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most awkward position that one would instantly think he was trying to perform a wrestling pin on me. Apparently he was looking for pulled tendons or muscles in my chest. The manner in which he performed these ‘prior exercise stretches´ was alien both to my doctor and me. As I had anticipated, my doctor intervened and persuaded him to check elsewhere. After the second diagnosis had finished Stuart was quick to remember his initial mistakes and instantly told me a nice story about what he had just done and what he had found: not much. By now I began to lose hope on this guy, as he must have thought I wasn´t there for some reason. Anyway, Stuart avoided the ‘N´ word and instead, knowing he had to say something, told me that he saw subtle signs of all the heart diseases

imaginable. My doctor interrupted with a second tap on Stuart´s left shoulder. This time Stuart was keen not to get embarrassed and attempted to stick his ear to my doctor´s mouth so no words could escape. Unfortunately, for Stuart, my doctor´s voice was too deep and distinct to be misinterpreted in any way: “Never mention the word ‘disease´ or the names of heart diseases, not even the word ‘conditions´. Patients get scared and panic…they get bad connotations about these things.” This kind of situation might have proved to be amusing to some people but for me, it was a tedious affair in which I witnessed a scholar progressing at a rate comparable to a baby learning to walk before crawling. As far as the NHS and politicians are concerned I suggest they have a word

with my general studies teacher. 329