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.

Martial Arts

  • Half Term: Rest, Recovery and Other Fictional Concepts

    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

  • Martial Arts? In This Family? Surely You Mean Tennis…

    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

  • From White Stripe Wobbles to a Yellow Belt Triumph

    Disclaimer No parents, children, or Taekwon-Do coaches were harmed in the making of this blog. Parental pride levels may, however, have gone up a notch. As always, the following is just our family’s light-hearted take on sporting life and not an official endorsement of how to revise for martial arts exams. A Kick-Start Three Years… Read more