Firstly, what are your thoughts on the subtle change in the images used in the newsletter? Some people suggested having a banner style one so I’m trying it out. Let me know in a literal 2 second survey which you like! Please?! It’s been about 2 weeks straight of work and today was meant to […]
The 2 year birthday of the newsletter kind of crept up on me really! Apart from a few weeks break in the last 2 years, this has been the one habit that’s been a blessing of the pandemic. From this, the habit of the podcast, starting the Medium blog and the beginnings of more regular […]
While the week this week wasn’t particularly of note, the weekend has been great! Firstly it was Eid yesterday in Australia but a lot of the world is celebrating today. What’s it like where you’re reading this? Eid Mubarak to you if you’re celebrating! All the calendars predicted Eid to be today here as well […]
I never thought I’d say this after finishing school, but I love school holidays! Some of the regular surgeons I work with are away and I went out of my way to keep some of those sessions free. This means I’ve had little half days here and there the past week and it’s been BLISSFUL. […]
This week’s newsletter was on track until… I got distracted by cleaning! Because of the trip to Byron Bay and the ridiculous work hours, nothing had been done in a little while. I got a bit carried away tidying up and the next thing I knew, it was time for the podcast. It’s been recorded […]
After the month plus of taking little bits of leave, this week felt like a return to the normal working, but with a vengeance! I began typing this email out in between cases from the on call on Sunday but we ended up finishing so late that I’m finishing this off on Monday instead! I […]
Well, it’s back to the usual grind in the week that’s just gone by. With one difference: I had a trip to look forward to! It’s amazing just how much the anticipation of travel is in making an an otherwise normal week feel exciting. It was my wife’s birthday I wanted to surprise her by […]
My extended family departed back just this morning and with that ends a period of non-work joys. Literally I’m typing this while on a break as we encounter a rare condition that prolongs muscle relaxants in anaesthesia (see Creative Update on the condition). The last few weeks have been about taking the extended family out […]
This week has been a return to my regular work schedule. After having bits of time off here and there to take guests around, I’m slowly running out of favours to call in. They also will have left by the time the next newsletter is out so I was pretty keen to show them as […]
This week’s email has been the most delayed in ages! I thought I was basically back to normal after being unwell 2 weeks ago but it seems like that’s not quite the case. I had a REALLY long 18 hr long day on Friday with even more airport drop offs that meant I left for […]