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Medical consultation. Sample containing about 800 words speech recorded in public context


2 speakers recorded by respondent number C184

PS1WP X f (No name, age unknown, patient) unspecified
PS1WD Ag5 m (No name, age 60, doctor) unspecified

1 recordings

  1. Tape 089510 recorded on 1993-04. LocationUnknown ( medical surgery ) Activity: medical consultation

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(PS1WD) [1] Hello! [...] stranger, what can we do for you today? ...
(PS1WP) [2] Help me. [laugh]
(PS1WD) [3] What's happened? ...
(PS1WP) [4] I've put on nearly two and a half stone
(PS1WD) [5] Mhm.
(PS1WP) [6] in weight in the last
(PS1WD) [7] So I see.
(PS1WP) [8] five months.
(PS1WD) [9] What've you been doing in the last five months that's put on the weight?
(PS1WP) [10] Mhm.
[11] And I'm permanently crying.
[12] ... Help. ...
(PS1WD) [13] What's happened, has your appetite
(PS1WP) [14] No.
(PS1WD) [15] changed?
[16] No?
(PS1WP) [17] No.
[18] ... And when I started putting on weight I [...] and I'm still putting on weight. ...
(PS1WD) [19] Right.
[20] ... Are you
(PS1WP) [21] I'm actually about ... just over ten and a half stone now.
(PS1WD) [22] Mhm.
[23] ... Your hair falling out?
(PS1WP) [24] No.
(PS1WD) [25] No problems with your hair?
[26] It's not getting brittle?
(PS1WP) [27] No.
(PS1WD) [28] No.
(PS1WP) [29] Grey, but not brittle.
(PS1WD) [30] Aye.
[31] Yeah.
[32] ... What about your skin, is it still? ...
(PS1WP) [33] I don't heal as quickly as I used to.
(PS1WD) [34] Mhm.
[35] Right.
(PS1WP) [36] [laugh] That's a terrible thing to say.
(PS1WD) [37] No.
[38] No it's, it's not.
(PS1WP) [39] I don't understand [...] .
(PS1WD) [40] You're not you're not losing a lot of blood anywhere?
(PS1WP) [41] No.
(PS1WD) [42] No?
[43] No piles, bleeding, or anything like that, no?
(PS1WP) [44] No.
(PS1WD) [45] Nothing like that, aye?
[46] What about ... your periods, are they stopped?
(PS1WP) [47] No, the curse, it's still there, it's [...] .
(PS1WD) [48] You're still bleeding?
(PS1WP) [49] Mhm.
(PS1WD) [50] Is it a lot heavier
(PS1WP) [51] Er
(PS1WD) [52] now than it used to be, or is it just about the same?
(PS1WP) [53] No, it's it's heavier, but it's a lot more painful ... as well.
(PS1WD) [54] Right.
[55] ... Has anybody told you your face was getting very fat?
(PS1WP) [56] Just my man.
(PS1WD) [57] And you're getting baggy under the eyes.
(PS1WP) [58] Am I?
(PS1WD) [59] Mhm.
[60] N nobody else mentioned it?
(PS1WP) [61] No.
(PS1WD) [62] Take your coat off.
[63] [...] other tests.
[64] You could be starting to be having trouble with your thyroid gland.
(PS1WP) [65] Oh. ... [cough] ...
(PS1WD) [66] Er have you noticed that you felt the winter colder this year than usual?
(PS1WP) [67] I took the flu this year.
(PS1WD) [68] Mhm.
(PS1WP) [69] Which ...
(PS1WD) [70] Unusual.
(PS1WP) [71] is unusual, aye. ...
(PS1WD) [72] When did your man notice that your ... you were different?
(PS1WP) [73] That my face was getting fat?
[74] ... About three months ago.
(PS1WD) [75] About Christmas time?
(PS1WP) [76] [laughing] Aye [] .
(PS1WD) [77] Mhm, yeah, it would fit.
(PS1WP) [78] But I wasn't eating or anything, I mean
(PS1WD) [79] No, wouldn't have changed anything at that time.
(PS1WP) [80] No.
[81] ... And I cut back on my intake,
(PS1WD) [82] Mhm.
(PS1WP) [83] and I'm still going
(PS1WD) [84] And you're still going up.
[85] ... [...] as well.
[86] [...] as well.
[87] Show us your muscles.
(PS1WP) [88] Er, this arm has phlebitis.
(PS1WD) [89] Mhm.
(PS1WP) [90] Well, I've had phlebitis in it.
[91] I'm not very good at giving blood.
(PS1WD) [92] So I see.
(PS1WP) [93] It doesn't like to come out.
(PS1WD) [94] So I see.
[95] ... What I have to do is find a good bit.
(PS1WP) [96] I hope you're good at this Doctor . ...
(PS1WD) [97] No, I'm not.
[98] ... Not giving us a drop.
[99] ... You're mean, aren't you?
(PS1WP) [100] Aye, I'm afraid so.
[101] The hospital
(PS1WD) [102] Aye.
(PS1WP) [103] the last time.
[104] They got it out the back of my hand.
[105] Very painful I know, but that was the last time. [laugh]
(PS1WD) [106] Let's see the back of your hand, let's see if
(PS1WP) [107] And I've had [...] .
(PS1WD) [108] there's another ... another vein sometimes, in here.
[109] [...] . ... It's not everybody that has one there, but you certainly do.
[110] ... Er [...] ... stick your arm in there.
[111] ... Magic.
[112] Right, there you go.
[113] That's it.
(PS1WP) [114] Okay.
(PS1WD) [115] Stick your finger on there.
[116] That's a girl.
[117] ... All mod cons.
[118] ... Have you noticed any problems with your urine or anything like that, Ann?
(PS1WP) [119] Stronger ... but I've not ... [...] with anything [...] anything like that.
(PS1WD) [120] No problems ah.
[121] ... Come on.
[122] There we go the last wee drop.
[123] ... [...] . ... Now, I'll have the result of this on ... Tuesday er Thursday.
(PS1WP) [124] Mhm.
(PS1WD) [125] Thursday hmm about twelve Ann.
[126] ... But the way things look to me, it looks as though your thyroid gland's beginning to slow down.
[127] ... And this is why you're ... whole lot's
(PS1WP) [128] Mm.
(PS1WD) [129] all beginning to puff up.
(PS1WP) [130] Mhm.
(PS1WD) [131] And your f your particular just under here.
[132] I see the difference in you under there.
(PS1WP) [133] Mm.
(PS1WD) [134] And your, your whole face is a bit puffed, but mostly round about there.
[135] And that, along with your tiredness all the time,
(PS1WP) [136] Mm.
(PS1WD) [137] that kind of thing.
[138] That's very very like what happens with the thyroid.
[139] ... When that starts to slow down.
[140] And if it is, there's no great problem with that, that's very straightforward, we can get that put right for you.
[141] Now, don't change your diet.
(PS1WP) [142] Mhm.
(PS1WD) [143] Right?
[144] Don't go buying anything at the chemist to try and lose weight, cos they won't work.
[145] ... Okay?
(PS1WP) [146] Mhm.
(PS1WD) [147] We'll get that sorted out, but we'll check this first to make sure there isn't anything else Ann.
[148] But it looks a fairly straightforward thing.
(PS1WP) [149] Mhm.
(PS1WD) [150] We'll get you sorted out, turn you into a human being again.
(PS1WP) [151] [laugh] [...] a zombie.
(PS1WD) [152] [...] instead of, instead of walking about like a zombie.
(PS1WP) [153] Aye, a heavy
(PS1WD) [154] But er
(PS1WP) [155] zombie.
(PS1WD) [156] [laugh] And ... right, er if you give me a phone about ... twelve on Thursday morning,
(PS1WP) [157] Mhm.
(PS1WD) [158] we should have that result back, be able to tell you what's happening.
[159] Okay?
(PS1WP) [160] Mhm.
(PS1WD) [161] We'll keep things right for you.
[162] Okay Ann?
(PS1WP) [163] [...] .
[164] Thanks.
(PS1WD) [165] Right.
[166] Okay now.
(PS1WP) [167] Cheerio.
(PS1WD) [168] Cheerio just now.