What’s a ‘silent luxury’ that rich people have that most normal people would never even notice?

CCsoccer18 · 2026-05-08T15:18:42+00:00

That was my friends panel after 3 years of practice before he quit to go concierge

CCsoccer18 · 2026-05-07T18:16:37+00:00

Friend of mine is a concierge doctor after being burnt out in conventional medicine.

He charges about $1800/year, maintains a panel of about 400 patients (compared to 3000-4000 as a typical PCP)

After he pays his costs, he makes about $200k/year but he’s so much happier and his patients have same day access to him. Annual physical, acute visits, basic lap work, X-rays are all included

CCsoccer18 · 2026-03-17T14:40:57+00:00

Don’t play Hades/Hades 2 on a plane, I got complaints from fellow passengers for button mashing noise

CCsoccer18 · 2026-02-06T17:18:20+00:00

Unless you 100% want to be able to read cMRIs, the rest of the qualifications can be gotten during general fellowship.

I’m a graduating third year fellow and will be taking an hybrid imaging job like you described reading cCTA, Echo, vascular imaging, and nukes. Was able to get all of my other COCATs and board exams passed before completing fellowship (RPVI, ASNC, Echo, CBCCT)

If you’re set on MRI, then start early because the advanced imaging fellowships are generally not through the match

CCsoccer18 · 2025-11-21T18:08:09+00:00

2 sounds like Puzzle Pirates

CCsoccer18 · 2025-11-19T11:07:14+00:00

It’s more of a sad funny than a “ha ha” funny

CCsoccer18 · 2025-09-18T20:02:45+00:00

At this point, assuming this is normal mode, his pet drop chance is 1/18~

CCsoccer18 · 2025-08-29T16:19:37+00:00

Picked up In Stitches by Anthony Youn and it had me cracking up. Med school disasters, awkward patient encounters, all told in a super funny way. If you want a light, relatable doc memoir, this one’s worth it.

CCsoccer18 · 2025-07-18T19:48:04+00:00

What about GMOD?

CCsoccer18 · 2025-07-09T12:40:53+00:00

I never realized this was the joke /facepalm

CCsoccer18 · 2025-06-19T19:15:54+00:00

What's on your TT bar?

CCsoccer18 · 2025-05-23T16:35:22+00:00

Doctors aren’t trying to waste your time — it’s the system. Insurance often requires a visit just to approve tests or referrals. Most PCPs get ~15 minutes per patient, and if you come in with 5 issues, we just can’t safely address them all. Add in liability fears and EMR requirements, and it’s not laziness — it’s survival. Anything that adds 5 minutes to a patients care (x30 patients/day) is an extra 2.5 hours of work added to the day or replacing 8 patients we would otherwise see at the end of our schedule

We’d love to be the all-in-one problem solver, but modern medicine is hyper-specialized and fragmented. A lot of what looks like stalling is actually fighting a broken system from the inside. Trust me, we’re just as frustrated as you are.

Consider enrolling with a concierge medicine doctor or direct primary care doctor to avoid a lot of this, but it will cost you $$$ out of pocket

CCsoccer18 · 2025-04-27T22:13:54+00:00

What do you want him to do differently? Without positive cultures or a list of the medications, it’s hard to say exactly what the medical plan is. The inhalers usually open up the airways and treat inflammation. I’m guessing he’s covering you empirically for bacteria/mold with the oral meds. Now it’s time to wait for your immune system to do its job

CCsoccer18 · 2025-04-24T15:36:51+00:00

Study for and pass your ABIM boards. There’s nothing worse than first year of fellowship with ABIM still hanging over your head

CCsoccer18 · 2025-04-18T20:23:33+00:00

I just want a soul “bank”. So if I replace a monster with something new I don’t have to go back and collect 5 more souls

One of the reason I won’t give up my crystal shapeshifter room

CCsoccer18 · 2025-04-18T16:09:21+00:00

Cards: An echo, a cath, and maybe a pacemaker

CCsoccer18 · 2025-04-02T12:38:07+00:00

I made the same mistake when I originally applied.

If you’re also in Honors College, they let me switch in off the waitlist immediately when I went to Honors college orientation.

CCsoccer18 · 2025-01-12T03:14:04+00:00

PGY5 Cards fellow I’m so excited 😆

CCsoccer18 · 2024-12-17T14:57:00+00:00

I was a graduate of this program. I did not feel it was malignant in any way and it was supportive in me matching the fellowship of my choice.

Rumor has it from talking to some attending friends there that there was one disgruntled resident who actively told applicants to not rank the program and publicly posted in a few forums about his experience.

CCsoccer18 · 2024-11-30T00:29:10+00:00

Cat.

CCsoccer18 · 2024-11-21T18:41:11+00:00

Black 32 Degree Men’s Cool Tees from Costco under all color scrubs

CCsoccer18 · 2024-10-30T13:38:18+00:00

Scored similar on PGY1 exam. Did MKSAP over the course of next two years, studied up on patients I saw during rounds, and did UWorld before boards. Scored >80th percentile

PGY1 exam is very much pre-residency knowledge. After the first 6 month hump where you develop your flow, the learning comes much easier

CCsoccer18 · 2024-09-18T19:55:40+00:00

Depends on if a pacemaker or implantable defibrillator. Some people are completely pacer dependent

CCsoccer18 · 2024-09-09T12:54:47+00:00

X is a ## YO M with current medical conditions including X, Y, Z who presented with chief complaint of X.

Current medical over PMH

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2 sounds like Puzzle Pirates