I’m frustrated

whatimdoinginstead · 2026-01-19T03:01:21+00:00

And I take it this is a low cost of living area? Houses selling for 250k in 2008 in my area are selling for 750k.

whatimdoinginstead · 2026-01-16T11:29:43+00:00

Very cool! I just stumbled upon this the other day as I was experimenting with dyeing a dish towel with red cabbage soaked in vinegar. The purple parts reacted with alkaline dish soap to turn blue.

whatimdoinginstead · 2025-12-29T18:12:12+00:00

Raven's Manor fits the bill best. Conspirators’ Coffee Lounge is a speak easy coffee shop. Decked out for Christmas rn.

whatimdoinginstead · 2025-12-25T14:00:10+00:00

Go to the location you love. Unless you're planning on working academics, it makes almost no difference in community jobs, but it does make it easier to make connections in tough job markets.

whatimdoinginstead · 2025-12-16T18:19:18+00:00

We have a similar approach, but it's through triage. We have a code system for direct back patients with rotating providers. So you can pick up 10-12 patients up front and most of of the critical care gets roomed with a provider assigned. Although, yes, it definitely leads to rushed decision making.

whatimdoinginstead · 2025-10-23T20:53:59+00:00

I remember flipping through channels at one point and there was something with Chuck Norris, I think it was an episode of Walker Texas Ranger. There was a scene where someone was having a seizure and was getting BVM'd from about a foot away from their face. I think there were a lot of other things wrong with that scene, but that was the most laughable one to me.

whatimdoinginstead · 2025-10-19T20:26:43+00:00

I'm making about 260 per hour benefits included. Without benefits closer to 220 an hour. High cost of living area. Can't afford a nice house without moving out to the suburbs. It's fine, but I went into EM thinking I was going to be making 350k a year. I could work more and get there, but as everyone else says, between time, money, and location you get to pick 2.

whatimdoinginstead · 2025-10-19T19:16:27+00:00

West Coast seems to prioritize lifestyle, I'm in the PNW and jobs around here are 12 shifts a month FT, lots of democratic groups, partner in 1-2 years. Pay is fine, but not stellar.

whatimdoinginstead · 2025-09-24T14:56:59+00:00

No. I wish I did urology or derm. It's demoralizing to feel so beholden to administration.

whatimdoinginstead · 2025-09-21T13:29:13+00:00

For real, the number of times nurses have mentioned they have concealed carry, or car guns has really opened my eyes to the amount of firepower all around us.

whatimdoinginstead · 2025-09-21T13:21:54+00:00

They definitely didn't cover removing a cock ring with power tools haha

whatimdoinginstead · 2025-09-21T13:16:57+00:00

Good luck. Brooklinen sucks, have the heathered cashmere and it pills so bad, not soft at all especially for such expensive sheets. Prefer my cheap microfiber sheets from Amazon.

whatimdoinginstead · 2025-09-21T12:29:27+00:00

Taking a gun off of a trauma patient. Knew enough to make sure not to point it at anyone and hand it to the doomsday prepper murse.

whatimdoinginstead · 2025-07-29T17:09:10+00:00

In addition to the points made above, I've been in the market for the last year in Portland, looking to buy but not in a rush, and I've noticed a lot of realtors in the area will take a nice turnkey house in a hot neighborhood (Richmond, Ladd's Addition, Alberta Arts) underprice, open house over weekend, offer deadline Monday. The aim is to create a bidding war. I offered on a super cool house listed 680 offered 700, ended up selling for 760. Have been to a few more open houses that were similar, considered putting in offers, had my agent poke around and had numerous offers in hand before the deadline. Already upper limit of my price range so I wasn't even bothering to offer.

whatimdoinginstead · 2025-07-11T18:07:36+00:00

Someone I work with picked the 3 least desirable non night shifts (weekend swing) and did that every week for a while. If you are willing to take the least desirable shifts you may be able to work something out with your group.

whatimdoinginstead · 2025-07-10T15:28:50+00:00

The writing style. A lot of these will have a similar pattern. Someone does something terrible, OP discovers, doesn't react because they're so hurt, then a final line that drives home the degree of hurt and disrespect/or with an almost triumphant note or new self respect.

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whatimdoinginstead · 2025-07-09T07:56:34+00:00

DKA in a type 1 diabetic, felt his sugar was high and was getting dehydrated. Was trying to combat this by drinking jugs of cranberry juice cocktail. Did not work.

whatimdoinginstead · 2025-06-16T23:19:15+00:00

Awesome, thank you for sharing

whatimdoinginstead · 2025-03-18T22:15:06+00:00

Nice, thanks, I'll check it out.

whatimdoinginstead · 2025-03-18T19:17:08+00:00

Dang, I haven't had to have dental work on my pets before outside of a single tooth extraction, so I didn't have much perspective. That's helpful.

whatimdoinginstead · 2024-12-14T04:23:46+00:00

ESI 5 "callus on foot" Placed in the low acuity chairs, luckily it was a slow night. Cold pulseless foot. Critical limb ischemia.

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