart for my height v weight and proclaims, "technically you're obese mate...", but then carries on, " but don't believe that bull****. You're a big strong feller, not a bloater like some we get through here. A weights man?". I informed him I was, but I'm now cycling, running and doing regular but light work on the cables. "Ah, no worries. This system is bull**** really, don't know why they make us bother."

He was a ruddy nice, down to Earth bloke to chat to, but what a refreshingly awesome approach to BMI. I ought to get him to drop in here.

We have some damned fine Anaesthetists too, who are seemingly like your man
There's two Consultants, who are members of the local Triathlon Club
Another who is starting to run/ride

 

[Drago]

We have some damned fine Anaesthetists too, who are seemingly like your man
There's two Consultants, who are members of the local Triathlon Club
Another who is starting to run/ride

Guy in our SAR team is an anaesthetist at Leicester and he knows his shizzle. Thoroughly nice bloke too.

 

[Dayvo]

Sure it wasn't just the cleaner in a white coat?

 

[Profpointy]

Sure it wasn't just the cleaner in a white coat?

You can jest ! A pal of mine was poorly in India and got his hotel manager to call the doc out. A white coated chap came to see him in his room, gave him a bit of a check over then wrote out "paracetemol" on a bit of paper saying "this is what you need, you have flu". A little while later another white coated gentleman arrived, and (correctly) diagnosed malaria. Turned out the first bloke was indeed the janitor hence the white coat. He hadn't been masquerading as a doctor, but was just being concerned that one of the hotel guests looked ill, and gave a bit of amateur advice.

 

[Salty seadog]

To be fair BMI measurements are largely useless and the profession largely says so.

 

[Milkfloat]

I think anaesthetists who don't "know their shizzle" don't actually get very far in the profession .

I am not sure many of their patients get to complain.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sure it wasn't just the cleaner in a white coat?

Rather like the Janitor, in 'Scrubs'??