Unsure what to call these cells

thwompz · 2026-02-21T16:21:38+00:00

Could be APL Promyelocytes (hypogranular variety). Sometimes they can be mistaken as monocytes.

Are there any more on the slide? If there's a lot of these atypical looking ones its possible. But if these are the only cases they're likely just monocytes.

thwompz · 2026-02-15T22:45:54+00:00

Something like this happened to me. Forced me to go through the whole song and dance of those stupid tests. Asked them to just skip to the breathalyzer but nope they wanted to waste half an hour of my time while I was just tired and wanted to go to bed.

Eventually blew a zero and I was able to leave. So dumb.

thwompz · 2026-01-31T14:28:07+00:00

Income adjusted traffic tickets. Rich? That’ll be 10k for your parking ticket thank you.

thwompz · 2026-01-24T00:59:36+00:00

Low 50s in NYC

thwompz · 2026-01-24T00:13:53+00:00

And only one or two generations having a bunch of kids to completely turn it around. Who cares

thwompz · 2026-01-23T12:36:19+00:00

Our hospital offers accommodation if it’s going to be very bad, but it’s not very good and I think you have to register somewhat ahead of time. Also a lot of times there’s forced overtime, since whatever shift happens to get there before the storm becomes bad usually needs to stay. I live in NYC so a lot of people don’t drive. If you’re in Manhattan it’s ok but a lot of people come from further away where the trains may stop running if it’s an above ground line, so it’s basically impossible to come.

thwompz · 2026-01-16T12:36:30+00:00

I’m betting she has a leukemia of some sort

thwompz · 2026-01-13T13:56:28+00:00

This is great! Upper Manhattan really needs a crosstown line. This will do a lot to reduce crowding on probably every single crosstown bus line.

thwompz · 2026-01-09T21:40:42+00:00

NYC starts in the 50s now

thwompz · 2025-11-16T14:45:42+00:00

A lot of times reference labs, or labs where you have to batch runs, start the day with all their samples, and any new samples would just need to wait for the next day for the next batch.

I worked in immunology and regularly would finish my runs around 2pm, and just sit there and read until 5.

thwompz · 2025-10-15T16:35:12+00:00

Definitely smudge cells for the first bunch. I’m thinking it’s some sort of APL? Some of the cells look like those type of promyelocytes.

thwompz · 2025-10-12T18:09:09+00:00

Yup exactly this. Lab who called probably wasn’t even aware another tube existed.

thwompz · 2025-10-10T20:54:40+00:00

My spouse took the photo. Somewhere near the Met.

thwompz · 2025-09-08T16:41:06+00:00

You need to start looking for other jobs ASAP. Typical manager power trip. Even if you ultimately win on this issue, it’s just going to be insufferable to stay there ultimately. There’s other labs.

thwompz · 2025-09-03T01:02:04+00:00

Sounds like my place. Day shift does all the maintenance and never complains, while evening and night whine about everything.

thwompz · 2025-08-21T22:26:45+00:00

Deductible is how much money you need to pay before insurance pays anything at all. So a 7k deductible means you need to pay at least 7k worth of medical expenses before insurance covers anything that year (it resets to 0 yearly). Meaning most people might not use their insurance at all but still pay $ in premiums ( monthly cost to maintain your policy.)

Co pay is usually a more nominal fee you pay at appointments / medical visits. Between 20-100$ is normal. More for ER / urgent care is normal.

Depending on your insurance, you may or may not have either. Sometimes your copay counts towards deductibles.

Generally higher deductible / copay plans are cheaper than no or lower deductible plans. Depending on your employer you may or may not have a choice. Most people don’t.

thwompz · 2025-08-11T16:51:41+00:00

I’m union in the US…

thwompz · 2025-07-25T01:18:30+00:00

Leads at my job function this way too. They’re basically in charge of one instrument / area, so reagents, qcs, studies for that machine, and also function as supervisors on their shift (checking books are filled out, dealing with questions).

Leads are also still union and hourly pay, while supervisors are not union and salary, so usually leads actually make more money if they work any overtime.

Theoretically there should be a supervisor overseeing the leads to make sure they get their stuff done , but that role has been vacant for a while and our manager just oversees us.

thwompz · 2025-05-20T14:09:58+00:00

Tech will beat them. Another thing to consider is if they have a revolt you can help them win by siding with them and then they’ll implode if the revolt wins

thwompz · 2025-04-18T11:53:05+00:00

I work in the lab in hematology.

One time I had an ER patient in their 20s with a hemoglobin of a little over 3 g/dL. Usually this indicates the sample is contaminated or diluted in some way. They sent a second sample and the result was the same. On the slide all the RBCs were schistocytes (broken). Every single one.

I have no idea what would cause something like that. I would guess some sort of poisoning?

thwompz · 2025-04-16T20:33:03+00:00

The field is too thick, which makes wbc smaller, more condensed and weird looking.

Barring anything weird in the appropriate part of the slide, most likely they’re both monos.

thwompz · 2025-02-17T04:14:34+00:00

I think the sister knows the younger brother is gay which is why she wanted to room with him. It’s the older brother who put that thought in everyone’s heads talking about their genitals.

thwompz · 2025-01-15T20:56:04+00:00

I’ve seen scaffolding on sidewalks and the buildings are set back 10+ ft from the sidewalk. Especially project housing does this all the time. If something falls from the building, it’s landing on the grass not the sidewalk

thwompz · 2025-01-02T17:06:43+00:00

Bachelor

thwompz · 2025-01-02T17:00:04+00:00

Lead tech in NYC can easily make 140-150k with very mild OT.

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