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Disclaimer The following blog post contains scenes of excessive youth sport, parental sideline analysis, and at least one adult abandoning tennis training for board games. No Somerset players were harmed in the making of this article. Any tactical assessments of rival counties are based on highly scientific methods, including standing next to courts with a… Read more
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Disclaimer This blog reflects personal experiences, mild exaggerations, and the coping mechanisms of an NHS household during half term. No Upper GI colleagues were intentionally ignored (well… not intentionally). All sporting results are reported with parental bias, selective memory, and the emotional volatility typical of junior tennis. No clinical advice is given here. If symptoms… Read more
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Disclaimer This blog reflects personal experiences and opinions only. It does not represent the views of my employer, the NHS, Somerset LTA, Ninja Warrior Bristol, or the British weather (which clearly represents nobody). All clinical references are generic, all patient information is anonymised, and the concept of a “quiet week off” should be interpreted as… Read more
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Disclaimer This blog reflects personal experiences of a busy NHS family navigating children’s sport, work schedules and general life logistics. No coaching advice is intended, no other children are being judged, and all technical interpretations of martial arts are written by someone whose primary expertise lies in Upper GI pathways and tournament car-park coffee. All… Read more
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Disclaimer This blog post is written for entertainment purposes only. Some expressions below are rude, cheeky, or gloriously inappropriate. They are included for linguistic curiosity, cultural enrichment, and mild amusement—not as relationship advice, HR guidance, NMC guidance, or things you should shout across a hospital ward, school playground, or family dinner table. Use at your… Read more
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Disclaimer All observations are subjective, occasionally informed by anonymous but reliable courtside sources, and heavily influenced by coffee. No children were psychologically analysed beyond what is standard for junior tennis parents. This morning, Taunton Blackbrook Sports Centre hosted a Grade 4 U9 tennis tournament. Somewhat ominously timed, an email from the Somerset LTA had landed… Read more
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a Love Musgrove fundraiser story Disclaimer This blog post is written in a personal capacity and reflects my own mildly unreliable recollection of events. Any tennis ability described may be exaggerated by charity, hindsight, or good doubles partners. Darts scores are regrettably accurate. No Radiology departments were harmed in the making of this fundraiser, and… Read more
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Disclaimer This blog reflects personal views from an Upper GI clinician and parent, written while mildly hypoxic, heavily congested, and fuelled by Lemsip. No patients were harmed, no discharge summaries were intentionally delayed, and any opinions expressed are my own — not those of the Trust, the NHS, the LTA, or whoever currently has my… Read more
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Disclaimer This blog reflects the personal observations of a parent watching junior tennis from the sidelines. It is not a coaching report, an official match record, or an LTA-sanctioned technical analysis. Scores may be misremembered, emotions occasionally mismanaged, and opinions are offered strictly in hindsight, with coffee Another Sunday, another competition, another early start involving… Read more
The adventures and life of a Specialist Nurse in Upper GI and Bariatric surgery. If you then double and triple this by having a primary school age child AND being married to another Nurse then you have double the trouble….aehm I mean fun. Hobbies are playing chess, board games and being taxi for our son!!!
Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this blog are either the product of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
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