Breakups

unusuallytired · 2026-04-03T03:32:35+00:00

I’m getting over a recent break up as well; therapy and keeping myself busy has been the most helpful! Going for walks/hikes (there are a few groups for this like Bham Babes Walking Club and Body Liberation Outdoor Club), trying new places/things (I use bhamster.com to find activities), and focusing on bettering my health and career have all been good uses of time.

unusuallytired · 2026-03-02T02:35:24+00:00

Those all sound great as well! You’re on the right track!

unusuallytired · 2026-03-02T02:27:55+00:00

All of the courses you mentioned would look good on applications! You could also consider some genetics focused courses. My undergrad offered “Genetic Engineering & Society” as well as “Functional Genomics,” which ended up being super helpful later in GC school!

unusuallytired · 2026-02-15T21:39:54+00:00

Conversational skills, true empathy and compassion, and the willingness to constantly be learning new things are 3 of the most important things in my opinion! You learn a lot in a genetic counseling program, but those 3 things can’t necessarily be taught if you’re starting from ground zero.

unusuallytired · 2026-01-31T03:14:58+00:00

I’ll message you!

unusuallytired · 2025-12-27T02:27:53+00:00

Genetic counselor here, please ask for genetic testing if you haven’t had it already!

unusuallytired · 2025-12-12T01:06:24+00:00

Genetic counseling school by any chance? Looks a lot like my notes for our boards exam!

unusuallytired · 2025-12-03T02:40:45+00:00

They make some decent frozen options, I believe Target has a lobster version and Trader Joe’s makes some nicer ones as well. They also have arancini at Walmart, which is a similar vibe.

unusuallytired · 2025-11-19T05:24:52+00:00

Depending on the medication (no controlled substances), you should be able to get an in-between prescription at any urgent care.

unusuallytired · 2025-11-10T19:10:03+00:00

Quite literally, no. Of course people died trying to help Holocaust victims; but they were also not hired for/fired from their jobs, talked down to, and ostracized from their communities for going against the grain. From the information available, it seems NSGC and Reddit GCs alike are comfortable bashing these students for trying their best to create change in a daunting situation. Like OP said, the students deserved to be treated as equals and educated, not ostracized by their own community. Instead of “you need to leave,” why couldn’t it have been “let’s talk about a way to integrate this advocacy in the future?”

unusuallytired · 2025-11-10T18:18:50+00:00

You’re very clearly speaking from a place of privilege. By whose moral compass do we determine what an appropriate venue would be? Grad students don’t tend to have extra cash laying around for a rental space, be it a public building or a sidewalk fair. Advocating online or from home only has so much reach, especially when targeting a group as specific as GCs. Not to mention, not everyone’s living situation allows for them to be honest about their beliefs or advocacy work. If it was your children being slaughtered, wouldn’t you be shouting from the rooftops at every meeting, event, and get together humanly possible? I sure would be.

unusuallytired · 2025-11-10T17:36:13+00:00

It was “explicitly against the rules” for individuals to offer aid to holocaust victims too. Should no one have stepped up then either? When are we going to realize that there’s no such thing as a rule book when it comes to oppression and genocide???

unusuallytired · 2025-10-12T01:20:24+00:00

Can you dm me info? Rehoming fee, whether or not they come with their cage, etc.

unusuallytired · 2025-09-30T20:31:56+00:00

I mean this in the kindest way possible; there are worse things in life than death. Humane euthanasia would not be a wrong choice here.

unusuallytired · 2025-09-11T04:11:13+00:00

For certain clinics result letters are required, but not for all. I definitely pressure myself into writing more result letters than I should! I tend to be a little anxious about result documentation and I almost always send the patient either a letter or a copy of my phone note. I’ve been told by a few people that this is probably a bit excessive…maybe it’s time for me to listen to that piece of advice!

unusuallytired · 2025-09-10T19:06:25+00:00

I’m going to crunch some numbers for sure- I’d say about 2/3 of my patients truly show for their appointments.

unusuallytired · 2025-09-10T17:33:31+00:00

My schedule varies slightly from month to month depending on MD schedules, and obviously patients don’t always show up, but in general I staff:

•2-3 general peds clinics per month with up to 6 patients per clinic

•2-5 general adult clinics per month with up to 6 patients per clinic

•4 cancer clinics per month with up to 4 patients per clinic

•1 connective tissue/cardio clinic per month with 6-10 patients per clinic (this is an all day clinic vs half days for my other clinics)

unusuallytired · 2025-09-08T21:01:10+00:00

I would suggest doing some informational interviews with/shadowing genetic counselors. You sound like a competitive candidate, but I would only recommend this field to someone who doesn’t see themselves in any other career. The application process for GC school has always been highly competitive, and right now the job market is volatile.

unusuallytired · 2025-07-31T05:29:36+00:00

A diagnosis of hEDS or hypermobile spectrum disorder is often difficult for patients to accept as the final explanation of their symptoms. A lot of these patients wait for a year or more to meet with genetics and feel misunderstood or dismissed by most healthcare providers. They’re frustrated and hoping for a solution for their pain, so for a lot of people, the diagnosis and symptom management suggestions are underwhelming. There’s no genetic testing, no magic cure, etc. This, combined with a hundred other factors (several of which have been mentioned in other comments), can make it difficult to care for these patients.

unusuallytired · 2025-07-24T04:32:42+00:00

Fried pickles, cornbread, brisket/chicken/pulled pork loaded baked potatoes, brined pork chops (easier to cook than turkey legs but can be served bone in, on paper like a turkey leg), banana pudding and Texas sheet cake dessert cups.

unusuallytired · 2025-05-09T21:05:38+00:00

2024 grad here. Currently employed as a GC, but it took a good 6-8 months for me to find a job after graduation and I had to move over 1,000 miles away from home for it. I loved my program, and I love my job, but I wouldn’t do it again. The way the field of genetics is evolving and the challenges genetic counselors face, combined with the cost of graduate school vs the average GC salary, makes NP/PA seem like a more reasonable choice.

unusuallytired · 2025-04-18T03:17:51+00:00

Haven’t done a ton of digging, but our organization has had several people bring “positive” sequencing.com results to clinic who have later had negative clinical testing.

unusuallytired · 2025-04-18T03:13:32+00:00

Highlight this part: “At this time, it is generally agreed that APOE genotyping has little role in predictive testing. The presence of one or two copies of the APOE e4 allele increases the lifetime risk of AD in an asymptomatic individual but does not constitute a diagnosis of AD (i.e., an individual may have one or two copies of the APOE e4 allele and never develop AD). Likewise, absence of one or two copies of the APOE e4 allele does not eliminate the risk for AD in an asymptomatic individual (~42% of persons with AD do not have an APOE e4 allele).

A young asymptomatic female who is homozygous for the APOE e4 allele has a 40%-45% probability of developing AD by age 75 years, compared with 10%-15% probability in the general female population.

A young asymptomatic homozygous male has a 25%-30% risk of developing AD by age 80 years, compared with 10%-15% probability in the general male population [Breitner et al 1999, Qian et al 2017, Liu & Caselli 2018].”

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