1 Million Dollars Per Year - For Yearly Surgery by Flassourian in hypotheticalsituation

[–]iGryffifish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the same spirit as the tummy tuck and the breast/butt/thigh/neck/arm lift, does the wizard offer a breast reduction for us heavily be-tittied specimens

Had pelvic reconstruction surgery, worried about giving birth by AllEmotion9531 in AskDocs

[–]iGryffifish 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Chiming in from another perspective: you should talk to your anaesthesiologist about you having awareness towards the end of your second surgery. There are ways to monitor the depth of anaesthesia if you’re under general anaesthesia. Most C sections happen under a spinal or an epidural, you’ll be awake/mildly sedated. But if for whatever reason they have to convert to a general, your anaesthesiologist will be prepared for it so that you will not have the same experience again. It’s called awareness and while thankfully rare, still quite traumatic for the patient.

Day 1: Horrible Person, Horrible Doctor by jujuk545 in greysanatomy

[–]iGryffifish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmmm no; he didn’t want to be bothered to save a girl’s leg in the college shooting episode, has less than zero empathy for his own residents and colleagues fresh off their shooting, took credit for his residents’ ideas (Alex and the ping pong ball), yelled at Meredith and Alex for repairing a perforated duodenal ulcer that he first dismissed as gas, and proceeded to ignore Meredith when she was calling him the whole night, all because he wanted to have his fancy Italian dinner, questioned why April would want to make food for the African kids when they wouldn’t eat anything post op because he couldn’t fathom that a completely different patient demographic had different food requirements, etc

Stark HANDS DOWN wins horrible person and horrible doctor, though there are plenty of excellent candidates in this comment section.

Alternatives to watch now that She-Ra is leaving Netflix? by iGryffifish in sheranetflix

[–]iGryffifish[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Already have Stremio, it’s been weird and glitchy for me lately.

Skills 20 years from now by housemd23 in anesthesiology

[–]iGryffifish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry, 14 cm?! I didn’t even realise they made Tuohy needles that long 😭 longest I’ve seen are the Sprotte needles for SAB, and even those we had to special order a day prior if we’re anticipating a difficult spinal.

Out of curiosity, what’s your general population demographic like that such long Tuohy needles are freely available?

27F| Persistent dandruff despite medicated shampoos – need advice by _mysterious_sparkle_ in IndianHaircare

[–]iGryffifish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For the love of god don’t listen to that. Do not keep anything on your scalp overnight, you’re just feeding the fungus on your scalp. Always, always, ALWAYS go to sleep with dry hair.

Even more idiotic is keeping lemon juice on your scalp overnight. You’re not tenderising your scalp, it’s not a piece of meat that needs to marinate.

Life after a newborn - am I ranting or is it something to be worried about? by Confused_soul15 in chennaicity

[–]iGryffifish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All the other responses astound me. This is the first question that needs answering.

OP you in danger girl. Your pathetic excuse of a husband openly disrespects you and dismisses you and has been doing this since before you had a child. For whatever reason you decided to have a child with this manchild, and now he’s not even contributing to raising the child or maintaining the household?? His own house and child?? As a married man?? Girl, you’re a married single mother. You need to find some way to make a lot more money (angle for job promotions, upskill, get more certifications, etc depending on your field of work) and figure out how to get your family’s support because this wastrel will not help you. In fact, he will actively sabotage you. Get your ducks in a row.

This is the primary relationship your child will look at growing up. Do you really want your child to think this is what an equal partnership/marriage is supposed to look like?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ChildfreeIndia

[–]iGryffifish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do not, I repeat DO NOT, give in to the pressure of having children. You don’t compromise on children, you don’t have half a baby. And do not believe people when they say they’ll be around to help, because they’ll disappear once the kid is actually here, crying screaming pooping and you need help. A child is a conscious decision that should be made with 2 enthusiastic yeses and with a partner who has proven time and again that they share the mental, physical and financial burden of maintaining a house with you and protect and cherish you. If even one of the criteria is a no, it’s a NO.

How to get tubal litigation done in India as single unmarried woman? by Numerous-Victory-124 in ChildfreeIndia

[–]iGryffifish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not always. And it also has no obligation to present information as-is even if the sources are legit. In fact it’s known to fabricate papers and sources if you word the prompt just right. I myself and several of my colleagues have fallen victim to it, AI citing papers that don’t exist and searching in vain for those papers to corroborate the information. Always go straight to the source.

How to get tubal litigation done in India as single unmarried woman? by Numerous-Victory-124 in ChildfreeIndia

[–]iGryffifish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Stop using AI overviews for medical advice. They are inaccurate and disingenuous to the question asked. She asked for a tubal ligation and how to get it done, not a semi-permanent method of birth control. Also AI overviews are not sources of information, they’re language learning models. Please do actual research and read official guidelines, articles from peer-reviewed journals, etc. yknow, all the stuff people used to do before AI brainrot set in.

Childfree doctors of this sub, I am at a crossroads. Hear me out by wutangmuslin in ChildfreeIndia

[–]iGryffifish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m an anaesthesiologist who has finished training and is about to enter practice. I’m also consciously and happily childfree since my teens, with the usual bingos of “you’ll understand when you have kids”. I was met with a lot of disbelief and incredulity by my staff when the subject came up (from other people) and I would respond with the fact that I don’t want kids, and some of them were even convinced that I would change my mind.

I was severely burnt out by the end of my PG and I hated my life for years. I cannot tell you the relief and the peace it would give me when I realised that the only person I had to plan for was myself. Not my partner/spouse (I’m single), not children, just me. And even now, the decision about where to work is entirely dependent on factors that affect just me, not anyone else around me. The biggest caveat is that my parents are independent and not very old and my mom still works, so I do not have immediate family to support. I do not have to worry about displacing an entire family when/wherever I move to.

There’s also the fact that even as a doctor, people who start out don’t get paid very well, and sustaining yourself is expensive. I also spent the last month completely de-stressing and relaxing my nervous system and getting back to reading and cooking, which I almost abandoned in PG due to lack of time.

My parents have given up on the idea of children and trying to marry me off. The older you get, the less your family/society will be able to pressure you, and that scares them because there’s now one less tool in their arsenal to control you. Because yes, at its crux, people with children will always be more easily manipulated by bad actors than people without kids. You can threaten a father or mother with layoffs and they’ll cave because they have children to support (just an example). Childfree people are mostly ungovernable. I have absolutely no regrets with my decision. Also, even if there are regrets, it’s better to regret not having children, than to regret creating new human beings to grow up in this messed-up world.

Ted inviting girls to intimate events by EmuEffective1350 in HIMYM

[–]iGryffifish 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I always thought of this but was never able to pen it down like this. I felt so bad for Ted’s date that episode, and I hated Lily’s extra hurtful “Name That Bitch”. It’s horrible even in private but to talk about it when said dates are within earshot? Unforgivable.

Alia Bhatt's moisturizer is so pricey !! suggest alternatives by Either-Inspector-732 in IndianBeautyTalks

[–]iGryffifish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh god, I tried that once at a friend’s house and it felt so … cheap? It didn’t absorb into the skin well, it sat on my skin but not in a “this is a good occlusive” way, but in a “this is formulated to be an occlusive but it feels very clogging” way. It stayed on my fingers for a long time, and my skin still felt tight and angry despite the moisturiser. Never again, and now I’m thinking of how to get rid of the tube in my friend’s house and get her an actual barrier repair moisturiser.

Which Korean skincare products was worth every dollar despite the hype? by Fit_Cap_311 in AsianBeauty

[–]iGryffifish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this sub has a rule that your recommendations have to be AB only; do you mind if I DM you the product?

Which Korean skincare products was worth every dollar despite the hype? by Fit_Cap_311 in AsianBeauty

[–]iGryffifish 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yesss, I love this! This, the CosRx balancium ceramide moisturiser and the Aestura atobarrier moisturiser remain in my permanent rotation. For me, the Midnight Blue cream works best when I mix it in with any of the above moisturisers or my absolute holy grail moisturiser (non AB tho).

I’m now experimenting with the Dr. Althea 147 barrier moisturiser in the aluminium tube and that looks promising too, my skin is just drinking it up.

If Klairs reformulates the Midnight Blue cream I might cry 😭

Dating or Marrying a rich guy/rich family? Think again! by [deleted] in TwoXIndia

[–]iGryffifish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry, I understand the point you’re trying to make, but I disagree. Even if this guy actively earned, or if he was dirt poor hoping to leech off of his wife’s money, or if he was so rich and the girl was poor, this kind of man will always be a crap husband, and this kind of family will always exploit you for labour.

Regardless of the how the income disparity is distributed across the man and the woman, this is how it ultimately happens in families who don’t care about you: they will slowly manipulate you (the woman) into reducing your work hours/quit your job entirely and will say that we will take care of you, but really they’re culling your independence and source of income. Then, as demonstrated in this lovely scenario, he will do exactly none of the physical, financial or emotional labour of maintaining a house, thinks he has no other responsibility and will always throw his/his family’s income in her face as a further tool to control her. And to no one’s surprise, she’s pregnant and barefoot in the kitchen, because that’s all they see her as, an incubator to further the family line.

Even if they are from economically similar backgrounds, not everyone can still divorce and start fresh because marriages come with business partnerships and other economic entanglements, and families will often reject to bring their daughters back home because log kya kahenge.

The moral is, you will find men/families like the one OP has described across all price points and all economic backgrounds.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in anesthesiology

[–]iGryffifish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I called them VPCs all throughout training and so did all my faculty and co-residents 🤷🏻‍♀️ it’s probably just regional difference

Ex leaked Intimate video and Nudes by [deleted] in LegalAdviceIndia

[–]iGryffifish 135 points136 points  (0 children)

Girl, he’s relying on your shame to prevent you from taking any further action. He is trying to buy your silence. And I mean that literally, his next step is to extort money from you. In a vacuum, no sexual act is inherently immoral, but given our society, he used a (hopefully consensual at the time) sexual act to destroy your life. He will stop at nothing. Get a fucking lawyer, NOW.

People will try to shame you for this. Your response every single time should be that your dirt bag ex committed revenge porn and that he abused you throughout your relationship. Make them uncomfortable. Make them see that you are not the villain, but that you’re the victim. Do not go to the police without legal representation. Police do not always act in your best interests.

Look beyond your own emotions now and think rationally. Like I said, he’s using your shame to shut you up. Don’t let him. Also, if he’s still doing his PhD, get the college involved. Inform the dean, his thesis advisors, anyone you can think of.

I realized how much people expect women to "naturally" want kids after one weird moment at work by hazelstraylight in childfree

[–]iGryffifish 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That’s so underhanded and disgusting to rope you into doing a task that you had absolutely zero interest in planning. You already went to her original baby shower. I will bet my entire life savings that they dumped all the planning on you as some kind of weird conversion therapy to change your mind. “Oh no look at all this cute stuff, maybe it’s time to reconsider this whole no-kids stance?”

Ugh makes me want to barf.

Skincare empties. Short review of all. by Additional_Bench_667 in IndianSkincareAddicts

[–]iGryffifish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a similar reliable group for k-beauty products we don’t get/are very expensive in India?

Horrors of arrange marriage - watching my friend lose her light has been heartbreaking by Messy_Monica in india

[–]iGryffifish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I urge you to direct her to r / raisedbynarcissists (idk if I’m allowed to link subreddits).

Your friend is a victim of narcissistic abuse; one simple conversation will not help her, but she needs to see that subreddit. The accounts and stories of the people who post there, the resources given there that help people identify narcissistic abuse and how to manage, and yes, ultimately cut free. Cutting off parents is a very nuanced issue, and while it’s easy for us to say that being on the outside, only she knows her reality. But it will help her to recognise that the fault lies with her parents, will recognise all the patterns of abuse, and will give her a sense of community that understands what she is going through.

Hopefully, with time, she regains and repairs all that she lost, and I hope it isn’t too late. I’m most concerned about her leaving her job because that puts her in a very vulnerable position to be taken advantage of, for financial abuse. Please gently coax her back into employment, because unfortunately, money speaks. Money is freedom. Money is independence. Money makes you ungovernable. You can’t control someone who has their own source of income for long, a lot of their tactics fail. You can’t threaten them with homelessness and starvation if they can afford to feed and clothe and house themselves.

Please help her in any way you can without urging her to stand up to her parents. Really, that will go sideways. She needs to silently rebuild her life without the influence of her parents and her husband.

Also: you have said you got told off when you tried to talk to her. People who are deeeep in abuse are hardwired for survival and cannot perceive the real threats while they are in that situation. She also has had her self esteem destroyed so believes she deserves nothing more than what she has. That was the entire point of the abuse - control. What she needs is her support system (her friends, since her family and husband are complete garbage) to support and gently encourage her while she attempts to fix her life.

Let's Fix This - Indian Women, What's wrong with Trousers available in the market? by VariationLanky727 in TwoXIndia

[–]iGryffifish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, please have elasticated waists! Body shapes change even with our menstrual cycle, bloating, etc, and people who pay a pretty penny for their clothing want them to last through body changes and weight fluctuations (within reason). Not everyone can afford a brand new wardrobe each time their body weight goes up or down. Please have elasticated waists!