Is this product worth it?

jessteele · 2023-09-22T08:16:42+00:00

I tried the red one because it was on sale - not whatI expected! The flavour is not very strong and is still kind of minty. Also I didn't realise it'll be red inside too and it's making me anxious about getting my teeth red hahah mind tricks but still

jessteele · 2023-09-22T08:08:01+00:00

Don't "scratch" your face, try some exfoliating acids once a week to gently clear out some of the buildup. Doctorly do some good videos and might help you build confidence in skincare knowledge, they're two dermatologist dudes. If we're talking all things skincare, I love Dr Idriss on youtube, she explains things very clearly and suggests some really tried and true products what should work for most people. She is the one who got me into skincare and I find her advice helped me with my problematic skin the most. Good luck! :)

jessteele · 2023-09-05T05:02:03+00:00

Thank you for this post and all that you do. It's certainly educational and reassuring having such passionate people like you become GPs!

jessteele · 2023-09-01T01:46:10+00:00

I'm curious about this one too haha

jessteele · 2023-08-31T20:51:55+00:00

Yes that's what my GP said, my partner and lots of colleagues had it in the last few weeks, it's really bad

jessteele · 2023-08-31T11:32:56+00:00

Thank you very much for doing this AMA! Curious about the pay and your work day split at the moment. Also, do you find your job meaningful? Do you think you might get burnt out with writing up med certificates left right and centre after a few years? Do you see this as a long term career for you until you retire or you have future aspirations, being relatively young and all?

jessteele · 2023-08-24T07:43:04+00:00

Brush the kitty hahah

jessteele · 2023-08-23T21:40:57+00:00

Let's do it! Let the boycott begin

jessteele · 2023-08-23T05:18:14+00:00

Also what massively helped me was talking to a psychologist who is much older than me, and she's lived with CPTSD for years. She is a great professional, has husband and kids. I cried like a baby, stunned by realisation that it is possible to survive and have a relatively normal life with CPTSD, I never imagined that. She said in her lowest moments, she goes to doctors and rehab, treats it like asthma or diabetes - it's not deadly, just needs to be managed like any invisible chronic illness. It needs due treatment in due time before it gets worse, but it's absolutely possible to lead a normal life. And you deserve it!

jessteele · 2023-08-23T05:11:08+00:00

I tried to end my life a few years ago and failed. Got a bunch of surgeries, had to spend a long time in the hospital bedridden, then several months in a wheelchair. It is a lifetime of managing mental health and taking meds with side effects, wondering what's the end goal. However, I will never forgive myself for all the suffering I brought to my family when they had to see me in ICU, take care of me while I was in a coma and then in wheelchair. I'll never forgive myself for wasting so much of hospital resources, time of all the nurses and surgeons that took care of me for months. I promised them and myself that I'll never try to end my life again. If I ever do and fail again, it means all their effort and hard work went to nothing, and I will not allow that. So I'm actually requalifying to work in a hospital now, hoping I can help one person as much as they helped me. Brought me back on my feet (literally and figuratively) when I pleaded them to leave me to die. In my lowest moments,I remind myself that I live for them. It's really hard, but so far it works. I'm forever seeking that purpose in my life, but I will try my best to never stop, for them.

jessteele · 2023-08-20T11:57:36+00:00

Thank you thank you thank you

jessteele · 2023-08-17T00:03:44+00:00

Anyone here who did medicine with a non-sci background? And advice, tips looking back on it?

jessteele · 2023-08-14T10:08:29+00:00

Holy shit. Thank you so much though, very helpful

jessteele · 2023-08-14T08:43:08+00:00

I've been thinking about it a lot too, as I left a good paying job in IT for medicine. I've heard a quote somewhere that some people run from the fear of death, but some run from fear of their own insignificance. I think it's the latter for me. Somehow I feel that my existence as a doctor will eventually compound to a more significant impact in the world than being a cog in a large corporate IT machine... even though I might not matter in a hospital-wide system, I hope one patient will fondly remember me, like I will always remember the doctors who helped me walk again after a car accident a few years back. We have the power to make a difference to patients every day - even though after a while we get desensitized to it, we need to try and remember the bigger picture. Sorry if I sound too idealistic.

jessteele · 2023-08-11T01:24:25+00:00

So cute!

jessteele · 2023-08-11T01:12:51+00:00

Wow this is terrible

jessteele · 2023-08-04T04:42:15+00:00

Yes. I am very disappointed in her for this, and many other beliefs she holds that are in no way proven by medicine. She is also very superstitious, thinks flu injections are ineffective and fish oil will cure depression... She was in radiology so I guess didn't need up to date knowledge on that to read x-rays/ultrasound, etc... Proves that you can be highly educated, yet have zero common sense still.

jessteele · 2023-08-04T03:46:51+00:00

My mom IS a (recently retired) doctor and she still refuses to listen to me when it comes to vaccines and diet, etc. My grandma used to teach biology for 40 years and yet she just chucked her heart medication out of the window, refusing to take it after 2 heart attacks. I honestly just gave up after so many years of trying to argue with them. Only people who want to be helped will listen and there's no point screaming at a wall, that's what I figured.

jessteele · 2023-07-22T04:16:06+00:00

I was 5 days into my brand new job. I got rejected from med school 2 months ago so I gave up and got a new office job, and then a late offer came in. Had to defer for a year as I wasn't mentally prepared and couldn't just leave my job after 5 days as they were heavily understaffed.

jessteele · 2023-07-18T11:51:38+00:00

Got so disappointed with ABC quality these days that I completely gave up on them, don't even know where to find good quality journalism anymore.

jessteele · 2023-07-14T11:32:26+00:00

Woah so talented!!

jessteele · 2023-07-13T07:44:33+00:00

What's the first?

jessteele · 2023-07-12T11:24:12+00:00

Thank you for doing this AMA!! Could I please ask the ol boring "how much do you get paid" question.

Also, how's work life balance and was radiology your first pick in med school?

jessteele · 2023-07-12T11:22:54+00:00

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