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I'm sorry to hear that Q.
Q, I am sorry for you losing your friend soon. I hope they have a peaceful end of life. It is the best prayer I can give them at this point.
For you Q, I wish you a Happy Hanukkah. In your first year and especially in ICU I think the holidays bring a certain quiet peace that has been ignored in the past. I sit here with Christmas wrappings at my feet, the opening of gifts is over and the children are playing with their toys. Milk is scalding on the stove in preparation for homemade cinnamon rolls that will be ready tonight around 8pm (yes they take that long from scratch but are totally worth it).
As I sit here with my cappucino my husband has lovingly made me, I think of yesterday when I coded a single mother in the hospital with a young son at home (7 or 8 years old I hear). She died from what appears to be a previously undiagnosed infiltrative connective tissue disease. It reminds me how grateful I am for all I have and the opportunity to do what I love every day. The opportunity to come home to my family every day. And I am reminded that any crappy day I have is nothing compared to the crappy day that young boy had last night.
May we all find peace this year and remember what a privilege it is to work in our professions.
For you Q, I wish you a Happy Hanukkah. In your first year and especially in ICU I think the holidays bring a certain quiet peace that has been ignored in the past. I sit here with Christmas wrappings at my feet, the opening of gifts is over and the children are playing with their toys. Milk is scalding on the stove in preparation for homemade cinnamon rolls that will be ready tonight around 8pm (yes they take that long from scratch but are totally worth it).
As I sit here with my cappucino my husband has lovingly made me, I think of yesterday when I coded a single mother in the hospital with a young son at home (7 or 8 years old I hear). She died from what appears to be a previously undiagnosed infiltrative connective tissue disease. It reminds me how grateful I am for all I have and the opportunity to do what I love every day. The opportunity to come home to my family every day. And I am reminded that any crappy day I have is nothing compared to the crappy day that young boy had last night.
May we all find peace this year and remember what a privilege it is to work in our professions.
Q - this is really upsetting to hear. Please let your faculty, your classmates, and his/her family know that they are in the thoughts of many, including me and my family.
Sorry to hear about your classmate, Q. Sad news around the holidays sucks.
Been awhile since this thread got bumped. Kinda hard to complain after that....
But I really hate my neighbor... or more to the point my neighbors delinquent son. We had a fender bender (really minor). I was at fault, admitted it, he claimed excessive damages and the claim got denied by insurance and he got nothing. Now he likes to shout profanities at me when I'm out getting the mail or dragging my garbage bin back up the driveway. Dude, you tried to cheat the system and got nailed. It was over a year ago. Get over it. I bought the house for my huge backyard but now I don't even feel comfortable outside 🙁
But I really hate my neighbor... or more to the point my neighbors delinquent son. We had a fender bender (really minor). I was at fault, admitted it, he claimed excessive damages and the claim got denied by insurance and he got nothing. Now he likes to shout profanities at me when I'm out getting the mail or dragging my garbage bin back up the driveway. Dude, you tried to cheat the system and got nailed. It was over a year ago. Get over it. I bought the house for my huge backyard but now I don't even feel comfortable outside 🙁
Yeah, feuding with neighbors is never fun. I got into a huge row with my hoa a couple years back regarding a compost bin. They threatened to put a lien on my house if I didn't get rid of it. Then they took issue with the deck I built after I got their approval. Some things.
But a neighbors kid? Can't let that get to you. Next time he says something just smile and wave.
Set him up. Cops love to cite kids for all manner of delinquency. Disturbing peace is simple enough
Trash can full of water placed precariously tipped on door. Knock when only son is home. Run and hide.
Revenge is a dish best served wet.
By kid I mean 23 yr old son who lives there along with his girlfriend and likes to play with his crossbow in the backyard. Just a little intimidating since I live alone. I was hoping he'd leave the nest soon, but I doubt it. Plus all the other neighbors think he's an angel because he clears snow from people's walks during the winter and his dad is head of the community board.
Look up local ordinances and check if crossbows are even allowed within a distance of residences. Where I grew up they weren't.
Assert yourself. Just don't wear a hoodie.
already did. laws were recently changed and it appears they are allowed.
Damn republicans...
Well I return to my original suggestion. Next time he starts swearing at you just smile and wave. Ask how he's doing and give your respects to his father.
Take up machete throwing and practice in the back yard
seesh, I must say this has been the worst week of my two years of medical school. Some days you are on top of the world. some days the world is on top of you. 🙁
Crunch time and I am not ready for my boards at all.
Blah. Just blah.
Where is some slam poetry from Nasrudin when you need it?
Crunch time and I am not ready for my boards at all.
Blah. Just blah.
Where is some slam poetry from Nasrudin when you need it?
I think the other sucky thing about this whole neighbor issue, and it's more just whiney on my part is that I've been looking at moving options and I found my dream home. It isn't one of those, "oh if i win the lottery someday I could buy this." Nope, I could afford it right now. It's a nice house in the country on 20 acres, moderately wooded with a trout stream, apple orchard, gardens, campsite with electricity, bbq/firepit, hiking trails, but not too far out in the boonies, outbuilding for my art studio (yay, room for metal sculpture stuff ;-) with newly redone interior with amish crafted woodwork, energy efficient, etc etc etc. So I could just buy that house, be settled for life, and not have to worry about neighbor drama.
The only reason I'm not jumping on it is because I'm planning/hoping to move in 2-3 years for medical school wherever I get in. (Then trying desperately to get back here after that again, heh). But yeah, dream home....
The only reason I'm not jumping on it is because I'm planning/hoping to move in 2-3 years for medical school wherever I get in. (Then trying desperately to get back here after that again, heh). But yeah, dream home....
thanks WH....
I miss trout fishing.
Ohio had nothing on Michigan trout streams. Gone are the days offishing Holy Waters on the weekend. Still pay my dues to my Michigan Trout Unlimited chapter. :/
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Yup....less than a week till Step 1. Not feeling good about it. Been a wee bit irritable these past few weeks, sorry guys. Hotter than Hades in Cleveland. No air conditioning in this house. Six AM, going to go to Starbucks and pour some got coffee in my lap to cool off.
You gwine killit vc!
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Seriously, dude, I think you're overreacting....
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A thread just for complaining? A new bookmark must be made.
So, over the next month I have to: find a new place to live closer to my wife's job, begin and finish taking genetics at a local cc, find some new volunteer work and start volunteering and find a job that is flexible enough to allow me to take one or two classes this coming semester. Oh and my undergrad loans need to start being paid on in July too. I'm hoping I can get them deferred once again. The list of things to do seems daunting and I have to be careful because sometimes when I get overwhelmed I shut down and don't do anything.
At least I got to shadow an opth. all week and next week I have a full week with a radiologist. The flip side of having so much to do towards getting to med school is knowing I am officially headed that way.
So, over the next month I have to: find a new place to live closer to my wife's job, begin and finish taking genetics at a local cc, find some new volunteer work and start volunteering and find a job that is flexible enough to allow me to take one or two classes this coming semester. Oh and my undergrad loans need to start being paid on in July too. I'm hoping I can get them deferred once again. The list of things to do seems daunting and I have to be careful because sometimes when I get overwhelmed I shut down and don't do anything.
At least I got to shadow an opth. all week and next week I have a full week with a radiologist. The flip side of having so much to do towards getting to med school is knowing I am officially headed that way.
Did I mention that my car is officially totaled, and I had only basic insurance on it? Joy.
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Saw that mentioned in another post and actually thought that was what you were going to post when I came on here.
Was counting on getting $300-$400 for MCAT books.. then they got rained on.
Good luck! My girlfriend is taking it on Saturday.
Good luck! My girlfriend is taking it on Saturday.
Can I come play in this sandbox?
I'm all done with the mcat now.
I'm all done with the mcat now.
Everyone is welcome. Somebody should probably bump the sister-thread ("life is awesome" "I love everything" "kittens!"). I refuse to open it though. 
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Everyone is welcome. Somebody should probably bump the sister-thread ("life is awesome" "I love everything" "kittens!"). I refuse to open it though.
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Good luck bro. I felt like crap before I took it two. I went from being in the best shape since my 20's to looking like a 45 y/o Axel Rose in spandex in the 6 weeks I spent glued to my desk, breaking only to take in ****ty calories.
I took it 10 days ago and am already feeling better. Getting back into shape, walking in the sunshine. The relief of being done is so sweet I haven't even been worrying about my score. Barely know what day it is most of the time. Wake up at the crack of noon. The whole nine.
Here's to you in the soon to be post-test chillaxation zone. Like me.
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Seriously, dude, I think you're overreacting....
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No one dies while taking Step 1. Though you may wish you had.
I don't really have anything specific to complain about right now. I guess the most I can say is that I'm finding a couple of the senior residents on this rotation annoying, and I'm glad I won't be an intern any more after next week.
I also don't think it's necessary for the happy and crappy threads to be equal and opposite. First, most people would much rather post about their gripes than their joys. Second, most people have a streak of schadenfreude in them and enjoy reading about other people's problems. Well, you wouldn't be in medicine in the first place if you didn't want to hear about other people's problems, right?
I am mired in the bog that is preparing for the MCAT on 8/17. Physics is the bane of my existence and Orgo is a little different than the way our teacher presented it in class so I am having a little trouble there. On the bright side, my VR skills are great! If I had to take tomorrow, I would probably get 8-PS, 8-BS, and 13-VR. I must do better.
Somebody should probably bump the sister-thread ("life is awesome" "I love everything" "kittens!"). I refuse to open it though.
Done. 😀
My brother-in-law is about to marry the biggest b**ch in the galaxy. Our whole family hates her, and he can't see how bad she treats him. My husband is the best man, and neither of us can talk him out of it
. We're trying to be supportive (read: mind our own business), but it's so hard! As the date approaches, I feel more and more like crap.🙁
. We're trying to be supportive (read: mind our own business), but it's so hard! As the date approaches, I feel more and more like crap.🙁
My brother-in-law is about to marry the biggest b**ch in the galaxy. Our whole family hates her, and he can't see how bad she treats him. My husband is the best man, and neither of us can talk him out of it
👎 good luck 🙁
took the COMLEX this past monday (6/18) and i keep alternating between being fairly certain i at least passed to being equally certain i failed the darn thing and then being petrified about what would happen if i did fail the darn thing.
the morning pre lunch session i think went okay but after lunch i felt like i was just clicking answers and had a lot more uncertainty and unknowns.
ugh - now the wait for the score and me being an anxious person for the next few weeks
the morning pre lunch session i think went okay but after lunch i felt like i was just clicking answers and had a lot more uncertainty and unknowns.
ugh - now the wait for the score and me being an anxious person for the next few weeks
My brother-in-law is about to marry the biggest b**ch in the galaxy. Our whole family hates her, and he can't see how bad she treats him. My husband is the best man, and neither of us can talk him out of it
At least you see it coming. I thought my brother's now wife was wonderful. I invited her over and actually got my self to go shopping because she likes to. Then they got married. Now they are moving about 800miles away to a place that I avoid like the plague (that is where 'the rest of the family' lives). I feel like I was hoodwinked!
And I keep going back and forth thinking I have a chance to get an interview and thinking I don't. I did a mock interview and was literally told one of my answers was "terrible" so even if I do get an interview I better significantly improve my interviewing! I thought I was good at interviews (I have gotten almost every job I have interviewed for) but this was a whole different beast! I guess I am just glad I got to practice...hopefully I will get to do the real deal this year!
I'm not feeling crappy just really stressed out. I'm a few days from being 30 and am a part time student full time worker. I'm up to 35 credits and doing ok in school. My wife and I decided to move from oklahoma to Dallas, TX so we could have more oppertunities for medical school and still get resident tuition status. Right now I live next to my parents and we all decided to move down to Dallas as a group and build a large house that is seperated into really being two houses out i nthe country near dallas. I have the land bought and I sold my house for what I wanted for it. Now my wife and i have to leave our jobs and move down to TX and start building this new house and going to school fulltime. It's a great transition and it will work out for the best bu the stress of moving, selling a house, setting up plans for a new one, leaving my job of 10 years, and all the rest of the little things that go along with it the stress is building. I think I'm just scared to leave my job but we'll have some money from our 401k's to live on for a while. Nothing huge but enough for a year or two. Hopefully in that time I can get into med school. Nothing worth having is easy but I think I can FEEL myself getting older.
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The new interns are here; our new chiefs were giving them a tour around the hospital. They look so young and fresh and full of vigor. It really accentuates how much I feel kind of beaten down, and I'm not even on that hard of a rotation this month. (It's "only" 60 hours per week!) But the exhaustion from all year long kind of adds up, because you never really get a chance to recover completely.
It affects you in all kinds of little ways, like how I used to be a morning person, and now I have a hard time waking up in general. That's true at any time of the day, really. But getting up at 4:30AM ain't as easy as it used to be, even when I fell asleep at 8PM the night before. I also find it harder to be patient when random people want to strike up conversations. Such as, I ordered takeout, and the delivery guy was wanting to tell me about how bad his day was. I'm like, I listen to people tell me about their problems all day long. I don't want to listen to yours on my off time. Here's your money. Here's your tip. Now scram!
I have my first 24 hour call on Tuesday. I'll be working at the community hospital, which I really like, but I hate having to drive out there and back (typically 45 min to an hour each way, depending on traffic and weather). There's just something soul-sucking about finishing a shift exhausted and then having to get in the car and drive home, especially because this hospital is way out in the middle of nowhere and it's dark as all get out at night. (Shouldn't there be some law requiring street lights on rural highways???) I'm always a little anxious when I drive past the signs that say, "deer crossing, next 40 miles." If a deer was standing in the middle of the road waving its front hoofs frantically at me, I wouldn't even be able to see him until after we both wound up trapped in my back seat.
Overall, I'm glad I won't be an intern any more though. I'm sick of playing "pimp the intern," which is a popular pastime at my program among certain faculty and even upper level residents. 🙄 The times when I was treated less than kindly are still fresh enough in my mind that I will take a step back and not treat the new interns in kind. Nor will I let my classmates. I don't like arrogant people or primadonnas, but I can smile to myself and let live. It's bullies that I really can't stand, and unfortunately, medicine is rife with them.
It affects you in all kinds of little ways, like how I used to be a morning person, and now I have a hard time waking up in general. That's true at any time of the day, really. But getting up at 4:30AM ain't as easy as it used to be, even when I fell asleep at 8PM the night before. I also find it harder to be patient when random people want to strike up conversations. Such as, I ordered takeout, and the delivery guy was wanting to tell me about how bad his day was. I'm like, I listen to people tell me about their problems all day long. I don't want to listen to yours on my off time. Here's your money. Here's your tip. Now scram!
I have my first 24 hour call on Tuesday. I'll be working at the community hospital, which I really like, but I hate having to drive out there and back (typically 45 min to an hour each way, depending on traffic and weather). There's just something soul-sucking about finishing a shift exhausted and then having to get in the car and drive home, especially because this hospital is way out in the middle of nowhere and it's dark as all get out at night. (Shouldn't there be some law requiring street lights on rural highways???) I'm always a little anxious when I drive past the signs that say, "deer crossing, next 40 miles." If a deer was standing in the middle of the road waving its front hoofs frantically at me, I wouldn't even be able to see him until after we both wound up trapped in my back seat.
Overall, I'm glad I won't be an intern any more though. I'm sick of playing "pimp the intern," which is a popular pastime at my program among certain faculty and even upper level residents. 🙄 The times when I was treated less than kindly are still fresh enough in my mind that I will take a step back and not treat the new interns in kind. Nor will I let my classmates. I don't like arrogant people or primadonnas, but I can smile to myself and let live. It's bullies that I really can't stand, and unfortunately, medicine is rife with them.
The new interns are here; our new chiefs were giving them a tour around the hospital. They look so young and fresh and full of vigor. It really accentuates how much I feel kind of beaten down, and I'm not even on that hard of a rotation this month. (It's "only" 60 hours per week!) But the exhaustion from all year long kind of adds up, because you never really get a chance to recover completely.
It affects you in all kinds of little ways, like how I used to be a morning person, and now I have a hard time waking up in general. That's true at any time of the day, really. But getting up at 4:30AM ain't as easy as it used to be, even when I fell asleep at 8PM the night before. I also find it harder to be patient when random people want to strike up conversations. Such as, I ordered takeout, and the delivery guy was wanting to tell me about how bad his day was. I'm like, I listen to people tell me about their problems all day long. I don't want to listen to yours on my off time. Here's your money. Here's your tip. Now scram!
I have my first 24 hour call on Tuesday. I'll be working at the community hospital, which I really like, but I hate having to drive out there and back (typically 45 min to an hour each way, depending on traffic and weather). There's just something soul-sucking about finishing a shift exhausted and then having to get in the car and drive home, especially because this hospital is way out in the middle of nowhere and it's dark as all get out at night. (Shouldn't there be some law requiring street lights on rural highways???) I'm always a little anxious when I drive past the signs that say, "deer crossing, next 40 miles." If a deer was standing in the middle of the road waving its front hoofs frantically at me, I wouldn't even be able to see him until after we both wound up trapped in my back seat.
Overall, I'm glad I won't be an intern any more though. I'm sick of playing "pimp the intern," which is a popular pastime at my program among certain faculty and even upper level residents. 🙄 The times when I was treated less than kindly are still fresh enough in my mind that I will take a step back and not treat the new interns in kind. Nor will I let my classmates. I don't like arrogant people or primadonnas, but I can smile to myself and let live. It's bullies that I really can't stand, and unfortunately, medicine is rife with them.
Nice mix of comic and blue overtones in that post.
It helps to see people ahead of me facing the suckage and surviving humor intact.
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When you lose your sense of humor, it's time to hang up the stethoscope.
I always get a kick out of "deer crossing next 5 miles" or whatever signs, especially in my home state. Like the deer know only to cross in that 5 mile stretch.🙄 Do they give citations if they cross outside that range?
The whole darn state is a deer crossing, lol. you watch for them like a hawk the whole time you're driving and if you don't see one, you weren't looking hard enough.
Congrats on surviving intern year Q.
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I spent about 80 hours reading images and writing up an abstract for a June 28th conference deadline for a project my PI said "sounded great" and he told me to "get that ready for submission.". I finally finish the darn thing, e-mail it to him to get his final sign-off as last author and he responds... One line e-mail...
"dont feel like this will have enough of an impact - lets not submit."
I could have spent all that time studying for the MCAT and on top of that no ACR this year. :-(
"dont feel like this will have enough of an impact - lets not submit."
I could have spent all that time studying for the MCAT and on top of that no ACR this year. :-(
Oh man that would have been brutal during MCAT prep. I tried to cut back on every significant time sink possible when I was studying. Save up all your good ideas and present them when you finish with MCAT!
Thanks - plan from now on: just get by at work until my MCAT and study there as much as possible! I have taken on so many responsibilities at work that it is hard to just push them aside for the next month, but I am struggling with the MCAT so it is time to get serious!
