By Dr Irwin Lim on January 2, 2012

I don't often make New Year's resolutions and I don't usually tell anyone. I suppose the rules change when you blog. The resolution for 2012 is ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 24, 2011

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist It's past 9pm and the 3 kids are in bed. I can still hear them trying hard to fall asleep. The Xmas offering to Santa ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 18, 2011

By Dr Irwin Lim My mother-in-law is the most optimistic person I have met. She always sees the brighter side of life even when clouds are overhead ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 14, 2011

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist A year ago, I started this blog with the question "Why bother blogging?". Over 100 posts later, I think I have a ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 7, 2011

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist We see a lot of patients with inflammatory back pain in our clinics. Some of these patients have Spondyloarthritis or ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 30, 2011

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Over 400km away. That's a long way to travel to see your specialist. And a very, very large inconvenience. We provide ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 24, 2011

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist On Sunday, I gave a short presentation at the Australian Rheumatology Association's NSW Branch meeting. I spoke about ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 20, 2011

Knee osteoarthritis is really very common. Particularly, as our population becomes more overweight and sedentary. Patients will often ask about ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 11, 2011

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Chicago took about 20 hours of flying time to reach from Sydney, covering a distance of 9240 miles. It's been ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 3, 2011

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist The effects of Parvovirus B19 infection, I assume, are still affecting my body. I've been feeling lethargic. Over the ...