In fact it’s bloomed.
I went to visit it this morning
It’s sturdy and straight and looks very well and healthy
I’m pleased
I’ve tried to change my GP practice today too.
I make no beans that I have a poor relationship with my doctor, but I didn’t want that fact broadcasted around a doctor’s waiting room.so in hushed tones I tried to discuss this with the surgery reception I want to join.
It was like pulling teeth with two of the staff acting as the stereotypes so much discussed on longline mumsnet and the like.
I was reminded of one of the last put downs on Victoria wood’s Canteen Sketch and could quite easily have countered the unhelpful passive aggressive apathy I received with a pithy “ Youve got a look of Eva Braun?”
It’s Nu’s birthday today.
I usually send her flowers from Bloom & Wild but she’s away.
I’m in the middle of plan B, which getting her a theatre ticket, like me she loves most mainstream stuff but unlike me loathes musicals
It’s left me with a few choices.
I called in to The Velvet Voiced Linda and her hubby Nick for coffee too. They laugh long and hard
And I like that .
I haven’t done a lot today, but it feels as though I have
Not receiving cooperation whilst trying to arrange our health care can wear us out, it's no wonder you're tired, I feel for you.
ReplyDeleteHopefully your day and evening go by much more nicely ,Mary xx
They seemed very negative . On line it says how easy it is
DeleteThe laburnum is looking very healthy. I don't envy you trying to change GP practice. It should be a simple matter, but, like everything official, you have to jump through hoops. Happy birthday, Nu. I'm sure you'll get the perfect gift for her. xx
ReplyDeleteShe has a large suburban garden , so I’ve bought her some things for that
DeleteIs Nu a nickname ? I’ve never heard of it before
ReplyDeleteLee
It’s a shortening of her Christian name , the Irish girls name Nuala ( pronounced Noo-la)
DeleteI love that your best friend is called Nu and who lives in London and who is the fairy watching over you
DeleteLee
Not a fairy but she is my touchstone
DeleteI think I started following you soon before you planted that tree. It looks very sturdy.
ReplyDeleteI love the way you have carved out a bit of immortality in Trellanyd
The John Gray Tree!!
Keith
Xx
I bought it to replace a giant laburnum blown down in a spring storm when it was heavy in leaf and blooms
DeleteAt least you can see humour.!.hope you get success there
ReplyDeleteI do too
DeleteUrgh Doctors! Don't get me started. Here we are lucky if we can see a Dr. I have resorted to tele health calls most of the time...I'm lucky that I have good health so it doesn't put me out much but I HAVE to have a face to face visit on Monday to discuss a blood test; thank goodness I could get squeezed in.
ReplyDeleteI had a brief consultation with my GP when I had that strange swelling in my face , he didn’t actually speak to me until after he examined me
DeleteOn the rare occasion I visit the GP surgery reception to ask for anything, I am always acutely aware of all the wagging ears seated around the waiting room behind me, avidly soaking up all my personal details from the receptionists questions ... Name? Date of birth? Address? What is the nature of your problem? Can you speak up please, I didn't catch that?
ReplyDeleteI have written an email to the practice manager outlining my problem and thus making less of a drama over it all
DeleteHugs and a lie down, I will if you will!
ReplyDeleteI love a good lie down
DeleteI much prefer my Vets receptionists - They are helpfull and care x
ReplyDeleteI’ve had one very bad experience of a vet receptionist
DeleteWhen Maddie died in situ in a vets
I nearly smacked her in the mouth
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DeleteI did read this three times---I can't tell if you want a different doctor at your usual practice or you want to change to a new practice. If it's choice number two, that seems a very unpleasant start and they'll only get worse.// I too have noticed the rude doctors---I stand up as they enter and offer a brisk handshake and greeting. I'm the customer, they are selling their medical expertise. Another issue is ones who don t raise their eyes from their laptops. I used to wait patiently, uselessly, for eye contact, now I just talk right on, sometimes adding, "Are you listening".
ReplyDeleteI want to move from a single doctor practice to a multiple centre with more facilities
DeleteThere should be no single practices now a days
I remember the days when musicals were out of favour and there was hardly any in London. Now it's difficult to find a theatre that's not showing a musical.
ReplyDeletePost covid , everyone needed some froth
DeleteThat tree is a metaphor
ReplyDeleteIt stands for your re growth and development post divorce
I think you are right x.
DeleteI love it too
DeleteLee
Oh, that tree is so lovely, John! Looks great! Hope you get the doctors you want, sounds complicated and why should it be?! I have a lovely nurse practitioner who is the sweetest and most helpful person. All of my doctors seem pretty nice too. I didn't follow half of that video but I still laughed! ;)
ReplyDeleteNurse practitioners are used dreadfully in gp practices
DeleteWhat a productive day you've ha and hope your new doctor will suit you to a T.
ReplyDeleteLovely laburnum and photos.
Happy Birthday to Nu!
Hugs!
I’m not holding my breath , although moving will be personally vital
DeleteThat is a beautiful tree. I recommend the musical Come From Away. It’s a story about 9/11 and the details are online. My husband and I saw it locally. I would imagine it’s available in the UK. Jackie
ReplyDeleteMy favourite musical of all time
DeleteI’m seeing it in July
DeleteNothing is made easy when it comes to GP offices. I hope the new practice proves better than the last one. I've changed GP's a few times. The yellow blooms on your tree are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYes, your laburnum is growing by leaps and bounds! Good to see!
ReplyDeleteI love Laburnum; I don't understand why I've never planted one myself.
ReplyDeleteYour laburnum has done well and looks good.
ReplyDeleteI don't envy you that scene in the practice waiting room. I am with a very big surgery and hardly ever see a doctor. Most problems are dealt with "online" or perhaps on the phone and I miss the days of actually seeing a doctor in person. It would feel like such a luxury now. I hope you are successful.
I have never seen a Walters and Wood sketch done like that....I had to close my eyes and just listen!! Victoria was the best!
ReplyDeleteShe gave Julie every best line
DeleteLove the laburnum tree.
ReplyDeleteAt our GP practice they are down to two GPs from eight. They do have several nurse practitioners tho. The one I favour is super efficient and kind and caring. He really is brilliant. He is part time though and is only there one day per week. I pray he doesn't leave!
A one man practice cannot be a truly effective practitioner
DeleteYour little tree is looking beautiful, I bet you feel like a proud father. :-) I bet the Laburnum Arch at Bodnant is looking gorgeous this year with all the rain it will have had ove the Winter.
ReplyDeleteOh I do miss Victoria Wood, she had such talent for the humour in the every day.
I do Sue, I strangely feel rather proud
DeleteWho says trees can't communicate? Your planting of that tree was a stroke of genius and it is now old enough to send you a bif thank you with a really good show of blooms.
ReplyDeleteNicely said weave xx
DeleteDoctors' receptionists are like The Guardians of The Universe. "They shall not pass!"
ReplyDeleteI see you and hear those deep lovely tones of sir ian
DeleteA very fine day. One in which you haven't done a lot but it feels as if you did.
ReplyDeleteToday has felt the same
DeleteI have always enjoyed laburnums. Yours looks wonderful. In Farningham, Kent, we lived on a farm where my dad worked, and there was a laburnum tree in the garden. I enjoyed its stately look and the carpet of golden petals. I am currently trying to paint the Oast House as it was called with the laburnum tree, so your photo is a helpful prompt. Jean in Winnipeg.
ReplyDeleteFor such a deadly tree they look so delicately beautiful
DeleteOh my. It sounds like this new GP practice may have some issues too. Good luck with that! The laburnum is looking happy!
ReplyDeleteHappy is the right word
DeleteSo, why hence the hooha? I need to see the original. Luke Benjamin is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThe original is a doosie
DeleteAn old man walks up to the doctors receptionist , a young girl just starting in her first job, and says '' I need to see the doctor about my penis'' An older receptionist hears him and rushes over to tell him off .
ReplyDelete'' Don't say things like that to such a young girl'' she admonishes '' if you need to see a doctor about something like that , say it is about your ear so she won't be embarrassed''
Stunned, the guy starts again '' I want to see the doctor about my ear'' he tells the young girl. ''What's wrong with it?'' asks the young lass.
He replies ''Well, it hurts when I piss through it''
Boom boom
DeleteI keep wondering how many of these people you clash with have no idea who Eva Braun is. Prob think she is a hiphop star and are flattered.
ReplyDeleteHow many ? Are there lots Debby ?
DeleteLizzy lol
DeleteMy mum once shouted at a very rude receptionist at our surgery, "If you just had jackboots and a whip, you'd make a passable Eva Braun"! This was many years before the wonderful Victoria thought of it!
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