Official MCW Class of 2009 Thread

[45408]

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yeah. it's been stable for the last 50 years - continuously deteriorating, but not causing systemic infection. he's old and some baseline dementia. him and his family declined surgical intervention. he was in the er d/t some increased pain and fluid drainage. in the end, it was kinda bogus. but nonetheless impressive to see. on x-ray, it was just a big gaping hole in his tibia.

d/t? due to? that's the second post you've used that in

 

[Xandie]

Yep.
d/t due to.
d/w discuss with
2/2 secondary to
c/o complains of
s/sx signs and symptoms

 

[donnyfire]

d/t? due to? that's the second post you've used that in

I can't wait to be s/p my sub-I.

Come to think of it, I can't wait to be s/p med school.

😀

it means status-post, btw

 

[akpete]

i've probably used that abbreviation before in a post. i can't remember the last time i wrote it out.

 

[45408]

I can't wait to be s/p my sub-I.

Come to think of it, I can't wait to be s/p med school.

😀

it means status-post, btw

I knew that one.

 

[Agent Splat]

i try to avoid using s/p or the actual phrase, just because i think it sounds annoying.

 

[Xandie]

I can't wait to be s/p med school.

Oooh oooh!! Meeee tooooo!

 

[Ashers]

I can't wait to be s/p my sub-I.

Come to think of it, I can't wait to be s/p med school.

😀

Oooh oooh!! Meeee tooooo!

Yeah... then it'll be s/p residency, then s/p full time doc until you retire. 😉

 

[45408]

i try to avoid using s/p or the actual phrase, just because i think it sounds annoying.

Likewise. I never used it in my run reports, because I always thought there was a better way to phrase something.

 

[Ashers]

What kinda questions are these?!?! Some are really dumb for writing to apply for an away rotation.

What are you planning on doing the year after you graduate medical school?
(Be Specific)

Um, have no life as I'm working as a surgical intern.

What are you planning on doing after you finish all your training?
(Be Specific)

Work as an orthopaedist until I retire at 65, probably the year after I finish paying off my med school loans.

Other Medical Experience:

Vampiress

Write a short essay (up to 500 words) as to why you want to do an elective at Big Sky.

Because I want to snowboard... duh.

 

[akpete]

What kinda questions are these?!?! Some are really dumb for writing to apply for an away rotation.



Um, have no life as I'm working as a surgical intern.



Work as an orthopaedist until I retire at 65, probably the year after I finish paying off my med school loans.


Vampiress


Because I want to snowboard... duh.

I was thinking about applying for that one too! Putzing (sp?) on it cuz of that damn essay. What month are you shooting for? I was thinking about February.

 

[Ashers]

I was thinking about applying for that one too! Putzing (sp?) on it cuz of that damn essay. What month are you shooting for? I was thinking about February.

Not sure which month yet. Still haven't thought that far... still trying to answer the stupid questions. humph


Oh! New complaint! Now I'm not allowed to exercise because my resident diagnosed me with exercise-induced asthma, and my pastor (retired ER doc), told me not to go running or biking until I get an inhaler because I can become anoxic. I've been ignoring this since January.

 

[45408]

I saw this and thought of Ashers and Funk

 

[donnyfire]

I saw this and thought of Ashers and Funk

The guy in the middle sort of looks like an ER attending at froedtert.

Hello from Dallas, everyone.

Interview starts tonight (with dinner), and then the formal stuff tomorrow.

 

[45408]

The guy in the middle sort of looks like an ER attending at froedtert.

Hello from Dallas, everyone.

Interview starts tonight (with dinner), and then the formal stuff tomorrow.

I actually know who you're talking about, but his name escapes me right now. It's the round face and red beard that really does it.

 

[Ashers]

Hello from Dallas, everyone.

Interview starts tonight (with dinner), and then the formal stuff tomorrow.

Good luck!!!!

 

[akpete]

The guy in the middle sort of looks like an ER attending at froedtert.

Hello from Dallas, everyone.

Interview starts tonight (with dinner), and then the formal stuff tomorrow.

 

[donnyfire]

Thanks guys.

Dinner tonight went well. They wined and dined us at a Greek place near downtown. The residents are friendly, and seem pretty laid back. They get along well as a group, which I think is a big plus. Attendings were only there for a little bit, and didn't eat dinner.

I'm hearing that two faculty might be interviewing a single candidate together. Not sure how I feel about that, but I guess we'll see.

 

[Ashers]

Thanks guys.

Dinner tonight went well. They wined and dined us at a Greek place near downtown. The residents are friendly, and seem pretty laid back. They get along well as a group, which I think is a big plus. Attendings were only there for a little bit, and didn't eat dinner.

I'm hearing that two faculty might be interviewing a single candidate together. Not sure how I feel about that, but I guess we'll see.

Greek restaurant and wine and not Ouzo? (Opa!) 😉

I remember >1 interviewer for college interviews. So how's Dallas? My dad thinks it's a great city.

 

[Agent Splat]

Not sure which month yet. Still haven't thought that far... still trying to answer the stupid questions. humph


Oh! New complaint! Now I'm not allowed to exercise because my resident diagnosed me with exercise-induced asthma, and my pastor (retired ER doc), told me not to go running or biking until I get an inhaler because I can become anoxic. I've been ignoring this since January.

for God's sake. there is no such thing as exercise-induced asthma. there is asthma, and there is NOT asthma. go get PFTs done. tell your resident (to go do something self-injurious). that and ER docs don't know squat.

 

[DoctorFunk]

I saw this and thought of Ashers and Funk

Guess the guy who put this jpeg together hasn't seen me and my entourage of wenches lately.

Tell you what though, it was all fine and dandy during the first two years of school but I think my attendings are starting to get annoyed by my wenches and their unprofessional dress. And don't even get me started on how cramped some of those exam rooms can get and how hard it is to talk people into letting all of us stick around for educational stuff like pap smears.

 

[DoctorFunk]

for God's sake. there is no such thing as exercise-induced asthma. there is asthma, and there is NOT asthma. go get PFTs done. tell your resident to lick my balls.

MKSAP wanted me to tell you there is such a thing as exercise-induced asthma and you should lick its balls.

Oh, but Ashers, your resident has no place diagnosing you with asthma of any sort without doing PFTs (including beta agonist trial) or a methacholine challenge. So yeah, tell them to lick my balls too.

 

[Agent Splat]

MKSAP wanted me to tell you there is such a thing as exercise-induced asthma and you should lick its balls.

Oh, but Ashers, your resident has no place diagnosing you with asthma of any sort without doing PFTs (including beta agonist trial) or a methacholine challenge. So yeah, tell them to lick my balls too.

you bitch.

but as for exercise induced asthma, that was one of my preceptors big things last month. he said asthma is asthma. so there. lick HIS balls.

 

[Agent Splat]

I have nothing else to say about what you're about to read in the link below. It speaks for itself.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301710,00.html

 

[DoctorFunk]

I have nothing else to say about what you're about to read in the link below. It speaks for itself.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301710,00.html

If his defense holds up I'm definitely going to have to find some literature to cite on the therapeutic effects of bitch-slapping cranky patients.

 

[Agent Splat]

If his defense holds up I'm definitely going to have to find some literature to cite on the therapeutic effects of bitch-slapping cranky patients.

with the right approach none of your patients should be cranky. I make all of mine smile within 30 seconds of walking in the door! You obviously missed that lecture in one of our random clinical continuum sessions.

And most of my patients come back within a day or so of my seeing them and shower me with gifts and baked goods and such. One lady even gave me her child.


It was tasty.

 

[DoctorFunk]

you bitch.

but as for exercise induced asthma, that was one of my preceptors big things last month. he said asthma is asthma. so there. lick HIS balls.

I've learned only one thing so far in my nearly 4 months (!!!) of 3rd year and that is that preceptors (not attendings, but preceptors) often don't know jack about jack. Especially if they've been out of training for a number of years. So forgive me if I take the word of MKSAP, Harrison's, Robbins, Cecil's, Ashers grandmother, George W. Bush, Carrot Top, etc. over your opinionated role model there.

 

[DoctorFunk]

with the right approach none of your patients should be cranky. I make all of mine smile within 30 seconds of walking in the door! You obviously missed that lecture in one of our random clinical continuum sessions.

I remember that lecture, but it doesn't work for me. See, when I drop my pants during the first 30 seconds they don't smile like they said they would--they either get really intimidated and defensive (men) or pass out in delighted shock (women).

I guess maybe me and Hank need to go into surgery, where no one cares whether patients ever smile...

 

[Ashers]

I've learned only one thing so far in my nearly 4 months (!!!) of 3rd year and that is that preceptors (not attendings, but preceptors) often don't know jack about jack. Especially if they've been out of training for a number of years. So forgive me if I take the word of MKSAP, Harrison's, Robbins, Cecil's, Ashers' grandmother, George W. Bush, Carrot Top, etc. over your opinionated role model there.

I wouldn't even trust her. she's an insulin-dept diabetic who likes to eat entire cakes by herself and never check her sugars.

As for me. I don't want any sort of asthma. I'd like to go on my merry way with no coughing after exercising.

 

[Agent Splat]

Carrot Top

you have me there.


But seriously, my ambulatory preceptor was probably one of the most well-read doctors I know. Pretty much on top of every study pertinent to his patients and all that. I think what he's getting at was if there's a reactive airway problem, it doesn't matter if it's "exercise induced" or not...there's a reactive airway problem that needs to be addressed and shouldn't be categorized as "exercise induced" without better workup.

But really, i shouldn't have brought it up, because I'm having another "medicine ****ing sucks" week.

 

[Agent Splat]

I'd like to go on my merry way with no coughing after exercising.

you could start by kicking the 3 packs a day habit.

 

[DoctorFunk]

But really, i shouldn't have brought it up, because I'm having another "medicine ****ing sucks" week.

Sounds like you need to meet me in July 2009 for a 3 year-long peds party.

 

[Ashers]

But really, i shouldn't have brought it up, because I'm having another "medicine ****ing sucks" week.

Just wait til you get on FP. I saw 2 patients today. 8 no shows. I also learned that you can hear the carotid pulse really well with a fetal heart doppler, and if you talk with that while listening to the carotid pulse, it sounds worthy of Halloween, but I think the ultrasound gel caused an allergic reaction on my neck.

 

[DoctorFunk]

As for me. I don't want any sort of asthma. I'd like to go on my merry way with no coughing after exercising.

Exercising is overrated. They make Alli so you don't have to do that now.

 

[DoctorFunk]

Just wait til you get on FP. I saw 2 patients today. 8 no shows. I also learned that you can hear the carotid pulse really well with a fetal heart doppler, and if you talk with that while listening to the carotid pulse, it sounds worthy of Halloween, but I think the ultrasound gel caused an allergic reaction on my neck.

Days like that is why you pay tuition.

 

[Ashers]

Days like that is why you pay tuition.

I thought I paid tuition for Christmas vacation and summer vacation... wait... why don't I get more break this year if I'm paying more?

 

[Agent Splat]

Exercising is overrated. They make Alli so you don't have to do that now.

i thought they made Alli so I could have anal leakage.

 

[Xandie]

You guys need help... but you make me smile, so I'll let this one pass.

 

[Ashers]

Blarg! It took me like an hour to get to Racine this morning, and when I got here, after rushing because I was going to be late (I was 1 min late), I found out that they pushed the meeting time back to 9:30, so now I'm wasting time. I don't have enough time to go grab my book to study or anything. blah.

 

[indo]

When I opened this thread I saw the following:

 

[45408]

Well, sure. Big breasts = more tissue to get cancer, right?


do you like Vista?

 

[Agent Splat]

Well, sure. Big breasts = more tissue to get cancer, right?


do you like Vista?

ZOMG LEOPARD OCTOBER 26THHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111

WINDOZZZEE BLOOOOZZZE

 

[samenewme]

ZOMG LEOPARD OCTOBER 26THHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111

WINDOZZZEE BLOOOOZZZE

You got Windows to do THAT for you and you're STILL getting a Mac? Of all the ungrateful...wait a minute, so if Windows doing inappropriate favors for you isn't sufficient, just exactly what DO Macs do? My last Mac was a Mac Plus, so I kind of imagine things have changed in the last twenty years.

 

[45408]

You got Windows to do THAT for you and you're STILL getting a Mac? Of all the ungrateful...wait a minute, so if Windows doing inappropriate favors for you isn't sufficient, just exactly what DO Macs do? My last Mac was a Mac Plus, so I kind of imagine things have changed in the last twenty years.

I didn't have a home computer until Windows 3.1 came along.

 

[Ashers]

You got Windows to do THAT for you and you're STILL getting a Mac? Of all the ungrateful...wait a minute, so if Windows doing inappropriate favors for you isn't sufficient, just exactly what DO Macs do? My last Mac was a Mac Plus, so I kind of imagine things have changed in the last twenty years.

We had an Apple II in 1986. We also had awesome games on it, like the Muppet Learning Keys Keyboard, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, some science game that would tell you how long it'd take to walk, run, fly, drive, go at the speed of light to the different planets from early. And of course:

<-- special muppet keyboard

 

[akpete]

you have me there.


But seriously, my ambulatory preceptor was probably one of the most well-read doctors I know. Pretty much on top of every study pertinent to his patients and all that. I think what he's getting at was if there's a reactive airway problem, it doesn't matter if it's "exercise induced" or not...there's a reactive airway problem that needs to be addressed and shouldn't be categorized as "exercise induced" without better workup.

But really, i shouldn't have brought it up, because I'm having another "medicine ****ing sucks" week.

Are you referring to the very hyped-up Dr. Gilbert herself? She is the queen of asthma.




And Oregon Trail rules.

 

[akpete]

I have nothing else to say about what you're about to read in the link below. It speaks for itself.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301710,00.html

Why in hell did the woman mentioned at the end of the story continue to go back to the dentist to be fondled 5 more times after the first incident?

Interesting...

 

[Ashers]

The dentist has 7 children... by how many women?

 

[Agent Splat]

The dentist has 7 children... by how many women?

7 happy women that no longer have jaw ailments.

 

[Ashers]

7 happy women that no longer have jaw ailments.

Pectoral massage. What's the evidence behind this?