Running throughout the book are Kay’s views on the NHS, and how it deals both with patients and its own staff. Though as he was rather short of funds, when J suggested a glass of champagne, Kay replied: ‘Each?’ Despite seeing Valentine’s Day as ‘fun by appointment’, he agreed to a restaurant visit with his partner (referred to throughout as ‘J’). His relationship history provides the same mix of tragedy and comedy. Looking back, he knows how wrong he was to see himself as fat: ‘I’d give my left leg to weigh that amount today - in fact I’d have to give my left leg to weigh that amount today.’ They asked if there was anything in his past which might explain it.Ībsolutely nothing, he said - refusing to mention the eating disorder which had seen him spend an entire year in a state of near-starvation. On another occasion he was treated for a weak heart, which had his doctors mystified. He and his partner found their Elton John tickets upgraded to the front row, ‘where we had the honour of being soaked from head to foot in the great man’s spit and sweat’.Īs a patient, Kay shows that medics can be just as selfdefeating as anyone else. Having to spend the rest of the trip in a wheelchair brought unexpected advantages. In his sequel to This Is Going To Hurt former doctor Adam Kay (pictured) skips backwards and forwards in time
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