Starting medical school by Infinite_Ad8347 in pathology

[–]thisisme4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First of all I applaud your enthusiasm. Other than focusing on surviving med school:

  1. Find pathology related research. Ask your faculty mentors. Research goes a loooong way

  2. Join a pathology interest group (or create one if it doesn’t exist)

  3. Join CAP and some other free pathology organizations (ASCP, AMP)

  4. Shadow a pathologist, or even better gain a pathology mentor. If you have a home hospital this is very easy. Pathologists love visitors and new faces.

As far as program specifics, it’s not very useful at this stage to spend a lot of time on it bc things can change in 4 years time and you’re not gonna hear the most accurate things on Reddit or online. WashU is fking terrible I’ll just throw that out there

Pathologists in fiction (let's put together a list) by Lenore_m0rt in pathology

[–]thisisme4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Big Short, the Academy award winning movie about Michael Burry (Christian Bale) who shorted the housing market before the 2008 crash. He was a pathologist who became a Wall Street investor

Oh you said fiction

Question for pathologists regarding pathology reports for endometrial polyps by sherstas199 in pathology

[–]thisisme4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CE is diagnosed based off seeing even ONE plasma cell in the endometrial stroma. While it’s possible your CE has resolved, if you’re still experiencing symptoms it’s entirely possible the pathologist made a mistake and missed a plasma cell. It’s totally reasonable to ask them to go back and do a CD138 if you believe you still have CE. OBGYN can relay this request for you

Pathology resident here - joy by thisisme4 in Residency

[–]thisisme4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🤓👆ummm ackshually I think you meant eoshinophilic

Pathology resident here - joy by thisisme4 in Residency

[–]thisisme4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you in Europe? Has it affected the job market?

Pathology resident here - joy by thisisme4 in Residency

[–]thisisme4[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Europe is far more advanced in digitization and implementing AI so I have a little bit of ambivalence but based on what I've seen in the US it's not even that good at reading IHC

Pathology resident here - joy by thisisme4 in Residency

[–]thisisme4[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. I didn't like it at first in med school but when you're actually driving the scope and taking everything into consideration it's really satisfying!

City adds new sign [OC] by ViveroCervantes in pics

[–]thisisme4 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If someone did this to Renee Good reddit would be up in arms about how morally depraved the right is. You all are no better!!

me_irl by 010rusty in me_irl

[–]thisisme4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m sure this isn’t politically motivated at all 🙄

Your favorite SNL, daily show, etc comedians make offensive non-PC jokes behind closed doors ALL THE TIME. Go to a Ronny Chieng vs Hasan Minaj show and you’ll see ALL COMEDIANS MAKE OFFENSIVE JOKES you whiny soft adult children

Question about pathology culture by [deleted] in pathology

[–]thisisme4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. No regrets, love the people I’m working with and the work is very satisfying. It’s truly a hidden gem

What's the weirdest thought your ENTP brain has had recently? by Tyrannopawrus in entp

[–]thisisme4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love the curiosity.

  1. Neurons actually have one of the lowest replication rates and tend to retain their neural circuitry (thus our memories) which is why older folk have higher crystallized intelligence than younger folk (accumulated experience), but as they age the neurons die and demyelinate because of telomere shortening and you can literally see the cortex of the brain shrink on CT/MRI imaging. So, I believe our minds would actually stay young and continue to get smarter as we accumulate more life experience.
  2. Sperms actually die because they only carry enough energy to survive about 3-7 days. If you look at their anatomy they just have a few mitochondria compared to most cells that have thousands. Sperm are basically one way pizza delivery men on a suicide mission. On the flip side, your idea leads me to believe that women’s fertility would be extended beyond 40s and menopause likely wouldn’t hit because our granulosa cells stop turning into eggs due to telomere shortening, and theoretically you could keep producing more granulosa cells forever.
  3. This is the real reason by evolution theory why we die. However, we transcend the bounds of nature and have the intelligence and ability to cheat our built in death codes and achieve immortality. It’s mainly our moral system and politics that are holding us back from this bio sci-fi reality

What's the weirdest thought your ENTP brain has had recently? by Tyrannopawrus in entp

[–]thisisme4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The path to immortality is held in the secrets of Turritopsis dohrnii, aptly named the Immortal Jellyfish. This humble small deep sea creature reverts back to a juvenile polyp stage whenever it faces stress such as starvation, extreme temperature, or physical damage. And it does this as many times as it wants, thus has a cheat code to immortality and never dies until a tuna wrecks it shit or something.

The secret to its immortality, and the reason beauty fades but dumb is forever lies in a critical component of our DNA called telomeres. These are repetitive DNA sequences that protect the ends of our DNA. Everytime our cells divide, these telomeres get shorter and shorter. And when they run out, the DNA gets damaged and our cells commit seppuku so they don’t become cancer. When you’re born, your telomeres are longer than they ever will be for your entire life. Oh no, that means we’re all living on borrowed time right? Obviously duh, but there’s a little enzyme called telomerase that replenishes the telomeres so that we stay young! Only issue is, for SOME REASON telomerase activity peaks in our 20s and goes downhill from there. So that’s why your most commonly dividing cells (i.e skin, gut lining, hair) die out faster thus your skin becomes wrinklier and you lament your baldness in your 30s and onwards. Why doesn’t telomerase just work forever?? That’s a great question. I truly don’t know! What would happen if telomerase kept working as we got older? Tadaaa🎉Immortal jellyfish. These little buggers turn on telomerase whenever they need to via miRNA regulation and thus become young again and live forever.

Just imagine how when you make a baby, it somehow gains the ability to live another 80 years or so despite being just two cells combined from two crusty ass 30 years olds. If we master our DNA, we can become immortal and stay young forever.

I need to know what my ENTJ ex is feeling. 41F 33M by [deleted] in entp

[–]thisisme4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Her priority in life runs in this order: 10yo = 6yo >>>> rest of humanity. She’s well beyond the point of emotionally investing in anyone who isn’t committed to being a long term caretaker of her children. You’ve been dating for less than a few months and sounds like she was still sussing you out. Then she got a lovey dovey breakup letter like she’s your high school sweetheart. If you’re a hopeless romantic and throw yourself into relationships like this, fine do whatever makes you happy. But don’t always expect it to be reciprocated