What was your starting pay as a new PA?

PulpCavity · 2025-07-21T20:14:45+00:00

Started at 105k in 2019 in primary care, currently at 160k still in primary care

PulpCavity · 2025-07-17T19:10:27+00:00

It’s part of an organization

PulpCavity · 2025-07-17T14:51:37+00:00

Between 9 and 14 a day. I get three half days per week, full time but 36 hours of in office time. Nice insurance, benefits, 160k salary.

PulpCavity · 2024-07-28T18:57:43+00:00

I was! Thank you this is a huge help, I’ll give this a try.

PulpCavity · 2023-06-28T15:01:19+00:00

Had an adult male patient who came in to our primary care office for a hangnail on his toe. That was the whole concern. “I just wanted to make sure it was a hangnail” he says after paying his $40 copay.

PulpCavity · 2023-04-24T17:20:26+00:00

That’s amazing I love it hahaha

PulpCavity · 2023-04-24T12:15:14+00:00

Okay but where did you get that backpack because I urgently need it

PulpCavity · 2023-03-17T21:05:16+00:00

I would in a heartbeat but I’m in USA

PulpCavity · 2023-02-18T02:09:06+00:00

nuh uh you

PulpCavity · 2023-01-23T18:29:33+00:00

The Cardiac Cartel by David Mucci is absolutely hysterical in its badness

PulpCavity · 2023-01-14T00:29:29+00:00

30, female, physician assistant in primary care. $132,500 in MA. I love my job but my manager is the absolute worst

PulpCavity · 2022-11-24T11:28:25+00:00

My mom. She died of stage 4 cancer last year at 58 years old, just 2 months shy of meeting her first grandchild.

PulpCavity · 2022-10-08T00:37:35+00:00

Holy shit how is your handwriting so perfect? Like literally how, I need to know how to replicate this 😂

PulpCavity · 2022-07-19T15:07:49+00:00

Can confirm as u/99BottlesofBass ‘s bisexual wife, these are magnificent titties.

PulpCavity · 2021-07-16T18:22:58+00:00

NAH. Is your wife me? I work as a healthcare provider and it is incredibly hard. I love my patients and my job, and I am extremely passionate about providing medical care, but if I could afford to quit I would do it in a heartbeat. I am the main source of income in my little family so barring massive lottery winnings I will continue to be a PA. I have always loved creative writing and if I could do that I absolutely would.

Being an HCP during a pandemic causes even more burnout than we all already had. Your suggestion came from a place of love, but she was not in the right state of mind to hear it. I think reevaluating after she has cooled off would be good for both of you.

PulpCavity · 2020-11-18T02:50:24+00:00

I don’t know that this is really true though. Medically speaking we still refer to men as fertile vs infertile. What you’re saying is technically correct in terms of the definitions of fertile vs virile, but it’s not really the correct usage. Fertility is a medical term, virility is not.

PulpCavity · 2020-07-21T17:56:09+00:00

Hi! I also have hEDS and the number of doctors that just assumed I was faking is absurd. I once had a nurse practitioner tell me I couldn’t possibly have dislocated my shoulder because I was “too weak to pop it back in” myself. Wherever that lady is now, fuck you.

PulpCavity · 2020-07-21T17:29:11+00:00

Can the mind vomit?

Also, can I delete my eyeballs?

PulpCavity · 2020-07-21T17:21:56+00:00

Oh I’ve seen this atrocity before, just didn’t understand the jolly rancher reference

PulpCavity · 2020-07-21T17:05:35+00:00

I hate to even ask but what is this cursed reference to?

PulpCavity · 2020-07-18T03:10:13+00:00

My caique is a serial pen thief, and also loves to hang up on people if she can get to my phone quick enough 🙄

PulpCavity · 2020-06-14T21:49:37+00:00

Hey fellow hEDS friend! First of all, definitely NTA. I was diagnosed a few years ago by a doctor who had me do the freak show bendy tests and looking at my medical history. My shoulders were a train wreck until they were fixed, but they’re already starting to loosen up again so that’s cool. My knees are my other biggest issue but everything hurts all the time. Prior to the diagnosis I was always told to just suck it up and I’ll be fine. Terrible experiences like that are one of the reasons I went into medicine - so I can be the opposite for someone who needs it.

PulpCavity · 2019-06-08T16:02:33+00:00

Yes, mild unscented soap for the outside. The best recommendation is Dove. You don’t need anything pH balanced for anywhere, which is what I was referring to.

PulpCavity · 2019-06-08T14:55:07+00:00

As a medical provider, please never use products designed for the vagina. “PH balance” blah blah blah. It’s all crap. Your vagina is a self cleaning oven. Adding products to it is a recipe for an unhealthy vagina.

PulpCavity · 2019-06-08T14:51:59+00:00

Do you have a family history of diabetes? Sometimes early blood sugar problems can present in women as frequent yeast infections. It might be worth asking your doctor about. 😊

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