Mortuary Worker & Death Blogger
It’s been nearly two weeks since I started with COVID-19 symptoms, and I am nearly completely recovered. While I still have absolutely no idea if it was COVID-19 or not, if you read the after effects it’s damage to the lungs causes a lingering cough and some chest issues which I certainly have slightly now.... Continue Reading →
Note: I cannot directly talk about the COVID-19 situation specific to my work, if that is what you want then you need to speak to the Communications team at BHRUT. If anything, I know only what’s in the press anyway because I’ve been pretty much solidly only in the company of cats for a week.... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Around two weeks ago I had the most emotional day I have had in the 27 months of having my job. I cried at work, on and off all day. I fought tears on the bus home, until it terminated about five stops from mine and it was pouring with rain. I walked those last... 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 →
I’m keeping this incredibly short in a week where it feels like I have zero spare time and every waking second is taken up by mild panic about whether or not I can remember all the names of the bones in my hand. There’s a trend currently known as the Decade Challenge where you take... Continue Reading →
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