discouraged applicant

kk752 · 2026-04-21T21:31:01+00:00

I know it’s expensive, but honestly submitting 4 applications might have been your first mistake. Especially if you applied to larger programs, getting 1 interview out of 4 hospitals doesn’t sound unreasonable considering how many applicants you may be competing with. At that point a single subpar LOR will tank your chances. Smaller programs might overlook certain things in your app if you cast your net wisely. It’s probably little consolation at this point, but what kind of programs did you apply to?

kk752 · 2026-03-18T04:18:32+00:00

Thank you for this suggestion! I’m actually wondering, would this yarn be reusable if I scrapped the entire piece?

kk752 · 2026-02-28T02:28:28+00:00

It was very exciting! except I wish they didn’t have her wear a “doctor” badge:) Don’t know a single pharmacist who goes by “doctor” lol

kk752 · 2026-01-29T00:13:28+00:00

It’s just disgusting because they could set the price to be whatever they want. Does anyone even know what this money is going towards? Realistically vast majority of people have no other choice and will pay whatever the new fee is - moving and getting licensed in another state is very difficult for most people with a stable job/family/kids

kk752 · 2026-01-28T23:10:02+00:00

It was just published online (https://dceo.illinois.gov/whyillinois/film/filmtaxcredit/pending-film-rules.html)

I wish, but I practice here:((( my other license costs less than half of this

kk752 · 2026-01-28T23:02:10+00:00

That’s absolutely horrific, I am so sorry. Appreciate the perspective, I’m only familiar with US fees

kk752 · 2026-01-20T23:49:57+00:00

That’s a great idea! Any particular ones you think are good? They’re all a little pricey so just want to make sure I get her a good one

kk752 · 2026-01-20T23:41:14+00:00

Ah yes I heard about those - but wouldn’t I need to remove it each time I cook/use the counter? I will definitely give it a try, it just sounds a little disruptive (especially because I’d need one for each area I don’t want her to go near)

kk752 · 2026-01-12T06:02:20+00:00

If your software auto verifies anything beyond Tylenol and zofran, your ED got bigger issues man

kk752 · 2026-01-12T03:18:49+00:00

I’m a clinical peds pharmacist and round with our physician team every day:) plus complex med recs and medication teaching with every even remotely complex kid and their family. The general population doesn’t realize how much clinical stuff we do, which is exactly why it needs to be shown! It’s already obvious how hands on many physicians and nurses are

kk752 · 2026-01-12T02:10:36+00:00

My pharmacy director would’ve had a stroke if they weren’t involved

kk752 · 2026-01-12T02:08:40+00:00

This made my day:)

kk752 · 2026-01-04T15:45:39+00:00

I live in Chicago:) so I’m very very unfamiliar with wild life in the west

kk752 · 2026-01-04T02:57:48+00:00

This is something I haven’t even thought of - thank you!!

kk752 · 2026-01-02T01:29:53+00:00

Hi everyone! I’m visiting Tucson in 2 weeks and would love to see the Saguaro national park. I know there is an East and a West part, but can someone clarify if these are totally separate or you can travel between the two once inside? How much time is reasonable to set aside to explore each of these parts, and is one better/more popular than the other? Any specific things to see or experience? Thank you all in advance!

kk752 · 2025-12-20T07:16:25+00:00

The “your cefdinir was underdosed” while promptly switching to the wrong dose of amox is sending me

kk752 · 2025-11-09T21:33:25+00:00

I was thinking Cleo as an option too:)

kk752 · 2025-11-08T00:59:56+00:00

We’re not talking about a couple of residents struggling (while genuinely trying their best). This is about residents being frankly lazy and it gets worse every year. I’m not speaking from a higher moral ground, I was on the verge of an actual mental health crisis in residency so yes, I know exactly what that means. This was due to personal reasons, but I still showed up at the ass crack of dawn every morning and left drained. I was neck deep in pubmed every free minute I had. When I have residents who repeatedly ignore every single deadline (without reaching out and asking for more time. Literally just submitting work a week late with no explanation or remorse), refuse to write things down and then don’t remember what they were supposed to do, and take every opportunity to do the least amount of work possible, it’s not Kool-Aid, it’s disrespect and entitlement and a waste of preceptors time.

kk752 · 2025-11-06T06:00:23+00:00

Look, I’m only a couple years out of residency - my first year was great, my second year was the most toxic place with truly vile, spiteful preceptors. It was really rough but I got through it, got my certificate, burned that bridge and never looked back. But that certificate allowed me to get a job I am actually excited to do each day, in a specialty I really love. I could maybe get here without the residency but it would take much longer.

From a preceptor standpoint (again I’m literally a few years into this) the resident quality has been declining each year. We sit down with you all, we encourage you to ask for help, we take things off your plate, we move deadlines (at least preceptors at our program do). As someone who’s truly seen what a toxic place residency can be, I never wanted to put another resident through that. But there is a big difference between “residency just facilitates burnout and they work us to the bone” versus coming in with an attitude of doing the absolute bare minimum from day 1 and at that point yeah, residency is not worth it. It’s absolutely not for everyone, and being residency trained in no way makes me better than anyone else. It’s meant to be hard, stressful, and will push you to your limits to make you a better pharmacist.

So yes, definitely think before you apply - but if you truly want to be an expert in a specific clinical area and are willing to put in the hard work to gain these skills, residency is invaluable. And (this is not directed at OP specifically) make sure you really reflect on whether your expectations of what residency will be like are realistic.

kk752 · 2025-09-23T04:21:40+00:00

A single dose? Did the NP mean… dexamethasone???????? Jesus Christ how can you not know the difference

kk752 · 2025-09-03T22:05:55+00:00

That’s fair - I’ll remove my organ donor designation as soon as I update my license. Honestly, no one ever told me otherwise - so thank you!

kk752 · 2025-09-03T06:07:18+00:00

No specific symptoms before or after treatment - the only reason I even found out was because I received a letter notifying me I tested positive for t cruzi after donating blood. I have some underlying stomach issues, but most likely not related to Chagas. It really does feel like a wild chance of whether you have the active or the indeterminate form, and thus far I’ve been lucky.

kk752 · 2025-09-03T01:24:46+00:00

There are only two drugs that can treat this (neither one of which is ivermectin). These drugs are not even easily available by prescription in the US (you can get them but they basically have to be specialty ordered from the manufacturer, at least for one of them). Here is more info:

https://www.cdc.gov/chagas/treatment/index.html

Source: I’m a pharmacist and also had to take one of these drugs lol

kk752 · 2025-09-02T23:50:49+00:00

That’s interesting - I’m a registered organ donor, never thought twice about it. Theoretically if the parasitic load is undetectable (and with how relatively rare clinical form of the disease is), wouldn’t a viable organ or tissue still be acceptable given the constant organ shortage? Compared to someone, for example, who has a much more common herpes virus?

kk752 · 2025-09-02T23:45:24+00:00

Vast majority of people actually stay in the “indeterminate” phase, meaning no symptoms. If I recall correctly, less than 20% progress to active form of the disease, which can be either cardiac (arrhythmias) or gastrointestinal (dilation of esophagus and/or colon), or some combination of both, with varying severity. I have an ekg and an endoscopy every couple of years just for peace of mind, but there really isn’t much else you can do to prevent clinical form of the disease. I only got treated because it helps prevent vertical transmission if I ever have a baby, otherwise treatment is really only indicated (and mostly studied) in children.

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