#like a surgeon every day

[dilfsuzanneyk]

i bet surgeon al likes human centipede that is all thank you

[stuckinapril]

I’ve always loved medicine bc it’s the perfect intersection of science and humanity—the two things I value above all else in this world. Truly adored it since I was in the cradle. But now I’m thinking about how so much of my journey to neurosurgery will have to involve KILLING my feelings essentially bc how do you survive otherwise

[sergle]

girl do not internalize negative anons right now. trash doesn’t suddenly matter just bc you feel like you’re in the gutter

I'm Calm. I am UnBothered

[tyranitarkisser]

Nurse Mituna?! Do you trust her....

[mishkakagehishka]

"We're old moms, we can't wait to stop breastfeeding so we can get [very excited, shrill even] botooooox!!!"

We are never making it out of the patriarchy.

[snzluv3r]

gf officially went through being gaslit at the doctors with me 🎉🙈 held me while i cried afterwards so that was a nice little touch

[outlying-hyppocrate]

i started this year off wanting to change myself in a way that would hurt me but now i realize that was a shitty thing to do. but i want to do it. again.

[dreamlogic]

musing in the tags about the view two years out from my hysterectomy and the shifting nature of neuropathy. i asked my PT for recommendations/resources pertaining to pain science and that's been a very helpful lenses to have. i'm still not back to normal, will never be unmarked by this experience or return to my pre-op self, but my baseline has been gradually increasing over the last few months, and it feels good to look back on the last two years and say "i have no idea how i managed to function while living with that, but i did!"

[shadowfromthestarlight]

today a partner at my firm told me a report i drafted for him was "fantastic." also i've been doing some work for another partner and he keeps sending me new tasks so he must like my work.

i'm very happy about this because i'm coming from completely different areas of law and i'm proving that transferability of skills is a real thing and companies need to stop waiting for unicorns to come along!

[homingpigecns]

this is like a sadgirl pathetic post but this guy i met recently at work was like, very direct and polite in being interested in me and i've been feeling him out bc i literally do not know him well enough to have an opinion but i can't like. he is so normal and nice. hes like a nice normal guy. every time i text him he doesn't say anything weird and he's extremely nice. what the hell. he's literally so nice. WHY. does he like. me???? like what's wrong with him that he specifically is interested in me????

[britneyshakespeare]

i cannot be judged to give an accurate review of wisdom teeth extraction surgery because i was going to be panicked anyway, right? i'm not as sensitive to anesthesia as i wish i were, and oral pain has been some of the most intense pain i've ever experienced in my life (these experiences are common in natural redheads), and i was super anxious and unwilling to do this anyway. but. BUT. one thing i can say about that particular office that did mine this morning is. i have a particular allergy to a specific medication i was prescribed once via intravenous injection when i was 9. it gave me hives. i discontinued usage of it after a couple weeks. whenever i have to fill out any medical paper work since 2008 i have known the name of this medication and been prompt with informing correctly about it. and it is not a painkiller. but. they didn't tell me this after my paperwork, or during my consultation appointment, only AFTER i started crying half-consciously during the surgery when i was aware of my teeth being pulled and instruments being moved around in my mouth. only after the surgery did they tell my mom "yeah we didn't give her the painkiller because of her allergy to (specific medication)" and like. that's not really fun

[iero]

Totally real question for y'all (and don't make fun of me), but how do you guys distract yourself? Especially if you're in pain and you're trying not to think about how you're in pain?

[mephilver]

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[babygirlwolverine]

hiiii lil vet update <3

today I finished my shelter medicine rotation after performing a 6am-3pm TNR event (on a saturday) and after performing surgeries 5 days in a row this week from tuesday-saturday. on this rotation over the last 2 weeks i performed a total of 17 procedures by myself (5 cat neuters, 5 cat spays, 3 dog spays and 4 dog neuters)! I got my adult dog neuter down to just 25 minutes from start to finish, and got my cat spay time down to just over 25 minutes too! On thursday I completed a cat spay in 40 minutes, and today I was able to get it down to 25 minutes! I feel so so proud of myself! today we had this TNR event (trap neuter and release of feral cats) where the rotation 4th year students got to perform/teach 3rd students how to perform the cats spays, along with also teaching 1st year students how to do a cat neuter. I was really nervous to do the TNR today because i didn’t think i would be any good at teaching students from lower years how to do these shelter spay/neuter surgery techniques because i didn’t feel confident in performing them myself. but after today, i feel confident in performing these surgery techniques and teaching! I had several of the 3rd year students tell me i was an “amazing teacher” and that i did a “great job explaining and teaching the techniques and new skills” they didn’t know before and the 1st year students I got to help said they loved working with me and that i really helped them. I got to work on 9 surgeries today (7 spays and 2 neuters) for the TNR, one of which was a first trimester pregnant cat which made the spay a little more difficult but was a helpful surgical experience and helps to decreased the feral cat population. on this 2 week rotation I’ve got to help the community by providing free vaccines/microchips/medical care to sick patients/spay and neuter surgeries to lower income and unhoused pet owners, along with bettering my surgical skills. this rotation has been exhausting, but i’ve really enjoyed learning and becoming a better doctor! now, onto my 2 week anesthesia rotation starting on tuesday!

[opiumvampire]

got in trouble over the weekend for snapping and telling my cousin that i think her dad should die bc she said that he tried to give her botox at 15 and cauterized her nose without any anesthetic bc she kept getting nosebleeds and it was “annoying him”

[darlinghowl]

i just think american politicians should be shot one by one until healthcare is solved, actually