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i miss seeing patients so much!!!!

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Dear Medblrs,

Thank you.

I know you may not know me - but my name is Nísa. At age seventeen, I was diagnosed with stage 4 Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma and was told my chances of survival were low. A year onwards, I am completely cancer free and am recovering well. My doctor was amazing - the nurses, trainees, doctors, radiographers, everyone was amazing. But the thing is - some day, that is going to be you.

Someday you are going to be out there saving lives. You’re going to be someone’s hero. It’ll be great, and it’ll be hard - Some days you’ll hate it and some days you’ll love it. But at the end of the day, if it wasn’t for you guys - all you dedicated workers, you aspiring health professionals - I, and many other people, would not be here.

You are going to be great, and every day, I thank God for the people who saved my life. But it all started with people just like you.

You are the future - and I am so proud of each and every one of you.

Thankyou, medblrs. You truly are heroes. ♡

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Molecular embroidery!

The oxidative phosphorylation pathway and chemiosmosis (on a shirt!)

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keeping my facebook only to stay updated on information regarding my class and prometric cancellations.. every time i log in though my feed is filled with bs hoaxes about covid that portray hcws as terrible people. so hard to stay motivated right now when this is all i’m seeing from the people who are going to be my patients next year 

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As most people are working and studying from home right now, I wanted to share some concrete, implementable ways you can help yourself feel better. Though I believe productivity and quantity of work done (or lack thereof) doesn’t/shouldn’t translate into your self-worth and how you view yourself, when you get work done, you actually do feel better in your own body. 

By the way, it’s the first time I’m formatting a tips/guide post like this, so I apologize that I couldn’t be more concise.

I’ve spoken to a licensed professional counsellor as well as to some professionals who have been working from home for a long time, and some of the advice above is from them. I’m also sharing from my own experience as someone who used to be very productive and an (ex-)overachiever, and still attach a lot of my self-worth to grades and other tangible accomplishments. I hope these slides can help you. In case it’s hard to read, I’ve included it (reworded) in text form if you’d like to read more. 

Keep reading

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“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”

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Adam D. Thompson

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o god also when you fuck up hypoxia v hypoxemia and the attending gives u the death stare

Respiring is reaction

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Health care professionals signed up to take care of people and save lives. They did not sign up to martyr themselves in a system unprepared to protect them in the face of an emergency. 

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First Post

So I made this tumblr for a number of reasons.

With the COVID crisis happening, I wanted to get more in touch with the medical community on here and see other people’s thoughts on what’s happening right now.

I also wanted a way to keep myself accountable and motivated to continue studying. Aside from my virtual clerkship (which requires minimal effort but I appreciate that my school was able to get this together as soon as they did), I want to keep studying for step 2 and level 2. 

This whole situation really sucks.. but I think one of the worst parts of it has to be the uncertainty of what the future holds for us. As a third year I’m grateful to have been pulled from my clerkships, but knowing some of my best friends are on the frontlines in NY and NJ where it’s really hitting hard is really scary.