Year: 2010

  • Writing

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    I’m busy writing stuff that can’t be shared, hence the lack of writing here. Hopefully it’ll be published later next year. Back to it!

  • Week 112: bones of the hand and wrist

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    On Monday we got to the end of the upper limb and looked at the forearm, wrist and hand. We will be going back up to the shoulder and the brachial plexus in particular after Christmas. In my station we looked at the bones of the wrist and hand. Easy enough, and stuff the medical…

  • Cardiff half-marathon 2010

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    So did you hear the one about the Cardiff half-marathon? It turned out that it wasn’t a half-marathon. I’d entered as it was a nearby race of the right distance, but balked a little at the entry cost. Boys & girls from the club would be running & watching though, & I never get to…

  • Week 107: The kidneys

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    I wasn’t supposed to be teaching on Monday but one of our clinical colleagues was ill so it was a good job I could remember a little bit of kidney anatomy. I briefly introduced the location of the kidneys, found retroperitoneally on the posterior abdominal wall. The right kidney is a little lower than the…

  • Devil’s Aquathlon 2010

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      I raced in the inaugural Devil’s Aquathlon last weekend in the Lido at Sandford Parks, Cheltenham and up Leckhampton Hill. It was a 2km outdoor pool swim, wetsuits allowed, followed by a mostly cross country 10km run with a nice steep 200mish hill to climb. The aim was to run to the Devil’s Chimney,…

  • Dale Half-marathon 2010

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    So that went well! I got 3rd place overall at the Dale half-marathon, organised very well by the Pembrokeshire Tri Club. I was the first back in my age group (17-39?) so was beaten by two vets and as such I was given the 2nd prize. Confusing? Winner was 1st vet but got overall 1st…

  • Week 103: Lung anatomy

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    On Monday we looked at some lungs. Plastic models, lungs in situ, lungs on their own, and lungs attached to the heart and great vessels. The main aim was to look at the differences between the left (2 lobes) and right (3 lobes!) lungs and develop a good understanding of the shapes of the lungs…

  • Bigger boys!

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    Bala (standard distance) triathlon, 2010 So that was an interesting weekend. Kim and I went to Bala for the last race of the triathlon season. It was great getting back to Snowdonia and fun to camp, although we don’t seem to be as slickly organised as I vaguely remember. Probably the best thing about Bala…

  • Week 202: Circle of Willis

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    Or the circulus arteriosus cerebri. Although it seems that the circle of Willis was covered many, many times on Monday it was also part of my session. As I discovered this I shifted the session towards other aspects of the blood supply to the brain. We looked at the internal carotid artery and followed its…

  • Last race of the season

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    Well, my last triathlon for 2010 anyway. I’ve still got a bunch of running races lined up (and a sneaky aquathlon). This will be one of the few races this year that I hope to feel fresh for. I’ve spent most of the year trying to catch up my fitness (after breaking my foot) for…