Random non-MCAT and only peripherally related to the MCAT thread - Part 2

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Arsenic said:
you've probably read more usmle review materials than i have and i'm taking that bastard in 4 weeks. *bangs head agaisnt wall*
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<snicker> Yeah, but it's probably all a decade out of date. :meanie: Actually, I just got a new set of USMLE books from Kaplan today. I had asked my manager to order them for me. 👍 The ones I was reading were a couple of years old. Probably they aren't too different, but we'll see.
 
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MollyMalone said:
Hell, yes. 🙂

I'm tired, I'm sick, and I can't concentrate for crap. It's really a pretty simple prompt, too. Bah!!!!
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Come on, MM, suck it up. How's it gonna look when you show up for class in a few months and they're like, sorry, you can't matriculate b/c you didn't write a stupid two page paper??? Crank that s*** out and let's cyber-celebrate. 😀 :hardy:
 
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Arsenic said:
i KNEW it. you're out to get me. :scared:
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You are way paranoid. I'm reading the psych chapter while I read the micro, and I would have to say that you fit in perfectly. 😛 There you go. I'm not even IN med school yet, but I can already diagnose your psychoses. 😀

Ok, so seriously, stay off SDN for a while and study, dude. And everyone remember that this Sunday is mother's day. What are you doing for your mothers?
 
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QofQuimica said:
Come on, MM, suck it up. How's it gonna look when you show up for class in a few months and they're like, sorry, you can't matriculate b/c you didn't write a stupid two page paper??? Crank that s*** out and let's cyber-celebrate. 😀 :hardy:
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You and Molly are going to cyber? 😱

You crack me up Q!
 
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QofQuimica said:
Girl, homeopathy is bunk. You can't cure headaches by taking something that CAUSES headaches. 😛
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i was figurin' the wine would hit my bloodstream, go to my brain and be like, "hey, it's friday. you just finished a final. why not celebrate? stop hurtin and start buzzin!"

i guess my brain is as stubborn as me. i need to roofie that girl up

YES. i went there.
 
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lilithny said:
i was figurin' the wine would hit my bloodstream, go to my brain and be like, "hey, it's friday. you just finished a final. why not celebrate? stop hurtin and start buzzin!"

i guess my brain is as stubborn as me. i need to roofie that girl up

YES. i went there.
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Drink a diet Coke or Pepsi, anything with caffeine. Seriously, caffeine is an analgesic. I get migraines, and when I first get the aura, if I can drink a can of diet Pepsi along with taking my pain medication, I can really attenuate the headache. I still get a dull pain, but it's bearable and I can make it through the rest of the day. Do any of the rest of you ever get migraines? They are really painful. 🙁
 
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Very rarely I get migraines. And if I get one, then I am really sick.

I feel for you ladies that get them often.

I just cracked open a soda. Let's see if it works. My mom said to take a shower. And well... she's always right.
 
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lilithny said:
Very rarely I get migraines. And if I get one, then I am really sick.

I feel for you ladies that get them often.

I just cracked open a soda. Let's see if it works. My mom said to take a shower. And well... she's always right.
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If it's sinus, that will probably help. It might even help if it's tension. But it definitely won't help if it's migraine....I can tell you that from experience. 🙁 Hope you feel better, lil. And lay off the alcohol if you're already not feeling well from now on. 😉
 
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heh... but I HAD A FINAL!

i thought it was justified. everyone else is doing it. so much for following the crowd
 
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Sleeping so late isn't so bad. 😉

I was majorly embarrassed today - some friends dropped by at 12:30pm and I was still in my pajamas. 😳 Ugh, I felt like such a lazy bum. And my husband knew there were dropping by and didn't tell me so that I could get dressed!

😡 I was soooo mad at him and still so embarrassed about it.
 
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I don't know if mine are migraines or not. I do get some really bad ones that Advil, tylenol, aleve, and caffeine do nothing for. 🙁 I haven't tried migraine meds, though. Maybe I should get a prescription for next time? I guess if they help it was a migraine.

I get headaches so often, though. It sucks - we're talking 3-5 times per week.
 
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I'm such a procrastinator right now. I'm throwing a baby shower for my friend tomorrow morning and I still have soooo much to do - yet I've been in front of the computer all day.

I need to clean the kitchen, clean the downstairs bathroom, pick up the cake, move a bunch of stuff in the back yard, clean the patio set, hose off the deck, wash the paw prints off the windows and the sliding glass door ....

Okay, I don't know if I'll even be able to get all that done on my own now! I think I'm going to have to enlist my husband's help. 😉
 
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oxeye said:
I don't know if mine are migraines or not. I do get some really bad ones that Advil, tylenol, aleve, and caffeine do nothing for. 🙁 I haven't tried migraine meds, though. Maybe I should get a prescription for next time? I guess if they help it was a migraine.

I get headaches so often, though. It sucks - we're talking 3-5 times per week.
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Do you get light/sound sensitivity with it? Try Excedrin Migraine - it really helps and it's OTC. Caffeine actually usually helps with my migraines... but you know what the doc put me on? Lexapro!! Ha ha - I was like, "I got migraines, not depression" but it really works!
 
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oxeye said:
Sleeping so late isn't so bad. 😉

I was majorly embarrassed today - some friends dropped by at 12:30pm and I was still in my pajamas. 😳 Ugh, I felt like such a lazy bum. And my husband knew there were dropping by and didn't tell me so that I could get dressed!

😡 I was soooo mad at him and still so embarrassed about it.
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You should do what I do, and start sleeping in your clothes. 😉 It saves tons of time (you don't have to bother dressing and undressing), and plus, no one ever catches you in your PJs. If hubby doesn't like it, tell him it's his fault for not having woken you up. :meanie:

Ana, I never thought to try anti-depressants, but I'm glad you're backing me up with the caffeine here.

All right, ladies, I need to get going. It's almost 7 already. I seriously had like 10 PMs today, several from people wanting me to read their PS. :wow:
 
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Anastasis said:
Do you get light/sound sensitivity with it? Try Excedrin Migraine - it really helps and it's OTC. Caffeine actually usually helps with my migraines... but you know what the doc put me on? Lexapro!! Ha ha - I was like, "I got migraines, not depression" but it really works!
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Yeah I get definite light and sound sensitivity with the bad ones. 🙁

Interesting about the lexapro. I wonder if I can even take the migraine meds while I am nursing. I'd have to look those up in my book.
 
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QofQuimica said:
You should do what I do, and start sleeping in your clothes. 😉 It saves tons of time (you don't have to bother dressing and undressing), and plus, no one ever catches you in your PJs. If hubby doesn't like it, tell him it's his fault for not having woken you up. :meanie:

Ana, I never thought to try anti-depressants, but I'm glad you're backing me up with the caffeine here.

All right, ladies, I need to get going. It's almost 7 already. I seriously had like 10 PMs today, several from people wanting me to read their PS. :wow:
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LOL, the reason I like to stay in my pajamas so long is because I'm nursing the baby all day long. It's easier to nurse her in my nursing nightgown than it is when I'm wearing normal clothes. So I tend to be lazy a lot and put off getting dressed for the day.

But yeah ... I need to just deal with it because I don't want to be caught in my pajamas in the middle of the day anymore!
 
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I just checked my book out of curiosity - Lexapro is a no-no while nursing. It can make babies too sleepy (which really doesn't seem like a bad thing to me :laugh: ).

Interesting - Lexapro is an SSRI and it looks like the migraine medicines also deal with seratonin. That must be why Lexapro works for migraines.
 
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oxeye said:
I just checked my book out of curiosity - Lexapro is a no-no while nursing. It can make babies too sleepy (which really doesn't seem like a bad thing to me :laugh: ).

Interesting - Lexapro is an SSRI and it looks like the migraine medicines also deal with seratonin. That must be why Lexapro works for migraines.
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That's what he explained to me after he gave it to me. He didn't want to give me something stronger than that because of my "childbearing age" - I tried to convince him that if I did get pregnant the baby wouldn't need to worry about birth defects because it would be the second coming of Christ but no dice, he didn't believe me. 🙁 :laugh:
 
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Anastasis said:
That's what he explained to me after he gave it to me. He didn't want to give me something stronger than that because of my "childbearing age" - I tried to convince him that if I did get pregnant the baby wouldn't need to worry about birth defects because it would be the second coming of Christ but no dice, he didn't believe me. 🙁 :laugh:
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LMFAO. Don't feel bad, Ana, I got the same thing from the blood bank when I was a teenager. They're asking me who I'd slept with, whether he had sex with other men, and I'm like, what if I've never slept with anyone at all ever??? And they laughed and said they have to ask everyone those questions, because apparently a lot of adolescents DO lie out of embarrassment or worry that their parents will find out that they're sexually active. 😛
 
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QofQuimica said:
LMFAO. Don't feel bad, Ana, I got the same thing from the blood bank when I was a teenager. They're asking me who I'd slept with, whether he had sex with other men, and I'm like, what if I've never slept with anyone at all ever??? And they laughed and said they have to ask everyone those questions, because apparently a lot of adolescents DO lie out of embarrassment or worry that their parents will find out that they're sexually active. 😛
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At the student health center at my ugrad, the joke goes that whatever women go in for, the diagnosis is always "You're pregnant" You've been throwing up, You're pregnant. You've had fatigue? You're pregnant. Your head just fell off? Must be pregnant. To the point that when my BOYfriend went in with fatigue, the doctor told him he must be pregnant. (he was joking of course, If my boyfriend was pregnant, heads would roll 😡 :laugh:)
 
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QofQuimica said:
LMFAO. Don't feel bad, Ana, I got the same thing from the blood bank when I was a teenager. They're asking me who I'd slept with, whether he had sex with other men, and I'm like, what if I've never slept with anyone at all ever??? And they laughed and said they have to ask everyone those questions, because apparently a lot of adolescents DO lie out of embarrassment or worry that their parents will find out that they're sexually active. 😛
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when i was 15 and had my appendix out the anesthesiologist asked me like 6 times if i was on any drugs before he put me under. "dont worry, i wont tell your parents.... tell me the truth, if you're on something then that could have a reaction with what i'm about to give you and you could die.... you could DIE if you're not telling me the truth." i was like, "dude i'm not on drugs." he soooooo didnt believe me and just rolled his eyes and put me under. wtf?!?! :laugh:
 
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Anastasis said:
At the student health center at my ugrad, the joke goes that whatever women go in for, the diagnosis is always "You're pregnant" You've been throwing up, You're pregnant. You've had fatigue? You're pregnant. Your head just fell off? Must be pregnant. To the point that when my BOYfriend went in with fatigue, the doctor told him he must be pregnant. (he was joking of course, If my boyfriend was pregnant, heads would roll 😡 :laugh:)
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:laugh: I love student health. They are sweet but they are so not set up to deal with non-trads. I had this very nice and sincere NP ask me all these questions... do you use condoms, do you use BCP, do you use XYZ... I thought she was going to fall off her chair when I told her that my SO and I used vasectomy as our birth control method of choice. :laugh:
 
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MollyMalone said:
:laugh: I love student health. They are sweet but they are so not set up to deal with non-trads. I had this very nice and sincere NP ask me all these questions... do you use condoms, do you use BCP, do you use XYZ... I thought she was going to fall off her chair when I told her that my SO and I used vasectomy as our birth control method of choice. :laugh:
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That's hilarious. :laugh: That will be my husband's (and mine by default) birth control method of choice very soon!
 
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mshheaddoc said:
So molly you guys don't want to have kids then?
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hey guys, i just moved back my step 1 date from 6/13 to 6/16. cost me 3 days of vacation but hopefully its worth it. 🙁

i'm scoring a little better every day with my 50 question random blocks on qbank but i just wish the improvements were coming faster. ughhhhhhhhhh......
 
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Arsenic said:
hey guys, i just moved back my step 1 date from 6/13 to 6/16. cost me 3 days of vacation but hopefully its worth it. 🙁

i'm scoring a little better every day with my 50 question random blocks on qbank but i just wish the improvements were coming faster. ughhhhhhhhhh......
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Good luck A-man - you can do it!!

I just talked to my friend who is a MSII at Baylor and she says she's not taking the Step until Feb of next year. Is that wierd or is it usually just up to the person?
 
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Anastasis said:
Good luck A-man - you can do it!!

I just talked to my friend who is a MSII at Baylor and she says she's not taking the Step until Feb of next year. Is that wierd or is it usually just up to the person?
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wow, i wish. at my school we are required to have completed step 1 before attending orientation for the 3rd year of medical school. basically, without this step you arent promoted. even now i've only been "provisionally" promoted to 3rd year. 🙄

i actually thought all US schools had this policy, i guess baylor doesnt. in a way i think its to help us because how is she going to be able to study for step 1 in the middle of taking rotations when she has shelf exams and stuff to study for?!?! thats gonna be hard i think. is she md phd? those guys are lucky at my school because again you dont have to take step 1 until 3rd year orientation, for some of them that will be years away so they can pretty much take step 1 whenever they want between now and 2009 or whatever. lucky ****. :laugh:
 
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Arsenic said:
hey guys, i just moved back my step 1 date from 6/13 to 6/16. cost me 3 days of vacation but hopefully its worth it. 🙁

i'm scoring a little better every day with my 50 question random blocks on qbank but i just wish the improvements were coming faster. ughhhhhhhhhh......
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that's cool.....you never know that 3 days may be really helpful. :luck: :luck:
 
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ooooh, nikki, i just noticed that your tare panda has a graduation cap on!! maybe it's not actually a grad cap, but it's still so cute! 😀
 
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scentimint said:
ooooh, nikki, i just noticed that your tare panda has a graduation cap on!! maybe it's not actually a grad cap, but it's still so cute! 😀
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it looks like its dead. :laugh:

yes, i've gone loco. :scared:
 
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