One day this weekend I was caught up in a conversation with a 90 year old patient.  She told me […]

Recently, a colleague told me I am old.  I like to think of myself as “comparatively old” and I’m pretty […]

Congratulations to all the new medical interns starting at hospitals across Victoria this week.  This is an exciting and terrifying […]

I want to be the best surgeon I can be I want to impress at least one future trainee with […]

A patient undergoing bowel resection for cancer told me that I shouldn’t wake him up if we have to give […]

In the dream exam, I had terrible time management.  I was doing the spot cases exam – a photo and […]

Yesterday, I told two patients they don’t have cancer. Today, I told one guy that we’d cured his cancer to […]

I have blogged before about my guilt, questioning my life choices.  Is is right to be working away from my […]

Doc, I’m not sure if it’s relevant, but lately, my farts really, really stink. My wife has started kicking me […]

In the last job I worked, I had the opportunity to plan my own elective operating lists for a few […]