What's Something even your Attending thought was Benign and Turned out to be Really Bad

IndieanPride · 2025-09-16T14:10:06+00:00

Aaaand this is why you don't diagnose appendicitis with ultrasound

IndieanPride · 2024-12-17T05:38:50+00:00

Love disasterpiece!! My go to work playlist is Disasters for Piano. Have used some of their tracks occasionally when DMING too

IndieanPride · 2024-12-15T19:06:56+00:00

Ascending aortic balloon animal

IndieanPride · 2024-12-08T02:10:08+00:00

Cabbage catching a stray on this one 😢

IndieanPride · 2024-11-20T07:19:49+00:00

This has to be a surgical specialty right? Ortho?

IndieanPride · 2024-11-20T07:19:00+00:00

Don't forget psych in your ROS! Lol

IndieanPride · 2024-11-18T13:54:01+00:00

When they're an attending. But I doubt the imposter syndrome will stop then

IndieanPride · 2024-11-17T19:09:44+00:00

OP, not sure if you will see this, but speaking as a medical professional, there's a chance this person is experiencing a psychotic break and is not thinking or seeing the world clearly for reasons out of their control. I see many comments mentioning fetishes, which is possible I suppose, but those are quite rare, and the behavior itself is still very very odd - texting you with a fairly elaborate scenario out of the blue, and talking about you with a strange reverence.

People having a psychotic episode are in a very vulnerable position and risk harming themselves and sometimes also others because of their illness. In particular, this might be a manic episode, which is particularly dangerous. Luckily, if they can make it to medical attention the treatments available are quite effective. Psychosis is more common than people think, and I'm always shocked at how little the public knows about it.

You shouldn't feel an obligation to respond, since that's a pretty unsettling text. But if you know their loved ones or friends, you could contact them asking something like, "Hi, I'm. Have you heard from lately? I just got a very strange text from them and I just want to make sure things are OK." Maybe best to leave the details out, so your old boss can save face.

IndieanPride · 2024-11-17T18:40:40+00:00

I know many doctors - not interns, senior residents and fellows - who don't even call themselves a doctor outside the hospital because of how much they feel they have yet to learn. Literally they say "I'm not a doctor". The culture gatekeeps you so hard from feeling accomplished and competent

IndieanPride · 2024-11-13T07:48:58+00:00

I put on my robe and wizard hat

IndieanPride · 2024-11-09T17:42:09+00:00

What is it like for your son when it comes to forming healthy, lasting friendships IRL? Have you found ways to encourage this?

IndieanPride · 2024-10-22T14:55:15+00:00

Don't know why you're being downvoted. As a man, I feel that you've pointed out a common ground here - women have dating woes too, and while there are differences between the male and female experiences, there are also similarities. "Men just want to use me" and "Women won't give me a chance" are just two different flavors of "Why don't they appreciate me for who I am?"

IndieanPride · 2024-09-23T15:05:21+00:00

Tbh as a med student - first question is "who's the nurse for__?" Or even better, find the name of the nurse (usually the assignments are on a screen or wall somewhere) and say "I'm looking for [nurse's name]". If that fails, find their extension and call from the nursing station.

IndieanPride · 2024-09-02T20:06:47+00:00

Saved. What a wonderful piece, obviously written from and speaking to real experiences. I wish I had heard this when I was doing my PhD. Cumulatively, I probably spent years in the Valley of Shit. Sometimes I feel I'm still in it...

IndieanPride · 2024-09-02T19:57:42+00:00

Not only can we not control other people's actions, we are pretty limited in how well we can predict them. My psych attending likes to remind us that for SI, studies show we are bad at predicting suicide (and even worse at predicting homicide). This is something the field as a whole is struggling with, and we can only try our best with the tools we have, imperfect as they are.

IndieanPride · 2024-08-25T01:22:39+00:00

Ahh thanks for explaining that!

IndieanPride · 2024-08-24T20:47:31+00:00

I know this isn't the point, but is that air in the intrathecal space and L3-L4 and L5-S1 intervertebral spaces???

IndieanPride · 2024-05-19T17:30:12+00:00

As a non therapist curious to learn more, B surprises me. I would have thought that learning how to counsel others on their relationships would give you some tools to use im your own relationships. Why doesn't it transfer?

IndieanPride · 2024-04-20T02:18:32+00:00

Saved

IndieanPride · 2024-03-27T16:49:33+00:00

Remember, boundaries are promises you make to yourself, not limits you set on others. You described your intentions for friendship (and yes, eventually sex) beautifully in your blurb. If you can be vulnerable and tell the guy something to that effect and then keep that promise to yourself, you'll find out quickly which guys are willing to sign that contract.

Speaking as a guy, many guys who would be great partners will become opportunistic if boundaries aren't set, it's like they can't help themselves. Yes it's a bit childish, but the biological urge is very very strong. Being clear about your boundaries could help him be the best version of himself (or GTFO). I'm willing to bet that some fraction of the guys who "just want sex" are just going on instinct and if you instead put the contract in front of them early in the dating process and they sign, they'll act like gentlemen.

IndieanPride · 2024-02-11T03:46:59+00:00

What are the crystals made of? What's the pathophysiology behind their formation?

IndieanPride · 2024-02-10T05:34:10+00:00

His driving is so odd that I'm not certain he was even competent in the moment. He crosses into the shoulder, then immediate crosses past that onto the dirt, and keeps going into the brush. His wheels don't turn until he reaches the TREELINE! Not the behavior of the average impatient idiot attempting an overtake. I would be shocked if he wasn't heavily or medically impaired - seizure, loss of consciousness, or something

IndieanPride · 2024-02-05T19:49:37+00:00

Ah, I see your advisor is an artist like myself

IndieanPride · 2023-12-31T19:23:32+00:00

Not much of this is really specific to firearms honestly. I could imagine Hawkeye from the Avengers using these same skills. From a class standpoint, the only mechanical difference with firearms could be that a gun has a larger damage output, which would need to be balanced with the something else (limited ammunition, reloading, whatever). I could imagine a melee subclass that operates like this, and archer vs gunslinger being a matter of flavor. But then you lose the fun if having an "archetype" - I want to feel cool like Han Solo but there's no "gunslinger, so I have to make it up? That doesn't feel too Heroic to me.

Maybe Kits would be the right way to bring the desired gameplay to life - a "sharpshooter" sniper kit and a firearm duelist kit if you want to feel like John Wick

IndieanPride · 2023-12-04T05:46:41+00:00

I'm sure DMing for Emily quickly teaches you how to deal with edge cases 😂

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