Ffs, that TACO is hard to swallow for us acronym klutzes

I asked for an appointment at the doctor’s the other day, and the receptionist asked me what the problem was. I said I was having trouble with my acronyms.

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So I got to see a doctor. I said to her: “I'm not feeling too good. Acronyms are giving me a bit of gip.”

“Like what?” she said.

I said: ‘Like uACR. When I heard that, it sounded like an accusation: “You ay see are”.

“No,” she said, “it’s your ‘urine albumin-creatinine ratio’. Anything else?”

“No, that’s fine,” I said.

Outside I realised I hadn’t asked her what my uACR result was but at least I had heard something that dealt with the acronym.