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It’s been a hard week, and one of my patients described prison life to me today.

I’m like

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Father asks me for a letter allowing his son to have a cat for emotional support. His son is an infant.

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Fun with documentation: Trying to come up with professional way to say, “Patient shaved her buttcrack”

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17-year-old girl 3 months postpartum tells me she has baby fever

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And I’m back

- after studying waaaaay too much for the PANRE... turns out it’s WAY easier after being in family medicine for a few years, weeee!!!! (also turns out I wouldn’t have had to take it at all, but that’s a whole ‘nother thing.)

- after getting faster internet

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Mine goes something like this: "Actually I got into med school and decided I wanted more flexibility in my career and did NOT want a quarter million dollars of debt."

Cue the wide-eyed vigorous nodding.

Me when someone suggests I pursue an MD after my PA degree:

I am soOoO done studying

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PA career achievement unlocked: I have a physician on my panel

He came for palpitations. I suggested he cut out caffeine. He’s like

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Me looking at 75-year-old lady’s wet prep under the microscope, seeing motile flagellated organisms

“My husband is very... sexual,” she tells me after I break the news. 

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Patient with insomnia drinks coffee all day long but refuses to reduce caffeine intake because "it doesn't affect me"

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Well baby check: Mom asks if it’s normal for her baby girl to “have a hole down there.”

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Finding out my drug-seeking patient just got hired as our team’s new MA

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My patient’s A1c went from 12.3 to 7.5 in 3 months

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Well child check: Toddler still wakes up twice a night... for a bottle of CHOCOLATE milk.

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Well baby visit: Teen mom living in car is giving 3-month-old solid foods and refusing vaccinations

I wanna be like “You’ll need this.”

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Sometimes this is the best answer I’ve got

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My nurse loses her patience and shouts at a fraidy cat teenager, “Honey, you’re not gonna feel a damn thing!”

I’m like

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Patient with several pregnancy symptoms refuses pregnancy test.