1st day as a doctor: stared in shock at the nurse when she kindly asked “Doctor, did you just order Lasix for this patient?” as I remembered I reflexively had introduced myself to the patient as a medical student on his team earlier in the day
One thing about me, I’m gonna turn your oxygen off when I walk into the room and watch your SpO2 as we talk. I can’t promise much in this world, but I can promise that.
When someone’s dad gave us his program so we could read the Oath of Geneva together at the White Coat Ceremony, I had no idea we would be submitting our rank lists together for Couples Matching 4 years later!
@tv007_ty
#Match2023
A lady at the gym complimented my eyebrows yesterday and I responded as I always do: “TYSM, they are my pride and joy” so I already feel bad for my future kids who will need therapy
I am on an Infectious Disease elective now and we were just consulted for “an intra-abdominal catastrophe.” I have no clue what I’m about to walk into. Happy Friday!
Couple behind me arguing loudly on the train about why he thinks her wearing Fashion Nova bodysuits every day is related to her recent type 2 diabetes diagnosis and I just cannot find my noise cancelling headphones fast enough
I need politicians to stop saying “The Black community doesn’t trust our vaccine” and start saying:
“We have a history of medically abusing Black people, thus we violated their trust.”
The other day, the Attending said the patient doesn’t smoke and I had to explain to him what a Black & Mild is and the patient just sat there chucking the whole time
It's National Doctor's Day and I'm still thinking about the resident I met on IM who came to work while actively passing a kidney stone so he could attend rounds and place diet orders before checking himself into the ED
A Maryland man who received a pig’s heart last week in a pioneering transplant procedure has a criminal history stemming from an incident 34 years ago in which he repeatedly stabbed a young man, leaving him paralyzed.
I walk at only 1 speed-FAST (short person problem) and I apologized for scooting past and this guy goes “You’re fine, don’t apologize for your speed” & honestly Feminism has never looked better
Serious question-if a recipe says “garlic to taste” how many cloves are you putting? If your answer is anything less than 3, please unfollow me immediately.
#1
lesson from 1 week of Labor & Delivery: “I don’t care what the monitor shows, mom says she’s having contractions so she’s having contractions” and that’s how I scrubbed into my first vaginal delivery
"Being American is more than a pride we inherit. It’s the past we step into, and how we repair it." Powerful words by my new favorite poet
@TheAmandaGorman
Here it is: the official 2022
@BankofAmerica
#ChicagoMarathon
course. We are excited to take you through 29 neighborhoods, over 6 Chicago River bridges and past dozens of landmarks in just 30 days. With a few minor changes, this fast and flat course is designed for a PR 💥
me, watching football: why don’t they just run around the other people? why do they run right at the other team?
football commentator: “sometimes football is..uh..complicated”
@sashitopepper
and I both finished our last patient-facing clinical electives on Friday and she reminded me the next time we see patients, we’ll be introducing ourselves as Dr. Reed and Dr. Wartan 😱🙈 GOOSEBUMPS
Dr. Fauci lied about masks in March
Dr. Fauci has been distorting the level of vaccination needed for herd immunity
It isn’t just him
Many in elite bubbles believe the American public doesn’t know “what’s good for them” so they need to be tricked into “doing the right thing”