Update: This letter was received from the Minister for Health in regards to the removal of Vagifem pessaries from the PBS. Letter from Australian Government RE pessaries Today I was talking to a patient who told me that Vagifem pessaries have been removed from the PBS as of 1st May, 2015. Vagifem pessaries are a form […]
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Well I’ve climbed into bed and realised I haven’t written a Mother’s Day blog- a disgrace considering it’s my daughter’s first Mother’s Day! But all I can do is write a few words of what I know to be true, that I’ve gleaned over the years. Once a mother, always a mother- it’s terribly hard to ‘let
I know that many people have been aware that I have been awaiting the arrival of my first grandchild and I am thrilled to report that my daughter and her husband welcomed a gorgeous little boy into the world last week. Both Mum and bub are doing very well and Dad is thrilled that another
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I’ve chosen to talk about our Australian suffragettes for this special blog for International Women’s Day. I think those women were so brave, strong and inspirational. And I’ve put those images at the top of this blog to remind me that these strong women saw a wrong and fought to have this wrong righted. This
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One of my original first ‘pals’ on Twitter, when my daughter actually first signed me up in 2011, was Pete Moore from the UK (@paintoolkit2) and Pete has always been brilliant at retweeting anything I have had to say and is a source of wonderful pain management info in the UK. We have also been known to
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We had our first meeting of the year for the Continence Foundation of Australia (CFA) and I was dismayed to hear about proposed funding changes to vital continence services likely to happen later this year. All Continence Advisory Services in Queensland including The Blue Nurses Continence Service are likely to be affected. When I first started
Leaners, Lifters and Squishers…. Read More »
Exciting times are ahead- my gorgeous first-born is producing a gorgeous first-born with her gorgeous husband! And today we went to check out prams. Well it’s only logical that if we paid $500 for a pram/ stroller 29and a half years ago they will cost quite a bit more these days. We went to a shop in Armadale, Melbourne called
Did I tell you I’m going to be a Gma? Read More »
Today in my inbox I received an email from an old tennis buddy/ a retired Obs and Gynae colleague/ and recent addition to my ‘saint’ category. Dr Barbara Hall retired from a thriving Obstetrics and Gynaecology practice a couple of years ago to take up a new interest in saving the women of Africa from the
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I love Albert Einstein. (1879 – 1955). Whilst he might be very famous for his brilliance with physics- it seems that Albert was a great philosopher and purveyor of some great sayings and wise words. He looks like he was a bit of fun too. I, of course, should read his full biography before I
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One of the highlights of 2014 our May wedding! Facebook, Twitter, The ABC News- everybody has a review of the past year. So I thought, on New Years Eve, I too, would review 2014. It’s been a very busy year both professionally and personally for our family. My practice is busy which is sometimes sad for