'Twas the Night Before Xmas (Osteopathic Medical Student Version)

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Definitely worth many Bumps to come
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I love it!
Especially now that it's actually relevant to me now since I'm a first year:)
 
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a classic for the ages.
 
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:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

makes so much more sense once you've actually started doing OMM
 
group_theory said:
Can't believe this thread is almost 10 years old.

It's an SDN tradition to bump this thread (this thread was started when I was still in college :D)
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Thanks for the bump, group_theory!.. I especially love the very last verse of this poem.. :laugh:
 
YES ! Every year, I love this poem :)
 
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Saw this on the FB, posted from DOs (Osteopathic Physicians):

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through Kirksville
Not a creature was stirring, except old A.T. Still.

His children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of skeletons danced in their heads.

With Mrs. A.T. in her hospital gown, and he in skull cap,
They settled their brains for a long winter's nap

When up from the kitchen there arose such a clatter,
He sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.

Away to the stairs he flew like a flash,
Tore into the pantry, grabbed the phone in a dash.

"My hubby, Santa, is aching," said his poor distressed spouse.
"How will he visit the children tonight, if his muscles are spasm'd
and he's bent over tight?"

"Just send him over," said Uncle A. T. ,
"And I'll do a treatment with my OMT."

More slowly than snails Santa's coursers they came,
And he moaned and groaned and begged them by name.

"Ow, Dasher! Ow, Dancer! Ow, Rudolph and Vixen!
No, Comet! No, Cupid! No, Donder and Blitzen!

"To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall!
Go slowly, go slowly, go slowly you all!"

So up to the housetop the coursers flew
With a sleigh full of St. Nicholas and his aching bones too.

"Get off of my roof, you aching old coot,
Or you'll have occupational dysfunction to boot."

As Andrew poured for the visitor a glass of Jim Beam,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a scream.

His body was twisted from his head to his foot,
And his bones were all tangled and bruised black as soot.

His old little spine was drawn up like a bow,
And the color of his face was a pale as the snow.

"A bundle of toys, I can't fling on my back.
And I look like a peddler who can't open his sack."

A wink of Still's eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave Santa to know he had nothing to dread.

A.T. spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
With his knee on Kris' spine, he gave Kringle's neck a big jerk.

Then placing a finger on Santa's sore muscle,
It popped, and it snapped, and it cracked, and it bustled.

Santa sprang from the table and started to whistle,
But A.T. insisted he lay on some hay and some thistle.

"Bed rest, bed rest, that's what you need.
I'll deliver the packages with your trusty steeds."

And A.T. heard Santa exclaim, as he left him below,
"Thank you old buzzard, you are a darn good DO."
 
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Solid bump costales!

It seems appropriate for me to post on here now that I have just finished my first semester in OMM (and hopefully passed it :xf:).

Man SawBones has some talent.
 
Kick.

(If you feel the urge to attack OMM in this special thread, don't do it.)
 
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Twas 2 days after christmas, and I'm so glad that I went acgme so that I don't have to deal with all of that bull**** in the aoa.
 
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Kick. Can't let this sink to the bottom of the internet.
 
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Going to share this with my FB class page, can't wait to start next year and bump this again
 
Thanks for letting me read this, theory! Gave me quite a smile.
Though I was in 3rd grade when it was written...
 
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samac said:
Thanks for letting me read this, theory! Gave me quite a smile.
Though I was in 3rd grade when it was written...
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Same here! Just proves the DO medical student sense of humor never changes haha
 
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samac said:
Thanks for letting me read this, theory! Gave me quite a smile.
Though I was in 3rd grade when it was written...
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...I was 24.
 
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First time I've seen this poem (I enjoyed it), thanks for the bump!
 
hallowmann said:
Man 4 years went by fast...
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Sure did. In my mind I kind of divide everything into "before med school" (ancient history) and since day 1 of med school (modern history). Everything that happened before med schools seems to long ago but everything that has happened since MS1 started feels very recent.

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How have I missed this the last 4 years? It would have made sense the last three. Thoroughly enjoyed.
 
I’m a day early but just wanted to be the one to bump this this year.
 
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NurWollen said:
Sure did. In my mind I kind of divide everything into "before med school" (ancient history) and since day 1 of med school (modern history). Everything that happened before med schools seems to long ago but everything that has happened since MS1 started feels very recent.

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Are we post-modern yet? It sure feels like it. Maybe after residency.
 
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NurWollen said:
Having just matched into a 3-year fellowship, I feel like I'm stuck in a never ending time loop at this point, lol.

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A advisor I once had, right before he got fired, told me some advice on giving time to medicine: 'Medicine is a *****(prostitute), she will take everything you got and always come back asking for more.' Truer words never spoken, the grind never ends.
 
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BorntobeDO? said:
A advisor I once had, right before he got fired, told me some advice on giving time to medicine: 'Medicine is a *****(prostitute), she will take everything you got and always come back asking for more.' Truer words never spoken, the grind never ends.
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I can guess who said that lawl
 
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