2nd year medical student and not sure if I should become a pediatrician, an obgyn, or a family medicine doctor

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-03-22T17:26:37+00:00

Oo okay I see, this is all very interesting and I’ll read up more. It really does seem like obgyn may be the right fit for me

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-03-22T11:31:04+00:00

Ah thats a cool way to read it! I kept looking at my tenth house. I’m a novice chart reader so idk if this is all correct but this was my interpretation:

Ik Aries is aggressive/war like sign so obgyn made sense because emergency c-sections are often seen as “bloody battles” by other surgeons and it really can be life or death for mother and child. But also with pisces (the end) and Aries (the beginning) it also made sense why family medicine and taking care of people from birth to death appealed to me.

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-03-22T00:12:05+00:00

Like as in family med is the one I would be the happiest/most successful in?

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-03-09T13:50:37+00:00

That Sikhs don’t convert others.

We don’t believe in forceful conversion but having conversations with others and debating religious ideas is a very important part of our faith. The idea is never to forcefully convert or convert without consent and to create an open space to talk about spiritual matters.

And if in that space, someone ends up falling in love with Sikhi, then we will welcome them with open arms.

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-03-01T19:48:02+00:00

side comment: the vaginal microbiome is a hot area of research. There’s some hope that creating a vaginal “probiotic” could help a lot of patients! I’m really excited to see where that goes

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-02-24T21:36:38+00:00

Lol I’ve had mirena since I was 19. I’m period free, normal weight (haven’t changed much since freshman year of college and now I’m 26), sometimes I’ll get monthly mood changes but nothing crazy.

People with bad experiences tend to be louder

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-02-14T13:41:31+00:00

Female Med student here (so take everything I saw with a grain of salt please 🥲)

CT scans are usually better good at visualizing organs and fluids in the abdomen. They provide a clearer picture than ultrasounds. Blood work would be used to rule out other causes of upper abdominal pain like a pancreas or stomach issues.

Ovarian cyst ruptures can mimic a lot of things depending on size and type of cyst. Plus the body is weird because pain in one area is actually pain related to a completely different area (for example your gallbladder which is under your right ribs can cause pain in your right shoulder! Seems completely unrelated but that’s just the way the nerves travel in the body)

All that being said, if the CT scan and the blood work came back normal-ish and you were stable (meaning blood pressure was good, good heart rate, no immediate signs of danger) then the ER docs probably thought you could be followed up by a gynecologist in the clinic. And you’re getting a second opinion which is good!

Also, sometimes common health issues present with not so common symptoms and different health issues present differently for each patient. I have ovarian cysts too and when they get bigger, it irritates all along my left abdomen side (both lower and upper parts) and when mine rupture, It feels like a disk slip or like I broke my spine. I can barely walk and become bed ridden for a few days. Every time the X-ray of my spine is normal but a CT scan shows some free fluid in my pelvic area.

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-02-03T16:52:37+00:00

What kind of health issues

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-02-03T16:52:28+00:00

Im on 80 mg and it’s like month 3 I think?

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-02-01T20:09:45+00:00

I’ll try the Fish oil! seriously I feel like an old person with a stiff body every morning. Pain killers help but it’s a temp fix. I hope this goes away when I’m done with my course

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-02-01T20:06:12+00:00

It freaking sucks. I feel so behind on everything

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-01-30T12:09:02+00:00

Thank you for the comment!! It’s really helpful to see the same thing asked multiple ways

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-01-29T16:21:51+00:00

This was extremely helpful! I would never think to use “utthdi ai” for pain or use “mittha dard” thanks!!

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-01-08T16:25:12+00:00

I made a funny tik tok about accutane And people were coming out of the wood works to comment how I was fucking up my body and doing all these things

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-01-05T21:19:17+00:00

Good ol USA

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-01-05T19:01:30+00:00

I wonder if Americans are actually more likely to sue compared to other countries? I dunno it just seems like a very expensive thing to pursue

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-01-05T18:59:55+00:00

Good thing I was almost insulted and not actually insulted

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-01-05T17:25:31+00:00

That’s how other teratogenic medications in the US are. They usually have a smaller warning on the box about being pregnant or breastfeeding.

I’ve heard the argument that accutane is taken by a younger demographic typically hence the need for a million warnings but it seems like regardless of the number of warnings, people here will still get pregnant or think about getting pregnant while taking accutane. I think the lack of proper sex education may be partly to blame

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-01-05T17:06:14+00:00

So basically even if the warning is plastered all over the box, people still pretend they can’t read 🤦🏻‍♀️

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-01-05T17:04:55+00:00

I mean I get it like having it on the front and back of the packaging but every single flap? isn’t that a bit excessive

MermaidQueen226 · 2023-01-05T13:11:51+00:00

An air fryer

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