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!!!
Disclaimer This article contains junior tennis, extreme temperatures, competitive parents pretending not to watch, repeated visits to a coded toilet and an England football match in which defending…
Disclaimer This article contains junior tennis, NHS staffing shortages, temperatures incompatible with British life and one brief reference to ERCP. No gallbladders were removed during the tournament, although…
Disclaimer This blog entry contains tennis, parenting, child psychology, modified balls, a compass draw, some mild heat exhaustion, and the sort of emotional volatility usually reserved for international…
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A small household dilemma with surprisingly large developmental implications Disclaimer This article reflects personal observations as a parent navigating junior tennis alongside academic research on youth athlete development.…
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