Light Hearted Fluff – TV Medical Dramas

I’m an avid medical drama watcher, the nurse in me wants to watch them when they are on TV no matter how corny or unbelievable they are, they bring me back to my nursing days where I felt part of a team of people doing good work. I loved ER, Dr. Mark Greene was the thinking girls heart-throb to those that don’t know it is Anthony Edwards or “goose” from Top Gun, wasn’t a big Clooney fan, he seemed to have been stuck on the same facial look, Dr. Doug Ross was “Dr McDreamy” or Dr. Derek Shepherd played by Patrick Dempsey from Grey’s Anatomy and Noah Wyle who played Dr. John Carter III really was ‘Dr. McSteamy”. or Dr. Mark Sloan played by Eric Dane in Grey’s Anatomy. (you will be pleased to know I had to ask Dr. google to help me with these names).

I like the medical dramas, I like looking at the medical equipment and guessing which company it came from, if it was a product I was selling I use to capitalise on this. Working in the operating theatre there were many shows that became the talk of the ‘table’ so to speak, this will show my age; starting with Melrose Place, ER and then Grey’s Anatomy.

We all use to talk about the opening scene of ER as all of the Dr’s wearing scrubs (operating theatre attire) with their white gowns on (flowing gowns) walking together through the automatic sliding doors, I can think of at least 3 Dr’s (male) who adopted this look and despite how good-looking they were, they were laughed at.

So it was with great anticipation Grey’s Anatomy is back on TV and play double episodes. I know this will shock you all it’s unrealistic, never have I seen a Dr. or nurse walking the corridors of a hospital on her wedding day with hair rollers, I have seen however brides coming in prior or after to show loved ones how beautiful they looked.

There’s always a moral story, an emergency that requires extreme expertise, an operation and inter-hospital relationships that are imploding upon each other and to wrap it up a better way to treat the people who you love and how to pay it forward. It a tried but true formula one which the farmer heads off to bed and leaves me too it. Weddings TV weddings are always filled with drama, brides or grooms not turning up, ‘sex and the city’ didn’t start the trend, there is the jilted lover waiting for the minister to ask whether anyone objects, then there is the family and friends who will do all they can to change the outcome.

Now we are left with will she or won’t she go through with the wedding with the groom or the person who stood to tell her that he loved her before the vows.. We have a whole week to wait to see it. I could do a spoiler and download the episode but then what would I do next Monday night.

I know how fluffy this is but it’s a good way to get back into blogging .Do people really go through this much angst? I think they do, life can be hard, situations call for help if you ask for it, relationships can be really tricky to juggle with work commitments as well as friendships and honesty. TV & Film writers seem to be able to wrap many aspects of human nature into 8 main characters and get us intrigued.

 

 

 

 

Hey, how would you cope with being sick whilst living in the country?

What does this question mean to you?  For many people unless you live in country and rural areas it is not a question that springs to mind when you are sick. If you live in metropolis you pick up the phone and call a General Practitioners office or get to the Emergency department of your closest hospital. It’s really easy (in most cases) the biggest problem most have to deal with is the lack of appointment availability or having to be put off till the next day.

In the country we have such limited services available to us that when people go out of their way to provide services they are well supported. Sometimes you can ring a GP office on the Monday to be told only “Emergency” appointments are available and the next available is 4 days away. Not good if you need a sick certificate for work, have run out of your medication script and need a new one, or injured yourself over the weekend and need a medical examination. When you are sick and need to see a Dr it would be great if there was more than one available.

Living in the country or rural areas brings limited medical access, for some reason Dr’s can’t see moving to a country area for a couple of years worth while. Financially it is but they want what the city offers; anonymity, back up support and a rotating roster or just a normal working week, Monday to Friday is what they desire. All we need is a qualified Dr to train an unqualified Dr so that in country areas there is always someone here. We would be happy to have a stable workforce but realise this is the dream not the reality.

Imagine if you get a serious illness or are pregnant? You have to leave your area, support network and travel to the city to, in some cases languish in a hospital bed for weeks without regular contact from loved ones and family. There are people who feel un-confident even driving in the city, so this limits their ability to get to see loved ones and become reliant on others to get them there. This is a skill I will never give up, I want to be able to get myself anywhere I want without relying on others which can be inconvenient to say the least.

When you have jobs or farms to run it can take 2 to 3 hours of your day driving into see a Dr, so people must feel sick to go there. I for one hate wasting the Dr’s time, so I make sure my scripts are up to date, if I need referrals I make sure I get them and I talk about my issues. It is called streamlining my medical concerns without having to go back weekly or monthly. We take our health for granted when we are well, we take our medical services fro granted when we have easy access to them, but living in the country we appreciate our health (there is no sick pay for the self employed) we appreciate our medical practitioner and wish we had more of them. For those sitting in hospitals far away from family & friends I hope you get home soon and I hope you are well quick enough for discharge