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General practice keeps me busy, #trailrunning keeps me sane, #faith keeps me focused, #twitter keeps me distracted.
Aug 6, 2021 4 tweets 3 min read
Where does Wellington keep its Fabergé egg again? Image I’m #RunningwithEmma tonight. I have to come to conferences to get enough time to catch up on podcasts. Tonight is the excellent #GettingBetter episode with @emmawehipeihana and @kseggleton. podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/get…
Aug 5, 2021 148 tweets 64 min read
Warm welcome for fellow GPs from @DrMurton. It’s so good to get together with ones people! #gp21 #RNZCGP Now hearing from @AndrewLittleMP, the Minister of Health, acknowledging the hard work of the last 18 months. “No room for complacency” #gp21
Aug 5, 2021 8 tweets 3 min read
Well no one can say I haven’t got my “off to heist the National Art Gallery” attire sorted! Image Damn you Wellington. I’m being watched!✌🏻👀 Image
Aug 5, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
Well hello Wellington. Reveal to me the secrets of your running trails! So far my Wellington experience has been punctuated by Simon Bridges, Three Wise Men and shit public transport.
Aug 20, 2020 9 tweets 3 min read
Day 4/5 concussion thread:
Day 4 was similar to day 3 (low grade constant generalised headache) but day 5 is quite a bit better (only mild focal intermittent headache and fatigue already improving). Settling into a pattern of limited morning tasks, afternoon nap and evening family time. Keeping up hydration and salt intake. Thanks for the suggestion for salt and vinegar chips, @ReflectingRehab. It was good until the kids ate them all! 😭 🤦‍♂️ 2/?
Aug 18, 2020 17 tweets 4 min read
Day 2/3 concussion thread:
Day two and another bunch of things I have learned. I felt great yesterday. Good enough to tweet at least. Today, well, not so much. I went for a walk Saturday and I only got a very mild headache when I had to walk up a steep Hill which settled when the ground evened out. in retrospect this should have been a warning sign if indeed the significant concussion wasn’t in the first place. 2/?
Aug 16, 2020 17 tweets 4 min read
Concussion thread:
Yesterday I suffered my first concussion while skiing. I’m a GP and former rugby team doctor so I have done plenty of sideline and delayed concussion assessments in my time. This is a thread on what I’ve learned in the last 24 hours. 1/? Wear a helmet. I impacted the bottom of a little gully headfirst at approximately 50km/hr (according to movement data I tracked). If I had been helmet free (which I had seriously considered as I wasn’t planning on doing anything “risky”) I would not be here to tweet today.2/?