Random non-MCAT and only peripherally related to the MCAT thread - Part 3

[Nikki2002]

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3rd time is a charm! 🙂 Welcome to the best thread on SDN: The Random Non-MCAT thread--PART 3!

This is a place to chill and talk about anything besides the MCAT. 😎



And remember......

 

[oxeye]

Good morning. 🙂

 

[mshheaddoc]

now I am drinking the gin and juice. 😛

I do NOT like gin.

 

[beary]

Good morning. 🙂

Good morning oxeye!! 😀

 

[beary]

I do NOT like gin.

Ha, I missed this original post but thought it was just from this morning. I was like, wow, kind of early in the day for the gin.

 

[mshheaddoc]

mornign everyone.

lilo and stitch is on 😀

 

[oxeye]

Good morning oxeye!! 😀

Hi beary! 🙂

 

[oxeye]

I do NOT like gin.

I do not like green eggs and ham.

I do not like them Sam-I-Am.



Sorry - this came to mind when I read your post. 😀 You can tell what I've been reading lately.

Gosh, I hope I don't get asked that question on my interview. "What interesting books have you read lately?" I could go on and on about Dr. Seuss but that might not impress them.

 

[Arsenic]

Probably A-Man.

fine! i admit it.

 

[Arsenic]

hello peeps! just saying hi from the hospital, i'm off to heal the sick. 😉

 

[beary]

Hi beary! 🙂

😉 What are you up to today? I'm going grocery shopping and watching the race. And working, oh yeah.

 

[oxeye]

hello peeps! just saying hi from the hospital, i'm off to heal the sick. 😉

Hi A-man. 🙂

How long do you have to stay at the hospital today?

 

[oxeye]

😉 What are you up to today? I'm going grocery shopping and watching the race. And working, oh yeah.

What are you working on today? Work, work or preparing another presentation?

I've got a fun-filled day planned. Laundry, vacuuming, dusting, and general cleaning upstairs (it's a disaster area up there!). Fun stuff. 😉

 

[mshheaddoc]

I want to be in the hospital. Ok not IN the hospital. Work in the hospital. As a doctor 😀

 

[oxeye]

I want to be in the hospital. Ok not IN the hospital. Work in the hospital. As a doctor 😀

I read that and thought you were feeling bad again! But yes, I want to be in the hospital too. 😀

 

[Anastasis]

Did I tell you guys I made banoffee pie last night? So good - grahm cracker crust, carmelized condensed milk (makes the toffee filling), cut up bananas, fresh whipped cream.

I think I'm going to bust. If anyone wants to know how to make it, it's really easy but it looks like you spend all this effort making it.

 

[AWhitehair]

I do NOT like gin.

Maybe you are not mixing it right? Get the saphire brand...it goes down smooth. MIxed with cranberry or OJ or pineapple...so good. 😛

 

[Anastasis]

oh - and good morning everyone!! 😀

 

[Nikki2002]

fine! i admit it.

😍

 

[AWhitehair]

Did I tell you guys I made banoffee pie last night? So good - grahm cracker crust, carmelized condensed milk (makes the toffee filling), cut up bananas, fresh whipped cream.

I think I'm going to bust. If anyone wants to know how to make it, it's really easy but it looks like you spend all this effort making it.

THat sounds really good! MMM, I love naners.

 

[AWhitehair]

oh - and good morning everyone!! 😀

Yes, I forgot my formal intro into the thread...Good morning/afternoon everyone!

 

[beary]

What are you working on today? Work, work or preparing another presentation?

I have to prepare infectious disease rounds for tomorrow and study. We have these teaching sessions that we need to prepare for with looking at study sets (prepared slides of cases) and unknowns to make some attempt to come up with a diagnosis. 😀

My pager went off this morning and I practically had a seizure. It was a wrong number. 🙄

 

[AWhitehair]

oh - and good morning everyone!! 😀

Anastasis,

I was in blockbuster last night and thought of you when I saw that new movie VD has out. Ya know, where he plays an old guy with hair! Have ya seen it?

 

[AWhitehair]

I have to prepare infectious disease rounds for tomorrow and study. We have these teaching sessions that we need to prepare for with looking at study sets (prepared slides of cases) and unknowns to make some attempt to come up with a diagnosis. 😀

My pager went off this morning and I practically had a seizure. It was a wrong number. 🙄

THat is awesome Beary, sound like something off of House MD 😀

 

[Nikki2002]

Did I tell you guys I made banoffee pie last night? So good - grahm cracker crust, carmelized condensed milk (makes the toffee filling), cut up bananas, fresh whipped cream.

I think I'm going to bust. If anyone wants to know how to make it, it's really easy but it looks like you spend all this effort making it.

very dangerous

 

[Arsenic]

Hi A-man. 🙂

How long do you have to stay at the hospital today?

until i get an admission from the pedi ER to write up. then i have to write a progress note on another patient. when thats done i can leave, i need to read through like 14 more cases in my case files book though today for my shelf exam this friday so i may just stick around until late tonight reading. if i go home i might slack off and probably wont finish. if i finish case files today i'll have 4 days to race through 500 peds questions in another book in between working up patients this week. awww... medical school.

 

[Arsenic]

on second thought...... wtf am i doing on SDN?!?!? later freaks. 😱

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Did I tell you guys I made banoffee pie last night? So good - grahm cracker crust, carmelized condensed milk (makes the toffee filling), cut up bananas, fresh whipped cream.

I think I'm going to bust. If anyone wants to know how to make it, it's really easy but it looks like you spend all this effort making it.

Good afternoon everyone 🙂

Ana, do you have the recepie for the banoffee pie? I need to add to my repetoire of stuff to bring to potlucks and that would definately go over well. And if it doesn't, more for me!!

 

[AWhitehair]

until i get an admission from the pedi ER to write up. then i have to write a progress note on another patient. when thats done i can leave, i need to read through like 14 more cases in my case files book though today for my shelf exam this friday so i may just stick around until late tonight reading. if i go home i might slack off and probably wont finish. if i finish case files today i'll have 4 days to race through 500 peds questions in another book in between working up patients this week. awww... medical school.

Geesh, and I thought it was gonna be a piece of cake. 🙄

 

[AWhitehair]

on second thought...... wtf am i doing on SDN?!?!? later freaks. 😱

We're not freaks 🙁
Are we? 😕

 

[Arsenic]

Geesh, and I thought it was gonna be a piece of cake. 🙄

you'll be surprised at how much down time you actually have as a med student sometimes. its not that crazy all the time, thats what i thought too when i was a premed. its just that people dont talk about the down time, they just bitch about weeks like this one.

 

[Arsenic]

We're not freaks 🙁
Are we? 😕

yes..... yes you are. 😛

 

[AWhitehair]

you'll be surprised at how much down time you actually have as a med student sometimes. its not that crazy all the time, thats what i thought too when i was a premed. its just that people dont talk about the down time, they just bitch about weeks like this one.

Yeah, I am actually finding that out from some friends who go to USF. YOu also told me how nice it is to have all the lectures recorded!

 

[AWhitehair]

yes..... yes you are. 😛

THat's okay, I can live with that. Now SDN, I can't live without!

 

[beary]

when thats done i can leave, i need to read through like 14 more cases in my case files book though today for my shelf exam this friday so i may just stick around until late tonight reading. if i go home i might slack off and probably wont finish.

STICK AROUND THE HOSPITAL???!!!

Dude, the instant I could leave I was out of there so fast. I wouldn't even wait for the elevators. I would sprint down 8 flights of stairs to get out there and immediately turn off the darn pager. You have never seen me move so fast as when I could leave for the day. If you stick around, somebody might see you and make you work!

 

[beary]

you'll be surprised at how much down time you actually have as a med student sometimes. its not that crazy all the time, thats what i thought too when i was a premed. its just that people dont talk about the down time, they just bitch about weeks like this one.

I hated the down time as a med student. It seems like a lot of the time you are just holding up a wall waiting for something to happen. That is something where residency is much better than med school.

 

[AWhitehair]

STICK AROUND THE HOSPITAL???!!!

Dude, the instant I could leave I was out of there so fast. I wouldn't even wait for the elevators. I would sprint down 8 flights of stairs to get out there and immediately turn off the darn pager. You have never seen me move so fast as when I could leave for the day. If you stick around, somebody might see you and make you work!

 

[AWhitehair]

I hated the down time as a med student. It seems like a lot of the time you are just holding up a wall waiting for something to happen. That is something where residency is much better than med school.

HOw long is your avg work week Beary?

 

[beary]

Something is wrong with my ankle. It has been hurting for a few days and is now gigantically swollen to the point I can't get my shoes on. I am not aware of hurting it at all. 😕

 

[AWhitehair]

Something is wrong with my ankle. It has been hurting for a few days and is now gigantically swollen to the point I can't get my shoes on. I am not aware of hurting it at all. 😕

It's prob from all those stairs you have been running down.

 

[beary]

HOw long is your avg work week Beary?

Hasn't been bad yet. (We have to keep track of our hours for the 80 hour rules). I am on a really easy rotation this month so I have been doing 55-60 hrs in house so far. But I work A LOT at home, which doesn't count in the hour rules. Next month I am on surg path and expect to be doing close to 80 in house. 🙁 Autopsy is another really demanding rotation timewise.

 

[beary]

It's prob from all those stairs you have been running down.

Awesome. 👍

I don't do quite the running routine as a resident. I more have my work to do and leave when it is done. Nobody is making me sit around, which is really nice.

 

[supernova33418]

beary i hope your ankle gets better soon. my ankle was like that once but that was because i sprained it when i fell down a filght of stairs

 

[AWhitehair]

Hasn't been bad yet. (We have to keep track of our hours for the 80 hour rules). I am on a really easy rotation this month so I have been doing 55-60 hrs in house so far. But I work A LOT at home, which doesn't count in the hour rules. Next month I am on surg path and expect to be doing close to 80 in house. 🙁 Autopsy is another really demanding rotation timewise.

Autopsy would be awesome though. I just read that it is only 5% of a typical pathologist workload though.

 

[supernova33418]

thanks Nikki, how are your studies coming along? Not to worry you;ll slay the dragon in august. Take care I hope you are well

 

[beary]

Autopsy would be awesome though. I just read that it is only 5% of a typical pathologist workload though.

Yep, that's right. We have to get 50 to sit for boards and are supposed to get them all our first year. We have a few months first year just set aside from autopsies. Then hopefully I won't have to do anymore for the rest of my residency.

Are you interested in path? 😀

 

[beary]

beary i hope your ankle gets better soon. my ankle was like that once but that was because i sprained it when i fell down a filght of stairs

Thanks supernova!! It seems sprained, but I didn't fall down any stairs. 😉

 

[supernova33418]

i've been having this sharp pain above my left eye for a little while now it comes and goes from time to time, could it be a migrane? Sometimes it goes away after a cup of coffee so at one point i thought it was due to a lack of caffine cause i'll admit i am a coffee junkie, sometimes two excedrin helps so i was wondering if this is anything serious. Any ideas?

 

[supernova33418]

hey Beary you're welcome, glad to hear you didnt fall down anystairs. take care

 

[Beau Geste]

i've been having this sharp pain above my left eye for a little while now it comes and goes from time to time, could it be a migrane? Sometimes it goes away after a cup of coffee so at one point i thought it was due to a lack of caffine cause i'll admit i am a coffee junkie, sometimes two excedrin helps so i was wondering if this is anything serious. Any ideas?

I get that too sometimes. It's stress-related for me.

 

[Beau Geste]

Something is wrong with my ankle. It has been hurting for a few days and is now gigantically swollen to the point I can't get my shoes on. I am not aware of hurting it at all. 😕

I have weaker ankles from being a super jock in high school/junior high. Now, my tendons have been so stretched that I sometimes stumble for no reason and end up with a sprain. Fortunately it heals in a day or two, but I really have to watch myself on curbs and potholes and such.

Maybe you stepped funny on something like that and didn't realize it.