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oxeye said:
See this is what I'm thinking - anyone IRL who wants to stalk me on here or something would know who I am regardless of whether or not I make my location public. I think my classmates next year who post here will figure it out, so the only people who won't know are the people who would never know me anyway.

So I think I am being paranoid. But I still don't know ....
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You know i'm pretty open about where I'm from but I totally understand where you are coming from. I know Q feels the same way as you do as well as the guy who posts as psychodoctor.

So its ok to not tell where you are going. As per the class threads, perhaps you can suggest to the students who are going to be going to your school for sure that they could create a facebook account.

Last year, Harvard's C/O 2010 people transferred over to facebook and made a C/O 2010 group for them and since the school is listed in facebook you know. Well you could do something similar to that for your class and PM people or something. Maybe even create a different username if the mods let you like a certain unnamed randomite does for the purposes of posting vs. answering questions about his school.

That might be better.
 
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oxeye said:
I'm scared too Tee.

But on a happy note - my husband is out getting DQ for me right now. 😀
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Don't be scared folks! 😍

Wow, I had a DQ craving yesterday! Didn't have a hubby to go get some for me though.

It snowed again last night. 🙄 (Don't know why this is worth posting since it snows EVERY DAY).
 
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beary said:
Don't be scared folks! 😍

Wow, I had a DQ craving yesterday! Didn't have a hubby to go get some for me though.

It snowed again last night. 🙄 (Don't know why this is worth posting since it snows EVERY DAY).
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It snowed here too.
I wish there was a DQ around here. 🙁
 
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beary said:
Don't be scared folks! 😍

Wow, I had a DQ craving yesterday! Didn't have a hubby to go get some for me though.

It snowed again last night. 🙄 (Don't know why this is worth posting since it snows EVERY DAY).
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Just to break things up a little...it did NOT snow here yesterday. But was extremly cold!!!
 
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beary said:
Don't be scared folks! 😍

Wow, I had a DQ craving yesterday! Didn't have a hubby to go get some for me though.

It snowed again last night. 🙄 (Don't know why this is worth posting since it snows EVERY DAY).
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hahahaha

Please tell me when you mention DQ, you weren't going to get ice cream in cold weather!!! I think I'd hate to have ice cream on a freezing cold day esp. when its snowing. I couldn't imagine how bad the weather is where you guys live cuz I've never seen snow in all my years and I hate it when its too cold here. I think I'd die in the weather up there.
 
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I tend to indulge in fancy hot chocolates and coffees in the winter time. I don't have them that often, but mmmmm I love the whipped cream and chocolate. So healthy for ya 😛
 
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For those of you who are my facebook friends, some new pics of me got uploaded from our singing competition with me sporting a bowtie. Also I got the youtube of the performance on my profile.

Check it out!
 
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I just got the nicest email from a breast surgeon about a case I rushed. Is really nice of them to take the time (and to brighten my day putting up with VA garbage). A reminder of what medicine is all about. 🙂

"Wanted to drop a quick note to let you know how much it meant to this patient that you were able to get her path back Fri night. She was crying on the phone she was so relieved and happy. As I mentioned to you, my patients and I have noticed how much faster path turnaround has been. When you called to let me know we would need to do more sections on her path, my office called to update her and to let her know we probably wouldn't get results back until next week. I really thought it would take that long for you to be able to x-ray the blocks and look at more sections. So, it was such a surprise to her and such a relief. As you and I have discussed--at the other end of those slides is always a very anxious patient. In this case is was a young single mother just finishing therapy for a locally advanced right breast cancer when this area popped up in the left breast--obviously devastating to her emotionally. She has been completely stoic through all of her treatment and this latest biopsy. When she broke down last night it was the first time that I had seen her do that. So, thanks again for working so hard to get this back quickly, it meant more to her than probably you and I will ever understand."
 
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beary said:
I just got the nicest email from a breast surgeon about a case I rushed. Is really nice of them to take the time (and to brighten my day putting up with VA garbage). A reminder of what medicine is all about. 🙂

"Wanted to drop a quick note to let you know how much it meant to this patient that you were able to get her path back Fri night. She was crying on the phone she was so relieved and happy. As I mentioned to you, my patients and I have noticed how much faster path turnaround has been. When you called to let me know we would need to do more sections on her path, my office called to update her and to let her know we probably wouldn't get results back until next week. I really thought it would take that long for you to be able to x-ray the blocks and look at more sections. So, it was such a surprise to her and such a relief. As you and I have discussed--at the other end of those slides is always a very anxious patient. In this case is was a young single mother just finishing therapy for a locally advanced right breast cancer when this area popped up in the left breast--obviously devastating to her emotionally. She has been completely stoic through all of her treatment and this latest biopsy. When she broke down last night it was the first time that I had seen her do that. So, thanks again for working so hard to get this back quickly, it meant more to her than probably you and I will ever understand."
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wow

this highlights exactly why pathology is so huge. great job, doctor. 👍 👍
 
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DrBowtie said:
For those of you who are my facebook friends, some new pics of me got uploaded from our singing competition with me sporting a bowtie. Also I got the youtube of the performance on my profile.

Check it out!
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just saw them. let me guess, 10% of why you joined the club was for the singing.... the other 90% was to wear the bowtie. admit it! 😉

you look happy brett, nice pics.
 
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Arsenic said:
just saw them. let me guess, 10% of why you joined the club was for the singing.... the other 90% was to wear the bowtie. admit it! 😉

you look happy brett, nice pics.
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It was the fraternity competition. We got scammed out of placing somehow. We're getting a detailed scoring report tonight.
 
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PBandJ said:
awesome job b-dizzle!! ps: love the new irish bear avatar. so cute!! 🙂
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hey s&m! nice avatar, daschunds rule. 😀

whatever happened with the UI program, did you call them and get it straightened out? sorry if you already mentioned it earlier, i missed it if you did.
 
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beary said:
I just got the nicest email from a breast surgeon about a case I rushed. Is really nice of them to take the time (and to brighten my day putting up with VA garbage). A reminder of what medicine is all about. 🙂

"Wanted to drop a quick note to let you know how much it meant to this patient that you were able to get her path back Fri night. She was crying on the phone she was so relieved and happy. As I mentioned to you, my patients and I have noticed how much faster path turnaround has been. When you called to let me know we would need to do more sections on her path, my office called to update her and to let her know we probably wouldn't get results back until next week. I really thought it would take that long for you to be able to x-ray the blocks and look at more sections. So, it was such a surprise to her and such a relief. As you and I have discussed--at the other end of those slides is always a very anxious patient. In this case is was a young single mother just finishing therapy for a locally advanced right breast cancer when this area popped up in the left breast--obviously devastating to her emotionally. She has been completely stoic through all of her treatment and this latest biopsy. When she broke down last night it was the first time that I had seen her do that. So, thanks again for working so hard to get this back quickly, it meant more to her than probably you and I will ever understand."
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Just proves what we knew already...

You rawk, beary!! 😍 😍
 
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Arsenic said:
hey s&m! nice avatar, daschunds rule. 😀

whatever happened with the UI program, did you call them and get it straightened out? sorry if you already mentioned it earlier, i missed it if you did.
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hey As, anything going on in the life of a 3rd year?
 
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Arsenic said:
hey s&m! nice avatar, daschunds rule. 😀

whatever happened with the UI program, did you call them and get it straightened out? sorry if you already mentioned it earlier, i missed it if you did.
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hehe, thanks dude.

so i called. they said that i'm good to go for urbana-champaign, and that chicago makes their own decisions (and will notify me when they do). so right now i'm in at the MD/PhD program at urbana-champaign, pending approval from the graduate department that i applied to (they need my GRE scores once i take the test). and no word yet from chicago.
 
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DocFunk said:
hey As, anything going on in the life of a 3rd year?
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just sleep deprivation, i got close to 8 hours last night but not sleeping the night before when i was on call killed me. so tonight im going to sleep like at 6pm so that i can catch up. :meanie: few sounds are as painful as an alarm clock going off at 430am.
 
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PBandJ said:
hehe, thanks dude.

so i called. they said that i'm good to go for urbana-champaign, and that chicago makes their own decisions (and will notify me when they do). so right now i'm in at the MD/PhD program at urbana-champaign, pending approval from the graduate department that i applied to (they need my GRE scores once i take the test). and no word yet from chicago.
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congrats s&m! 😎

so how long would the md/phd program be in total, about 7 years?
 
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Arsenic said:
just sleep deprivation, i got close to 8 hours last night but not sleeping the night before when i was on call killed me. so tonight im going to sleep like at 6pm so that i can catch up. :meanie: few sounds are as painful as an alarm clock going off at 430am.
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I believe an alarm clock at 430am would be the most painful sound. Every time I watch a movie and that same alarm clock sound goes off, I shudder.
 
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Arsenic said:
just sleep deprivation, i got close to 8 hours last night but not sleeping the night before when i was on call killed me. so tonight im going to sleep like at 6pm so that i can catch up. :meanie: few sounds are as painful as an alarm clock going off at 430am.
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This is the part that really scares the crap out of me. I like my sleep. A lot. And I don't function well without it. :scared:

Oh well - I guess you just learn how to cope.
 
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Anastasis said:
This is the part that really scares the crap out of me. I like my sleep. A lot. And I don't function well without it. :scared:

Oh well - I guess you just learn how to cope.
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I'm already practicing - got 4 hours of sleep last night.

I'm ahead of the game, gunner.
 
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Anastasis said:
This is the part that really scares the crap out of me. I like my sleep. A lot. And I don't function well without it. :scared:

Oh well - I guess you just learn how to cope.
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its not like that all the time ana, remember im just on surgery now. so theres a lot of variation between the clerkships. in the first 2 years its really awesome, at least at Miami all lectures are scheduled to start at 9am and you always have weekends off. which is one of the reasons starting 3rd year sucks for so many people, you move into a schedule where weekends arent guaranteed, you dont get spring break or most other holidays, by the time the 1st and 2nd years start at 9 you've been in the hospital 3+ hours, etc.....

everyone goes through it, no worries you will be fine.
 
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Arsenic said:
its not like that all the time ana, remember im just on surgery now. so theres a lot of variation between the clerkships. in the first 2 years its really awesome, at least at Miami all lectures are scheduled to start at 9am and you always have weekends off. which is one of the reasons starting 3rd year sucks for so many people, you move into a schedule where weekends arent guaranteed, you dont get spring break or most other holidays, by the time the 1st and 2nd years start at 9 you've been in the hospital 3+ hours, etc.....

everyone goes through it, no worries you will be fine.
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That's good to hear. I'm really really not looking forward to surgery. :meanie: I'm glad people love surgery so much... that means I don't have to do it. 😉


Are you off today?
 
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