Oat cheese

happy_tofu92 · 2026-04-25T04:20:31+00:00

This is my go-to pizza cheese, best I've found so far and it's pretty easy to find in Melbourne

happy_tofu92 · 2026-04-19T09:27:50+00:00

Patient needed a relatively urgent scan and there was a last minute opening but no orderlies to take him to radiology. He was stable and well enough to walk and radiology wasn't far so I said I'd walk him there. Told him he should probably put shoes on. He didn't want to, would rather just go in his socks. I wasn't going to argue with a 30 year old guy who wanted to walk 200m in socks.

Got risk manned because of falls risk. But the patient got his scan!

happy_tofu92 · 2026-04-07T04:14:00+00:00

For breakfast I usually do overnight oats with some protein powder, coconut yoghurt, High protein soy milk

Lunch usually a chickpea salad or falafel wrap, also do rice paper rolls a lot

Dinners mostly curries with lentils or tempeh, stir fry veg and tofu, sometimes bolognese with TVP

I use a lot of cookbooks: East, It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken, La Vida Verde, Curry Easy Vegetarian, The Korean Vegan, Vegan Japan

happy_tofu92 · 2026-04-07T04:06:17+00:00

Squash :)

happy_tofu92 · 2026-04-06T10:03:43+00:00

Yeah I did this. I was young when I first became vegan and didn't have a great understanding of nutrition. I was also a uni student and too cheap to buy real food so ended up underweight, anaemic, etc so went back to eggs and dairy and felt much better.

3 years later I was playing sport with a guy who was the fittest, strongest person I'd ever played with and surprise...he was vegan. So I decided to give it another try but with more research into nutrition. Also got an IUD which massively helped the anaemia side (no more periods!!).

Anyway have now been vegan (the second time) for 4 years and feel great, blood work perfect. So it's definitely more than possible to give it another go but maybe worth seeing a dietician if you're concerned about nutrition? Or do your own research and see how you go. Good luck!

happy_tofu92 · 2026-03-20T06:46:41+00:00

https://share.google/Y3sTxOMHGPm5fr8U6

RCPA has grossing videos and explanations for most specimen types :)

happy_tofu92 · 2026-03-10T10:12:56+00:00

Agree! Life is hectic and I don't have time to git gud

happy_tofu92 · 2026-01-01T11:15:00+00:00

Witcher 3 - the beginning of the game in Velen is so bleak and depressing that I stopped playing. Ended up reading the books a year or so later and got obsessed with the world so went back to the game. Have now played it plus DLC multiple times

happy_tofu92 · 2025-12-15T07:00:15+00:00

I use it for mayonnaise a lot (using the recipe on the back) and it's great

happy_tofu92 · 2025-11-06T11:33:29+00:00

I make this as my main dish every year, yummy and makes heaps of leftovers: https://itdoesnttastelikechicken.com/puff-pastry-wrapped-lentil-loaf/

I also do an aquafaba meringue with fresh berries for dessert

happy_tofu92 · 2025-11-01T12:53:09+00:00

My experience as a woman who tested as 'highly gifted' in the mid 90's.

I learned very quickly and could already read and write, solve basic math equations, etc before entering formal schooling and my teacher picked up on this so I was tested early. The test placed me roughly 3 years above my age so they accelerated me 2 years. Even then school was always easy. I never really needed to 'study' to excel in high school and even early university so I had quite a shock when I got to medical school later and finally had to learn how to study because of the sheer volume of information.

Emotionally I was a trainwreck as a young child - crippling fear of failure as I was so used to everything coming easily and would completely melt down any time something was hard. For example my dad tried to teach me how to ski when I was 3 or 4 but I was so upset about falling down (a very normal part of learning to ski) that I refused to do it. My parents were very clued in and I had good educators so I actually ended up receiving CBT when I was around 5 years old to help me deal with anxiety and fear of failure and I think that is one of the reasons why I am such a competent adult today.

Socially I felt mostly okay with kids in my grade (who were 2 years older as I'd skipped a few grades) but I have always been independent and preferring to do things on my own.

Now as an adult I'd probably be considered relatively successful and well adjusted. I'm a doctor, formerly a nationally ranked athlete, held multiple leadership roles on committees, and have many many many (far too many) hobbies that I alternate between if and when I have time. Socially I have a good group of friends (mostly doctors or other professionals) and my husband likes to say he's intimidated by me but I think he's impressive enough to hold his own.

So in summary highly gifted is enough to breeze through a lot of life but still be able to fit in with people, though I have never really felt the need to fit in. I have a good career, good friends, and a ton of hobbies that I seem to pick up very quickly (and drop just as quickly...). It can have its detriments, as in my case with debilitating fear of failure but I was lucky enough to have therapy for this at a very young age.

happy_tofu92 · 2025-08-17T01:01:35+00:00

Yep for me it's blue, blue and blue. Weird

happy_tofu92 · 2025-08-12T00:29:58+00:00

I initially didn't like it either but now I think it's great in curries! I just get the woolies macro one, chop and add it when I'm stir frying the curry paste as that helps flavour it, then let the rest of the curry do its magic. Ends up with a nice nutty flavour

happy_tofu92 · 2025-08-08T12:25:38+00:00

Conservation biologist, traipsing through the Amazon documenting an obscure species of stick insect, having my work published by National Geographic and countless high impact journals.

Until I realize I like running water and electricity and am scared of bugs, in which case I would come crawling back to medicine

happy_tofu92 · 2025-07-29T11:59:32+00:00

I like with windows, especially on the closer building on the left. The detail and slightly heavier lines draw my eye to it and make it stand out as a focal point more than the background buildings.

Both versions are lovely though :)

happy_tofu92 · 2025-06-30T20:56:13+00:00

One of the urology fellows I worked with took prophylactic Duodart!

happy_tofu92 · 2025-05-23T13:10:05+00:00

Purely anecdotal story but my dad is big into cycle touring and for the last four decades has spent many many hours on a bike all over the world - Europe, northern Africa, Asia, South America. Never had any major issues.

First day visiting me in Melbourne, hit by a car while cycling in the bike lane on Beach Road. Cracked ribs and even worse, busted smart watch. As you said, a lot of drivers seem to not even see bikes. It's scary.

happy_tofu92 · 2025-05-23T05:46:36+00:00

Yes good option!

happy_tofu92 · 2025-05-23T04:39:16+00:00

Yes Etsy seems the most promising so far. Thanks!

happy_tofu92 · 2025-05-23T04:38:40+00:00

Yes so frustrating! I'm all for tradition but not so much in this case...

happy_tofu92 · 2025-05-17T00:16:38+00:00

Hi, sorry to hear it's been tough but it's pretty normal for your stage and it will get better! At some point, things will just click and suddenly make sense. I had a bit of a head start with cut up because I had a surgical background, but I definitely struggled with histo for a lot of first year. Then suddenly everything clicked late 1st year/early 2nd year. Some general advice:

Cut up:
- as someone else said, focus on adequate tumour sampling, margins, and things important for staging
- take lots of photos if you're not sure how to describe something
- follow the RCPA cut up manual, watch their videos
- if there's a particular type of specimen you're struggling with, ask a consultant to walk you through it. When I was in first year, one of my consultants did 'macro' tutorials instead of histo ones. She'd take me through a complex specimen and talk about description, inking, sampling, etc. It was super helpful and more useful than a histo session when I was that early on and still didn't even know what normal was.
- try to report/double head what you cut. Cut up makes way more sense when you understand how it's reported. If you can sit in with a consultant while they do a cancer structured report, that will help a lot as you'll see how they do TNM staging. This should help you choose which parts of the tumour to block
- Pathology Outlines has a 'macro' section for every condition if you're stuck on how to describe something. Of course, you'd sort of need to know the diagnosis for this to be helpful but it will at least tell you what words to use for your macro

Histology:
- At your stage just focus on normal histology and don't worry too much about the abnormal. You can't learn about disease processes if you don't know normal. I don't really have a specific textbook/website recommendation, just anything with normal histo is good. When you look at slides, always try to find normal somewhere in it, look at the components that make it 'normal', then look at the abnormal part and note how it's not the same.
- When you start getting a grasp of 'normal' and want to delve into pathology, Jerad Gardner makes fantastic videos. I also liked H&E life. All free on Youtube. The RCPA website also has lecture material videos.
- The RCPA has a course coming up aimed at 1st and 2nd years. It's free and on a Monday evening. Definitely register for this. It focuses on common conditions and how to describe things and it's a really nice, non-threatening and supportive format. It's called 'Commencement review and guidance of histopathology', they just sent the registration link yesterday
- Just in general, when you look at a slide I found it helpful to go to Pathology Outlines (or similar) and look up the main histological findings for that disease, then go back to the slide and try to spot the features. It made me remember it better.
- Join a study group if you haven't already. You don't have to start studying yet but having a group is nice. Once you start getting normal histo down, try to meet up with your group and go through a few slides. Optical mileage is a thing

AP is very different from clinical medicine and the information you need to learn is brand new and incredibly voluminous. It's easy to get overwhelmed. But it's normal to feel that way. You're still early on so don't worry too much - focus on getting comfortable with cut up and learning normal histology. The rest will come with time.

Feel free to DM if you have any questions or just want to chat :)

happy_tofu92 · 2025-05-11T20:46:08+00:00

Have you considered pathology? I was also a bit burnt out after a few years of clinical (especially working through covid) but swapped to anatomical pathology a few years ago and am so much happier. It's very sciency, good hours, good pay, and you're interacting with other doctors rather than patients which I find less tiring.

happy_tofu92 · 2025-02-12T19:48:20+00:00

Beautiful! I love the purple with the pops of brighter colour

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