#medlif

[despazito]

The absolute irony of this podcast doing an ad read for a telemed service to "speak to real doctors instead of using google and sparking your health anxieties" being immediately paired with an ad read for some health tracking gadget that takes your biometric data and can allegedly flag an undiagnosed illness

[a-young-doctors-journey]

I'm at once very bitter about residency training, but so grateful to get to be a resident in my dream specialty.

I'm increasingly frustrated by the insane work hours, the low hourly wages, the lack of support for residents... but simultaneously grateful to have a car that I can drive to work, a condo that I own, a steady income that I can support myself with, and so much more.

It's hard to reconcile these two people (sometimes one side gets way stronger), and I often feel alone, like no one understands how I can be very bitter but equally as grateful, all at the same time.

[flyonthewallmedstudent]

Random thoughts while rounding

Always have to swipe ourselves into the internal medicine wards. Swipe access in, swipe access out. It's to prevent patients with dementia from escaping.

One comes up to us, as we're discussing a case in the hallway. Some of them will just randomly join the walking part to rounds. He patiently waits for us to finish then asks if we can open the door for him, he needs to go home. Ask him where his nurse is, best to ask them, he goes, 'bloody useless" and walks off.

It's not entirely uncommon to get a call from families sometimes (usually disgruntled and frustrated) to go, so Mum or Dad's just escaped from hospital or the ED. Shall I ring the ambulance to bring them back? At the extreme, I've had patients barricade themselves in random rooms.

Mr H is still making his laps around the wards with his walker, if he bumps into something, he some how manages to troubleshoot it or wait for a staff member to move it. Usually a Wow (Workstation on wheels).

Another patient confidently walks past us to an alcohol hand wash/purell/hand sani. Picks up and tries to drink it, when her bedside nurse runs up and stops her. She goes, aww I was only going to take a sip.

Reminiscent of the woman who drank the perfume sample on tiktok. Addiction is hard.

[untilfajr]

A reminder to myself:

You've come far, even when it feels like you're starting from scratch. While it's true that we must always strive for improvement, it's equally important to reflect on the steps you've already taken and the impact they've had on your life. You've worked hard, with sincerity, and even your mistakes were made in sincerity.

Don't blame yourself for dedicating time to studies and hard work instead of spending it with loved ones. But try to find every little time that you can, and spend it with them. You've chosen a life focused on helping others. You haven't reached this point alone; you've had Allah and those sent by Him to shape you into who you are today.

This is a reminder to take a breather and appreciate what you've accomplished and given. But don't stop here—you have more to offer. You're on a mission, and life is too short. No one expects you to complete the mission, only to keep trying and die trying.

And. That. Is. Enough.

[i-love-tubbs-the-cat]

decided to start watching scrubs again

[phosphomilky]

I honestly don't get why ppl hate biology, maybe we just have to apply Nietzsche's philosophy and let the weak ones die.

—a premed girl who has a crush with a biology hater.

[dreamerperson0]

Recent days have been very unproductive, so now I have a bunch of studies. I will try hard to stay on track so I decided to start with physiology which is the biggest topic in my module. I have about 24 or 25 topics in physiology which means I will stay day and night in the coming days to finish them. I know it's gonna be tough days, but I have no choice.

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[delusionalnerdt]

38 days till my 2nd internal exam. And I'm freaking out here because I'm left with entire syllabus.

So, made some plan today to complete everything (includes making notes/mark in book)

Week 1 : Lower limb (notes), Protein metabolism (notes) , Fats metabolism (notes? , Excretory system (study+notes)

Week 2: Abdomen, TCA cycle, ETC, GIT

Week 3: Abdomen, Fat metabolism, CVS

Week 4: Abdomen, nucleic acid metabolism, CVS, CNS.

(Will be covering Xenobiotics, ECM, embryo whenever I have time)

Week 5: Revision + Internal examination

Week 6 : Practical exam.

[starsearcher92-blog]

My attempt at a meme😂. Happy cramming 😭🥲

[sevyamhiims]

[a-young-doctors-journey]

Trauma senior (to our first year): your job as the intern is to not have the attending need your phone number.

Context: he made a mistake and admitted a patient to the wrong service, resulting in 3 hours of administrative chaos.

[flyonthewallmedstudent]

A house in virginia.

House in Virginia clinics are hard. Just emotionally. A couple of my patients joke about it in the way you have to alleviate the pain, "let's call it a house in virginia"

All the history particularly of the older patients who lived this crazy experience in the 80s epidemic days before the age of HAART (highly active anti retroviral therapies) can be particularly soul destroying - if it wasn't for their upbeat outlook on life having survived. I had a hard time but an illuminating one watching the Dallas Buyers Club. Because now we treat it like we treat any other chronic disease, it's mostly manageable, liveable. So long as you take that one tablet a day.

Think about my LGBTQIA friends all the time after these clinics. How different everyone's lives are now compared to 30-40 yrs ago. We are the lucky ones. Would my friends have survived had they been born in another country or another decade. They have access to PrEP if they need it. I try not to contemplate this. But these clinics do hit me in the face from time to time.

[medmotivation]

8 noviembre, 2022

Mi nombre es Sophie, estudio 2º y 3º de medicina, aunque debería estar en 4º porque este año decidí hacer un año de recuperación y así empezar el año que viene con todo limpio.

Tengo muchas ganas de utilizar Tumblr para encontrar la motivación que me ayuda a estudiar todos los días, ya que a veces me es difícil encontrarla pero poco a poco lo conseguiré!

Ahora mismo estoy estudiando microbiología y luego intentaré entender 2 temas de epidemiología que se me atragantan mucho. Este cuatrimestre también tengo farmacología, patología y bioquímica clínica.

[medsblogg]

So finally I am in med school. I am a medicine student