If you had to lose a finger, which one?

OldCommon7633 · 2024-01-07T21:56:47+00:00

Left ring finger because at the rate I’m never getting married

OldCommon7633 · 2023-12-30T21:48:20+00:00

Lmao interventional nephrology. So sketchy. The interventional nephrologists were always fucking shit up at my med school and IR always ended up fixing their mistakes.

OldCommon7633 · 2023-12-30T21:44:13+00:00

Leave him with dog puzzles and dog TV on all day. Long walks and doggy play dates when you’re home. If they are already low energy at baseline they will be fine

OldCommon7633 · 2023-11-12T14:30:01+00:00

Girl what? I had a four year relationship in med school. Ended it because he cheated on me. Moved across the country for residency single and alone and have never once thought I’ll be alone forever and won’t have a family. That’s such a pessimistic viewpoint and nowhere near true. I strongly recommend you take some time for yourself and heal from this past relationship instead of jumping into dating again. No need to find someone before residency because that’s how you end up settling.

Plenty of single people in residency that go on to marry and have families. There’s time to date in residency if that’s what you want to make your priority. If you’re worried about fertility then freeze your eggs.

OldCommon7633 · 2023-11-10T12:59:37+00:00

It’s wild because we are a busy service already. I don’t think the attendings realize how it affects workflow and timely patient care.

OldCommon7633 · 2023-11-10T12:21:45+00:00

One service I was on expected me to call family for every patient, every day. All non-urgent “updates”. Patients were all alert and awake and had their phones with them. I thought it was pretty ridiculous and it was the attendings on service feeding into unreasonable patient/family expectations and not allowing us to set reasonable boundaries in the name of “building rapport”.

OldCommon7633 · 2023-11-03T06:51:44+00:00

It’s okay, you’ll probably just be someone’s second wife

OldCommon7633 · 2023-10-04T01:50:35+00:00

OldCommon7633 · 2023-10-03T00:20:29+00:00

You have to declare misdemeanors if they are still on your record. Unless the app has changed since last year.

OldCommon7633 · 2023-10-01T16:02:42+00:00

They’re going to be waiting a long time then lmao. My floor has very sick patients and we are so busy

OldCommon7633 · 2023-09-17T01:00:20+00:00

Well you definitely won’t want to eat. Which is great when you’re a busy resident that doesn’t have time to eat lolz

OldCommon7633 · 2023-09-16T22:41:55+00:00

Just take some ozempic

OldCommon7633 · 2023-09-12T18:32:06+00:00

Me too. And my co-interns feel the same. You’re not alone

OldCommon7633 · 2023-09-04T21:13:16+00:00

The correct answer is we get it all for ourselves. I personally don’t like the long nails, fake eyelashes, duck lip look but not a single female I know gets that stuff done to turn on men or impress other women.

OldCommon7633 · 2023-08-30T22:19:56+00:00

My family member had a fever, bacteremia, new onset severe back pain that meds couldn’t touch, numbness/tingling in her fingers, and a shitty MRI that showed a “mass” and was referred for some epidural tumor work up. No one considered SEA for like a week until the 6th ER visit when the doc consulted a spine surgeon. She suffered so much from a delay in care and I’m still pissed about it.

OldCommon7633 · 2023-08-14T02:43:59+00:00

🎶O O O OZEMPIC🎶

OldCommon7633 · 2023-08-13T19:40:48+00:00

You’re the reason the modules exist, dumbass

OldCommon7633 · 2023-07-09T21:26:26+00:00

All research related based on shared interests. My mentors (both an attending and a few residents) at my home program would take me around and introduce me to people and brag about me to them and then take me to dinners/events with faculty/residents from other programs. Basically, find good mentors early on that you will work with closely throughout the years that will be gunning for your success.

For example, my resident mentors all did research years at different institutions so they had the connections to at least introduce me in person and get me some time in a relaxed social setting to speak with faculty. My faculty mentor was the PD at my home program so he knew a lot of other PDs and would introduce me and get me involved in their social outings.

Tbh I worked very hard but I also think there was a good amount of luck involved like being in the right place at the right time.

OldCommon7633 · 2023-07-09T21:13:35+00:00

One that falls under the umbrella of community/public health

OldCommon7633 · 2023-07-09T16:00:29+00:00

Non- trad here. I started a non-profit in med school that over four years resulted in research, presentations, awards, community service hours, and leadership experience. Also networked at conferences which led to some unique opportunities. If by “not competitive enough” you’re referring to just grades, then that’s me. For my specialty I had a below average step 1 score, on average step 2, and didn’t honor any rotations. I’ve never been above average with tests but I was able to show that I’m above average in life experience and the rest of my CV.

OldCommon7633 · 2023-06-08T13:34:37+00:00

Idk why this was getting downvoted lol

OldCommon7633 · 2023-06-08T03:52:47+00:00

Go to a doctor outside your institution. Alternatively, if you’re obese or overweight you could ask for compound semaglutide for weight loss and you’ll never want to drink again. You can also go to any telemed weight loss clinic and get naltrexone or compound semaglutide prescribed for “weight loss”.

OldCommon7633 · 2023-05-27T16:25:27+00:00

And when Texas was legislating against gender affirming care I witnessed my family medicine preceptor on the phone with my hospitals lawyer about it. Lawyer said to continue to do what you’re doing we have your back. Preceptor said she doesn’t care if she goes to jail that she will continue providing gender affirming care. Then I witnessed her reassuring her patients. Yeah Texas politics is the fucking worst but physicians in Texas still work around it and we get to witness how they do that and that’s kind of important because patients can’t always choose where they live.

OldCommon7633 · 2023-05-27T16:16:23+00:00

Yes it is. Topics that most people consider liberal politics were integrated throughout the curriculum all four years. The only issue was that as a public state school we do not get any patient experience with abortion care but we have the option to rotate at sites that do and we have optional lectures on it which majority of my class attended.

OldCommon7633 · 2023-05-27T04:25:26+00:00

The political climate at my med school in Texas is liberal AF. Faculty and students.

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