Q J Med 2003; 96: 387-388
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All Greek to me
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The consultation was difficult from the start. The patient appeared to speak some English, but it was barely adequate. She had come into my surgery clutching two pieces of paper. She opened the first, which was a calendar of the past year. There were circles around almost every date, some in red biro and others in black. Some of the dates were annotated in her handwriting, in her native Greek. She was evidently trying to tell me about her periods. They were too long or too short, too frequent or not frequent enoughI was not