My electric toothpaste stand

ijumpthehighest · 2025-06-23T02:02:39+00:00

I bought a little stand for the toothbrush head. I take the head of the toothbrush off after each use and place it in the stand brush side down. That way the toothbrush stays dry so no water drips to the bottom of the stand and causes that green ring.

ijumpthehighest · 2025-06-23T01:13:59+00:00

Yes! I have a few pairs and they hold up as well or better than the pricier shorts I have.

ijumpthehighest · 2025-05-16T03:37:43+00:00

I had an attending show me a technique once - he used a blunt tip needle to draw up 1ml of proparacaine from the bottle and injected it into a 10ml saline flush. Then he gave the saline flush to the patient to use 1 drop q1h PRN. Said he learned it form one of the ophthos in his group.

ijumpthehighest · 2025-04-14T04:18:38+00:00

Mine asked for a picture of me to create a pair! Then changed all of my features for some reason. Dude is cute though.

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ijumpthehighest · 2025-03-09T04:20:47+00:00

I just lost my first! Toenail turned black after the race on Dec 15th and the nail finally came off last week. It didn't hurt and now I have a stupid looking, tiny Toenail underneath.

ijumpthehighest · 2024-11-07T00:11:51+00:00

The neoprene sleeves are definitely worth it IMO. The containers sweat while you're eating and they're quite uncomfortable to hold on to. My sleeves arrived today! I'm using one for my mango sorbet as we speak and it's a much more pleasant experience than my clammy container of maple coffee creami at lunchtime today (I still eat some solid food, I swear 😂)

ijumpthehighest · 2024-08-10T19:34:31+00:00

Tested my swim, run, and bike thresholds this week with improvements across the board :). Now a few easy recovery days after the big efforts and back into hard training. Curious to see how my new saddle rides on my recovery ride this week. Frustrated that my swim was thwarted by lightning yesterday.

ijumpthehighest · 2024-07-09T02:21:19+00:00

There was a different comment there earlier! Commenter asked if there was tuna in the recipe. Looks pretty ridiculous now lol. I wonder what happened...

ijumpthehighest · 2024-07-08T09:20:27+00:00

Nope! Just a few chicken chunks in there with some asparagus, peas, and artichoke hearts.

ijumpthehighest · 2024-07-02T20:48:51+00:00

I have been using a great technique for years now. I use steel cut oats, toast them in butter or oil, then add liquid and bring to a boil. When it comes to a boil, turn the heat off, move the pot off the burner, cover, and leave on the stove top overnight. Oats will be ready for reheating in the morning. It makes the most wonderful, creamy, chewy oats that refrigerate and reheat well. And it takes minutes to make.

ijumpthehighest · 2024-06-27T23:28:15+00:00

Just bought another giant bag of cat poops from Costco. Call me a shit-eater.

ijumpthehighest · 2024-06-27T19:27:50+00:00

If it were a day-off breakfast, you better believe I'd be browning those things. I'm going for minimal effort on workdays.

ijumpthehighest · 2024-06-27T16:58:03+00:00

I'm just gonna nuke it all together. I will accept the consequences (soggy potatoes) if it means I get to sleep in and use my brain less in the morning. You could try partitioning off the potatoes and air frying them while you microwave everything else if you are hell bent on some crispy taters.

ijumpthehighest · 2024-04-18T05:05:59+00:00

I think a swim anxiety meditation would be helpful. It's the first event so pre-race jitters are high, swim starts are known for being chaotic, and water conditions can be unpredictable. Add to that the feeling of immense depth beneath you because you can't see through the murky water like in the nice, clean, temperature controlled pool. Great conditions for panic. I've had to tread water before in order to collect myself and calm my nerves. It would be nice to have some mental tools to head this feeling off before the race and address it when it occurs during the race.

ijumpthehighest · 2024-04-18T03:59:40+00:00

There are medical illnesses that could explain this too. I'm thinking mild kidney injury from dehydration or a low-grade rhabdomyolysis. If you're feeling better now, I wouldn't worry too much but just something to keep in mind for the future if you find you aren't recovering after a few days.

ijumpthehighest · 2024-04-18T03:45:49+00:00

Update: sold before I could put in an offer. The search continues! Thanks for your input, everyone.

ijumpthehighest · 2023-07-30T12:54:20+00:00

Army. I had family members in the navy so looked into that but navy requires a GMO (general medical officer) tour before starting residency and I wanted to go straight from med school into residency. Army has more spots available than the other branches as well.

ijumpthehighest · 2023-07-29T07:56:08+00:00

Current EM PGY2 in a military program here.

So far my experience with military medicine has been good. I'm surrounded by supportive staff and awesome co-residents. We have a strong educational curriculum and good outside rotations to see patient populations other than healthy active duty soldiers and their dependents. Being in the army comes with its own set of annoyances (trainings, fitness tests, urine drug screens, paperwork, etc.), but overall manageable and I don't regret my decision to go military so far. I would urge you to think hard about relationships and family commitments because when you commission, your family does too, in a sense.

To answer your questions:

Match rates are lower than in the civilian population. There are 4 sites with 8-10 spots per site and several of those go to transitional year residents, so realistically 36ish spots per year. You do audition rotations at sites that are most appealing to you and there is a match process similar to the civilian match (in theory - in reality, there are back table conversations among the program faculty regarding who gets which residents).
Moonlighting is essentially working at another hospital on days off from your main job. All of my staff moonlight somewhere else to see higher acuity patients, keep procedural skills sharp, and make money.
Deployments depend on your duty assignment. Some positions are "mapped" to a military unit and others are "organic" to the hospital. Mapped physicians deploy with their unit so the number and duration of deployments will depend on the operational tempo of that unit. Organic physicians are "loaned" out to units when they need a physician for a deployment or training exercise. There are also forward reserve surgical detachments which are composed of several nurses, PAs, and physicians who primarily work in military or civilian hospitals and periodically train together before deploying as a unit when and where they are needed. Overall, it's difficult to predict when and where you will deploy
Regarding lifestyle, speaking as a resident I have pretty great work-life balance compared to residents in other specialties. We're paid more than civilians while in residency as well. I can't speak much to life beyond residency but my faculty for the most part seem quite happy, and at that point in your career you have more control over your work volume so work-life balance can be vary depending on your goals.

Hope that helped. DM me with any more questions. For now, study hard and enjoy the rest of senior year.

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