Medical Truth

Medical Truth

Lack of knowledge is not shame,

Shame is knowing there is a problem and doing nothing,

Shame is knowing you can shine a light but remaining dark,

Never Apologise for not knowing something,

You will never know everything,

But effect change when you know you can.

I am burning bright, shining the light on the darkness,

I will show you the problem but you need to carry it to victory,

I’m not capable but you can affect the change we need,

I will show you the effect and the aftermath,

You know me, know my truth, know my scars,

Make those who come after not suffer like me.

‘This is how it's always be done’ isn’t good enough,

Change is coming so paddle with me,

Join me in the journey to make things better,

Never should a patient be met by ignorance and lack of understanding,

Little changes make big differences,

You are not too small to make a huge impact,

In two minutes, you can reassure a Delirious patient,

That will change their world, make it a little less dark.

How you act, how you speak affects the world around you,

People will look up to you, people will model themselves after you,

How you carry yourself will be mimicked in those you train,

As a Consultant, you will train hundreds or thousands of juniors,

You will impact them and their patients which will total in the hundred thousands,

Changing your practice will impact on those around you.

When you ask for my forgiveness, I can’t give it,

There is no blame for you to bear,

You did what you were trained to but changed when reality showed you differently,

I bear nothing but love for you, people like you have saved my life more than once.

Life is hard I’ve had it tough at times being wore down by life,

I was smashed by the hammer of fate more than a few times,

But you are ground down by sandpaper taking from you a little each day,

I see you, respect you and hold you in my heart,

Together we can make an impact but it is only a start.

Hey, guys so it came to my attention that after delirium awareness day and all the new insights that came with it including things like my story that there was a lot of guilt going about. Guilt because people started to reflect and think perhaps how they had treated people, how they had acted and the impact that had on those people. So, I am here to share some more truths, I don’t hold anyone responsible for anything in my delirium time, if you don’t know it has an impact then how can I be mad. I am mad at how poor education was about it, I am mad that you were not prepared properly. All that said, I’ll be mad if in the face of these revelations you don’t change how things are done. I am not saying things should change overnight, I am not naive but things need to change.