Arabian Nights

I am shattered today probably because I have this determination to keep going when everyone else would give up. I was though very pleased to hear from Stevie Bolsin. The hunky whistleblower with a Aussie twang is now somewhere in Arabia on consultation. I haven't heard from Steve for sometime but it is always good to hear from him. He actually wrote to Phil Hammond and copied me in. He supported the Private Eye letter I wrote regarding Professor Paice. He is such a sweetie. By the way, for all records, Bolsin is married but all married men are hunky :). Thats the price of studying anatomy - and boy do I know it in detail.

Steve actually went to University College London just like me. As everyone knows, he is one of those famous whistleblowers who continued to practise in medicine abroad following the Bristol Inquiry. He describes his meetings with Liam Donaldson with great wit and sarcasm that amuses me somewhat. He does say the world isn't ready for any whistleblower yet and the authorities still shoot the messenger.

Steve Bolsin of course did the expert report for Ward 87. That is because the GMC couldn't be bothered. I think Steve should be encouraged to return back to the UK - it was afterall his home. I could never go to Australia, not because the men aren't completely gorgeous down there but because I never want to leave my home and my family. I think if I disappeared to another country, it would please the GMC or the Department of Health and why give them a good day when you can always give them a bad hair day.

How life changes when you become a whistleblower - the question of course is how you adjust and how you view things in the future. Dr India rang me up and told me his room was untidy and I told him " Welcome to the club". Yes, one of the things you get used to when you have skirmishes with authority is an untidy room. Of course, I should tidy said room up but chocolate is always more tempting then struggling through endless useless bits of paper wondering how much money the GMC spent and how many trees died in the process. The other issue about whistleblowing is the fact that you just need to stay afloat and in order to do that you have another tale to tell because tomorrow is always another day. I used to read the Arabian Nights when I was younger, it is a fascinating book full of magic and glamour. Whistleblowing is often like the Arabian Nights - there is always another story to tell, another page to turn and another night to get through. In between all of that, your life carries on as per normal.

Talking of normality, I do though seriously need to catch up on Desperate Housewives :). Wisteria Lane is such a excellent character analysis of mankind.