Covid and Christmas: Beware your Chronic Care

“I find it hard to remember Christmas,” reflected the 70 year old gentleman before me. He was not  in cognitive decline, but was living the shared experience of millions with the calamity of covid19. Social distancing, hand hygiene, not seeing his grandchildren, not going out much at all really had become the discipline. But, thankfully,…

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Hepatitis C in a Kombi

He was 6’4”, easily 130kg and agitated: “Get out of my way man, I’m going to my meeting!”. My medical colleague Matt and I had our backs to the wall and this fellow was not interested in our offer of a free liver test and $20 Woolies voucher. “I’m going to NA. Do you know…

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Bridge to Brisbane

Well all the Bridge to Brisbane numbers are in – hundreds of thousands in funds raised across multiple charities, revamped 5km and 10km courses traversing the great bridges of Brisbane (excluding the old Gateway start which was not missed) and 8th place in my age group as Seven Hills Family Doctors running representative. I’d like…

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9 weeks to hit the streets!

The 20th running of Brisbane’s iconic Bridge to Brisbane is just over 2 months away and training programs should now be in full swing. Yours truly has been mixing it up with some tempo runs as well as some higher yielding intensity training to try and make gains. Niggling calves and dodgy knees aside, the…

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