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"I`ve been here about 4 months, I`m enjoying it. I had a fall last year which meant I did a lot of physio at Redcliffe Hospital and then moved in here. I`ve made a few friends and come out for happy hour or when the rock and rollers come out, but still getting used to things. I never learnt to crochet but I do crosswords to pass the time and I want to get back into knitting. You`ve just got to enjoy life, try and be happy and get on with things."

💭 Monday Mantra, Marilyn, Gannet House Resident ...

As a young and healthy anaesthetic registrar preparing for his final specialist exams, Dr Steven never imagined he could become a patient.

Unexpectedly, a colonoscopy revealed a large tumour and he was diagnosed with metastatic bowel cancer, which resulted in a year of intensive chemotherapy, surgery and significant complications.

Despite being given a prognosis of only a few years, Steven achieved the impossible is now cancer free and a full-time anaesthetic consultant at Caboolture Hospital. 👊

"My journey as the patient has taught me innumerable practice-changing lessons, from how I manage a pain crisis to advice I give before major surgery, it grants a level of empathy few can match," Steven said.

"Of the seven hospitals I rotated through, the Caboolture team were so friendly, collegiate and caring. My plan is to work as an anaesthetist in Caboolture for the foreseeable future.

"The threat of my cancer coming back is always present, but I am living as much of my life now and really appreciating my wife and kids." 🫶 ...

The "Glenda and Annie team" is a hard act to follow, having spent 40 years together helping patients in RBWH surgical theatres. 👯‍♀️

This bestie duo has been working together since 1984 but have an even longer friendship dating back to high school, before they together did their nursing studies and worked at Metro North.

When Glenda was left short-staffed at RBWH one evening, she called on her trusted sidekick Annie who was based at TPCH, and they`ve been inseparable ever since.

"One night we only had three registered nurses on, but everyone was sick except me. We had this huge case come in, and I said, `Annie I some need extra hands; I`m going to give you a lesson in 10 minutes on how to scout in an operating room` and it went from there," Glenda explains.

"I eventually got into theatre, and I`ve been there ever since. We’ve been very fortunate to work together, it`s been an absolute privilege which I think is why we’ve stayed as long as we have," Annie said.

"In surgery, you are only as good as your scout nurse and I had the best one in Annie," Glenda added.

👏 A big #ShoutoutSaturday to Glenda and Annie, showing us what the power of two can do! ...