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The little bag of gall is going to have to be taken care of as the Bluffer takes ill

<b>OSPID&Eacute;AL R&Iacute;OGA VICTORIA:</b> Despite the Coronavirus emergency, the staff at the Royal Victoria Hospital&rsquo;s A+E department and others are still dealing with the everyday emergencies of our local population&nbsp;
OSPIDÉAL RÍOGA VICTORIA: Despite the Coronavirus emergency, the staff at the Royal Victoria Hospital’s A+E department and others are still dealing with the everyday emergencies of our local population  OSPIDÉAL RÍOGA VICTORIA: Despite the Coronavirus emergency, the staff at the Royal Victoria Hospital’s A+E department and others are still dealing with the everyday emergencies of our local population 

HELLO to the down in the dumps and my hale and hearty friends alike, welcome to the Bluffer’s Guide to Irish.

Well, the Bluffer wasn’t well this weekend.

(Readers of a nervous disposition should turn way now and I’d put that Weetbix away if I were you!)

On Friday, while working on nuachtlitir an tEolas - the An tEolas newsletter (irishnews.com/newsletters) he took a very severe pain in the chest. 

Now, let’s hope it never happens to you, but if it did, you would say tháinig pian mhillteanach i mo bhrollach - I took a terrible pain in my chest or if it’s particularly bad, 

If it gets worse, you might have to tell triage that bhí mé dúbailte leis an phian - I was doubled over in pain.

Then there’s the second problem.

Ansin, ní thiocfadh liom anáil a tharraingt - then, I couldn’t draw breath.

This was followed by ag cur amach brachán na maidne sin - throwing up that morning’s porridge.

It could be said that the Bluffer was not a happy camper so he was taken at a rate of knots to the RVH’s Rannóg Timpistí agus Éigeandála - A+E.

And no better place.

With the Covid-19 still killing people all over the island with no sign of a cure, it can’te be forgotten that “ordnary” hospital work goes on at the same around the clock.

The logistics of running a hospital are mind-blowing, from organising equipment, staff, timetables and a mllion other things. 

As I read once, the overall concept of the hospital as a system is ... maintained thanks to the invisible processes running in the background. 

First of all the Buffer had a tástáil fola - a blood test.

Níl eagla orm roimh bhioráin - I’m not afraid of needles, then there were the ECGs, an t-ultrafhuaim - the ultrasound and the tástáil fuail - urine test.

And if that wasn’t enough there was the x-ghathanna - x-rays and the Bluffer’s brú fola - blood pressure was also checked.

To be honest, every single precaution, every single test that needed to be done was done with efficiency and kindness.

The bottom line is that the Bluffer has an ionfhabhtú i máilín an domlais which is an infection in the gall bladder.

(I think that máilín an domlais s a lovely wee phrase. It literally means a little bag of gall or bile. It could often refer to twitter as well, I suppose but that’s a atory for another day.)

Anyway, the Bluffer stll won’t be able to play the piano or sign for Manchester United but he will be changing his diet and giving up the everyday things he used to eat.

No more “a day without cheese is like  day without sunshine” while getting the St Augur out of the fridge.

The humble sausage is now public enemy number one as are eggs and the cow has been replaced by almonds for all his milk needs

The list of recommended food will in no way help you win Come Dine With Me.

Fatty foods are going the way of the dodo and the Rubik Cube although, like flared trousers, they might make a comeback.  

CUPLA FOCAL

nuachtlitir an tEolas(nooakhtlitcher un chawliss) - the An tEolas newslettertháinig pian mhillteanach i mo bhrollach(haneek peean vilchanakh i maw wrollakh) - I took a terrible pain in my chestbhí mé dúbailte leis an phian(vee may doobaltcha eg un feean) - I was doubled over in painAnsin, ní thiocfadh liom anáil a tharraingt (anshin, nee huckoo lum anal a hareengtch) - then, I couldn’t draw breathag cur amach brachán na maidne sin(ag cur amakh brahaan na manya shin) - throwing up that morning’s porridge.Rannóg Timpistí agus Éigeandála(rannawg chimpistí agus aygandaala) - A+Etástáil fola(taastaal fola) - a blood testNíl eagla orm roimh bhioráin (neel ugla orim riv viraan) - I’m not afraid of needlesan t-ultrafhuaim (un tultra-ooam) - the ultrasound tástáil fuaal(taastal fooaal) - a urine testx-ghathanna(x-gahana) - x-raysbrú fola(broo fola) - blood pressureionfhabhtú i máilín an domlais(inaowtoo i maaleen un dumlash) - an infection in the gall bladder