Mortuary Worker & Death Blogger
The last week of February has been an eventful one, seems impossible that February is nearly done and I still in my 32nd year cannot be certain I am spelling Feburary correctly each time I write it. I'll be grateful for an easier month like March and hopefully some brighter, warmer days ahead. The mortuary... Continue Reading →
The last few days there’s been a lot of talk about the new organ donation system coming in at the end of May. I’ve been asked by lots of people what this means and although I’m no expert I do know a bit about it which I think is worth sharing. Firstly, the new system... Continue Reading →
It’s been a highly emotional week for more than, I would estimate, about ten reasons that I won’t go into in detail but I’m sending love to everyone who’s had a thoroughly terrible one. It’s one thing I think I’m still getting used to, the fact I work on the brink of people’s grief and... Continue Reading →
I can hear the rain and the wind hitting the window above me as I start writing this. Storm Dennis is battering the world outside but I’m snuggled with Ruby the cat in my little study space having just completed a lot of Death Cafe admin work. It was a strange week where I spent... Continue Reading →
Thought I’d rock a face mask this week as they seem all the rage recently. Well that and my job often requires that I do. I think it looks a bit like a beak, but there you go. What a fetching get up! Apologies for no cleaning instalment this week, it’s been quite a stressful... Continue Reading →
This week I found myself speaking on three separate occasions to groups of people about the mortuary. On Tuesday it was a very large group, Thursday only four people and then on Friday I stood in a lecture hall with about 15. I didn’t count the exact number of the group on Tuesday but I... Continue Reading →
Warning: Talk of wee beasties and creepy crawlies may not be everyone's cup of tea and may leave you with an itchy sensation! While every day we receive a number of deceased patients in the mortuary, in terms of living organisms you might think we would be quite limited. You would be wrong. On any... Continue Reading →
It seemed very apt that on the day where I was struggling to settle on what to write about, I was tasked with helping clean out a fridge. Yep, today I climbed inside a fridge with all the trays removed and cleaned the back wall plus the back half including the rollers. Such a very... Continue Reading →
Everyone seems to be in agreement that last week was the longest in living memory. I think from Tuesday it felt like it should have been the weekend already! The mortuary has been busy with various different things which has kept me on my toes all week and made for one very tired MG. I... Continue Reading →
A huge misconception around mortuary work is that we do makeup and embalming. Some mortuary technicians do but they work at funeral directors or independently and it’s a lot more complicated than it sounds. I would love to learn how to do these things but they are very different to my day to day activities.... Continue Reading →
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