Who Else Feels Crappy?

[beBrave]

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messed up my bad back. it's a rare occurrence fortunately, but eff. not how i pictured my week. i was going to be productive. well, actually, I was, just a little too productive today and think that's the problem.

I empathize and hope your back gets better quickly. While it may have affected your productivity, in this situation you can ask yourself, what is the worst possible outcome that can occur as a result of messing up your back, accept the worst possible outcome and then do your best to improve upon it. What I have outlined is some really effective advice that has really changed the way I perceive and handle issues as they arise. It has been very effective for me so I hope it is useful for you as well.

 

[shezadeh]

MCAT next week? O.O

Next year, my bad! LOL

 

[TexasSurgeon]

Next year, my bad! LOL

LOL you've got some time then

 

[mommy2three]

I have to write this stinking personal statement for residency applications

Ugh I hate writing about myself

And I am guessing an "I survived medical school while raising three children, enough said" is not an acceptable answer 😉

 

[beBrave]

I have to write this stinking personal statement for residency applications

Ugh I hate writing about myself

And I am guessing an "I survived medical school while raising three children, enough said" is not an acceptable answer 😉

I actually think an employer would be impressed if you were to include this information (clearly without the enough said part). First you are highlighting your incredible ability to manage time and resources, second you are also providing the employer with insight into your life, schedule and needs (being a parent). Three kids and med school! Rock on Doctor Mom.

 

[Chip N Sawbones]

Happy 4th to those of you who didn't have to spend the day digging under your house. I've got fiberglass in my nose, dirt in my ears and sawdust in my eyes. On the bright side, I didn't cause my house to collapse on top of me. The project ain't over yet though.

 

[TexasSurgeon]

Happy 4th to those of you who didn't have to spend the day digging under your house. I've got fiberglass in my nose, dirt in my ears and sawdust in my eyes. On the bright side, I didn't cause my house to collapse on top of me. The project ain't over yet though.

Building a basement?

 

[Chip N Sawbones]

The house was built on a horribly inadequate foundation, just beams resting on very small concrete blocks. I'm jacking up the house a half inch or so, building temporary shoring, removing the old blocks and digging holes where I can pour larger pier blocks to go under the beams. It doesn't help that the crawlspace is only about sixteen inches deep. I feel like I'm digging in the tunnel in The Great Escape.

 

[brownbaglunch]

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[Gauss44]

Earlier in the week I noticed that my window frame is broken. There is almost an inch gap between the bottom and top portions of the window. This explains why my apartment fills with fumes whenever the building's oil is getting refilled, and why there seems to be no sound barrier...

So today I woke up super early to the smell of exhaust and the loud growl of a chainsaw-like bush cutter being used by the landscapers right next to my window. After falling back to sleep, I woke up again to the sound of my phone beeping. I got a text message from someone in the family, a very pushy person with bad boundries testing me to see if they were forgiven so they can be pushy all over again. (This might sound harsh, but trust me, that's the pattern. It won't work with me. It's just so very annoying.) I shut off my phone and went back to bed again.

I woke up for the 3rd time to the neighbor's au pair blasting music. This time I stayed up, and went to the library to take Kaplan Practice Test 2. Nice air conditioning and few disruptions during the physical science section. PS score: 15! Then during verbal reasoning, a homeless person sat next to me with a terrible smell (may not be his fault, but still...), a cough, and even fleas? Something started biting me! So I got up and moved. Minutes later, along came a group of I'm guessing high school kids with their own soundtrack (a radio) and loud voices. So, I got up and moved. Third try: I sat at another table. Just as I started to relax, previously being irritated by distractions, I smelled something. My table or chair or something was permeated with body odor. Heck, I just stayed there anyway and finished the test. Overall results: PS 15/ VR 4/ BS 13. I once marked random answers through an entire mcat to see what the result would be, and it was better than 4. Now I have test anxiety about that 4.

Plus, anyone notice that MCAT test prep over uses the word, "fact." "The fact that," "because of the fact," "this points to the fact that..." Now that's bugging me too.

 

[beBrave]

My table or chair or something was permeated with body odor. Heck, I just stayed there anyway and finished the test. Overall results: PS 15/ VR 4/ BS 13. I once marked random answers through an entire mcat to see what the result would be, and it was better than 4. Now I have test anxiety about that 4.

Plus, anyone notice that MCAT test prep over uses the word, "fact." "The fact that," "because of the fact," "this points to the fact that..." Now that's bugging me too.

You sound drained. I suggest relaxing before you do anymore practice exams. Clearly you have studied hard for the exam but right now it appears that you need some rest and downtime.

 

[Gauss44]

You sound drained. I suggest relaxing before your do anymore practice exams. Clearly you have studied hard for the exam but right now it appears that you need some rest and downtime.

You were right! I took a break from practice tests by leisurely reading TBR in a coffee shop. I feel much better now. Looking forward to a real break after the exam.

 

[wholeheartedly]

Remembered why I steer clear of pre-allo...

 

[wholeheartedly]

For those of you that remember the dispute with the neighbors psycho son over the car accident a couple years ago, him trying to extort money out of me for damage I didn't do, and subsequently harassing me repeatedly...... I just found out he died this morning after motorcycle crash 🙁

Didn't like the guy, but wouldn't wish that on anyone or their family. He was engaged to get married in Sept. I'd been kinda hoping for Karma while he was harassing me, but not that kind. I feel weird about the whole thing.... wish it hadn't taken something like this to feel comfortable in being outside in my yard again....

Interestingly, while I was searching for other news articles for more info I also came a cross a mugshot from an arrest dated a couple weeks after our fender bender where he was charged with drinking and driving and a hit and run of a different unattended vehicle. I suspect that's where the other damage he was trying to get me to pay for came from.

 

[QofQuimica]

For those of you that remember the dispute with the neighbors psycho son over the car accident a couple years ago, him trying to extort money out of me for damage I didn't do, and subsequently harassing me repeatedly...... I just found out he died this morning after motorcycle crash 🙁

Didn't like the guy, but wouldn't wish that on anyone or their family. He was engaged to get married in Sept. I'd been kinda hoping for Karma while he was harassing me, but not that kind. I feel weird about the whole thing.... wish it hadn't taken something like this to feel comfortable in being outside in my yard again....

Interestingly, while I was searching for other news articles for more info I also came a cross a mugshot from an arrest dated a couple weeks after our fender bender where he was charged with drinking and driving and a hit and run of a different unattended vehicle. I suspect that's where the other damage he was trying to get me to pay for came from.

I'm trying to muster up some sympathy for a guy who drove drunk and harassed you to the point that you were afraid to go out into your yard, but I'm having a hard time with it. So how about this: be glad you didn't wake up to read in the news about how he killed someone else while driving drunk, or about how he got arrested for beating up his fiancee. He was a bad news dude. She may well be luckier than she can possibly appreciate.

 

[eablackwell]

I haven't been able to sleep in 3 days. Also, I hate dress codes that include things like, "All women must wear hose. If socks or bare legs are viewed at any time in the hospital, the woman will be sent home." There, I have sufficiently complained.

 

[wholeheartedly]

She may well be luckier than she can possibly appreciate.

I'd be lying if I said that thought hadn't occurred to me. As I said, I wouldn't wish this on anyone, but I'm getting rather tired of reading about what a sweet, kindhearted, young man he was... cuz yelling and swearing at me out the window constantly is kindhearted. Cuz swerving his vehicle like he was going to crash into me on multiple occasions was kind hearted, cuz DUIs are awesome, and so it getting nailed for aggressively passing on the shoulder of a hwy, because he's soo gentle and patient.

My only concern now is that his dad, who owns and lives in the house next door, doesn't seem to know about our dispute as two weeks ago we chatted outside for almost two hours (though i tried to escape sooner). I'm worried if someone goes through the guys stuff and finds the letters he sent accusing me of trying to not pay, then I'm going to have to deal with the same crap from dad.

See apparently the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and dad was recently arrested on charges of: misdemeanor domestic assault, felony domestic assault by strangulation, gross misdemeanor transport/carry a pistol while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and lastly misdemeanor DWI. 👍

Hopefully, I'm being paranoid.


In other news the lovely Westboro Baptist Church is apparently going to be picketing my hospital because they provide benefits to same sex domestic partners.


And the rescue I got my puppy from is being a pain on getting me her vet records with her vaccination history and the surgery she had on her leg after someone tossed her out of a car.

 

[Five0tomed68]

In other news the lovely Westboro Baptist Church is apparently going to be picketing my hospital because they provide benefits to same sex domestic partners.

Well, now I feel crappy/angry because I had to hear about the Westboro Baptist Church. The mentioning of their name pretty much infuriates me due to their actions toward the men and women who lost their lives defending our freedom. I try not to wish harm on anyone, but I must say my feelings wouldn't be hurt if a sink hole formed under their place of worship one Sunday morning.

For a second I felt bad for typing my above comment. Then I googled the so-called religious group and saw their URL: Godhates***s.com. I no longer feel bad. What a bunch of jokes!

 

[QofQuimica]

My only concern now is that his dad, who owns and lives in the house next door, doesn't seem to know about our dispute as two weeks ago we chatted outside for almost two hours (though i tried to escape sooner).

I don't understand why people (especially women) seem to have such a big problem with this. Just tell him hi, how are you, I'm fine too, and walk away into your house or your car. People usually get the hint that the conversation is over once you physically walk away from them.

I have to say that although I always had a tendency to cut off conversations I wasn't enjoying, I have definitely honed this skill even more as a resident. The skill of interrupting patients and families going off on tangents is particularly valuable. (I do apologize for interrupting them, even though I'm doing it totally intentionally.) I have also on occasion walked out of a motormouth patient's room while they were still talking. It helps if the patient is bed-bound so they can't follow me out, but even the ambulatory ones usually don't try. 😛

Seriously, though, next time just say some kind of generic good bye and walk away. That's two hours of your life you're never going to get back.

 

[vc7777]

I don't understand why people (especially women) seem to have such a big problem with this. Just tell him hi, how are you, I'm fine too, and walk away into your house or your car. People usually get the hint that the conversation is over once you physically walk away from them.

I have to say that although I always had a tendency to cut off conversations I wasn't enjoying, I have definitely honed this skill even more as a resident. The skill of interrupting patients and families going off on tangents is particularly valuable. (I do apologize for interrupting them, even though I'm doing it totally intentionally.) I have also on occasion walked out of a motormouth patient's room while they were still talking. It helps if the patient is bed-bound so they can't follow me out, but even the ambulatory ones usually don't try. 😛

Seriously, though, next time just say some kind of generic good bye and walk away. That's two hours of your life you're never going to get back.

Is THAT why you walked away? Is our convo over?

Sent from my phone

 

[StephanieZ]

Let me take a crack at this! I set up an appointment to shadow a doctor on Monday at 9 pm, but he never came. I even had someone page him shortly after I arrived and he said he would pick me up before he saw his first patient. I waited til 1:30 in the morning. He never came. I was sick last week with some kind of stomach virus but still worked seven twelve hour shifts in a row to try and put some extra money in my pocket because there is never enough. I got sick this week with a freaking sinus cold that I'm still down with, and I had to cancel both of my volunteering appointments for the week because I felt like death warmed up. Payroll messed up and didn't give me one of my overtime days from the other week, so there STILL isn't enough money. On any given day I feel about one mini-crisis away from having a meltdown.

I'm just feeling so up and down lately. I'll be okay for awhile, but then all of a sudden I'll just get this paralyzing fear that I'm not going to get in this cycle either 🙁 Between my three-year old, full-time job, unsupportive boyfriend and being sick for two weeks straight, I'm feeling so burnt out. I'm not sure how I'm going to find the time to up my game volunteering-wise, but I know I need to, and soon because interview season is coming up and I don't want it to look like I've been doing nothing between submitting AMCAS and the interview. Just feel kind of hopeless at the moment.

 

[Elewynne]

Found out that the four months of acute stomach pain and associated unpleasantness of the bowels may all be due to me having a dissection of my celiac trunk. But I have to wait a week for a CT scan to confirm the MRI because my insurance needs to give pre-approval?!

Also found that my in-state school changed their LOR requirements and now has a hard requirement for 3 faculty letters - MUST be faculty. I'm non trad and managed to get 2 from faculty I took recent postbacc classes from, but don't know any of my other postbac professors well enough to get a third. I got an MD letter and work letter, but am worried I won't get a waiver since I've done several courses in the past year. I don't really understand the change/benefit to having a hard requirement for 3 faculty letters at all...

 

[wholeheartedly]

Seriously, though, next time just say some kind of generic good bye and walk away. That's two hours of your life you're never going to get back.

I wasn't trying to get away for the whole two hours, although I do need to work on this skill. He was friendly and said hi and our dogs were playing chase along the fence. So I was curious if he knew anything about the dispute/problems with his son. I'm fairly certain he would NOT be nice if he did. So part of that conversation was just trying to see how he'd act with me. I decided he doesn't know or forgot since it happened so long ago, so the big hope now is that he doesn't find out/get reminded. Then things on the home front will be just peachy. Plus, I wanted to hear if the jerk and his girl were planning to move out after they got married.

Elewynne and StephanieZ, wow. you guys have every reason to feel crappy....

 

[Gauss44]

Sometimes I wish rude people would just keep their mouths shut...

So today admittedly I look a little unkept. I walked to the gym with an old t-shirt and shorts on. It was raining and slightly windy. Plus, I haven't had a haircut for a while. On the way back, I dropped into a local business to ask some questions. 3 old ladies sat at the desk. I didn't think my behavior was odd in any way, but one lady kept calling me, "hyper." Then I sat in the waiting area and overheard that same old lady saying in a grouchy tone, "I must sound so slow and dumb to her. She's just so fast." The other old lady grouched back, "You're not the only one." Since I'm a guy, it didn't occur to me that they were talking about me until I returned to the desk and saw their shocked expressions. They thought I had left the building, they said, as I turned around. (I was having such a good day before that.)

So from there, I went to the library to study. I entered the room where I usually study, and there sat an overdressed man and woman. Since it was near closing time, I sat in that same room with them to get to work quickly. Then, they started complaining about crazy people and homeless people, and they kept looking at me after saying, "crazy," and "homeless." Their tone suggested that I was somehow a nuisance to them as I quietly did my work. Then I overheard that they were medical students. Oh great, I thought, I hope my classmates aren't like that... and their poor patients! (Btw, I am not homeless and have never been seriously deemed crazy. Bless those who can't say that and what they must have to put up with.)

I've just had my share of rudeness today.... Somehow it makes me feel better to vent about this on SDN.

 

[beBrave]

Sometimes I wish rude people would just keep their mouths shut...

So today admittedly I look a little unkept. I walked to the gym with an old t-shirt and shorts on. It was raining and slightly windy. Plus, I haven't had a haircut for a while. On the way back, I dropped into a local business to ask some questions. 3 old ladies sat at the desk. I didn't think my behavior was odd in any way, but one lady kept calling me, "hyper." Then I sat in the waiting area and overheard that same old lady saying in a grouchy tone, "I must sound so slow and dumb to her. She's just so fast." The other old lady grouched back, "You're not the only one." Since I'm a guy, it didn't occur to me that they were talking about me until I returned to the desk and saw their shocked expressions. They thought I had left the building, they said, as I turned around. (I was having such a good day before that.)

So from there, I went to the library to study. I entered the room where I usually study, and there sat an overdressed man and woman. Since it was near closing time, I sat in that same room with them to get to work quickly. Then, they started complaining about crazy people and homeless people, and they kept looking at me after saying, "crazy," and "homeless." Their tone suggested that I was somehow a nuisance to them as I quietly did my work. Then I overheard that they were medical students. Oh great, I thought, I hope my classmates aren't like that... and their poor patients! (Btw, I am not homeless and have never been seriously deemed crazy.)

I've just had my share of rudeness today.... Somehow it makes me feel better to vent about this on SDN.

Sorry to hear that you had a rough day. Good job on staying in shape. The old ladies sound like they were projecting their own insecurities. They may have trouble hearing (and seeing for that matter) or they may just want something to fuss about (not your problem). The miserable couple in the library sounds like they were looking to take the focus off themselves and redirect towards someone else; misery loves company. In cases like that you simply smile at them and be the better person. People who project negativity, or openly insult others likely have their own issues and that behavior eventually catches up with them; so instead pitying them is all you can really do.

 

[mommy2three]

i am a combination of super excited and super freaking out


i am less than one month away from having a high-schooler!!!

and today is a freak out day

 

[wholeheartedly]

I used to be a bit of a dare devil when I was younger and also kind of a klutz. There was this running joke that I never injured myself doing something crazy like jumping my bike off a ramp, rather it was doing seemingly benign things like walking on flat sidewalk.

So what did I do last night when I got home after a cross two state drive?

Choked on my darn water. Yup, water and bad enough to where I was about to try to go for my alarm systems panic button on my keychain a few feet away because I was getting no air at all.


I used to swim competitively so I'm no stranger to inhaling or choking on water, but last night kinda freaked me out since it lasted so long, especially since I don't see either of my mutts calling 911 for me.

 

[Helen Wheels]

So, this month is my core psychiatry rotation. Neither my school or I could find anything closer to my home so I am at a site 70 miles from home. I have pets at home so I am commuting this. It should be 1 hour and 20 min each way which is not too bad. However, a major tunnel is closed adding greatly to congestion when I am driving to the site and with major interstate construction on the way back it ends up being close to two hours each way! Tonight I left late to come home at 9:30 PM thinking there wouldn't be much traffic. I sat in the construction zone on the interstate for 50 minutes barely moving! To top it off, I saw a sign saying that another stretch of interstate was starting construction next week! I am used to commuting an hour each way for school but this has been an exhausting week.

I keep telling myself there is only three weeks left.

 

[wholeheartedly]

Oh, Helen, I'm so sorry. I'm in blizzard country and people keep asking me how I commute 90 miles to grad school in the winter, but the biggest issue I've had getting to where I need ot be is the road construction. Winter actually gives me a break.

Are there any backroads you can take? Even if the speed limit is quite a bit lower, you still might make better time and being able to keep moving even if you get there in the same amount of time it might be less stressful since you won't feel stuck and frustrated being stopped. At least it works for me. Just a thought.

So, this month is my core psychiatry rotation. Neither my school or I could find anything closer to my home so I am at a site 70 miles from home. I have pets at home so I am commuting this. It should be 1 hour and 20 min each way which is not too bad. However, a major tunnel is closed adding greatly to congestion when I am driving to the site and with major interstate construction on the way back it ends up being close to two hours each way! Tonight I left late to come home at 9:30 PM thinking there wouldn't be much traffic. I sat in the construction zone on the interstate for 50 minutes barely moving! To top it off, I saw a sign saying that another stretch of interstate was starting construction next week! I am used to commuting an hour each way for school but this has been an exhausting week.

I keep telling myself there is only three weeks left.

 

[Helen Wheels]

Oh, Helen, I'm so sorry. I'm in blizzard country and people keep asking me how I commute 90 miles to grad school in the winter, but the biggest issue I've had getting to where I need ot be is the road construction. Winter actually gives me a break.

Are there any backroads you can take? Even if the speed limit is quite a bit lower, you still might make better time and being able to keep moving even if you get there in the same amount of time it might be less stressful since you won't feel stuck and frustrated being stopped. At least it works for me. Just a thought.

@wholeheartedly: 90 miles? You commute 90 miles to school every day? I'll stop complaining now. 😳

Yes, I checked the map today and found some alternate routes. I am going to try them out on Monday.

 

[TheWeeIceMan]

So, this month is my core psychiatry rotation. Neither my school or I could find anything closer to my home so I am at a site 70 miles from home. I have pets at home so I am commuting this. It should be 1 hour and 20 min each way which is not too bad. However, a major tunnel is closed adding greatly to congestion when I am driving to the site and with major interstate construction on the way back it ends up being close to two hours each way! Tonight I left late to come home at 9:30 PM thinking there wouldn't be much traffic. I sat in the construction zone on the interstate for 50 minutes barely moving! To top it off, I saw a sign saying that another stretch of interstate was starting construction next week! I am used to commuting an hour each way for school but this has been an exhausting week.

I keep telling myself there is only three weeks left.

I feel your pain. I did this for 2 years in UG. Not 70 miles, but enough to be a huge pain in the butt. My favorite memory was driving to school in a huge snow storm to get to an 8AM test and then classes at 9 and 10 (then I was done for the day). Got to campus 5 minutes before my last class ended. Turned around and drove back home.

 

[Gfliptastic]

I'm back in Baltimore, after being home in Chicago for a few days. Feeling crappy.

If you are in the pre-med school phase of everything, SERIOUSLY consider the sacrifices you will have to make to do this. Know you will be a perpetual absentee to EVERYONE. Understand that you need people filled w/ unconditional love who will understand that. This is a process that promotes solitude. Medical school is an overarching relentless influence that seeps into and then pervades every speck of your life.

I truly admire the folks w/ families who can do this. You are heroic people. I am awed by how you can manage this. My 2 buddies are married w/ kids, I see the sacrifices they make to do this, yet they keep their marriages and families happy. My buddy who can use his post-call day to take his wife and kids to the fair, 1 hr of sleep after night float. And I'm sure that's what a lot of you family folks do.

I guess the theme of my lil rant is sacrifices. Know that NO aspect of your life will get away from needing sacrifices to succeed. Social. Emotional. Spiritual. Physical. Financial. EVERYTHING!

I see some of you sacrifice your keisters and sanity by commuting in traffic.

IDK. I guess I'm getting tired. I'm 3 years into this. I know I would hate to be home. But I don't like being away either. I want to be an active part of my friends and family's lives, but I also know I was unhappy when I was able to do that w/ my "previous life". In the end, I take solace knowing that I'm like 75% of the way done w/ med school. Though it's a frying pan into the fire scenario since that only means I start residency when I finish. Joy.

 

[wholeheartedly]

@wholeheartedly: 90 miles? You commute 90 miles to school every day? I'll stop complaining now. 😳

Yes, I checked the map today and found some alternate routes. I am going to try them out on Monday.

Only 2 or 3 times a week, and I don't have to stay all day either. So you have me beat, complain away 😉

Good luck with the alternate routes.

 

[wholeheartedly]

My puppy has giardia. I work 10 hour shifts. 'nuff said.

🙁

 

[Dr Curitas]

Had crappy week. After completing all my secondaries and feeling accomplished I received a rejection letter... Why already? At least wait a couple of months to slam the door in my face! Plus I am tired since my 9 months old is getting back at me during the night for going to work early. Hence, it's been a not so productive week for me. Of course, I am behind on human physio reading and homework, so in a bad mood overall and snapping at my spouse--it's all his fault anyways; right?! At least my boss accepted that I purchase a new computer as I am so over and done with dealing with the dinosaur of a laptop tablet from the early 2000... I think my verbal diarrhea has passed and I feel every so slightly better now. Thanks for allowing me to vent. Maybe now I can perceive a sense of gratitude for some aspects of my life so I will travel on to more hopeful and constructive threads. Best to you!

 

[QofQuimica]

Not feeling crappy per se but just fried and unmotivated to apply for jobs. It's hard to seem interested in a prospective job when I'm not enthusiastic about actually getting hired.

 

[wholeheartedly]

Not feeling crappy per se but just fried and unmotivated to apply for jobs. It's hard to seem interested in a prospective job when I'm not enthusiastic about actually getting hired.

Careful what you wish for....... I was grumbling about how I just didn't want to go to work this weekend and well, I wound up not having to go in all weekend........doctor's orders.

Could have done without the 2nd degree burn to my dominant hand though, would have made for more productive time off. 😡

I swear I'm going to win a Darwin award one of these days.


Q, can you at least give yourself some time off before starting something new?

 

[QofQuimica]

Careful what you wish for....... I was grumbling about how I just didn't want to go to work this weekend and well, I wound up not having to go in all weekend........doctor's orders.

Could have done without the 2nd degree burn to my dominant hand though, would have made for more productive time off. 😡

I swear I'm going to win a Darwin award one of these days.

What is this "going to" of which you speak?

How did you manage to burn your hand?

Q, can you at least give yourself some time off before starting something new?

Yes. I'm thinking I'll do locums this year, which means I can take off as much time as I want.

 

[freakingoutabit]

Sometimes I read the pre-allo thread and become a little depressed that I'm going to be surrounded by hyper-competitive, aggressive people for all of med school. Hopefully SDN just attracts the most neurotic pre-meds and brings out the worst in them, and med school will have plenty of calm, sane, friendly people.

People who have been to med school, how was your class?

 

[yugo2113]

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[freakingoutabit]

My local medical school has a program where you can shadow a medical student for a day, and I have to say that every person I met in that program was friendly. I couldn't meet the entire class in one day but everyone seemed to be nice. It was amusing to see how many people skipped the 8AM Biochem lecture and then showed up for neuroanatomy and neuro lab. I'd say 75% of the class was missing.

Thanks for responding! That makes me feel better. 🙂

 

[wholeheartedly]

Thanks for responding! That makes me feel better. 🙂

Yeah, based on my albeit limited experience with two med schools, I think it tones down for most once they are in. Mostly people just seem a bit stressed around exam time and match time. Thehypercompetitive ppl seem to be more of an exception. Probably school and class variability in there as well.

 

[wholeheartedly]

What is this "going to" of which you speak?

😳

I believe in order to meet the criteria you essentially have to remove yourself from the gene pool, ie by either dying or rendering yourself incapable of reproducing. I don't meet those. (Unless my inability to get a date counts, and in that case I'll just blame Chip for shooting down my marriage proposal 😛 )

http://www.darwinawards.com/rules/

It appears that I might qualify for "at risk survivor status" though...stay tuned.

I once was at a bonfire and tripped and fell towards the fire pit. Caught myself on the fire pit ring. 2nd and 3rd degree burns. Screwed up part? I was the only sober person there and I'm the one that falls into the freaking fire pit...🙄

How did you manage to burn your hand?

Why saving babies from a burning village of course.


And by that I mean it was a steam burn from pulling press 'n seal off the scalloped potatoes I was microwaving, of all things.

 

[QofQuimica]

Sometimes I read the pre-allo thread and become a little depressed that I'm going to be surrounded by hyper-competitive, aggressive people for all of med school. Hopefully SDN just attracts the most neurotic pre-meds and brings out the worst in them, and med school will have plenty of calm, sane, friendly people.

People who have been to med school, how was your class?

First, just because people call themselves "premeds" and post on SDN doesn't mean that they are ever going to be med students. So unless you're talking about accepted/matriculated people, who cares what the others say and do. Second, med students are like any other group of people, with personalities across the spectrum. Some people are kind, thoughtful, friendly, and fun. Some people are total jerks. There were both types in my med school class, and there will be both types in your med school class, too. But you don't have to be best friends with everyone or like everyone in your class. You don't have to like all of the professors, or all of the residents and attendings who will be training you. You don't have to like everyone you work with when you're a resident or an attending, either. Just learn as much as you can, do your job to the best of your ability, and try not to have open conflicts with other people, especially people who are above you in the hierarchy. Beyond that, you can think of any good friendships that last beyond training as a bonus.

 

[Chip N Sawbones]

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I believe in order to meet the criteria you essentially have to remove yourself from the gene pool, ie by either dying or rendering yourself incapable of reproducing. I don't meet those. (Unless my inability to get a date counts, and in that case I'll just blame Chip for shooting down my marriage proposal 😛 )

You proposed to me in the middle of a troll thread. Not exactly during a long walk on the beach after a candlelight dinner, and I just wasn't in a romantic mood. Besides, I didn't say no, I said marrying someone whose big ambition is to work for free on a rusty white ship might not be a great idea.

Marriage plans aside, I'm feeling crappy today. I had my first standardized patient interview, which would have been okay except I got lost and arrived soaking wet fifteen minutes late after walking around in torrential rains. And I've got a bunch of neck anatomy to memorize. One week into med school and I'm already tired of memorizing. This is going to be a long year.

 

[wholeheartedly]

Interesting that I post this following the above....

Sorry Chip, that was a crappy proposal. Funny thing too cuz I'm the worst kind of hopeless romantic ever, or so say my friends, even my initials spell SAP.


Anyway, speaking of singledom, I was lamenting my solo status after reading a book about a hopelessly in love duo and was putzing around facebook when I noticed one of my high school classmates name was back to her maiden name and that she was living back in our hometown again working at the bank, which seemed kinda strange to me. Hadn't heard anything about it so, being bored and curious, I snooped around on the web a bit. I found out her husband was arrested on charges of luring a minor on the internet, which exploded into charges and guilty pleas on luring like 8 different minors 🙁

So now I'm not feeling bad for myself at all and very bad for her.

Maybe being single isn't so bad afterall. Sheesh.

 

[Helen Wheels]

Second day of my first IM rotation. It has really hit me today that as a "second career" student I get the joy of starting over and being completely clueless and floundering. My first three rotations really did not prepare me in any way, shape, or form for this one. Feel like a foreigner in a strange land. Not a great feeling. 🙁 I know I won't be like this forever but it is going to last a long time, I'm sure.

Also, got my USMLE Step 1 score back. I passed but it wasn't the score I was hoping for. 🙁

 

[bryce]

Just celebrated seeing my abs for the first time in four years by eating a ton of pizza... now it'll be four weeks Getting ready to go home on leave for a couple of months (I haven't been home in two years). Recently realized that I'm wasting time... need to go to medical school & the time is now to get in. I am aware that medical school will be tough, but after almost 12 years of being in the Army (both enlisted & officer), multiple tours, losing brothers, sustaining serious injuries, & getting 'Jodi-ed', I'm ready.

Ya, I'm ranting... but I ran out of beer.

 

[Chip N Sawbones]

Big, big anatomy test tomorrow. If I had been studying as much as I should have over the last three weeks I wouldn't be feeling so crappy. All the same, med school is indeed easier than multiple tours in the Army, so I can't complain too much. And I'm not out of beer yet, so you're welcome to stop by. Better hurry though; it's going to be gone shortly after the test.

 

[Chip N Sawbones]

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