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Medical consultations. Sample containing about 1066 words speech recorded in public context


2 speakers recorded by respondent number C296

PS20A Ag5 m (No name, age 60, general practitioner) unspecified
PS20B X f (No name, age unknown) unspecified

1 recordings

  1. Tape 091001 recorded on 1993-04. LocationStrathclyde: Glasgow ( doctor's surgery ) Activity: medical consultation

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(PS20A) [1] Come in.
(PS20B) [2] Good morning Doctor.
(PS20A) [3] Good morning.
[4] Now young lady, how are you today?
(PS20B) [5] Alright thanks, Doctor.
(PS20A) [6] Good.
[7] Good.
(PS20B) [8] How are you?
(PS20A) [9] Alive.
[10] Well.
[11] Causing
(PS20B) [12] Well, that's [...] .
(PS20A) [13] trouble.
[14] Causing trouble.
(PS20B) [15] [...] from the time he gets up
(PS20A) [16] Ah!
(PS20B) [17] in the morning till he goes to bed at night
(PS20A) [18] That's right.
[19] Ah.
(PS20B) [20] Doctor. ...
(PS20A) [21] I'll need that. ... [laugh]
(PS20B) [22] That's sounds ominous.
(PS20A) [laugh]
(PS20B) [23] I've got the post from the hospital to get
(PS20A) [...]
(PS20B) [24] and medication from them, Doctor.
[25] Ah, God, I don't know how you take your job. ...
(PS20A) [26] Well, her heart sounds good.
(PS20B) [27] She said she was going to advise medication.
(PS20A) [28] Mm.
[29] Her heart sounds
(PS20B) [...]
(PS20A) [30] absolutely
(PS20B) [31] I wish to God I'd [...] I wish [...] like that, Doctor.
(PS20A) [32] Mm.
[33] Mm [...] .
[34] [humming] ... Right.
(PS20B) [35] Now, Doctor,
(PS20A) [36] That's fine.
(PS20B) [37] can you tell me?
[38] In the mornings I'm still all doolally, that's the only word I could find for it Doctor.
[39] I'm imaging all sorts of things.
[40] I hate wond wond wond wonder what's happening and I'm [...] .
[41] I don't want to stay in the house and all this.
[42] Now, you've given me Stelazine I'm not sure when I'm taking it, Doctor.
(PS20A) [43] Last thing at night.
(PS20B) [44] The [...] the three of them?
(PS20A) [45] Mhm.
(PS20B) [46] Three tablespoons.
[47] Three teaspoons.
(PS20A) [48] Last thing at night.
(PS20B) [49] That's it.
[50] I, I was taking one after breakfast, one after lunch and one after dinner.
(PS20A) [51] Er
(PS20B) [52] But it's not [...] it's in the mornings.
(PS20A) [53] No.
[54] I think I think if you took one in the morning and then two at bedtime.
[55] That's [...] .
[56] Yeah.
[57] That, yeah.
[58] That's just
(PS20B) [59] Will that work out to [...] ?
(PS20A) [60] as good.
[61] That's just as good.
(PS20B) [62] And will this?
[63] Will this?
[64] This feeling of panic
(PS20A) [65] Yes.
[66] That'll disappear.
(PS20B) [67] [...] What?
[68] Why am I coming in the room?
[69] I went to walk on Sunday evening with my daughter round the estate, and I came back and couldn't get a, a breath when I came in [...] panicked and it was a f it was a horrible feeling.
(PS20A) [70] Mhm.
(PS20B) [71] Now, I'm getting that quite regularly, is that because of chest?
[72] Or is it a [...] ?
[73] What is?
[74] What [...] ?
(PS20A) [75] It's, it's, it's just a nervous reaction.
[76] It's just a
(PS20B) [...]
(PS20A) [77] nervous reaction.
[78] Yeah.
[79] The erm
(PS20B) [80] Pardon me for saying so, that's a lovely pen.
[81] I'm plain daft.
(PS20A) [82] Yes, it is, isn't it?
[83] Are you?
(PS20B) [84] Yeah.
(PS20A) [laugh]
(PS20B) [85] [laugh] [laughing] Sorry, you []
(PS20A) [laugh]
(PS20B) [laugh]
(PS20A) [86] No it's, it is it's, it's [...]
(PS20B) [87] It's a beautiful balanced pen.
(PS20A) [88] Yes.
[89] It's the only one I like.
(PS20B) [90] Yeah.
(PS20A) [91] I have about forty pens at home.
[92] And it's a, a nice, I, no
(PS20B) [93] Do you collect them by yourself or?
(PS20A) [94] I don't, I don't collect them.
(PS20B) [95] People just give you them.
(PS20A) [96] No.
[97] I, I tried to find one that
(PS20B) [98] Well, I got [...]
(PS20A) [...]
(PS20B) [99] [...] Clare got one for dad.
[100] A Waterman, what one is that Doctor?
(PS20A) [101] I've no idea.
(PS20B) [102] See what I mean?
(PS20A) [103] I've no idea.
[104] It's [...]
(PS20B) [105] I'm sorry for being nosey.
[106] I'm terribly
(PS20A) [107] No.
(PS20B) [108] cheeky.
(PS20A) [109] No.
[110] It's one it's o one of the drug companies.
[111] [...] and er
(PS20B) [112] It's a beauty.
[113] [...] like that one.
(PS20A) [114] Feel the weight of it.
[115] Feel the weight of it.
(PS20B) [116] Right.
[117] That's a good pen, that's plain Doctor.
(PS20A) [118] Mhm.
(PS20B) [119] Mm, I like that.
[120] Yes.
(PS20A) [121] [laughing] Yeah.
[122] Yeah.
[123] Oh [] .
[124] No.
[125] It's er for years and
(PS20B) [126] Now
(PS20A) [127] years and years I've tried to get a pen I was
(PS20B) [...]
(PS20A) [128] comfortable with and
(PS20B) [129] She got in Prince's Square and it's a, it's a good one.
[130] He's like that
(PS20A) [131] Oh yes.
(PS20B) [132] he wanted one that was, that was balanced.
[133] But it's not as good as that.
(PS20A) [134] Oh I'm sure it is.
[135] Ada adamantine just slightly different.
(PS20B) [...]
(PS20A) [136] And I mean I paid a hundred odd pounds for it
(PS20B) [137] Aye.
(PS20A) [138] and it's
(PS20B) [...]
(PS20A) [139] no help at all.
[140] But this one
(PS20B) [...]
(PS20A) [141] I like.
(PS20B) [142] Doctor, will I be alright?
[143] I I mean am I [...] ?
(PS20A) [144] Oh, you'll be alright.
(PS20B) [145] [...] Will this go away Doctor?
(PS20A) [146] Yes.
[147] Yes.
[148] But you take your Stelazine that's the se that's the secret.
[149] Use your Stelazine
(PS20B) [150] [...] Last weeken is, is dietotectalitis attached to diet? [...]
(PS20A) [...]
(PS20B) [151] Cos really I, I was awfully
(PS20A) [...]
(PS20B) [152] ill with it last night [...] .
(PS20A) [153] They don't they don't really know.
(PS20B) [154] They don't know.
(PS20A) [155] Some people find that if they take tomatoes
(PS20B) [156] Chocolates.
[157] Chocolate.
(PS20A) [158] some [...] .
[159] Could be anything.
[160] Chocolate.
(PS20B) [161] Sweets.
(PS20A) [162] Red wine.
(PS20B) [163] Well wine and I
(PS20A) [164] Er
(PS20B) [165] are not [...] [...] .
(PS20A) [166] Eggs.
[167] Cheese.
[168] I've known people who have been upset by, you know,
(PS20B) [169] Yeah. [...]
(PS20A) [170] b all all of those.
(PS20B) [171] And does this thing go away or does it stay for [...] ?
(PS20A) [172] Ah, it comes and goes.
[173] Thousands of [...] .
(PS20B) [174] Last week I was quite ill, I [...] people
(PS20A) [175] Ev everyone gets some spells.
[176] Yes.
(PS20B) [177] [...] people [...] . [...]
(PS20A) [178] Everyone gets spells when th they have cramps and upset
(PS20B) [179] It was just
(PS20A) [180] stomachs and
(PS20B) [181] Oh, I'm going to go off my head.
(PS20A) [182] No.
[183] No.
[184] That's not the dietotectalitis
(PS20B) [185] Ah.
(PS20A) [186] That's not the dietotectalitis
(PS20B) [187] [...] [...] nervousness on the bowels.
(PS20A) [188] No, it's the nervousness causing the trouble with the bowels.
(PS20B) [189] Ah, [...] [...]
(PS20A) [190] Oh, the other, all that's up here.
[191] And goes down the way.
[192] We'll need to get a transplant in here.
(PS20B) [193] Yeah.
(PS20A) [laugh]
(PS20B) [194] [laugh] So it's two [...] can I take [...] .
[195] I couldn't take any more Stelazine
(PS20A) [196] Er
(PS20B) [197] [...] .
[198] Well I'll come back in [...] weeks and [...] .
(PS20A) [199] [...] have a go [...] .
[200] Yes.
[201] Aye.
[202] You could take
(PS20B) [203] Say two [...] [...]
(PS20A) [204] er
(PS20B) [...]
(PS20A) [205] if you take your morning one [...] [...] .
(PS20B) [206] [...] the morning [...] till night time.
[207] Don't keep me in the house.
[208] Don't shut me in.
(PS20A) [209] Yeah.
[210] If you take your morning one about nine o'clock, you could quite easily take one about three o'clock in the afternoon.
(PS20B) [211] And then two before bedtime.
(PS20A) [212] And then two before bedtime.
[213] Give yourself six hours.
(PS20B) [214] Can I come back and see you tomorrow?
(PS20A) [215] Yes.
[216] Yes.
[217] Not at all.
[218] No.
[219] No.
[220] You come back any time.
(PS20B) [221] Try to [...] me.
(PS20A) [222] Oh, I'll do my, I'll do my
(PS20B) [...]
(PS20A) [223] best.
(PS20B) [...]
(PS20A) [224] Yes.
[225] Yes.
[226] We're going to er go down to York
(PS20B) [227] Oh lovely.
(PS20A) [228] [...] for two or three weeks.
(PS20B) [229] Mm. [...]
(PS20A) [230] Son down there.
(PS20B) [231] Give me [...] .
[232] That's medical.
[233] My son has got a phone near the door and [...] [...] ?
(PS20A) [234] Yeah.
(PS20B) [235] I was [...] confession in the [...] remember rightly?
(PS20A) [236] Yeah.
(PS20B) [237] [...] asthmatic attacks [...] ?
(PS20A) [238] Aha.
(PS20B) [239] He's coming up with her next time. ...
(PS20A) [240] Right.
[241] The best thing to get, would be er Troleyadan
(PS20B) [242] Right Doctor.
(PS20A) [243] that's an antihistamine.
[244] To keep
(PS20B) [245] Troleyadan
(PS20A) [246] keep the, all these reactions under, under control.
[247] She'll get, you'll get a box in the chemist for about
(PS20B) [248] Right. [...]
(PS20A) [249] one fifty.
(PS20B) [250] Troleyadan
(PS20A) [251] Troleyadan
(PS20B) [252] I mean it's quite serious.
(PS20A) [253] Yes.
[254] Oh, yes.
[255] It is.
[256] Oh, aye, [...] .
(PS20B) [...]
(PS20A) [laugh]
(PS20B) [257] [...] off her head.
(PS20A) [258] Families are strange.
[259] Families are
(PS20B) [...]
(PS20A) [260] strange.
(PS20B) [261] [...] Doctor.
(PS20A) [laugh]
(PS20B) [262] Cheerio now.
(PS20A) [263] Right.
[264] Cheerio now.