AusDoc reader comments: Top Gun, monochrome doctors and saline chasers

  • News
  • Staff writer
  • 30 September 2026

Each week, AusDoc readers post hundreds of comments on our website.

Below, we publish a selection, ranging from the need for more characters in medicine to after-hours hangover cures.

We start with responses to the story of Dr Tim Nelson, a former fighter pilot who retrained as a GP after being diagnosed with diabetes.

From ‘Top Gun’ fighter pilot to GP: The blood test that changed everything for Dr Tim Nelson