Andrew,
I "retired" 11 years ago when diagnosed with a pancreatic malignancy, but as it was a NET [neuro-endocrine tumour] I'm still here. However, I have spent much of the last two years on our small farm in Sutton Forest, hiding from Covid, as I am at considerable risk, having now no spleen and 40 years of type 1 diabetes. I am profoundly grateful to several of our cohort who have helped me - Bernie Hudson, still fighting bugs at RNSH (for Covid advice), Brian Williams - ENT physician now having ceased surgery (for a response to a significant side-effect of the first AZ vax), Andrew Csillag (for interpretation of scans and multiple spinal injections) and David Rowed - in the same practice in Chatswood he started 40 years ago (who may have bent the rules a little to get me Pfizer 2,3 and 4). My wife, Helen, is still working full-time as a Barrister in Sydney and is keeping me in the style to which I was always accustomed. I manage her practice which keeps me on my toes. I became a first-time grandfather 6 months ago, and that, as many of you know, consumes much time. I attempt cryptic crosswords, I walk, I fix fences, mow grass and chainsaw fallen trees. It's all a very good life. It is impossible to believe that it is half a century since we began!
Jim Wall
Jim Wall, Andrew Byrne, Mike Campbell-Smith in cafe at Moss Vale in June '22
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