Pseudocyst

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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  • Half-Term, Hemoglobin & Haircuts

    Disclaimer No safeguarding officers, blood donors, or hairdressers were harmed in the making of this blog Tomorrow officially marks the start of my short holiday — a grand total of four and a half days, which in NHS time feels like two hours and a nap. My wife has already been off since last Friday Read more

  • The Return of the (Almost) Chess Player

    *Or: How £27 Bought Me Nothing but Itchy Feet* Disclaimer This blog is written in a light-hearted spirit. Any financial decisions regarding tournament entry fees, refunds, or Domino’s pizzas are entirely my own and should not be taken as financial advice. Any references to my chess titles or ratings are purely factual and not an Read more

  • When Big Brother Finds Your Blog

    My wife barely knows I have this blog—one I update more regularly than our shared calendar. It’s been a quiet space to reflect, share thoughts, and document the highs and lows of working in healthcare. Until recently, I assumed it was a well-kept secret. Turns out… not so much. Luckily, I don’t just write about Read more

  • County training

    The weekend off was quite nice. After the busy week we’ve had (more in my next entry) it was good to spend some time with the family. Well, my wife had to work on Saturday which meant daddy day care mode was initiated. Tennis, swimming, library, and some (board)games at home. The tennis session was Read more

  • Back to the routine

    Back to work today and we were post on-call. Unfortunately having had two days off meant I didn’t really know a lot of our patients and in addition to this a bunch of new sick patients. Having to drop our son off to school first – Red Nose day today – I got to work Read more

  • Setting the scene – work

    So, workwise I work for the NHS in a medium size hospital as part of the UGI and Bariatric team. We have 5 consultants, 3 registrars, 2 SHO’s, 3 F1’s, 2 bariatric specialist nurses and 1 Clinical Nurse Specialist (aka me). 4 admin are also part of the team. Usually we have 3 theatre days Read more