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Not the doctor: Travelling light - the pros and cons

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Everything except medical advice, for those who sometimes creak a little. Body, mind and soul. Travelling light - the pros and cons. My trusty carry-on bag,. Weighing in at 1.6 kg empty. The colour has grown on me. On my recent unplanned trip. To Turin I was thankful for this experience. I was able to pack my bag and go with hardly a thought, and knew I'd have what I needed, even though I wasn't sure how long I'd be staying. Getting through airports was the least of my anxieties. Not only can you use wha...

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Not the doctor: High heels and the gift of joy

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Everything except medical advice, for those who sometimes creak a little. Body, mind and soul. High heels and the gift of joy. This afternoon I felt as dull as the weather, so I decided to put on my coat and joggers and go for a walk in the park. Even on a grey day a walk can help to make me feel brighter. 8221; and they all laughed. After they’d gone I felt lighter in heart thinking about them. But I also felt something more than that, a sudden brief twinge of joy, as though I’d just had...Some people s...

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Not the doctor: Nobel Prize winners aren't all young geniuses

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Everything except medical advice, for those who sometimes creak a little. Body, mind and soul. Nobel Prize winners aren't all young geniuses. Older people tend to make the media either because they look younger and more glamorous than their peers (think Helen Mirrin, Diana Keaton or Catherine Deneuve) or because they've accomplished some physical feat not usually associated with people their age (remember Cliff Young. Rita Levi-Montalcini in 2009. Photo : Prezidenza della Repubblica. Levi-Montalcini was ...

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Not the doctor: The empty nest - more than just a time to redecorate

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Everything except medical advice, for those who sometimes creak a little. Body, mind and soul. The empty nest - more than just a time to redecorate. Once a thriving settlement, now a very empty place. It was early 2010, and I was possibly the dampest spot in Arizona. My husband had taken 6 weeks long service leave, I'd persuaded my work to give me unpaid leave, and we'd flown to the United States to fulfill one of his long-held dreams - to tour the southern American states. Sonoran cactus, Tucson. I'd ne...

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Not the doctor: On hobbits and the absence of older women on screen.

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Everything except medical advice, for those who sometimes creak a little. Body, mind and soul. On hobbits and the absence of older women on screen. In 1985 cartoonist Alison Bechdel came up with the idea of a test for gender bias in films, based on the way they portrayed women. The so-called Bechdel test (as proposed by one of Bechdel's comic strip characters) asks three questions:. Does the film have a scene with at least two women in it? Some would add "who have names".). Do they talk to each other?

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Not the doctor: Making the call

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Everything except medical advice, for those who sometimes creak a little. Body, mind and soul. Today I did something I've never done before. I picked up the phone and called a Member of Parliament to express my opinion. To be more specific, I called the office of a cross-bench Senator to discuss my opposition to the government's proposed amendments to the 'Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation', and expressed my hope that the Senator would vote against the changes. Why would I do such a thing? The ca...

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Not the doctor: Not the flying doctor

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Everything except medical advice, for those who sometimes creak a little. Body, mind and soul. Not the flying doctor. Spring in Torino - not the reason I was there. Waking up to a text message that begins "Hi Mum, I'm fine, but I'm in hospital after being knocked down by a car" is guaranteed to get maternal anxiety going big time. Especially when the daughter who sent it is in a hospital over 13,000 kilometers away in Italy. Not worrying is not easy if your medical training tells you all the possible dis...

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Not the doctor: About

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Everything except medical advice, for those who sometimes creak a little. Body, mind and soul. The title comes from a conversation I heard in my surgery many years ago, when my daughter Amy was in kindergarten. I'd just taken the child's history from his mother, examined his ears, throat and chest and written a prescription:. Say goodbye to the doctor now, Josh.". Looking at me in disbelief):. That's not the doctor, that's Amy's mum! So what's this blog about? Family, friends, work and church. What I wri...