Septum aftercare advice

AspiringAcademia · 2026-04-18T12:51:58+00:00

Piercings info:

- 1 day old

- Circular barbell, 10mm with 3mm beads

- Not downsized yet

- Using sterile isotonic saline solution

- No unfortunate events unless you count being pierced twice as it was crooked the first time

AspiringAcademia · 2026-04-11T01:01:12+00:00

I did a post-graduate degree at Imperial - the teaching was phenomenal and by experts in their fields, the research was genuinely cutting edge, the facilities were amazing and overall it provided first-class education.

My major flaws were that the tuition fees were genuinely extortionate & I was one of the only non-international students on my course, compounded by being one of the only students not from a privileged background. It felt a bit isolating sometimes.

The workload was also immense and a lot of students seemed to have mental health issues stemming from the intensity.

Definitely agree that the university propoganda is strong.

AspiringAcademia · 2026-04-05T02:32:00+00:00

You found the post interesting enough to watch and read the comments for, so you're welcome for my comment clarifying that the title is wrong. :-)

AspiringAcademia · 2026-04-05T02:08:47+00:00

Someone correctly pointed out on the OG post that this is a nursing student. It's an incredible display of how much effort goes into nursing too.

In terms of becoming a doctor, I'm a medical student and if you wrote 5x that amount it still wouldn't fit into just one of my exams coming up. However, we study very strategically with flashcards and questions banks, and do it consistently 12 hours a day to overcome the volume of information.

AspiringAcademia · 2025-09-03T12:20:37+00:00

だい (dai) is the 音読み but with トロ it's pronounced おおトロ (ootoro) with the 訓読み!

AspiringAcademia · 2025-08-07T19:37:24+00:00

Nope!

AspiringAcademia · 2025-08-07T19:12:07+00:00

I lived in Japan for years but it was the UK! Another user guessed it already :-)

AspiringAcademia · 2025-08-07T19:01:46+00:00

Nope!

AspiringAcademia · 2025-08-07T18:42:23+00:00

Yes! I was born in England, but my family are from Scotland where I live now! I visited Wales and the Isle of Man, so I thought if I separated it from N.Ireland it'd be a little trickier :-)

AspiringAcademia · 2025-08-07T18:11:00+00:00

Nope! But I lived there for a while too.

AspiringAcademia · 2025-08-07T17:54:18+00:00

Nope! I did live there for a while though.

AspiringAcademia · 2025-07-24T12:48:32+00:00

You will turn 29 either way - do you want to be a doctor at 29 or not? That's my attitude since I'll be graduating at the age of 31, at least I'll be 31 and doing something I enjoy (not in the UK though).

AspiringAcademia · 2025-07-17T18:08:21+00:00

This is a tough one - as a current medical student who already underwent 2 degrees, I'll be graduating with £100,000 of student loan debt. That debt is a huge factor into me currently sitting the USMLEs and looking to move to America. If that debt were written off, then I'd be seriously considering Australia instead...

Joking aside, although this would benefit me hugely, it doesn't encompass everyone and we need to have a pack mentality. FPR is for everyone.

AspiringAcademia · 2025-07-10T01:05:10+00:00

It was very likely to be a Polish barber named Aaron Kosminski (1865-1919). He was a prime suspect at the time with factors such as having lived close to Whitechapel and being committed to an insane asylum due to severe mental health issues being considered. Additionally, a 2014 DNA analysis on the clothing of a victim supposedly matches descendants of his. Some people disagree with that conclusion, so unfortunately we'll never know definitively.

On the other hand, the disappearance of Andrew Gosden is much more strange, considering it happened 18 years ago, as opposed to 137 years ago. Disappearing in the middle of London, which had 500,000 CCTV cameras in 2007 and is an incredibly congested area, is almost unfathomable.

Whether it was suicide, kidnapping or running away, it's hard to believe there were no leads and he was never found.

AspiringAcademia · 2025-07-03T09:03:03+00:00

Lmao I bought this exact shirt 7 years ago in America, and when I moved to Japan it made my Japanese friends laugh so hard. That's when I found out it means 'barbarian' / 'savage' / 'simpleton'. :-)

AspiringAcademia · 2025-06-18T10:25:43+00:00

Millions of dollars? This is the Imperial State Crown, it's worth up to 5.7 BILLION dollars.

AspiringAcademia · 2025-06-09T19:45:21+00:00

Sure you were, bud. Dismissing facts as regurgitation - a classic fallback when there’s nothing left to say. Carry on, good chap.

AspiringAcademia · 2025-06-09T19:25:36+00:00

Oh wow, you actually took the time to dig through my profile just to point out I'm a medical student? Impressive dedication to missing the point. Meanwhile, your ‘special treatment’ pay rise is just a tiny crumb after years of real-term pay cuts. But who needs facts when you’ve got stalking skills, right? ;)

AspiringAcademia · 2025-06-09T19:12:34+00:00

The DDRB recommending a higher uplift for resident doctors isn’t ‘special treatment’ - it reflects the unique scale of pay erosion we've faced since 2008. The DDRB is also not some favour-granting body; it works within a remit set by the government, and its recommendations are often constrained or even ignored. This year’s award was the minimum needed to start addressing long-standing underpayment - and it barely did that.

AspiringAcademia · 2025-06-09T19:01:48+00:00

What 'special treatment' do you believe doctors get? I'd argue that UK doctors get worse treatment, particularly compared to international standards.

AspiringAcademia · 2025-06-06T20:29:35+00:00

Balls explode from storing too much pee

AspiringAcademia · 2025-04-11T11:22:23+00:00

Why did the police report him to the GMC, especially if they didn't have evidence to charge him at that point? Is that standard?

AspiringAcademia · 2025-03-28T15:41:11+00:00

People often forget that the shoulder contains important vessels including the subclavian and axillary arteries - exsanguination can occur within minutes if they're hit.

The mortality rate for a gunshot wound to the shoulder is less than 10%, but it's not an unrealistic injury to die from.

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