Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

129 reviews

earftoalex's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

incredible insight into working for the nhs, perfect mix of humour and horrific realism of the job with relatable mentions and intensely immersive descriptions ! great read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Self harm, Dementia, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

megb64's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, and Blood

alexemantle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

lrl06's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

Going into this as someone from the UK, I am extremely grateful for the NHS and do think that doctors, nurses, midwives, consultants etc. should have many more benefits for their duty than what they unfortunately get. The book illustrates why this should be the case. 

I chuckled many times reading some of the entries and teared up on the last really showing how much of an emotional journey this read is.

Only reason this book isn't 5 stars for me is because I rate books that high when I cannot physically put the book down, with this I did and therefore it's a 4.5 for me. Such an important read that I would recommend to everyone (if not triggered).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

leospressos's review against another edition

funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Medical content, and Abortion

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Eating disorder and Toxic relationship

caoxtina's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Infertility

kat_greenwood99's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

markwillnevercry's review against another edition

2.0

It was okay. At some places it was funny. Mostly it was just interesting to learn about how doctors are doing. I appreciate why this book was written and I think that the healthcare system is worth fighting for. However, I wrote down in my reading notes first a bunch of things that were a bit interesting and then a bunch of things that remind us that doctors are human and have no problem calling their patients fat. Feel free to see all the ways the writer fucked up.

Reading notes:

Monday, 6 December 2004

“All junior doctors at the hospital have been asked to sign a document opting out of the European Working Time Directive because our contracts are non-compliant with it.”

Monday, 8 August 2005

“The realization I could have caught HIV.”

Tuesday, 24 January 2006

Discrimination against Jehovah’s Witnesses and talk of when their consent was not considered in the hospital setting. 

Monday, 12 June 2006

A doctor telling someone to lose weight to help their medical condition, that is not directly connected to their weight.

Senior House Officer - Post Two

No, it is not “working” with the system of see once and then do. 

Wednesday, 27 September 2006

Comment about Greek people for no reason. 

Monday, 23 October 2006

Mentioning of “hermaphrodites” and assumptions about how intersex people look. 

Sunday, 21 January 2007

We get to hear that it is actually very simple to stop taking drugs as an addict. 

Senior House Officer - Post Three

As someone, whose whole family is Catholic, it is very funny to keep hearing the same joke about how all of the priests are lusting over small boys. It is definitely not getting old nor starts to feel uncomfortable, because of the amount of priests that are actually there to help people. 

Monday, 12 February 2007

Haha, it is so funny to make fun of people who come to hospital for a morning-after pill. So funny. 

Thursday, 16 August 2007

Oh, it’s nothing, just making fun of a patient who wanted to eat her placenta. 

Wednesday, 24 October 2007

I love getting to hear about a doctor possibly violating a protocol, by masturbating while working.

Tuesday, 8 January 2008

Just fatphobia. 

Monday, 17 March 2008

What a nice thing it is to call someone an idiot over a misspelling.

Monday, 21 April 2008

Someone fell face down into an opened abdomen? During an operation?

Thursday, 3 July 2008

It is at least nice to know that he cares about people’s mental health.

Thursday, 18 September 2008

Just a general discussion about how tourists “need” to bring their own medical equipment to countries like Uganda, since “they cannot possibly be up to code on hygienics”. Is this racism or what should I mark it under?

Saturday, 22 November 2008

What about we do not just blame porn and make sure that teens get to know more about their body?

Thursday, 19 February 2009

We sure do hate it when people choose names for their children, that are not Elizabeth and Charles.

Sunday, 26 April 2009

How do you work in OB/GYN and complain about the smell from vaginas? And making fun of sex workers?

Saturday, 18 July 2009

There is really no reason to describe how a patient looks in their private areas, specifically when they are a patient and you are a doctor in OB/GYN.

Wednesday, 19 August 2009

We love the constant reference to “Yeah, before we did not quite listen to the news”.

Saturday, 24 April 2010

Just because a patient is racist does not mean that you can make choices about how their body should look after you, it is not up to you.

Saturday, 1 May 2010

I’m tired. They cannot fathom to call someone a sex worker and call someone who just makes a remark a terrorist. 

Sunday, 14 November 2010

Well, he only half wants to make fun of a Muslim man, so it cannot be that bad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infertility, Excrement, Dementia, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

bailey63's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

Kinda gross, but like, necessarily so. Not for recommended for those with weak stomachs. It was funny, too, but I didn’t know how high I was gonna rate it until the very end. It was nearly a 5 star for me.

(Listened to as an audiobook)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

izzyvioletgrace's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

This book is a detailed insight into the life of a doctor. Informative and funny, yet shows the inhumane pressure doctors are put under. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Suicide attempt