Hi Andrew
Oui, c'est MOI!
I attended the 25th year reunion in 2003 when I was head of USyd School of Rural Health in Dubbo, and to maintain symmetry I hope to attend the 50th!
I did write a note for the 40th reunion when I was working in Wangaratta in nuclear medicine (and still a little general medicine).
But since then I transitioned down to four days a week and then three days a week and then stopped fully in mid-2022. Fortunately during COVID, working primarily in imaging, I was able (or was required - being immunosuppressed on Humira for psoriatic arthropathy) to report mostly from home.
At the end of 2021 I had a TKR but have otherwise been largely WFA - well for age (as opposed to weight for age in the horse racing game).
Three months after ceasing work entirely I recanted and decided to do the odd locum which I have been doing since then - currently in Perth for a bit - but don’t intend to keep going past the end of the year.
My wife and I moved from our four bedroom house on one acre in Wangaratta to a two bedroom apartment in Port Melbourne a year ago and love the proximity to all those things that were noticeably scarce in Wangaratta - good food and entertainment, and able to walk to most places for necessities. Wouldn’t go back to Sydney if you paid me!
I have taken up the mandolin in the last few years - a stretch for someone of advanced years who never did anything musical before. Challenging, frustrating, fun, hopefully warding off Alzheimer’s a little.
Hope to see youse all in five short years!
Rick
