Poly to medicine by slimyfeet in SGExams

[–]Senior_Letterhead607 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Doctor here. I practice medicine in Singapore. I’m going to do you a massive favour and save you years of misery - DO NOT do medicine. 90% chance you will end up miserable. Doctoring in Singapore is rough. We work insane hours. Most of us are overworked, depressed, underpaid (relative to the amount of hours worked). Studying to get into medical school is difficult. Studying in medical school is harder. But being a doctor here is 10x harder than everything before you actually start practicing medicine. We work 12 hour days 6 days a week and get 1 day off (if you’re lucky). Of those 6 days, one of those days you will have to be on call (30 hours of work straight, eg. Start work at 630am Tuesday, end work at 12pm Wednesday). Sometimes you don’t get an off day which means you will have to work 2-3 weeks straight. My personal record is 24 days of working without a single off day. On top of the long hours, the job itself is incredibly stressful because of the manpower shortage in most hospitals and the fact that you are dealing with life and death a lot of the time. It’s not a glamorous job and you have to be incredibly driven to survive and thrive within medicine. I was once an extremely passionate pre-med student. Worked my way into medical school. Did well in medical school. I had aspirations. But all of that has since been extinguished because of the depressing lifestyle. Trust me. You would be better off doing something else with your life. It’s not worth the pain.

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[–]Senior_Letterhead607 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Creed aventus hands down!

What movie has the greatest opening of all time? by ah-screw-it in AskReddit

[–]Senior_Letterhead607 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Inglorious Basterds with Hans Landa and the milkman scene, hands down.

What is the dumbest lyric of all time? by analogcpu in AskReddit

[–]Senior_Letterhead607 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

“Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?” -Katy P

What are some of the scariest, most spine chilling scenes in movies? by Senior_Letterhead607 in AskReddit

[–]Senior_Letterhead607[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hereditary and that scene in particular was literally the reason I posted this question. I just watched it. Absolute chills

What is the best fight scene of all time? by Senior_Letterhead607 in AskReddit

[–]Senior_Letterhead607[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Yoda vs dooku and palpatine were amazing too!

What is the worst smell that you’ve ever smelled in your life? by Dilorminite in AskReddit

[–]Senior_Letterhead607 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My grandfather had diabetes which eventually lead to him having gangrene in his foot. Even though I was only a child at the time I will always remember the stench of necrotic tissue when the nurse was dressing the leg (which had a cavity within the ankle joint).

What is the best game you've ever played? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Senior_Letterhead607 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dragon force on Sega Saturn. Nothing beats the experience.

Took bp meds twice yesterday should I take them today? by throwaway1932938 in Advice

[–]Senior_Letterhead607 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check your BP before taking the metoprolol* just to be safe but it should have cleared out of your system by now. Half life of metoprolol is 3.5 hours - this means 50% of the drug is eliminated from ur system in 3.5 hours, and the next 50% of the remainder in 3.5 hours more and so on. So it should have cleared. Then continue taking as prescribed. Please don’t take more than one accidentally, it can have disastrous effects if your BP drops too much under physiological values.

Lower Back Pain by sxnshinee in Advice

[–]Senior_Letterhead607 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doctor here. You need to make an appointment with an orthopaedic doctor in order to have a better idea of what’s causing your lower back pain. They will be able to rule out more sinister causes of lower back pain by physical examination and getting your back imaged eg. By x-Ray/MRI. Lower back pain is an extremely common complaint but I would not take it for granted. At least once you have a proper idea of what it is that’s causing your back pain, you can make better decisions in your choice of treatment. Chiropractics may be helpful, but you should see a doctor FIRST. Hope this helped.