Colin Dunkley
@drcolindunkley.bsky.social
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My reflections…
1. I like to have something to look forward to at the weekend (ie putting my feet up!)
2.Today my youngest persuaded me to ‘look forward’ to help run double Mmacaron market stalls!!
3. A 2nd market for my 2nd daughter in 2nd rate weather is now my 2nd best option!!
#apaediatriclife
1. I like to have something to look forward to at the weekend (ie putting my feet up!)
2.Today my youngest persuaded me to ‘look forward’ to help run double Mmacaron market stalls!!
3. A 2nd market for my 2nd daughter in 2nd rate weather is now my 2nd best option!!
#apaediatriclife
February 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
My reflections…
1. I like to have something to look forward to at the weekend (ie putting my feet up!)
2.Today my youngest persuaded me to ‘look forward’ to help run double Mmacaron market stalls!!
3. A 2nd market for my 2nd daughter in 2nd rate weather is now my 2nd best option!!
#apaediatriclife
1. I like to have something to look forward to at the weekend (ie putting my feet up!)
2.Today my youngest persuaded me to ‘look forward’ to help run double Mmacaron market stalls!!
3. A 2nd market for my 2nd daughter in 2nd rate weather is now my 2nd best option!!
#apaediatriclife
My reflections…
1. Presenting multi-centre epilepsy improvement in Glasgow & v aware numbers not always what seem!
2. Only 34 tables at event (no table 13!)
3. This Scottish ‘single’ (25ml) had to become a ‘double’ (50ml) so it could count at least as Irish ‘single’?!! (Also 35!!)
#apaediatriclife
1. Presenting multi-centre epilepsy improvement in Glasgow & v aware numbers not always what seem!
2. Only 34 tables at event (no table 13!)
3. This Scottish ‘single’ (25ml) had to become a ‘double’ (50ml) so it could count at least as Irish ‘single’?!! (Also 35!!)
#apaediatriclife
January 30, 2026 at 5:48 PM
My reflections…
1. Presenting multi-centre epilepsy improvement in Glasgow & v aware numbers not always what seem!
2. Only 34 tables at event (no table 13!)
3. This Scottish ‘single’ (25ml) had to become a ‘double’ (50ml) so it could count at least as Irish ‘single’?!! (Also 35!!)
#apaediatriclife
1. Presenting multi-centre epilepsy improvement in Glasgow & v aware numbers not always what seem!
2. Only 34 tables at event (no table 13!)
3. This Scottish ‘single’ (25ml) had to become a ‘double’ (50ml) so it could count at least as Irish ‘single’?!! (Also 35!!)
#apaediatriclife
It’s a bit drizzly in Glasgow, but our “15 years of Epilepsy12” poster, is gradually getting to closer to our “20 years of BPNA PET” celebration!!
January 27, 2026 at 11:54 AM
It’s a bit drizzly in Glasgow, but our “15 years of Epilepsy12” poster, is gradually getting to closer to our “20 years of BPNA PET” celebration!!
My reflections…
1. One thing leads to another!?
2. Presenting ‘common epilepsies’ in Gatwick led to…transition, mental health, trains to Spain, ambient AI, politics of neuronal discharges, Prodigy firestarter!
3. Travelling from one thing to another is more complicated!
#apaediatriclife
1. One thing leads to another!?
2. Presenting ‘common epilepsies’ in Gatwick led to…transition, mental health, trains to Spain, ambient AI, politics of neuronal discharges, Prodigy firestarter!
3. Travelling from one thing to another is more complicated!
#apaediatriclife
January 23, 2026 at 5:11 PM
My reflections…
1. One thing leads to another!?
2. Presenting ‘common epilepsies’ in Gatwick led to…transition, mental health, trains to Spain, ambient AI, politics of neuronal discharges, Prodigy firestarter!
3. Travelling from one thing to another is more complicated!
#apaediatriclife
1. One thing leads to another!?
2. Presenting ‘common epilepsies’ in Gatwick led to…transition, mental health, trains to Spain, ambient AI, politics of neuronal discharges, Prodigy firestarter!
3. Travelling from one thing to another is more complicated!
#apaediatriclife
My reflections…
1. Not everything needs fixing?!
2. I have a favourite armchair; It’s comfy, hard to get out of and no-one else sits in it!
3. I’m torn as to whether mending it is a good idea!
#apaediatriclife
1. Not everything needs fixing?!
2. I have a favourite armchair; It’s comfy, hard to get out of and no-one else sits in it!
3. I’m torn as to whether mending it is a good idea!
#apaediatriclife
January 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
My reflections…
1. Not everything needs fixing?!
2. I have a favourite armchair; It’s comfy, hard to get out of and no-one else sits in it!
3. I’m torn as to whether mending it is a good idea!
#apaediatriclife
1. Not everything needs fixing?!
2. I have a favourite armchair; It’s comfy, hard to get out of and no-one else sits in it!
3. I’m torn as to whether mending it is a good idea!
#apaediatriclife
My reflections…
1. I’m still not ‘out of Christmas’?!
2. I’ve been puzzling whether 1 triangle* of a large @Toblerone is equivalent to a whole small @Toblerone!
3. …pondering 1 triangle at a time!
#apaediatriclife
(*weirdly a patient this week said “square of Toblerone!”)
1. I’m still not ‘out of Christmas’?!
2. I’ve been puzzling whether 1 triangle* of a large @Toblerone is equivalent to a whole small @Toblerone!
3. …pondering 1 triangle at a time!
#apaediatriclife
(*weirdly a patient this week said “square of Toblerone!”)
January 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
My reflections…
1. I’m still not ‘out of Christmas’?!
2. I’ve been puzzling whether 1 triangle* of a large @Toblerone is equivalent to a whole small @Toblerone!
3. …pondering 1 triangle at a time!
#apaediatriclife
(*weirdly a patient this week said “square of Toblerone!”)
1. I’m still not ‘out of Christmas’?!
2. I’ve been puzzling whether 1 triangle* of a large @Toblerone is equivalent to a whole small @Toblerone!
3. …pondering 1 triangle at a time!
#apaediatriclife
(*weirdly a patient this week said “square of Toblerone!”)
My reflections...
1. The woman at the till today said my superfood salad wouldn't scan was because the barcode was 'squooshed!'
2. This is my favourite new word this year!
3. This yearly montage shows how I have 'squooshed' my work life imbalance for 2025!
#apaediatriclife
1. The woman at the till today said my superfood salad wouldn't scan was because the barcode was 'squooshed!'
2. This is my favourite new word this year!
3. This yearly montage shows how I have 'squooshed' my work life imbalance for 2025!
#apaediatriclife
January 2, 2026 at 5:27 PM
My reflections...
1. The woman at the till today said my superfood salad wouldn't scan was because the barcode was 'squooshed!'
2. This is my favourite new word this year!
3. This yearly montage shows how I have 'squooshed' my work life imbalance for 2025!
#apaediatriclife
1. The woman at the till today said my superfood salad wouldn't scan was because the barcode was 'squooshed!'
2. This is my favourite new word this year!
3. This yearly montage shows how I have 'squooshed' my work life imbalance for 2025!
#apaediatriclife
My reflections…
1. There’s so much variation in “what’s right” at Christmas…an evolving complex blend of localisation, continuity and ‘consensus’!
2. I ‘must do’ fondant, my mum ‘always’ formed snowy peaks with royal.
3. Santa was this year’s first casualty!
#apaediatriclife
1. There’s so much variation in “what’s right” at Christmas…an evolving complex blend of localisation, continuity and ‘consensus’!
2. I ‘must do’ fondant, my mum ‘always’ formed snowy peaks with royal.
3. Santa was this year’s first casualty!
#apaediatriclife
December 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
My reflections…
1. There’s so much variation in “what’s right” at Christmas…an evolving complex blend of localisation, continuity and ‘consensus’!
2. I ‘must do’ fondant, my mum ‘always’ formed snowy peaks with royal.
3. Santa was this year’s first casualty!
#apaediatriclife
1. There’s so much variation in “what’s right” at Christmas…an evolving complex blend of localisation, continuity and ‘consensus’!
2. I ‘must do’ fondant, my mum ‘always’ formed snowy peaks with royal.
3. Santa was this year’s first casualty!
#apaediatriclife
“Christmas on a stick!”
Sausage, bacon rolls, turkey, maple-glazed veg, port dipping gravy.
Bit all over the place this Christmas, so this was 60 mins tops!!
Sausage, bacon rolls, turkey, maple-glazed veg, port dipping gravy.
Bit all over the place this Christmas, so this was 60 mins tops!!
December 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“Christmas on a stick!”
Sausage, bacon rolls, turkey, maple-glazed veg, port dipping gravy.
Bit all over the place this Christmas, so this was 60 mins tops!!
Sausage, bacon rolls, turkey, maple-glazed veg, port dipping gravy.
Bit all over the place this Christmas, so this was 60 mins tops!!
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My reflections…
1. Some mornings it’s hard to get started?!
2. Can’t find my glasses, cough is bad in the cold, windscreen needs de-icing, still dark!
3. A morning like this makes me thankful!
#apaediatriclife
1. Some mornings it’s hard to get started?!
2. Can’t find my glasses, cough is bad in the cold, windscreen needs de-icing, still dark!
3. A morning like this makes me thankful!
#apaediatriclife
December 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
My reflections…
1. Some mornings it’s hard to get started?!
2. Can’t find my glasses, cough is bad in the cold, windscreen needs de-icing, still dark!
3. A morning like this makes me thankful!
#apaediatriclife
1. Some mornings it’s hard to get started?!
2. Can’t find my glasses, cough is bad in the cold, windscreen needs de-icing, still dark!
3. A morning like this makes me thankful!
#apaediatriclife
My reflections…
1. Spot my mistake?!
2. I was explaining childhood absence epilepsy to a child. “5, 6, 7, 8 years may be typical starting ages…”
3. The child made a strange noise, then a flurry of up & down non-synchronous waves of both arms, palms upwards!!
#apaediatriclife
1. Spot my mistake?!
2. I was explaining childhood absence epilepsy to a child. “5, 6, 7, 8 years may be typical starting ages…”
3. The child made a strange noise, then a flurry of up & down non-synchronous waves of both arms, palms upwards!!
#apaediatriclife
December 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My reflections…
1. Spot my mistake?!
2. I was explaining childhood absence epilepsy to a child. “5, 6, 7, 8 years may be typical starting ages…”
3. The child made a strange noise, then a flurry of up & down non-synchronous waves of both arms, palms upwards!!
#apaediatriclife
1. Spot my mistake?!
2. I was explaining childhood absence epilepsy to a child. “5, 6, 7, 8 years may be typical starting ages…”
3. The child made a strange noise, then a flurry of up & down non-synchronous waves of both arms, palms upwards!!
#apaediatriclife
My reflections…
1. A bit under the weather this week!
2. Coincidentally discussing work on seasonal influences on seizures and epilepsies, whilst fighting my own viruses!
3. Anyway a big chicken pie turned out to be my main ‘flu-busting’ intervention!
#apaediatriclife
1. A bit under the weather this week!
2. Coincidentally discussing work on seasonal influences on seizures and epilepsies, whilst fighting my own viruses!
3. Anyway a big chicken pie turned out to be my main ‘flu-busting’ intervention!
#apaediatriclife
December 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My reflections…
1. A bit under the weather this week!
2. Coincidentally discussing work on seasonal influences on seizures and epilepsies, whilst fighting my own viruses!
3. Anyway a big chicken pie turned out to be my main ‘flu-busting’ intervention!
#apaediatriclife
1. A bit under the weather this week!
2. Coincidentally discussing work on seasonal influences on seizures and epilepsies, whilst fighting my own viruses!
3. Anyway a big chicken pie turned out to be my main ‘flu-busting’ intervention!
#apaediatriclife
My reflections…
1. I’m not particularly good at high drama!
2. I prefer to stand back, process, reflect!
3. This is how I’m planning to watch all episodes of Stranger Things!?
#apaediatriclife
1. I’m not particularly good at high drama!
2. I prefer to stand back, process, reflect!
3. This is how I’m planning to watch all episodes of Stranger Things!?
#apaediatriclife
November 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My reflections…
1. I’m not particularly good at high drama!
2. I prefer to stand back, process, reflect!
3. This is how I’m planning to watch all episodes of Stranger Things!?
#apaediatriclife
1. I’m not particularly good at high drama!
2. I prefer to stand back, process, reflect!
3. This is how I’m planning to watch all episodes of Stranger Things!?
#apaediatriclife
My reflections…
1. My mum’s not well these days…it’s hard to find common ground when chatting!
2. We managed to spend a good 1/2 hour this week painting leaves (& ourselves!)
3. It’s humbling to find ‘play’ can be so vital in our autumn as in our childhood?!
#apaediatriclife
1. My mum’s not well these days…it’s hard to find common ground when chatting!
2. We managed to spend a good 1/2 hour this week painting leaves (& ourselves!)
3. It’s humbling to find ‘play’ can be so vital in our autumn as in our childhood?!
#apaediatriclife
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My reflections…
1. My mum’s not well these days…it’s hard to find common ground when chatting!
2. We managed to spend a good 1/2 hour this week painting leaves (& ourselves!)
3. It’s humbling to find ‘play’ can be so vital in our autumn as in our childhood?!
#apaediatriclife
1. My mum’s not well these days…it’s hard to find common ground when chatting!
2. We managed to spend a good 1/2 hour this week painting leaves (& ourselves!)
3. It’s humbling to find ‘play’ can be so vital in our autumn as in our childhood?!
#apaediatriclife
My reflections…
1. I am always being left messages…emails, post-its, voicemails…
2. Some are asks, some are for information, some are ‘now it’s your problem’!
3. This type of message is always welcome!!
#apaediatriclife
1. I am always being left messages…emails, post-its, voicemails…
2. Some are asks, some are for information, some are ‘now it’s your problem’!
3. This type of message is always welcome!!
#apaediatriclife
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My reflections…
1. I am always being left messages…emails, post-its, voicemails…
2. Some are asks, some are for information, some are ‘now it’s your problem’!
3. This type of message is always welcome!!
#apaediatriclife
1. I am always being left messages…emails, post-its, voicemails…
2. Some are asks, some are for information, some are ‘now it’s your problem’!
3. This type of message is always welcome!!
#apaediatriclife
My reflections…
1. Things aren’t always what they seem!
2. Some things are a rare variation of something common rather than something rare or different?
3. This is a Bramley apple and the reddest one I’ve ever seen! (Can be 🍏 vs 🍎 rather than 🍏 vs🍐!)
#apaediatriclife
1. Things aren’t always what they seem!
2. Some things are a rare variation of something common rather than something rare or different?
3. This is a Bramley apple and the reddest one I’ve ever seen! (Can be 🍏 vs 🍎 rather than 🍏 vs🍐!)
#apaediatriclife
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
My reflections…
1. Things aren’t always what they seem!
2. Some things are a rare variation of something common rather than something rare or different?
3. This is a Bramley apple and the reddest one I’ve ever seen! (Can be 🍏 vs 🍎 rather than 🍏 vs🍐!)
#apaediatriclife
1. Things aren’t always what they seem!
2. Some things are a rare variation of something common rather than something rare or different?
3. This is a Bramley apple and the reddest one I’ve ever seen! (Can be 🍏 vs 🍎 rather than 🍏 vs🍐!)
#apaediatriclife
My reflections…
1. I gave a talk on randomness using my data series showing Rowntrees Randoms ‘always’ had an🍦so couldn’t be truly random!
2. In the talk we all opened packets, found an🍦=0 packet, rendering my talk laughable!
3. I’ve moved on since then!
#apaediatriclife
1. I gave a talk on randomness using my data series showing Rowntrees Randoms ‘always’ had an🍦so couldn’t be truly random!
2. In the talk we all opened packets, found an🍦=0 packet, rendering my talk laughable!
3. I’ve moved on since then!
#apaediatriclife
October 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
My reflections…
1. I gave a talk on randomness using my data series showing Rowntrees Randoms ‘always’ had an🍦so couldn’t be truly random!
2. In the talk we all opened packets, found an🍦=0 packet, rendering my talk laughable!
3. I’ve moved on since then!
#apaediatriclife
1. I gave a talk on randomness using my data series showing Rowntrees Randoms ‘always’ had an🍦so couldn’t be truly random!
2. In the talk we all opened packets, found an🍦=0 packet, rendering my talk laughable!
3. I’ve moved on since then!
#apaediatriclife
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Heck - if you have any ideas on improving the lives of kids in whatever way - let me know.
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If you have a paediatric relevant research idea - look up my email and we can have a chat.
Heck - if you have any ideas on improving the lives of kids in whatever way - let me know.
We want a big tent, with lots of ideas, people and expertise.
Join us!
Heck - if you have any ideas on improving the lives of kids in whatever way - let me know.
We want a big tent, with lots of ideas, people and expertise.
Join us!
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My reflections…
1. My youngest is a little gluten intolerant!
2. Lots around equity and connections this week. Just because something or someone’s different, doesn’t mean adjustment, involvement & integration can’t happen!
3. The integration…!!
#apaediatriclife
1. My youngest is a little gluten intolerant!
2. Lots around equity and connections this week. Just because something or someone’s different, doesn’t mean adjustment, involvement & integration can’t happen!
3. The integration…!!
#apaediatriclife
October 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My reflections…
1. My youngest is a little gluten intolerant!
2. Lots around equity and connections this week. Just because something or someone’s different, doesn’t mean adjustment, involvement & integration can’t happen!
3. The integration…!!
#apaediatriclife
1. My youngest is a little gluten intolerant!
2. Lots around equity and connections this week. Just because something or someone’s different, doesn’t mean adjustment, involvement & integration can’t happen!
3. The integration…!!
#apaediatriclife
My reflections…
1. It’s all getting a bit cooler & autumnal?
2. Came across lots of attempts at snugness this week, blankets in meetings, camping with heating, beef stew lunch mug, wearing my winter cap!
3. Harley found his own way to stay warm on the move!!
#apaediatriclife
1. It’s all getting a bit cooler & autumnal?
2. Came across lots of attempts at snugness this week, blankets in meetings, camping with heating, beef stew lunch mug, wearing my winter cap!
3. Harley found his own way to stay warm on the move!!
#apaediatriclife
October 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
My reflections…
1. It’s all getting a bit cooler & autumnal?
2. Came across lots of attempts at snugness this week, blankets in meetings, camping with heating, beef stew lunch mug, wearing my winter cap!
3. Harley found his own way to stay warm on the move!!
#apaediatriclife
1. It’s all getting a bit cooler & autumnal?
2. Came across lots of attempts at snugness this week, blankets in meetings, camping with heating, beef stew lunch mug, wearing my winter cap!
3. Harley found his own way to stay warm on the move!!
#apaediatriclife
Great day in @bpna.bsky.social Atrium offices ‘up north’ in Bolton, capturing parent & child voices, to inject more impact and experience into our global PET (Paediatric Epilepsy Training) courses…
And what a ceiling…
…so much light, so many steps to climb!!!
And what a ceiling…
…so much light, so many steps to climb!!!
October 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Great day in @bpna.bsky.social Atrium offices ‘up north’ in Bolton, capturing parent & child voices, to inject more impact and experience into our global PET (Paediatric Epilepsy Training) courses…
And what a ceiling…
…so much light, so many steps to climb!!!
And what a ceiling…
…so much light, so many steps to climb!!!
My reflections…
1. Agreeing clear actions from a meeting is often vital!
2. I often use a Post-it to scribble my actions in the moment?!
3. This action from a governance meeting, relating apparently to ‘KPop Demon Hunters’, is a bit curve ball!!
#apaediatriclife
1. Agreeing clear actions from a meeting is often vital!
2. I often use a Post-it to scribble my actions in the moment?!
3. This action from a governance meeting, relating apparently to ‘KPop Demon Hunters’, is a bit curve ball!!
#apaediatriclife
October 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My reflections…
1. Agreeing clear actions from a meeting is often vital!
2. I often use a Post-it to scribble my actions in the moment?!
3. This action from a governance meeting, relating apparently to ‘KPop Demon Hunters’, is a bit curve ball!!
#apaediatriclife
1. Agreeing clear actions from a meeting is often vital!
2. I often use a Post-it to scribble my actions in the moment?!
3. This action from a governance meeting, relating apparently to ‘KPop Demon Hunters’, is a bit curve ball!!
#apaediatriclife
My reflections…
1. It is quite easy to be going in the wrong direction?
2. You reimagine the cues around you & sort of believe you’re right
3. Weirdly for me the easiest way to be wrong is completely 180 degrees wrong, rather than slightly wrong!
#apaediatriclife
1. It is quite easy to be going in the wrong direction?
2. You reimagine the cues around you & sort of believe you’re right
3. Weirdly for me the easiest way to be wrong is completely 180 degrees wrong, rather than slightly wrong!
#apaediatriclife
October 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
My reflections…
1. It is quite easy to be going in the wrong direction?
2. You reimagine the cues around you & sort of believe you’re right
3. Weirdly for me the easiest way to be wrong is completely 180 degrees wrong, rather than slightly wrong!
#apaediatriclife
1. It is quite easy to be going in the wrong direction?
2. You reimagine the cues around you & sort of believe you’re right
3. Weirdly for me the easiest way to be wrong is completely 180 degrees wrong, rather than slightly wrong!
#apaediatriclife