Tag: pelvic pain

• PTSD in Gynaecology?

  Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (or PTSD) is an anxiety disorder caused by being exposed to a traumatic or frightening event. It has been described in various guises since antiquity: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-30957719, but although we have traditionally ascribed it to military veterans, it is by no means confined to those who have been in the midst of […]

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  May 30, 2015

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  chlamydia, Diagnostic criteria for PTSD, DSM-5, laparoscopy, pelvic pain, PID, PTSD, PTSD in antiquity, sexually transmitted diseases, social media, STI

• The Unexpected

  What I like about the unexpected is that you never expect it. It’s a surprise. A gift. And the world is filled with this stuff. Each day at work –I’m a gynaecologist- there are little treasures hidden within appointments, presents in names. Especially the unpronounceable Persian names that unravel when I try to work at […]

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  February 4, 2015

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  cross culture, endometriosis, laparoscope, movie star, names, ovarian cyst, Pain, pelvic pain, scars, surprises, unexpected gift

• The Solopsist

  I have always been influenced by something Lewis Thomas, the American polymath writer-physician once said at a lecture I attended. He felt he would be better served by a doctor who had read Shakespeare than someone who had merely focussed all of his formative years on learning medicine. His point, I think, was that to […]

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  January 21, 2015

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  Aequanimitas, equanimity, etymology, Lewis Thomas, pelvic pain, philosophy, potentiality, reality-based, Sir William Osler, Solopsism

• The Crown Jewel

    Ahh, those were the days! The days when naivete reigned. The once-upon-a-times when my practice was young and everyone around me seemed old. They spoke a language I had not anticipated in my training; they seem to have subscribed to different dictionaries, or the words were smudged so they did their best with what […]

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  October 8, 2014

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  belly button, belly dance, crown jewels, danse du ventre, endometriosis, incision, language, laparoscopy, lower quadrant pain, medical practice, monthlies, navel, Pain, parts, pelvic pain, vocabulary

• The Guardian

  To anyone watching from a distance, they were both very much in love. Hands entwined, bodies linked at hip and shoulder, they clung to each other like moss to a tree. Her eyes sought his for sustenance, energy, approval; their movement along the corridor and into the office was sinuous and choreographed. Synchronized swimming came to […]

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  February 16, 2013

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  endometriosis, Gynaecology, Pain, partnership, pelvic pain, sexual issues, women’s health, women’s issues