Musings of a Confused Scientist

Junior (PGY1) Doctor. Reformed Research Scientist. (Also known as thingsifindawesome b/c tumblr is confusing)

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The rest of my surgical team when they find out I picked all medical terms next year:

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Question for my surgically inclined medblrs... when do you get to the point when it doesn’t feel like your arms want fall off after a full day of retracting?

Because I spent my first day in the OT for my internship and I’m pretty sure I’ve aged ten years physically...

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A fellow intern compliments me on doing anything

Me:

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So my new consultant is a little on the older side... and as they’ve been working in this area for a long time lots of the patients know them or have been treated by them in the past.

We went to see a patient yesterday and as they introduced themselves another patient ‘ Oh Dr [X], you are my favourite doctor in the world!’; after which another patient exclaimed ‘Dr [X]?! I thought they had died!’ lolzzzz

^^ Me, my consultant, and my reg ^^

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Currently on rural rotation... not only do I get to leave on time but I’m 5 minutes down the road from this!

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Me after discovering one of our patients has nits:

Is this just a random itch? Orrrr do I now have the lice?

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Me - walking into neurology grand rounds 30 minutes late due to jobs on the wards... and then getting paged before even making it to my seat...

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Me - walking into my local Maccas in my scrubs after a 14 hour after hours shift.

(Sure I know its unhealthy but darn it if I don’t deserve an after work cheeseburger)

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Got my first successful lumbar puncture today! Yay!

Checked the cell count:

Erythrocytes 1 x 10^6

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Me trying to find my team in the hospital after they leave me behind in ED while I’m finishing off the consult note.

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My new registrar: You know they thing I appreciate about you [CS] is your ability to be very organised.

Me: Haha thanks...but please let me remove all illusions b/c you know those letters you asked me to chase. I had them...but I have most definitely lost them somewhere around this hospital...

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4 weeks into my first ward rotation I’ve only just realised I actually start 8:30AM and not 8:00AM....

[medstudentblues]

hard at work ghibli characters aesthetic

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I always wish this was my study aesthetic but actually its more like this:

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“I’m pretty sure Dr. [Consultant] has admitted every patient in the state... oh no... actually wait... he also accepted a patient from [overseas]... so I think we’ve accepted everyone in the South Pacific region.”

My fellow after a particularly horrendous week on take

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If you wanna know how good my brain is on night shift I just called the two bones in the forearm the radius and the tibia.

Help. Dying in my own shame.

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“i’m sure another coffee will fix this!” me, an actual doctor, with literally any kind of illness

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Me when the 80F patient with GORD on pantoprazole tells me she takes ibuprofen whenever her heartburn flares up more than normal.