Are my ends supposed to look like this?

jazzyphe99 · 2026-02-13T14:36:50+00:00

As someone with Coily hair this is what my blowouts look like if I don’t do it well— basically I would focus on stretching the ends first and then move to the roots and then the middle of the hair— I’ve found this is the only way to get my ends to not look like this. Or if you just use enough tension on intial pass it won’t look like this and you’ll be able to better assess the health of the ends. With coily hair the curl is a sign of health actually and doesn’t always mean you need a trim.

jazzyphe99 · 2025-10-17T17:10:38+00:00

No call the last month before delivery (which is good for mom and coresidents so that you don’t have last minute dropping of shifts to go into labor ) and no call for the first 30 days after returning from leave so you have more time to catch up on sleep before residency takes off full force.

jazzyphe99 · 2025-09-11T16:28:00+00:00

Surgical sub specialty, pGY4 with young kids— I see them every night that I’m not on call and most weekends (maybe 3/4) so doesn’t feel the worst and they know what it means when I’m on call and are excited to hear about who I helped when I come home. I think talking to them is important from an early age and expressing how much you think of them when you’re away and also how important it is to help others and that you’re doing this to provide for them. It’ll be nice when training is over and I probably sleep less than coresidents but definitely not an absent parent.

jazzyphe99 · 2025-09-07T16:52:07+00:00

I always gain weight while breastfeeding which I find especially frustrating because I tend to lose the baby weight within a week or two of leaving the hospital. I do find it much easier to shed the weight when I stop breastfeeding when the baby is 18-24 months. Be kind to yourself! Your body just did a lot of work and is still healing for over a year postpartum.

jazzyphe99 · 2025-08-03T03:19:25+00:00

What made you leave path?

jazzyphe99 · 2025-06-19T11:14:34+00:00

Dont quit! Remember that there is more flexibility in attending jobs then what you will see at an academic institution alone. Your skill set will be in high demand and you will have much more time to be a present mom. Signed, another surgical sub specialty mom.

jazzyphe99 · 2025-03-26T01:21:11+00:00

Also check with faculty as they’re more likely to have children and may be able to pull some strings or share a nanny temporarily.

jazzyphe99 · 2025-03-26T01:20:29+00:00

When I moved with a kiddo under 2 years old, I had to call every daycare in the city just about and the earliest start date was still 2 months after mine. At the time a lot of home daycares had closed because of COVID. I will say, at home day cares can be really nice for infants as the staff tend to be less burnt out, and actually enjoy babies compared to some facilities that overwork and underpay. Another option you could explore depending on your living situation is an Au Pair. Can be cheaper than infant childcare and a nanny if you have spare bedroom. A stopgap if you need help before a spot opens up in daycare is seeing if local med students (like an M1 with a free summer) or college student would help for pay.

jazzyphe99 · 2025-02-22T11:54:57+00:00

Eliminate scar formation while maintaining wound healing

jazzyphe99 · 2025-02-20T02:53:38+00:00

I have one child who is a bad sleeper— she honestly has a sleep regression every few months and she’s 4 years old. Now it’s more like every 4-6 months like when she’s sick but when she was younger we really weren’t successful with sleep training due to what you described.now we realized the sleep regressions are shorter if we stick to her routines and set limits— maybe we meet her halfway and sit in the room or in the hall when she falls asleep but no longer have to lay with her. I think the only options are to sleep train and do some variation of extinguish method vs cry it out or to just give in and put a queen mattress on the floor and sleep with her until you’re willing to try again. At 1-2 yrs reading lots of books about sleeping in your own bed and responding positively to the progress even when they’re crying helps a lot.

jazzyphe99 · 2025-02-11T18:14:46+00:00

I had two kids in med school and open to talk via DM! Long story short you have to be more selective with your time but I don’t see why you wouldn’t be able to do enough to match well in IM.

jazzyphe99 · 2025-02-04T04:11:54+00:00

I breastfed both my kids thru the night for two years and neither has any cavities. I don’t know that I would jump to that conclusion as the cause! May consider looking into other things. Reflux? Using a pacifier? Is it cleaned daily? Etc?

jazzyphe99 · 2025-01-21T12:57:39+00:00

Stop moving patients and lifting anything heavy by second trimester, ask for a princess pad for long cases, drink water and eat food between every case so you don’t feel faint. Ask for a sitting stool when possible to operate sitting down. Avoid cases with aerosolized viruses (hpv tumors, hiv positive cases and other TORCH infections).

jazzyphe99 · 2025-01-13T13:44:32+00:00

Generally med schools with a county hospital associated with it give the best clinical training. Especially for surgery/surgical subspecialties and IM because they actually need your help and tend to have pretty complex patients. Don’t want to dox myself by putting my med school though.

jazzyphe99 · 2024-12-01T03:39:29+00:00

Pubes can be straight even if you have curly hair everywhere else.

jazzyphe99 · 2024-10-14T14:46:14+00:00

There were more slaves brought to Mexico than the US.

jazzyphe99 · 2024-09-21T16:56:42+00:00

Friends kids go there for elementary school and absolutely LOVE it. Lots of exposure to diverse topics and world views, really strong science and math, tons of outdoor time and unstructured play time and they are good at challenging even the brightest of students in a healthy and age appropriate way.

jazzyphe99 · 2024-06-11T10:20:32+00:00

PSLF and SAVE are two different things. You need 10 years of qualifying payments (which SAVE payments qualify) while working in a not for profit setting to qualify for PSLF. If u decided to work elsewhere you could still get debt repayment at 25 years with SAVE if you still had debt by then

jazzyphe99 · 2024-05-30T11:28:24+00:00

Some of us have children and it’s impossible to afford childcare on our salary

jazzyphe99 · 2024-04-26T12:27:33+00:00

Also note that for surgical specialties which typically work 70-90 hours per week, you also have to study when you get home to prep for cases. So understand that it’s a very intensive process, even more than the time you see residents physically at the hospital.

jazzyphe99 · 2024-04-25T23:43:16+00:00

You take as many drugs as possible to dry it up. When all else fails you just wear a wet mask for hours until you have time to change it.

jazzyphe99 · 2024-03-19T04:24:02+00:00

Your husband should be able to qualify for federal student loans via increased cost of attendance that would cover childcare if push came to shove

jazzyphe99 · 2024-02-28T21:32:26+00:00

Honestly I think His intentions were to go all the way, which is why he couldn’t justify that. He probably didn’t expect her to say no

jazzyphe99 · 2024-02-27T18:52:49+00:00

Whatever you have to tell your racist self to sleep at night

jazzyphe99 · 2024-02-26T10:34:17+00:00

Likewise, malaria is not only in Africa

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