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 […]
The Inconsolable by Bartolini, The Academie, Firenze, Italy. Traveling overseas presents a few dilemmas in the toilet department and whilst I thought I had covered most things in my travel chapter in my two books Pelvic Floor Recovery:Physiotherapy for Gynaecological Repair Surgery and Pelvic Floor Essentials I have now realised, as I have used more and
Travel tips for toileting: Essential reading for the ladies and architects Read More »
Well I have fallen in love with train travel in Italy. Last trip I came home stiff as a board because I spent 3 weeks bracing myself for a head-on collision on the Italian motorways or the windy, narrow roads of the Amalfi Coast. Not because Bob is a bad driver- just because the speeds
On the very fast train to Salerno: Destination Positano Read More »
We’ll this is my inspiration- sitting at 7pm on a Saturday night on our verandah in a town on Lake Como called Varenna- no that’s not a spelling error- it’s not Verona the town made famous by the Montague’s and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet- it’s Varenna a gorgeous village on the lake with cobble streets, a lakeside walk and
Architectural Extravaganza: Barcelona Read More »
Thanks to Prof Linda Brubaker for an inspirational opening to our joint ICCS UGSA and CFA national conference. Her topic was ‘Education in modern health systems’. She focused on the education of medical practitioners. She believes there are four key requirements that contribute to a good doctor (physio/nurse/or any other person working in the health
Robert Taylor Memorial address by Prof Linda Brubaker Read More »
On 2nd September 2014 the world lost a special person, Roseanne Kelso. Rose was a physio of around my vintage, who when we moved into Yeronga to live, also became a great neighbour and a ‘school mum’ friend. Rose was a wonderful person. She was dynamic, forthright, determined, caring, a problem solver and generous beyond extraordinary. She
Vale my dear friend Rose Read More »
Well I am on the plane heading for balmier weather in Cairns for the Continence Foundation of Australia’s National Conference, which this year is a joint conference with the International Children’s Continence Society and the International UroGynaecological Society of Australia conference. There will be many international speakers and attendees there and an opportunity to again catch
23rd National CFA Conference in Cairns, 2014 Read More »
This photo and the one at the end of this blog have been entered by Professor Judith Goh in the IUGA (International Urogynaecological Association) Photo competition. I used them in this blog a few years ago (which I have re blogged below) and everytime I see them – I get all warm and fuzzy. How amazing to have the skill
Let’s make this photo a winner! Finale to World Continence Week. Read More »
The first thing I want to be clear about – this is not a political blog. It’s 11.06 pm and I have just got out of the shower. And I have to be honest I shed a few metaphorical tears in there tonight. That followed a few hours of indignant harrumphing (I’m sure you girls
It’s Hard for a Man to Walk in our Shoes Read More »
Well you dream about the perfect wedding (only when you are the MOB and not sleeping too well cause you’ve remembered another thing that should be written on the master list of ‘Final Master List of Things to be Done’, but it’s too cold to get out of bed and get a pen and paper)