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dw2158 said:
am i the only one who's going to start med school never having seen a surgery?
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probably 😛. Its not all that great anyywas...i suppose thats why im never doing surgery i have probably <0% interest🙂. Though im sure if taty sees this she will vehemently disagree :laugh:
 
guyski79 said:
I agree. Fast food is mostly nasty.
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"mostly" - good qualifier. sometimes, late at night, i crave an In N Out burger w/ special sauce, fries (animal style), and milk shake. its 5 meals in one and i only do this every 4-6 months...

dw2158 said:
am i the only one who's going to start med school never having seen a surgery?
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i haven't seen a full surgery, just smaller surgical procedures (chest tubes, abscesses, etc). check this out for videos of surgeries. (its a real link, i promise, its too early for RR).
 
Sammich117 said:
like, never ever?

I go through phases. Sometimes I won't eat it for months and months, and then I have it a ton. Like my taco bell phase lately.
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never ever. i have peed in fast food restaurants, though! they're the only thing on the highway most of the time
 
brooklynblunder said:
have you been to that new vegan restaurant downtown that makes like crazy imitation meat dishes. i totally forgot the name, but they have sick tofu-chicken wings
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😕 curly's? i've been to a gazillion vegan/vegetarian restaurants in the city, so even if it's not curly's i've probably been there at least once.

but i try to stay away from soy/fake meat.
 
Whats going on everyone. Hello

I am pissed off with Boston right now. They cut funding for psych clinicians in homeless shelters and outreach centers. 15 years ago DMH got pretty much decapitated and the residents of most mental institutions were set free on the public and are mostly staying in the shelters. Medication only goes so far. The clinics in the shelters cant do the psych/counseling piece.. This is going to get ugly. Why is mental health so often neglected. Things are going to get ugly at my work that's for sure.

LAME... 😡
 
Mandiblespeaks said:
Whats going on everyone. Hello

I am pissed off with Boston right now. They cut funding for psych clinicians in homeless shelters and outreach centers. 15 years ago DMH got pretty much decapitated and the residents of most mental institutions were set free on the public and are mostly staying in the shelters. Medication only goes so far. The clinics in the shelters cant do the psych/counseling piece.. This is going to get ugly. Why is mental health so often neglected. Things are going to get ugly at my work that's for sure.

LAME... 😡
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I believe it gets neglected because whether consciously or subconsciously, many people believe that a lot of mentally ill people have to just "snap out of it" or are somehow to blame for their issues, even though this is very rarely the case. It's the same reason that lung cancer kills so many people but receives proportionally MUCH less research money/donations because people think people who get lung cancer need only blame themselves for smoking for so long, much more understandable even though there are some lung cancer sufferers that genuinely had a terrible draw.

Opinions?
 
BBender716 said:
I believe it gets neglected because whether consciously or subconsciously, many people believe that a lot of mentally ill people have to just "snap out of it" or are somehow to blame for their issues, even though this is very rarely the case. It's the same reason that lung cancer kills so many people but receives proportionally MUCH less research money/donations because people think people who get lung cancer need only blame themselves for smoking for so long, much more understandable even though there are some lung cancer sufferers that genuinely had a terrible draw.

Opinions?
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The shelter clinicians are a liason between the patients and the rest of the world. They help patients who are transitioning into housing for, eg the first time in 10 years. They continue to see patients/guest/people who transition into housing for years after. They help the clinic deal with patients who need more then 5 minutes with the nurse or 20 minutes with an MD.

This is just a bad bad idea all around. I have seen how important their role is and I am pretty worried.

As for why? I think you make a good point. But it psychological/psychiatric disease is still just that. This is a bad bad trend.
 
Mandiblespeaks said:
Whats going on everyone. Hello

I am pissed off with Boston right now. They cut funding for psych clinicians in homeless shelters and outreach centers. 15 years ago DMH got pretty much decapitated and the residents of most mental institutions were set free on the public and are mostly staying in the shelters. Medication only goes so far. The clinics in the shelters cant do the psych/counseling piece.. This is going to get ugly. Why is mental health so often neglected. Things are going to get ugly at my work that's for sure.

LAME... 😡
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This type of endeavor often loses lots of money. Programs for the homeless and mentally ill (and just outreach in general) are getting cut lots of places. Sucks.
 
Decided:
Sentinel (UPenn)
BlueElmo (SLU)
Sammich (FSU)
guyski79 (Columbia)
dw2158 (Sinai)
stayclassy (UVM)
FSAP (Iowa)

Mostly Decided:
Luun (LSU)
elijah05 (UC davis)
brooklyn (we bad like the U in the 80's)
ksmi117 (WashU)
Jolt21 (Harvard)
rockaction (Case)
Zona Pellucida (Jefferson)
violincuty (UCSD)
dingyibvs (Miami)

Still Thinking:
RunningDiva
JJ

Still Hoping:
OneMCATAway
Pedie Packs
lstone13
metallica81788
BBender716
Jackson1
 
Mandiblespeaks said:
The shelter clinicians are a liason between the patients and the rest of the world. They help patients who are transitioning into housing for, eg the first time in 10 years. They continue to see patients/guest/people who transition into housing for years after. They help the clinic deal with patients who need more then 5 minutes with the nurse or 20 minutes with an MD.

This is just a bad bad idea all around. I have seen how important their role is and I am pretty worried.

As for why? I think you make a good point. But it psychological/psychiatric disease is still just that. This is a bad bad trend.
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I agree. Bi-polar disorder runs in my fiancée's and my family, it's been rough and a lot of people just don't understand the "disease" part of psychological disease.
 
[sitting on the copier]
"I know what I'm gonna do to celebrate. I'm gonna buy a Volvo!" [hands Michael picture]
"That's not a Volvo..."
 
BBender716 said:
I agree. Bi-polar disorder runs in my fiancée's and my family, it's been rough and a lot of people just don't understand the "disease" part of psychological disease.
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Absolutely agree. Working with patients for last 8 years I have learned how important a patients psychosocial circumstances play into their healthcare/outcomes/ etc..

My final thought is that this is not only a bad trend in medicine and our "communities" thinking but that this will actually cause a very steep increase in the number of ER visits, ambulance rides, healthcare costs in general. I make this point from nothing less then experience. Not a good idea in a system that is trying to bring those costs down. 🙄
 
Mandiblespeaks said:
Absolutely agree. Working with patients for last 8 years I have learned how important a patients psychosocial circumstances play into their healthcare/outcomes/ etc..

My final thought is that this is not only a bad trend in medicine and our "communities" thinking but that this will actually cause a very steep increase in the number of ER visits, ambulance rides, healthcare costs in general. I make this point from nothing less then experience. Not a good idea in a system that is trying to bring those costs down. 🙄
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Starts with the voters. If voters start caring, so will their representatives. :sigh:
 
dingyibvs said:
this is crazy, Case's drop deadline is 5/1, and we STILL don't have our full finaid info yet
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yeah this is lame. I want to go to Case, but I gotta see that pricetag first. do you know if they give much need-based? not that I deserve any but any hope that I won't be paying full sticker-price would be nice.
 
Mandiblespeaks said:
Whats going on everyone. Hello

I am pissed off with Boston right now. They cut funding for psych clinicians in homeless shelters and outreach centers. 15 years ago DMH got pretty much decapitated and the residents of most mental institutions were set free on the public and are mostly staying in the shelters. Medication only goes so far. The clinics in the shelters cant do the psych/counseling piece.. This is going to get ugly. Why is mental health so often neglected. Things are going to get ugly at my work that's for sure.

LAME... 😡
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I hear ya! Its so unbelievably irritating that mental health and social work services are the first to go in budget cuts. In CA, this happened a few decades ago when basically funding was gone and residents in state psychiatric hospitals were simply discharged with NO follow care. Due to budget crisis now, I know that several major cities have cut funds for the homeless, IV drug-using, or severely mentally ill populations. Besides homeless/foster children, to me these groups of people are the most vulnerable in society.

There has been so much written as to why the mentally ill are under-treated. Some think it harks back to days on Victorian values. Mental illness was seen as a moral failing. If we lock up the people, we can separate their moral depravities from us normal functioning people in society. There has also been backlash from some circles claiming that mental illness doesn't really exist. That psychiatry/psychology created mental illness to describe otherwise normal people with odd behaviors or thoughts that defy conventions. That is one of the biggests disservice anyone can do to the mentally ill - to say their suffering is false. I could keep going...but that wouldn't be productive, I would get all riled up.
 
brooklynblunder said:
INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA is on the verge of expanding the men's basketball tournament from 65 to 68 teams beginning next year and has a new, $10.8 billion TV deal that will allow it to show every game live.
The NCAA said Thursday that the Division I Men's Basketball Committee unanimously passed the proposal and it will now be reviewed by the Board of Directors on April 29.
The NCAA also said it reached a new, 14-year agreement with CBS Sports and Turner Broadcasting System Inc. that is worth more than $10.8 billion. The deal, which runs from 2011 through 2024, will show every game live across four national networks for the first time.
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👎 on the extra games, 👍 on the tv coverage
 
RunningDiva said:
I hear ya! Its so unbelievably irritating that mental health and social work services are the first to go in budget cuts. In CA, this happened a few decades ago when basically funding was gone and residents in state psychiatric hospitals were simply discharged with NO follow care. Due to budget crisis now, I know that several major cities have cut funds for the homeless, IV drug-using, or severely mentally ill populations. Besides homeless/foster children, to me these groups of people are the most vulnerable in society.

There has been so much written as to why the mentally ill are under-treated. Some think it harks back to days on Victorian values. Mental illness was seen as a moral failing. If we lock up the people, we can separate their moral depravities from us normal functioning people in society. There has also been backlash from some circles claiming that mental illness doesn't really exist. That psychiatry/psychology created mental illness to describe otherwise normal people with odd behaviors or thoughts that defy conventions. That is one of the biggests disservice anyone can do to the mentally ill - to say their suffering is false. I could keep going...but that wouldn't be productive, I would get all riled up.
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The freakin Wiggs. Whether directly or indirectly telling such persons that their ailments are false is just cruel. But my biggest issue how our elected officials (democratic republic wigg or torrey (sp?) ) overlook that such changes ABSOLUTELY without question will raise the cost of healthcare massively. These clinicians keep such people housed after the shelter. ((PS: A housed individual "costs less" to the state)) They reduce the number of futile emergency room visits. etc and I could go on. So speaking from both sides of the coin, it's bad for the neglected patients (which pisses me off the most) and worst for the state. Just doesnt make sense. I cant understand it.
 
Same goes for "SANE" nurses. Their funding has been cut. I have actually been in a situation were a victum of a sexual assualt had to wait two hours to see a SANE nurse. And if you know anything about the process it is very intrusive and dramatic for the vic... oh man.LAME
 
ksmi117 said:
Test sucked. And today's been a bad day. 🙁
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I'm sorry, ksmi!

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Mandiblespeaks said:
Same goes for "SANE" nurses. Their funding has been cut. I have actually been in a situation were a victum of a sexual assualt had to wait two hours to see a SANE nurse. And if you know anything about the process it is very intrusive and dramatic for the vic... oh man.LAME
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i couldn't agree more with you.

i feel like a mental health overhaul won't come until the dust has settled with this other healthcare reform. trying to fix a broken cog in a broken machine is problematic.
 
ksmi117 said:
Test sucked. And today's been a bad day. 🙁
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Sucked because you "think" you did bad or because you know you did bad. Sometimes when a test felt shaky turns out I did really well. Maybe that will be the case for you!! :xf:

Sorry bout the bad day though. Good thing there is tomorrow~! ! 🙂
 
Mandiblespeaks said:
Sucked because you "think" you did bad or because you know you did bad. Sometimes when a test felt shaky turns out I did really well. Maybe that will be the case for you!! :xf:

Sorry bout the bad day though. Good thing there is tomorrow~! ! 🙂
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I didn't do bad, but I made a few stupid mistakes. I'll probably make a high B, but I don't like B's.
 
RunningDiva said:
i couldn't agree more with you.

i feel like a mental health overhaul won't come until the dust has settled with this other healthcare reform. trying to fix a broken cog in a broken machine is problematic.
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Just wish we did'nt throw a wrench into an already broken machine. 😳 Gonna write a letter. Not sure it will help but why not.
 
ksmi117 said:
I didn't do bad, but I made a few stupid mistakes. I'll probably make a high B, but I don't like B's.
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Yeah I know how you feel. BBZZZZing B's. But the only grade that "really" matters is the total final grade for the course. Soon enough you will be worring about Pass or High pass. Not that that really helps. lol. Hope your day gets better! Wait till you get the grade back, maybe it will be an A or A-. Let's wait and see. 😉
 
Gotta clean the finch cage today, been putting it off. 🙁
 
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