Pearl

Once upon a time, a rather reserved man went for a walk in the park every day. Every day, he went there and enjoyed the peace and serenity of the place, which made him happy. Then one day, a stranger attacked him for no reason. Because of this, our hero began boxing classes to defend himself. He took a lot

Pascal: “Hi Doc. I came with my son Kilian today. He’s breathing poorly because of his asthma. I think his treatment is no longer working.” Me:      “Hi Pascal. Hi Kilian, how you’ve grown! How old are you now?” Kilian:  “15 years old, Doc.” Me:      “Oh my God… So what seems to be the problem?” Kilian:  “Well, sometimes I suddenly have trouble breathing and

– Hi doc, I got a special request today. – Hi Pascal! What request? – Right now, I’m feeling tired. I have a bit of a sore throat. Sometimes, I have acute back pain, too. I wanted to do a complete checkup to see if I have cancer somewhere! – What if this checkup shows nothing abnormal? – That means

– Hi Doc, it’s me again. I just came for my anti-blood pressure drugs today. – Hi, my old friend, Pascal! How are you, after all? – I’m ok. I tolerate the medication well, and my blood pressure is pretty good. I even lost four kilos!– Yes, I saw. I was going to bring this up because it’s a very

– Hi Doc. It’s me again; you’re going to think I’m a hypochondriac…– Hi Pascal, why would I say that?– Well, my dad has a blood pressure monitor. Sandy and I measured and compared our values. She was fine, but in my case, the device read 149 / 96. My dad told me I had high blood pressure and should

Of the various ailments afflicting us doctors, one compromises our communication immensely, affecting how our patients perceive the information we’re trying to send: The deep conviction that both speakers perceive things the same way. Beginner’s error –you will tell me; yes, of course, except that we are not experts in communication, unfortunately. On the other hand, some patients suffer from

– Doc, I’m here because my blood test showed diabetes. I need treatment, but I don’t want shots…– Calm down, Pascal, we’re not there yet… I’ll explain it all to you… This is the beginning of my consultation with Pascal. He’s 46 years old, a worker, has three children, is a smoker (which drives his doctor to despair), sedentary, and

– Hi Sandy, how are you? What can I do for you?– Hi Doc, I’m fine, thank you. I’m not even coming for me, but for Pascal. We saw that he has high cholesterol, yet he doesn’t eat fat. I can attest to that because I’m the one who cooks. I came to see if there’s more I can do…–

It’s 6. 09 AM 24th December 2021; I’m in my office. In fact, it’s just a place I have created in the living room because my daughters annexed my actual office to make it an artistic creation space. This situation was supposed to be only for two days, and two months later… The room is full of a relative silence