Tuesday, December 30

je ne sai pai

well, apart from having an extremely eventful Christmas up in Aberdeen shire, where I perhaps, was a bit impolite in indulging myself in a little English history (much to the chagrin of my doric host)... I have learnt a few interesting facts outside of medicine these past few weeks:

1) the Grampian highlands are home to 10% of the stone circles found in the U.K... such as theseee:
2) a study done on 13,000 nuns in 1952 found none of them to have cervical cancer

3) the Met office is still classifed under Britain's war defence system

4) Elvis Presley origins were from Aberdeenshire.right, ok so i lied... but 3 out of 4 facts that were unrelated to medicine isn't too bad.... meanwhile photos from my trip!




2 comments:

Douglas said...

But nuns are at increased risk of ovarian cancer...

Glad your having fun Christmas. See you soon.

D

princesscarol said...

for which they would have a late presentation of: ovarian mass, pv bleeding, ascites, urinary symptoms, constipation, right pleural effusion (meig's syndrome) or an ovarian accident will give you pelvic paiiinnn of the utmost degree. unfortunately, no ovarian cancer screening programme as yet, but watch out for US + CA125.