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aSagacious said:
Too bad you got whiplash in your c-spine instead of trauma to your l-spine. You could've been like House IRL with a cane and everything (read: everything = self-prescribed opioids).
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That would have been so awesome. PS. I looked up your name today...

Definition of SAGACIOUS

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obsolete : keen in sense perception
2
a : of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning <sagacious judge of character>

now... as aSagacious... are you lacking in discernment?

Make some bad life choices my dear Saggy?
 
aSagacious said:
Too bad you got whiplash in your c-spine instead of trauma to your l-spine. You could've been like House IRL with a cane and everything (read: everything = self-prescribed opioids).
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You a pharmacology buff? I can't remember... but my mu opioid receptors are hypersensitive. Confirmed via genetic test. I got my 23andme results back... very enlightening.
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CodeBlu said:
That would have been so awesome. PS. I looked up your name today...

Definition of SAGACIOUS

1
obsolete : keen in sense perception
2
a : of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning <sagacious judge of character>

now... as aSagacious... are you lacking in discernment?

Make some bad life choices my dear Saggy?
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If you remember my name IRL you'll get the pun. It's a running joke with my parents (they tell me that they named me sarcastically 😛)
 
CodeBlu said:
You a pharmacology buff? I can't remember... but my mu opioid receptors are hypersensitive. Confirmed via genetic test. I got my 23andme results back... very enlightening.
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I survived pharm if that counts, but like any traumatic experience I've blocked it from my memory.

I wantz teh genetic testings.
 
aSagacious said:
I survived pharm if that counts, but like any traumatic experience I've blocked it from my memory.

I wantz teh genetic testings.
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WHYZZZZ, pharm is so much fun!

Receptor physiology, drug interactions, downstream effects. PKC and PKA activation?? SOoooooooo awesome.

I must admit... it can be dry if the teacher sucks. The guy who taught me cardiopharm was practically on a ventilator that's how old he was.
 
I don't mind learning about general principles (kinetics, dynamics, allostery, modulation, clearance, targeting, etc) but I can't stand the rote memorization.

...and why must they have (at least) three names for every single drug on the market?

:boom:
 
aSagacious said:
I don't mind learning about general principles (kinetics, dynamics, allostery, modulation, clearance, targeting, etc) but I can't stand the rote memorization.

...and why must they have (at least) three names for every single drug on the market?

:boom:
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Hahahaha, did they actually make you remember trade names?

We only had to know chemical names... I mean obvious ones like benadryl are fine.

But it's a marketing thing basically. Drugs in Europe have different trade names than here. But the chemical name is what is more important. Sure, biaxin is pretty recognized. But if I was writing the script, I would write Clarithromycin and then specify if I wanted the non-generic Biaxin.

No offense to the pharmacists, but I don't trust the ones that work retail pharmacy. Clinical pharmacists are much better and I've seen them go off about chemo drugs. Retail pharmacists not so much (I should add, in my experience).
 
CodeBlu said:
WHYZZZZ, pharm is so much fun!

Receptor physiology, drug interactions, downstream effects. PKC and PKA activation?? SOoooooooo awesome.

I must admit... it can be dry if the teacher sucks. The guy who taught me cardiopharm was practically on a ventilator that's how old he was.
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I think pharm is totally interesting...I never took a class but I'm really excited to learn it in med school. 😍
 
TheMightySmiter said:
I think pharm is totally interesting...I never took a class but I'm really excited to learn it in med school. 😍
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You will love pharm. I promise.

I love my Lippincott's Pharm book!

aSagacious said:
Thankfully no. For the sake of exams we were responsible for the generics and chemical names.
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Ok good. Cuz that would have been OVERKILL.
 
I'm on some lovely percocets right now... thank you EM doc for prescribing them.

I told him I was applying to medical school, and he started asking me medical questions. He seemed impressed, when he was doing my cranial nerve exam and he's like... well why didn't you save your insurance company some money? You coulda done this yourself! :laugh:
 
:hello:


What's happening in here? Besides a really awesome "top" picture.

Anyone want to hear some "this is how cool med school is" stories?
 
It is going to out me...but I don't care.


On the morning of our first exam, we walked in to a ROOM FULL OF PRESENTS!! All of the second years had gotten all of the first years a present. They also wrote awesome notes on the whiteboards for us wishing us good luck (they did this the first day of class too).


Then, to challenge us to powderpuff football, the guys all came in dressed as cheerleaders and did a dance and sang a song. Then the girls came in and issued the official challenge. So awesome. I love my school.
 
CougarMD said:
It is going to out me...but I don't care.


On the morning of our first exam, we walked in to a ROOM FULL OF PRESENTS!! All of the second years had gotten all of the first years a present. They also wrote awesome notes on the whiteboards for us wishing us good luck (they did this the first day of class too).


Then, to challenge us to powderpuff football, the guys all came in dressed as cheerleaders and did a dance and sang a song. Then the girls came in and issued the official challenge. So awesome. I love my school.
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... I am seriously considering adding your school.
 
CodeBlu said:
You a pharmacology buff? I can't remember... but my mu opioid receptors are hypersensitive. Confirmed via genetic test. I got my 23andme results back... very enlightening.
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I've always wanted to do that! But it's a bit expensive.
 
CougarMD said:
It is going to out me...but I don't care.
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She's out of the SDN closet and she's proud! 😀

CougarMD said:
On the morning of our first exam, we walked in to a ROOM FULL OF PRESENTS!! All of the second years had gotten all of the first years a present. They also wrote awesome notes on the whiteboards for us wishing us good luck (they did this the first day of class too).
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:laugh: So cool. What did you get?

I thought we were special because my physio professor bought our class a supply of calculators for our exams (but we have to return them at the end).

CougarMD said:
Then, to challenge us to powderpuff football, the guys all came in dressed as cheerleaders and did a dance and sang a song. Then the girls came in and issued the official challenge. So awesome. I love my school.
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So they put you on the o-line, right?
 
Buttermellow said:
... I am seriously considering adding your school.
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Do it🙂 (Just don't say on SDN what school that is😉)
aSagacious said:
She's out of the SDN closet and she's proud! 😀


:laugh: So cool. What did you get?


I thought we were special because my physio professor bought our class a supply of calculators for our exams (but we have to return them at the end).


So they put you on the o-line, right?
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I got tea and candy. Some people got bottles of tequila and stuff. My buddy was a little more low key.

o-line???



Also...So-Cal has no power🙁
 
CougarMD said:
Do it🙂 (Just don't say on SDN what school that is😉)

I got tea and candy. Some people got bottles of tequila and stuff. My buddy was a little more low key.

o-line???



Also...So-Cal has no power🙁
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I was planning on applying there until my mcat score came back... but I was born in that state and lived there until I was 4, and I am still pretty much in love with it.
 
CodeBlu said:
My dear, I hope you never need these painkillers. By saying this, I wish that you never have this pain that I have right now.

It's crappy to not be able to move your neck without it hurting like a bitch.
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I was on a HUGE dose of narcotics for about 5 days due to a parachuting injury to one of my man parts. Narcs dulled the pain enough to sleep.... but also made me feel awful. Thumbs down for getting hurt 👎thumbdown.

Feel better CB!
 
CodeBlu said:
My dear, I hope you never need these painkillers. By saying this, I wish that you never have this pain that I have right now.

It's crappy to not be able to move your neck without it hurting like a bitch.
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🙁 Hope you feel better soon!
 
Shakespeare37 said:
I was on a HUGE dose of narcotics for about 5 days due to a parachuting injury to one of my man parts. Narcs dulled the pain enough to sleep.... but also made me feel awful. Thumbs down for getting hurt 👎thumbdown.

Feel better CB!
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😱 Wow.
 
Shakespeare37 said:
I was on a HUGE dose of narcotics for about 5 days due to a parachuting injury to one of my man parts. Narcs dulled the pain enough to sleep.... but also made me feel awful. Thumbs down for getting hurt 👎thumbdown.

Feel better CB!
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Buttermellow said:
🙁 Hope you feel better soon!
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Thank you both!!! And ouch shakespeare! That doesn't sound like much fun at all. What happened exactly?

These percocets are actually kinda nice. I feel happy.
 
CougarMD said:
:hello:


What's happening in here? Besides a really awesome "top" picture.

Anyone want to hear some "this is how cool med school is" stories?
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Not that I'd be outing myself (hello MDapps), but we watched Gray's Anatomy in class today.
 
CodeBlu said:
Thank you both!!! And ouch shakespeare! That doesn't sound like much fun at all. What happened exactly?

These percocets are actually kinda nice. I feel happy.
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I was in Jordan doing a jump with a bunch of people I hadn't jumped with before onto a drop zone that was like the surface of the moon, covered in sharp rocks. I let a guy rig my 'chute super tight, which normally is fine, but this time when it opened it pinched one of my boys against my leg. It was so tight that I was trying to climb up the riser the whole ride down. I couldn't get any relief. I was narc'd up and laying on my back for about 5 days. I still have residual pain sometimes (it was in 2006).
The jump was so bad that that the Doc covering the drop zone did about 250-300 stitches on various dudes, and we had to take one guy into Amman to get a CT 'cause he wacked his head so hard when he hit the ground that he had awful whiplash... something you can relate to :meanie:
Thankfully, the jump was the last of my obligations that trip and I got to go home shortly afterward.
 
Shakespeare37 said:
I was in Jordan doing a jump with a bunch of people I hadn't jumped with before onto a drop zone that was like the surface of the moon, covered in sharp rocks. I let a guy rig my 'chute super tight, which normally is fine, but this time when it opened it pinched one of my boys against my leg. It was so tight that I was trying to climb up the riser the whole ride down. I couldn't get any relief. I was narc'd up and laying on my back for about 5 days. I still have residual pain sometimes (it was in 2006).
The jump was so bad that that the Doc covering the drop zone did about 250-300 stitches on various dudes, and we had to take one guy into Amman to get a CT 'cause he wacked his head so hard when he hit the ground that he had awful whiplash... something you can relate to :meanie:
Thankfully, the jump was the last of my obligations that trip and I got to go home shortly afterward.
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Ouch. That's all I really have to say.
 
Shakespeare37 said:
That definitely sums it up! I can at least tell the story with out wincing now. 😀
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Honestly, I might be willing to cut the lines at that point and take my chances with the fall down. :laugh:

How long was the ride down? Just thinking about sitting through a few seconds of that makes me uncomfortable.
 
Whatyousay said:
Honestly, I might be willing to cut the lines at that point and take my chances with the fall down. :laugh:

How long was the ride down? Just thinking about sitting through a few seconds of that makes me uncomfortable.
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It was the longest 30-40 seconds of my entire life. It lasted FOREVER. Incidentally, I thought about cutting the leg strap, but I couldn't get to my knife. You can ride a chute down on one leg strap after opening shock, I'm told. Also, the straps are pretty burly, and I think if I had been able to get to my knife, all I would have been able to accomplish was cutting myself on impact.
 
http://youtu.be/lp2nNXpiELg

The video explains another story from that jump. We had a Yemini soldier with us who said he was airborne qualified, so we let him jump. When we were in the bird, we asked him what jump it was for him. 7th, 8th, 100th, what? He held up one finger. We asked if it was his first after airborne school. He said it was his first ever. On his way out the tail of the aircraft, he grabbed the static line attached to the aircraft and took most of the skin off of both his hands. Dude was hard... he jumped again later that week.
 
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Shakespeare37 said:
http://youtu.be/lp2nNXpiELg

The video explains another story from that jump. We had a Yemini soldier with us who said he was airborne qualified, so we let him jump. When we were in the bird, we asked him what jump it was for him. 7th, 8th, 100th, what? He held up one finger. We asked if it was his first after airborne school. He said it was his first ever. On his way out the tail of the aircraft, he grabbed the static line attached to the aircraft and took most of the skin off of both his hands. Dude was hard... he jumped again later that week.
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You can be airborne qualified without ever making a jump? 😕
 
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