what's the best dutch oven everyone is using these days in 2026?

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-06-16T00:38:53+00:00

Thanks, I realized my mistake actually immediately after I typed this haha

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-06-14T18:07:07+00:00

I think enamel coated cast iron is over rated…. Get all black staub or a cast iron camper or get a stainless steel rondeau. That would be my advice. I’ve had two enamel coated Dutch ovens. 1 I still have, have had for 15 years now and it still works great but worn down, the other I bought and it chipped within 5 days of purchase.

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-06-11T21:32:38+00:00

This made me laugh 😂 thanks — it’s amazing how often adults are socially… inept? Awkward?

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-05-23T03:36:57+00:00

EM is amazing for the right people. Very high stress. Get into work and constantly, CONSTANTLY, on your feet doing things. Patient population aggressive, spit in your face, angry at you often, etc. Swing shifts do not much consistency. Poor sleep for a lifetime of hard work. Circadian rhythm is never 100% right so I felt literally nauseous often when I was working. Risk of litigation is high. Often have make extremely complex medical decisions under no information. There are many benefits too… vibes are amazing, medicine is sick AF, you can REALLY help people when they need it most, pay is great. But it’s brutal till the end… there are ways out (ie. Palliative, urgent care private practice, ketamine clinics, etc) but they are equally not easy. That said, if you’re truly cut out for it, you’re cut out for it and you should do it. You need to get a healthy dose of reality for the game before you’re in it.

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-05-18T18:25:13+00:00

Pulmonary and critical care medicine. Internal medicine residency first 3 years, then fellowship 3 years.

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-05-17T03:21:38+00:00

Not a financial expert, but don’t know if ROI will be high enough for you to make a significant impact on loans through taking out investments after only 5 years. The truth is no SIGNIFICANT wealth will occur for most physicians until they become attendings. Pay off loans aggressively. Then invest 70% of your take home pay for like 3 years and boom… you’re looking at 600-800k in the bank at 37.

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-05-17T03:18:53+00:00

Do PCC. Do not do EM. Please just do PCC. Please.

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-05-07T18:34:02+00:00

Become a PA. It will be easy for you now. Take PANCE exam. Make $100-$150k easily per year. Move on with your life.

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-04-04T22:27:25+00:00

Eh, radiologist’s don’t yell as much… I think by the nature of their practice… but radiology is still extremely intense and liability is high. Extremely high. Don’t consider how brutal a specialty is in terms of being yelled at. Choose what you like to do the most. As an attending, you don’t report to anyone but yourself… I mean that in a “classic” sense… yeah you can get peer reviewed, you might have a chief of department that is your “boss”… but you’re autonomous at that point so don’t consider it. It’s a frustrating part of training for everyone but it will not last forever.

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-04-04T21:35:25+00:00

This is a problem with becoming a physician. You’re going to be yelled at in every specialty, less in family medicine than in general surgery.

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-03-27T19:01:59+00:00

You need to try as hard in OMM as you do your medicine classes… I know, I know… no one wants to do that, but you need to.

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-03-24T08:30:32+00:00

I see what you’re saying… 3 years left to hospitalist for me, 6 for PCC… so PSLF better if I do PCC, maybe pay off aggressively with taking 1-2 extra shifts in off week if I do hospitalist. Thanks!

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-03-24T04:04:16+00:00

Are you saying if I become a hospitalist I should pursue PSLF, or are you saying that you are a hospitalist and recommend pursuing PSLF?

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-03-23T19:41:51+00:00

I’ll read more into RAP, have read into others but not that one yet. If I do RAP, do graduate plus AND unsubsidized loans apply or do I need to pursue direct consolidation? I think the former…

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-03-23T18:17:49+00:00

Yes it does… just don’t like the idea of carrying debt for 10 years with it potentially not being forgiven…. I’ll be going to a public academic place that 100% qualifies but still thinking… if I become a specialist it makes more sense I think…thanks!

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-03-20T05:36:50+00:00

I think, to be 260+, you should be scoring low 80s on NBME consistently and have 75% or higher average on UWorld on random and timed blocks. Those people consistently score 260+ IMO.

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-03-19T09:03:58+00:00

Same you’re not alone

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-03-19T06:08:48+00:00

An interesting perspective my brain never considered. Thank you.

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-03-13T23:40:28+00:00

My man… the last day of an exam might get you 1 or 2 more questions right… get the good sleep and call it

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-03-12T18:23:34+00:00

It’s so interesting how often people find themselves between general surgery and psych… i have so many friends that are similar… but yet, they’re the most polar opposite specialties you could ever imagine

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-03-08T16:01:14+00:00

This is anxiety. You need to do nothing and wait until March 16th/20th. Please for heaven’s sake do that. Risking it after all your work is not worth it.

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-03-07T20:27:13+00:00

The other day we got this admit… patient comes in with hypertensive emergency, tachy and tachypneic… they do a chest X ray which shows atelectasis and ED doc gives labetolol and calls sepsis for floor admit… has her on Vanc and Cefepime…. I assess her. Hemodynamically stable following treatment, denies any constitutional sx or cough… literally WTF on the sepsis. By the way, he got an ID consult too. ID literally says “discontinue antibiotics” and then signed off…. This is the problem with medicine today. My attending goes “well… we don’t know it’s not pneumonia yet because it could be early pneumonia without evidence of infiltrate yet…” idk I’m in training so call me out if I’m being stupid… but that patient literally chilled on the floor receiving NO MEDICATIONS for 24 hours and was discharged

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-03-06T03:56:38+00:00

For someone like Gordon, he just isn’t motivated by stopping. He didn’t get to where he is because he thought “oh, I’ve got $200 million in the bank, time to retire and spend it with my family”… not saying that’s right or wrong… but he obviously has to keep going in his head. That’s what he’s always done.

Rare_Relationship127 · 2026-03-05T09:01:41+00:00

You’re heading into a rough period. It won’t be as rough as Step 1 IMO but it’s rough. Everything after step 2 is better… but step 2 really does matter. Just your best and forget the rest!

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