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wow...what a contest you 2 have going on
 
EM2BE said:
wow...what a contest you 2 have going on
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not so much a contest as an odd support group! insults are just a form of projecting our inner turmoil and uncertainty
 
sleepymed said:
not so much a contest as an odd support group! insults are just a form of projecting our inner turmoil and uncertainty
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oh ok...as long as it's justified 😉
 
Dr. Dukes said:
No...but there is a girl in my class who normally tears through exams, and this one took her forever. I usually finish pretty quickly, but I always get scared if I'm close to done and she's still working on it...that was all. Now all I want to do is go to bed...
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I did that to people in my class on the last day of 2nd year. I enjoyed the fear on their faces. Of course, I had finished the test hours before, but just kept reading it over and over.

That is all.
 
Dr.McNinja said:
I did that to people in my class on the last day of 2nd year. I enjoyed the fear on their faces. Of course, I had finished the test hours before, but just kept reading it over and over.

That is all.
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That's just wrong :meanie:

Good to see you are alive again!
 
Dr. Dukes said:
Me neither, I am still tired from my exams Monday and Tuesday, and my lectures today were HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!
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I don't yet know how my lectures were today if that makes you feel any better.
 
Dr.McNinja said:
I did that to people in my class on the last day of 2nd year. I enjoyed the fear on their faces. Of course, I had finished the test hours before, but just kept reading it over and over.

That is all.
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Mean mean mean mean mean mean mean mean mean mean
 
Dr. Dukes said:
Nope, I'd prefer it if I hadn't gone to my biochem lectures...
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:laugh: That's why I didn't go...and I think we had only one biochem lecture (obviously not paying attention)
 
EM2BE said:
That's just wrong :meanie:

Good to see you are alive again!
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5 calls. 11 days.
Things I've learned and will implement in my future career during that time.
1. If you allow EMS to dictate trauma triage, make sure you teach them how. I have received a man with no vitals for 45 minutes and witnessed GSW to head as a code trauma "so we could pronounce him", and a 19 year old with a "cable break and machinery part to head" that was the nautilus equipment, 2cm lac, no LOC. Seriously people, get a clue.
2. Residents shall not be shat on. 1 night, I received 3 separate "in the house" calls. 1 to replace peg tube after patient pulls it out (9 hours previously), 1 trauma consult for fall and 2cm lac that I steristripped, but the attending never saw ("just call the surgery residents"), and 1 pulmonologist call to read a chest xray (WTF!!!!) after pt had pleurevac placed. I DIDN'T PLACE THE PLEUREVAC, NO I WON'T READ YOUR XR, I'M NOT A RADIOLOGIST. Also, you can see images at home with our system.
3. Call sucks in general.
4. The match still sucks, try having matchitis with an overriding forboding feeling.
 
EM2BE said:
:laugh: That's why I didn't go...and I think we had only one biochem lecture (obviously not paying attention)
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My two lectures were based on 15 pages of notes, total. He basically read through them, didn't add anything else. If I had read them myself it would have taken me way less time, and I wouldn't have wanted to die.
However, twice in class today he stopped mid sentence and just stood there for like 20-30 seconds without doing anything. Got to the point where a bunch of my classmates were starting to get obviously nervous that something was wrong. Weirdly enough, he just started right back up where he left off, without even acknowledging the 30 seconds that he had just missed...
Perhaps I should transfer that thought to the Street Diagnostician thread and see what the prevailing opinion on going up to a professor who is essentially frozen is...
 
Dr.McNinja said:
5 calls. 11 days.
Things I've learned and will implement in my future career during that time.
1. If you allow EMS to dictate trauma triage, make sure you teach them how. I have received a man with no vitals for 45 minutes and witnessed GSW to head as a code trauma "so we could pronounce him", and a 19 year old with a "cable break and machinery part to head" that was the nautilus equipment, 2cm lac, no LOC. Seriously people, get a clue.
2. Residents shall not be shat on. 1 night, I received 3 separate "in the house" calls. 1 to replace peg tube after patient pulls it out (9 hours previously), 1 trauma consult for fall and 2cm lac that I steristripped, but the attending never saw ("just call the surgery residents"), and 1 pulmonologist call to read a chest xray (WTF!!!!) after pt had pleurevac placed. I DIDN'T PLACE THE PLEUREVAC, NO I WON'T READ YOUR XR, I'M NOT A RADIOLOGIST. Also, you can see images at home with our system.
3. Call sucks in general.
4. The match still sucks, try having matchitis with an overriding forboding feeling.
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awwww... :luck: with everything

😍😍😍😍
 
Dr. Dukes said:
My two lectures were based on 15 pages of notes, total. He basically read through them, didn't add anything else. If I had read them myself it would have taken me way less time, and I wouldn't have wanted to die.
However, twice in class today he stopped mid sentence and just stood there for like 20-30 seconds without doing anything. Got to the point where a bunch of my classmates were starting to get obviously nervous that something was wrong. Weirdly enough, he just started right back up where he left off, without even acknowledging the 30 seconds that he had just missed...
Perhaps I should transfer that thought to the Street Diagnostician thread and see what the prevailing opinion on going up to a professor who is essentially frozen is...
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my guess is absent seizures. But that may be biased because I've witnessed it before.
 
Dr.McNinja said:
5 calls. 11 days.
Things I've learned and will implement in my future career during that time.
1. If you allow EMS to dictate trauma triage, make sure you teach them how. I have received a man with no vitals for 45 minutes and witnessed GSW to head as a code trauma "so we could pronounce him", and a 19 year old with a "cable break and machinery part to head" that was the nautilus equipment, 2cm lac, no LOC. Seriously people, get a clue.
2. Residents shall not be shat on. 1 night, I received 3 separate "in the house" calls. 1 to replace peg tube after patient pulls it out (9 hours previously), 1 trauma consult for fall and 2cm lac that I steristripped, but the attending never saw ("just call the surgery residents"), and 1 pulmonologist call to read a chest xray (WTF!!!!) after pt had pleurevac placed. I DIDN'T PLACE THE PLEUREVAC, NO I WON'T READ YOUR XR, I'M NOT A RADIOLOGIST. Also, you can see images at home with our system.
3. Call sucks in general.
4. The match still sucks, try having matchitis with an overriding forboding feeling.
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🙁🙁 I really hope the match works in your favor this year...
 
EM2BE said:
my guess is absent seizures. But that may be biased because I've witnessed it before.
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isn't he a little old for an absence seizure?
 
This of course would be the case they are probably aware of it.
 
I have seen one of my friend's mom have these, and I'm not sure how old she is, but my guess would be around 50yo. Even then, seizure activity may never leave a person who is prone to them. For example, we pretty much know we will have to monitor my sister for seizure activity for the rest of her life (even after the surgeries to help stop them, they have returned 8-9 years after the fact, but less severe).
 
I hate having to deal with insurance companies (esp since I've never had to before). They sent me something with a claim number saying it wasn't covered, but no other details about it. So then I try to call them and have to enter in tons of information before getting to the main menu. I think I may try again (still didn't get the info I need) but just hit 0 at that time and get a person.
 
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I am really not liking my friends right now. None of them called/texted me to tell me we had a sign in today for class. Now I have to go see if there is a way to get the points back (and after seeing my quiz grade, I need all the points I can get). Uggh. I wasn't feeling good before, but this just adds insult to injury (literally).
 
I really don't like that I have now learned enough about computers/internet to mess it up but not fix it. It took about 5 minutes of playing around for me to completely mess up my wireless access, and over an hour to figure it out to fix it (and never did find the set up cd). Good thing we have one person who leaves their internet unlocked around here so that I could use theirs to problem-solve. Now I am going to bed before I mess anything else up today.
 
Still can't sleep. Do you like the picture change, or should I do something different?
 
you guys are going to confuse me with your picture changes! I won't know who you are!!!
 
sleepymed said:
you guys are going to confuse me with your picture changes! I won't know who you are!!!
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I agree...I mostly look at the pictures to see who is "talking"...a new picture takes me a while to recalibrate...
 
Dr. Dukes said:
I agree...I mostly look at the pictures to see who is "talking"...a new picture takes me a while to recalibrate...
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you guys are going to confuse me with your picture changes! I won't know who you are!!!
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It's ok. We have a fast learning curve around here 😉
 
I am completely bored and avoiding doing my homework...and the lack of posters giving me stuff to read and reply to isn't helping!!!!!!!!!!!

In other news, I think I got a cool job for this summer!!!!!
 
Dr. Dukes said:
I am completely bored and avoiding doing my homework...and the lack of posters giving me stuff to read and reply to isn't helping!!!!!!!!!!!

In other news, I think I got a cool job for this summer!!!!!
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I feel you on that one. Except I decided to be productive today, so I went to the library to study so that my internet didn't work. But I do know those days I am constantly waiting for someone to post something.

And congratulations, I think.
 
EM2BE said:
I feel you on that one. Except I decided to be productive today, so I went to the library to study so that my internet didn't work. But I do know those days I am constantly waiting for someone to post something.

And congratulations, I think.
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I should have done that...but I didn't, and I'm in too deep now!

And thanks, I think I'm going to be working with a local trauma surgeon, doing some trauma registry stuff and shadowing him some...
 
Dr. Dukes said:
I should have done that...but I didn't, and I'm in too deep now!

And thanks, I think I'm going to be working with a local trauma surgeon, doing some trauma registry stuff and shadowing him some...
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I had to come home because it's not in a good neighborhood and it was getting dark (got a ride with someone so that I could stay past dark).

Sounds like some fun, esp for work.
 
There are NO words for how badly I need my weekend off. I just worked 12/14 days. Today is my last.


On the upside, favorite CC of the day (thankfully went to psych) "I want to drink blood!"
 
roja said:
There are NO words for how badly I need my weekend off. I just worked 12/14 days. Today is my last.


On the upside, favorite CC of the day (thankfully went to psych) "I want to drink blood!"
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Well the weather should be good in the city this weekend (I think).
 
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