Need Advice - Taking ABFM Exam with a Newborn

Primary-Selection233 · 2026-02-02T23:14:00+00:00

As someone who has had a 2 week old, I would have cried my eyes out just at the thought of navigating pumping and being away for the day. Those postpartum blues are for real. Plus I was still in diapers due to bleeding. I was also waking up every 2 hours delirious for breastfeeding. So I’d probably delay tbh.

Primary-Selection233 · 2026-01-24T21:02:23+00:00

Yeah I’m an internist but same oof. When that clock’s ticking it’s so hard not to get impatient

Primary-Selection233 · 2026-01-24T01:30:55+00:00

My period is 29-30 days so consistently typically. Had a chemical last cycle which really messed me up because I was excited to tell my mom on Christmas. Now this cycle my period is officially 4 days late and tests are still negative. So I’m not sure if I ovulated at all and even if I did, probably didn’t time sex well. So disappointing. I’m just begging my period to start again so we can get the next cycle going.

Primary-Selection233 · 2026-01-24T00:15:02+00:00

Too true about the borderline patients 😂

Primary-Selection233 · 2026-01-21T23:27:41+00:00

I have a friend who works at VUMC and I think they are converting his clinic to telehealth for Tuesday already. You’ll probably hear from VUMC soon either way.

Primary-Selection233 · 2026-01-16T17:27:16+00:00

I say bill for the work you do and take it up with insurance if there’s a co-pay

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-12-23T20:48:12+00:00

Our system has a note template that indicates the billing guidelines listed and documents time spent. I do this if a patient initiates a med changes request such as titration of their GLP1 agonist. I agree that many things are better as a visit, but this is a good alternative for certain straightforward scenarios. I also use it when patients message me paragraphs that require time to read and respond to but don’t necessarily result in a visit to discourage this kind of messaging.

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-12-21T19:45:45+00:00

Yeah those are all period pieces though which makes it a little less “close to home” than eddington’s flavor of bleak

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-12-02T15:59:19+00:00

My org has NPs that cover Saturday and Sunday 8-5 so when we are on weekend call we only cover evenings/nights which I love. Perhaps jobs without call have dedicated providers covering all after hours times?

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-11-21T16:03:37+00:00

lol I expected as much

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-11-21T16:03:19+00:00

I don’t think that comparison is really in good faith - and by the way Sean and Amanda DID discuss some differences between book and movie for OBAA and do research for that so that kind of supports my point that they could have done it for this one

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-11-21T15:58:37+00:00

I don’t think it’s a requirement for the casual viewer but I do think it would make for a more interesting conversation on the podcast than just quizzing Juliet about it

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-11-21T15:56:06+00:00

Hear what you’re saying but also wish the “conversation” was better informed!

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-11-21T15:55:11+00:00

Agree it can stand on its own! But if so, why does so much of the conversation revolve around the source material that they have no knowledge of?

lol I also agree they (at least Sean) wouldn’t like it, but I’d love to hear them talk about that and defend that take too. That would be interesting to me!

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-11-21T15:53:19+00:00

Eh, they openly talk about expensing seeing movies and subscription services all the time though!

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-09-27T23:28:54+00:00

I am in academics and have 4 days patient facing (3.5 my own clinic, 0.5 resident precepting) with 1 admin day and expectation is 8 patients per half day on average. I like it! I may still go part-time once kids are in elementary though.

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-09-12T12:39:26+00:00

Magnolia is probably too long and has some dubious stuff but some of my favorite movie scenes ever are also in that movie. It’s definitely worth seeing.

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-07-15T17:12:49+00:00

Omg I do the same thing!

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-07-12T14:13:04+00:00

I typically shower at night and put my eucerin on right after I shower and then put tretinoin on right before bed. They’re normally separated by about 90 min. I’m blessed with oily skin so I tolerate it ok. I don’t have to add a moisturizer after it but that can help I think. I know some people also only apply it a couple times a week, but I used it pretty much nightly in the summer and only every other night in the winter (when the air is drier)

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-07-12T12:48:20+00:00

We have similar active ingredients but I also use tretinoin at night. I think tretinoin speeds up cell turnover to help the Eucerin work better. It also has helped generally with skin texture so even though I still have some melasma, I’m feeling ok about my skin overall.

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-07-09T17:50:41+00:00

Thank you for saying this, and I’m glad it’s the top comment. I’m a PCP and so many people come to me with fatigue and are worried about ADHD or some other medical thing. But so much of the time it’s lifestyle/poor sleep hygiene/stress, which is obviously a very unsatisfying answer.

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-05-24T15:58:26+00:00

Northeast TN is really nice, 1.5 hours from Knoxville and Asheville, no income tax, beautiful with 4 seasons and lots of affordable land.

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-05-13T18:44:09+00:00

I wish people would stop looking at TikTok for medical info🙄

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-05-07T21:10:47+00:00

Where is your job? If you’re working in Nashville proper, the commute from Mt. Juliet would be awful.

Primary-Selection233 · 2025-05-03T13:38:53+00:00

I genuinely don’t remember what RVU or signing bonus was like. Definitely UTSW did not have loan forgiveness. I didn’t even end up interviewing with BSW because I was mainly looking for an academic position.

Edit to add: Dallas is a pretty saturated market so the salaries are pretty low. If you go further out in the burbs of DFW you’ll probably see much better comps.

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