Spring term started two days ago, and is going really well \u2013 I\u2019m on top of everything so far (NB. two days ago was Saturday. I\u2019ve not done anything yet. So I\u2019m actually on top of nothing\u2026 except the chair I\u2019m sitting on\u2026)<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve made some New Year\u2019s Resolutions with the intention of being a bit more productive this term. So\u2026<\/p>\n
1\/ Get more sleep at night i.e. stop napping in lectures.<\/p>\n
2\/ Cook more (healthy stuff) \u2013 I could definitely have eaten better last term, but when I\u2019m busy it\u2019s so easy just to get some fast food junk stuff. And I\u2019m waaaaaay too addicted to sugar.<\/p>\n
3\/ More yoga\u00a0\ud83d\ude42 I love yoga, but finding the time\/energy is, like, effort.<\/p>\n
4\/ Write up lectures a bit sooner. I spent a large part of the Christmas break writing up MCD. Ugh.<\/p>\n
5\/ Walk more \u2013 during rush hour it takes as long to get the bus to Charing Cross Campus as it does to walk, so I\u2019ve not really got an excuse.<\/p>\n
6\/ Make the most of London. A couple of friends and I have written a \u2018Bucket List\u2019 of stuff to do while we\u2019re living in such an amazing city. And I\u2019ve got tickets for a couple of gigs this term too \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Lectures start again tomorrow, with *drum roll* ENDOCRINOLOGY! So hormones and stuff\u2026 after MCD last term *yawn* I\u2019m looking forward to it \u2013 hopefully I won\u2019t have changed my mind after tomorrow \u2013 all six hours of it.<\/p>\n
This term we\u2019re also starting neuro, cardio, respiratory, the Human Life Cycle and probably some other stuff that I can\u2019t remember. And also, probably one of the most highly-anticipated (academic) parts of first year \u2013 with excitement, dread or in my case, both \u2013 anatomy with CADAVERIC DISSECTION.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve already been to the Dissection Room and seen cadavers \u2013 in our first week. Until that point, I was really excited, thinking of how interesting it would be, how useful it would be for understanding anatomy. But shortly before going in I started to think about how these were real people, dead people. Seeing them was overwhelming. Emaciated, reeking of formaldehyde, with plastic bags, held in place by elastic bands, covering their heads. I think I\u2019d expected\/hoped that they\u2019d look more peaceful. Some people \u2013 the wannabe surgeons \u2013 were straight in there, apparently unaffected by the bodies, examining the organs exposed by the incision along the thorax and abdomen. I was one of the ones who held back, not quite sure how to react. I felt much more comfortable examining the heart and lung prosections \u2013 it\u2019s easier to not think about how they\u2019re from a person when they aren\u2019t with a body.<\/p>\n
That was three months ago, and my first dissection session is just over five weeks away. I still can\u2019t work out how I feel about it. I\u2019m as excited and curious to learn anatomy like this as I was before seeing the cadavers, but with that are a whole mix of other emotions: sadness, that they died; gratitude and respect, because they donated their bodies so that people like me could gain a better understanding of anatomy; responsibility, to fully appreciate their donation by learning as much as I can; and fear, because I don\u2019t know how I will cope, how I will separate knowing I have to cut their bodies open from knowing that these were people who talked and laughed and dreamed, loved and were\u00a0 loved, lived.<\/p>\n
Luckily, I\u2019ve got the distraction of\u00a0lots of non-academic stuff to look forward to this term. Music Soc, Light Opera, RAG week, being forced by a friend to watch Lord of the Rings…<\/p>\n
Term 2 of 18 – starting with a formative exam this afternoon…\u00a0Bring it on!!<\/p>\n
Em xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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