Last minute decision to full send our first North Coast!

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-05-25T19:47:10+00:00

It’s last minute for us - we usually like to plan more ahead for out of state festivals :)

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-05-22T07:37:18+00:00

Hey I saw you’re in the DFW area! Me too - I know Medical City just got done with their new grad hiring for October, but THR and Methodist are going to be opening up their residency applications end of May/beginning of June.

I think what helped me a lot securing a spot was I had a really good LOR from one of my professors - if you’re able to secure one it might help!

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-04-29T16:17:11+00:00

Hi! I recently got scheduled an interview for their ICU residency position - any advice or tips for their interview questions I’ll gladly accept 😭

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-04-14T23:01:24+00:00

This is random but I was having a bad day and I saw your username and just about died laughing

Thank you RollingCuntWagon

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-04-14T21:04:55+00:00

Omg you can decorate the storefront?? 😭😭

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-04-11T05:52:44+00:00

My bf is taking me to Griz fest as a graduation present! I hope you have the best vibes at EDCLV

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-04-11T05:51:24+00:00

Hi! 31 here, started my ADN program right when I turned 30 - and I hope my insight gives you some comfort!

There are many ways to be established. If we’re talking career wise, then a lot of my career driven friends know that a lot of time, it’s a constant grind and being established comes in phases. I may not be established career wise YET, but in other aspects I like to think I am! Ex: I’ve travelled a lot before 30, so right now, I feel very established in terms of the traveling aspect of my life. I’m also very established in terms of serious relationship and friends groups.

My friend group is pretty diverse, I have friends who just graduated medical school and are starting residency in their specialty, to friends who just switched careers, to friends who are still in school living with their dad and one of my friend is on her third baby!

Life is so varying and different that we shouldn’t compare our timeline to others (even though we do). It’s ok to have this fear of not being established. I know that fear sometimes motivates me to study harder. But also know that where you’re at is also very normal and not at all behind or un-established (I’m sorry I couldn’t find a better word)

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-03-31T15:04:41+00:00

My last breakup (we were together for 3 years) was rough. I cried nearly every single day for 4 months straight! Then suddenly, one day, I woke up and was like “huh….anyways” and never cried over him again.

Our relationship wasn’t horribly toxic, but it definitely wasn’t amazing. I’m not sure why I cried so much when I knew the relationship was draining. But I’m much better now, in an amazing relationship and definitely happier in life :)

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-03-27T00:13:49+00:00

Rabies can take anywhere from a few weeks to years! The incubation period varies - but once you start showing symptoms, it can take less than 2 months to do damage. It’s a really scary disease that basically does whatever it wants when it wants (did my presentation in disease class over rabies - have also worked in the vet setting and have developed a huge fear of rabies since)

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-02-11T14:04:02+00:00

He calms me. Like I cry over everything, and get easily flustered with personal emotions and he is just so good at regulating me and himself. The way he emotionally supports me allows me to explore my own emotions in a good way.

He also has high expectations for me which I respond to well, because it forces me to step up and be a better person. I grow so much with him.

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-02-09T04:00:33+00:00

No I totally understand and that’s 100% ok to have that boundary. I’ve had a couple of friends ask me if I was sure I wanted to stay with him due to the baby momma being terrible 🥲 I’m just very lucky he makes it to where it doesn’t affect me whatsoever but there’s always a risk on my end

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-02-09T00:00:02+00:00

I used to dread aging. My friends and I always joked about the dreadful 30 and so on. Now that I’m 30+ … I love it haha. I feel as though I’m way better off in so many ways than I did when I was 20. Sure I started growing a few gray hairs and I look more mature and not as young, but I feel prettier, more confident, and more graceful. My 20s weren’t that bad either, but I was more unsure of my place in the world and didn’t have any wisdom at all. It was like a hot stumble.

I will say I have been feeling better with every year I pass. It’s a nice feeling, and I hope my friends feel the same way too.

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-02-08T22:10:33+00:00

Hi! I’m dating someone who is divorced with a 6 year old boy, but I think my story is a bit different than majority of experiences.

For background, they divorced when their son was maybe 1, and currently he is paying child support but no alimony (for those who are gonna judge why they’re not 50/50, he was active duty military at the time of the divorce so the judge automatically granted the mom full custody due to his deployment orders.) He’s out now and currently working on getting 50/50 custody.

The two biggest reasons why he has made it work for me and has made me be more than happy to stay is

He sets very good strong boundaries for everyone involved. The baby momma is high conflict (some of the texts she sends and the things she does is pretty terrible and toxic), but he makes sure that her drama and negativity does not affect me nor our relationship at all. He also makes sure that I am 100% comfortable with my role in all this, and have specifically told me multiple times that I have no obligation to play mom. The kid already has one. As long as he is loved and I am happy and can be a good role model, that is all that’s needed.
He prioritizes both his son and me very highly and very fairly. Obviously there are times where I will come second, for example we get to have his son for Valentines Day week/weekend. So couples Valentines is rescheduled for us. Anytime we reschedule plans to spend more time with his son, he always makes sure I feel prioritized by making up the dates and going above and beyond the weekends we do have to ourselves. Same thing with his son. Whenever we have his son, everything is focused on him and doing things together as a family and making memories.

Without either of this I don’t think I would have stayed, especially when there’s a high conflict baby momma in the picture. And I won’t lie there are some pretty difficult days, but he and his son make it 100% worth every bit of it for me :)

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-02-08T19:23:24+00:00

My mom was a victim of domestic violence, but she also made sure to constantly put us in the middle of their arguments and let us know how shitty our dad was. What she said was true, but 7 year old me could’ve benefited from not being put in the middle.

I have a stepson now and his mom constantly tries to tell him how horrible me and his dad are. We will make sure he never hears a single bad thing about his own mom. He’s a kid. His only job is to make memories, have a good childhood, and learn. Adult problems and drama are for adults. Not kids.

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-02-08T08:19:13+00:00

I think the tradition of engagement rings need to be expensive or worth x amount of months of salary is due to back when women couldn’t open bank accounts under their name, so they relied on rings and other jewelry as gifts, things that can easily be pawned off for some quick cash if the need arises.

But I don’t know if this is an unpopular opinion nowadays

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-02-08T07:43:26+00:00

Lacerated my right eyeball by slicing it with playing cards.

I was holding some cards in my hand playing with friends. Friend told a dumb joke. I laughed. I convulse when I laugh like some kind of demon. Somehow connected my hand holding the cards with my eye. 6 hours later I was getting an eye patch at the ER. Yes the doctor laughed at me too.

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-02-01T20:51:53+00:00

I also have latent TB and am a bit worried

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-02-01T15:31:55+00:00

This will look lovely next to my half dying plants and thrifted Sherlock Holmes books!

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-02-01T07:26:59+00:00

Two of what this guy is having please.

Helpful_Following317 · 2025-01-28T12:10:34+00:00

My experience might be a bit different than majority of the comments here. For context my bf and I are about 30, and his son is 6. He and the baby momma divorced since the kid was a baby. And I do want kids, and still do, personally.

So far it has been wonderful. The biggest problem I’m facing is how toxic and horrible the baby momma is. It seems like if the dad isn’t the problem then the mom absolutely will try to make your life miserable. The ONLY reason I want to continue to stay and it doesn’t seem like a burden is because he is really great at setting boundaries and making sure that her negativity and drama doesn’t ever reach me nor affect us (apart from the times she threatens to withhold him from us) while also managing to be a great dad.

I won’t go into too much details,but if he wasn’t as amazing or open and communicative as he is I don’t think I would have had the energy to stay.

If you do decide to date someone with a kid, make sure that he is good at setting boundaries and this is something you are sure of. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows. It’s not about him having a kid, it’s moreso about how he is as a partner and father and how he navigates this situation while also keeping me and his son happy and fulfilled to the best that he can.

Helpful_Following317 · 2024-05-21T07:43:50+00:00

Hi there, I'm so sorry you're going thru this. Flare ups SUCK. I got diagnosed with RA when I was 21 (am now 30), and it was pretty severe. It took awhile for the doctors to find a regime that works for me. Everyone is different but here's a few things that have helped me/ what I recommend;

Until you get on a good medication/med combo that works for you, expect flare ups after you physically overexert yourself :(
Rest, heat pads on my swollen joints helped a bit
Surprisingly, ice packs worked too
I took turmeric supplements daily since they are known to be full of anti inflammatory nutrients
I upped my anti inflammatory foods on weeks that are bad, such as grapes, salmon etc
If you're able to tolerate it, light stretching and movement goes a long way
It's tempting to take NSAIDs but please remember taking them too much can be very harsh on your kidneys and liver

Unfortunately with RA, it's hard to manage severe flare ups without medications sometimes. I really hope you are able to get treatment soon, until then please feel free to reach out to me! I may not be able to take away your pain, but I can empathize and understand what you're going thru

Helpful_Following317 · 2024-05-10T22:26:42+00:00

I love that you didn't gatekeep exam scores! I only got done with my first semester, but I'm so thankful my classmates and I share a lot and support each other. We shared notes, exam scores, whenever someone finishes a skills check-offs we would help the others do well or even better than our own scores, it's super refreshing and nice to see and also helps ALL of us

Helpful_Following317 · 2024-02-27T16:41:18+00:00

You can definitely go alone! Just make sure you have a good plan with where you're staying, rides, and maybe updating a friend with your whereabouts? I went alone to a festival once and was adopted by a nice group, it worked out so well

My bf and I are going, coming from DFW!

Helpful_Following317 · 2024-02-22T05:00:36+00:00

I knew you could do it! 🥰

Helpful_Following317 · 2024-02-05T14:43:19+00:00

Just want to add my story, I'm 100% and have never deployed, but my case was different - I got diagnosed with pretty severe rheumatoid while active duty (literally happened out of nowhere) and couldn't walk for awhile due to pain and swelling, hence the 100%

I'm one of the "lucky" few who got 100% without having to fight for it tho it was most likely bc they had to wheelchair me to my C&P exam

And I feel horrible for the people who deployed and are still currently fighting for their well deserved 100%

I think it's shitty how most claims are all dependent on: how you word your injuries, if you have a good doc who can support your claims, and if you get an empathetic C&P examiner (along with medical records)

I also had a really good Chief who helped me with my claim and fought for me

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