At the GP

Conversation:

• Scene 1 GP: “what can I do for you today Bryan”
• Bryan “My wife sent me, I”m probably wasting your time, I”ve just not been quite right!
• Scene 2GP: ” Why is your wife worried and in what way are you not quite right?”
• Bryan “sometimes I have a strange feeling round about here”: hand on upper abdo/lower chest
• Scene 3 GP ” What does this discomfort feel like?”
• Bryan “Its like a dull ache or sometimes a burning feeling, I have tried indigestion tablets and I think they might have helped”
• Scene 4 GP “Does it go anywhere else ?”
• Bryan ” Sometimes it feels like its in my arms, sometimes its in my legs”
• Scene 5 GP: “when does this feeling come on?”
• Bryan Can be when I”m going upstairs or after my dinner”
• Scene 6 GP “do you do any exercise”
• Bryan “I play darts , I used to be very fit and play football”
• Scene 7 GP ” Thats great news, how often do you play?”
• Bryan “Oh I don”t have time now, I played when I was in my 20’s and then I injured my knee”
• Scene 8 GP: What about your diet?
• Bryan I do eat relatively healthily but I do eat takeaways due to my job”
• Scene 9 GP: lets just check your BP 150/85, says to Bryan “Thats ok, “