Mortuary Worker & Death Blogger
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 →
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 →
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 →
With Christmas now a long, distant memory it’s time I got back into the swing of my ‘factual’ midweek and ‘update’ weekend posts. I might be setting myself up for a fail but I’m also willing to at least try to get back into old habits. Christmas was eventful with Christmas Day being my only... Continue Reading →
Prior to starting my mortuary work I had no idea how much cleaning there would be. Nearly every task has some element of cleaning involved. We clean people, areas, tools, floors, if we use it then we clean it. I had a thought in the car the other week that even though it may seem... Continue Reading →
I am all too aware that Christmas can be a time when the pressure to be having a great time can be overwhelming. I know a large number of people who don’t find this time of year exciting or fun, for a number of reasons that can include a bereavement in the past around this... Continue Reading →
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