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3 years

What the sign said

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Coffee Story I bought the same cup of coffee everyday from the corner shop in downtown LA. Large cup, light cream, no sugar. They looked up as I walked in, started grinding the beans. I grabbed a cup before my 1-way flight to Texas. My last week of fellowship; didn’t say Bye.

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Two weeks later a package arrives. It’s two bags of my favorite beans and a tumbler. They remembered me. During a pandemic. Amongst all the fear and masked faces. I know I didn’t have to remind you, but there are good humans out there. Spread the 💙

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I guess I’m in the 27th grade 🤔

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This is going to sound weird, but I save the voicemails of my family members and loved ones. I’ve seen enough things as a trauma surgeon, and am frequently reminded that one day I may never hear their voices again. Stay safe and warm.

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I wrote a letter to this coffee shop with this picture: “Hi, you probably don’t remember me but you kept me going everyday during trauma fellowship. Sometimes that light cream was my breakfast and lunch. I just wanted to say thank you for what you do.”

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Omg the coffee shop got back to me. And wow, I didn’t anticipate the responses!🥹 I love all of your beautiful stories (I think a lot of us needed the boost) & learned to thank early. Hope you all keep supporting each other, one cup or moment at a time.💙

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On call last night and showed up at 0150 before the grill closed. Asked for a veggie burger and “some tater tots if you have them.” Line Cook understood the assignment😂

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1 year

Surgeons waiting for their first case start

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1 year

Squirrel in a big huff

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1 year

I came across a picture of me drinking my last cup while unboxing some bagels and masks sent from my sister. I was really missing home.

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1 year

I drank every drop in the cab to the airport. I should have said “Bye.”Moved to Texas, started my job. Fast forward. The Pandemic happened.

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1 year

You guys…I got to warm up a puppy 🥺

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1 year

Will I ever stop saying “b. cereus” every time I look at old rice in the fridge

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1 year

Hi 👋🏻 i’m a first-gen very Asian Korean-American, Woman and Surgeon. I’ve had opportunities through merit and DEI initiatives. I belong in Surgery. I think it turned out OK.

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5 months

When I write “milieu” in a manuscript

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2 years

There are more board questions on pheochromocytoma and glucagonoma than there are cases in the world.

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3 years

If you get this, we could probably be friends... #pencilsurgery

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6 months

If you see your attending flip their lanyard and badge around their neck, something is about to go down for real

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11 months

Hi it’s me

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1 year

@LovefromSweets These moments matter; and it’s not just about the coffee. It’s the routine, the conversations, simple but profound ways that humans interact and support each other. Glad you had this opportunity.

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3 years

12 years ago over dinner Me: I love surgery, I want to be a surgeon. Parents: (lay down chopsticks) why do you always choose the hardest way? Me: (me digging back into my dinner with a fork). It’s not hard if you ❤️ it -0 regrets, 💯% ❤️

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3 years

Surgeon Trigger words Vascular: no signals in the foot Trauma: no blood in the room General: is that bile? Surg Onc: + margins Colorectal: + leak test Endocrine: silent nerve monitor Cardiac: can’t come off pump Transplant: hepatic artery thrombus 🤷🏻‍♀️

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1 year

Everyone else before driving: Keys ✅ Wallet ✅ Phone ✅ Trauma surgeons before driving: Clean belly button ☑️ Clean socks ☑️ Empty bladder ☑️

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10 months

A call to retire the phrase “fertile, fat and forty” when it comes to biliary disease, or anything at all, really.

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6 months

When someone asks me

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5 months

Surgeon math is ✨Tryin to get through 4 cases by 3pm ✨“We’re almost done” = 1 hour ✨“I have time for 1 more case” ✨I can do 3x24hour shifts in 1 week ✨Calories on-call don’t count ✨Booking meetings or Pilates post-call ✨“EBL was minimal” Yep 🤷🏻‍♀️

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4 months

omg you guys this central line kit has a roller track for the wire. It’s the Porsche of wires and feels like satin-buttery magic

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2 years

Spoiler alert 🚨 Just because you have DO/MD after your name doesn’t mean you can’t help get warm blankets or fresh ice water for your patients and families. So much of what we do is out of the operating room, and away from the computer or bench.

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Scenario: Patient with facial trauma, can’t be intubated from above but stable O2 sats (you have some time). Most of us would go for cric or trach but has anyone done a retrograde intubation? Described almost 20 years ago…

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6 months

Me as the intern showing up to do the cholecystectomy during a whipple

Science girl

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6 months

Baby seal joining Navy SEALs for training

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1 year

A proposal to add a cup of the strongest, hair-raising black coffee as an order for our patients who need to poop. -your friendly neighborhood general surgeon

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2 years

This is Demetria. She is a housekeeper @Parkland . I have seen her for all of my calls throughout the pandemic. She has the greatest “smize,” an amazing attitude and the warmest heart. Thank you Demetria for keeping us safe. Just thought Twitter should know.

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1 year

Welcome, 2023 🥂may your history test answers be completely unremarkable

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1 year

Acute Care Surgery is wild. First I’m a trauma surgeon Then I’m operating all day with emergency general surgery. Then at night I turn into an intensivist. I absolutely ❤️ it

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Trauma surgeons waiting in the CT scanner to see if there’s a blush

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I finally found a women surgeon Lego LED light

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Surgeons at 4pm asking the OR front desk for another room

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3 years

10 years ago I didn’t match into orthopedics. Best thing that never happened. True 💙s: Trauma/Crit Care to help the injured. Grateful for my Ortho colleagues; thankful for the closed door that led to a hallway of opportunities. #MedTwitter

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Maybe it’s a cultural thing, but I do not eat bland foods when I’m sick. I want to face the fire of a 1,000 suns I want my sinuses to run like the river Styx I want all of my taste buds to dance like they are at Burning Man Shin 라면 I ❤️‍🔥you

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1 year

Does anyone else like to tuck the bowel in with the omentum like it’s a little bowel baby when closing a laparotomy or is it just me? Just me, cool cool.

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3 years

Never underestimate the power of amplification and social media. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle also donated to our local women’s shelter @GenesisShelter ! 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️ thank you to everyone who helped spread the word!

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3 years

To those fortunate to have their basic housing needs, and have “survivor guilt” (i.e. me) please consider donating to local Texas charities that do not. Our @WomenSurgeons chapter has helped this shelter in the past. Anything helps! 🙏🏻

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2 years

A picture of something that has no legs but still manages to wander around the hospital

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1 year

You’ve Matched Now What -VIP your program coordinator’s email -find a place to live: generally < 20-30 min from the hospital. Add cost of parking at home/work -if you live in a snowy place, consider covered parking -inter-city moves in Boston/NYC: look into moving trucks early

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When you encounter this as an attending, it is your responsibility to share the absolute joy in reducing it with your trainees

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1 year

How Intussusception Look Like @grepmeded

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2 years

I have a new lecture I give in the SICU on Fridays and it has nothing to do with traumatic brain injury, hyponatremia or sepsis. I’ve called it my “internship survival pack.” First, it requires food for an active audience (if you bring food, they may come. And stay.) 1/

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1 year

Epic: Please choose a novel password My brain:

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8 months

If you can be anyone at a conference, be that person in the crowd looking up, smiling and nodding to the presenter who is about to go into SVT with anxiety

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1 year

Diet Coke 4 life

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Elite surgeon walking into the OR “just to take a look”

Nature is Amazing ☘️

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1 year

If you haven't seen one before, may I introduce the Secretary bird.

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When you hold the resident consult pager you: 1. Get the fishbone diagrams out 2. Obtain a writing utensil that no one wants to steal 3. Secure caffeine source 4. Protect @UTSW_Surgery educational time (it’s not hard 😉)

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Surgeons in the OR waiting for path

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Forget the Krebs cycle This is the only cycle you need to know

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1 year

@hhensley1029 The coffee connection is powerful! Yes I’m glad I sent a note; hope to be back in person to say thanks too.

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10 months

I love how one day a surgeon was like “yeah let me just slap this piece of omentum on this hole in the stomach and see if it works”

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Let me understand this: You want us to do everything for our patients (your friends, your family, your neighbors) pour in donated blood from volunteers open up body cavities to stop the bleed, But make 0 changes to firearm access. Got it. Brb looking up “moral injury.”

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Daily symphony The OR is like a ballroom, a DJ set There are rules There’s a cadence Sometimes slow Sometimes quick now this Always ready But some of us know when all cylinders are firing or when the beat drops it’s a literal masterpiece.

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6 months

Gallbladders everywhere in America working overtime today and not getting paid overtime

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2 years

Not me losing followers because I believe in women’s reproductive rights. Okay byeeee 👋🏻

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2 years

Let me introduce you to something called JOMO

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1 year

Just a reminder to use those PTO and vacation days because everyone else is AND you’re not getting paid more to hoard them AND they don’t give you dividends the longer you keep them 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Some days you believe you are a great intensivist and surgeon, and one day a calcified radial artery will serve some humble pie when you try to place a line. IYKYK 🫠

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1 year

when you walk into the radiology reading room

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6 months

Overheard in the wards: “If you don’t know the answer or need help, just ask the general surgeon—in the small chance they can’t help, they know who can.”

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3 years

Acute Care Surgery and Trauma is like G’morning, today our patients need: Lymph node biopsy Cholecystectomy Ventral hernia repair Cholecystectomy Trach and PEG Cholecystectomy Thoracotomy and cardiac massage . . Cholecystectomy

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3 years

Imagine a draft for Trauma Surgeons Size 5.5 gloves Can find a hole in the IVC in < 20 sec Patients love her ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #NFLDraft2021

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Corollary : Scientific writing

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When I check in with my sibling crew

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women surgeon crew ♥️

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Why it might be hard to relate to a trauma surgeon Them: ugh cat puked on the carpet.🤬 Me: gross. but did you die? Them: coffee order’s all messed up Me: sucks! but did you die? Them: they ran out of Charmin TP Me: I’m sorry to hear…but did you die? Just a me problem.🤔

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7 months

If you think of something nice to say to someone, please say it; sometimes that one positive moment can make someone’s day, week, month. People out there are one word from being broken.

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3 years

Following @drjhuang ’s lead and adding my Korean name to my profile 🇰🇷🇺🇸

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My Chinese name belongs in my profile right next to my pride flag. #RepresentationMatters #StopAsianHate @FredWuMD

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4 years

IDK, seems to me that Georgia is in hyperfibrinolysis and needs TXA and North Carolina might need some platelets. #badROTEMjoke

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1 year

Just pitched my first patented training device at @UTSWTechDev “Shark Tank” I love being a surgeon but designing cool prototypes is also super cool 😎 Follow me for more totally nerdy adventures 😂 @UTSW_Surgery @UTSWNews

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I just thanked an infectious disease attending for seeing a patient: “Hi I’m Caroline, just one of the surgery staff.” ID attending: looks at me, “you’re not *just* a surgeon you are *the* surgeon!” Me: (straightens up) yes ma’am 🫡 She for shes everywhere here 💜💜

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They said “Yes”😬 4+ years in and just became a @UnivSurg member. Thank you to my mentors for their support. I’ve got some work to do! 💪🏻 - a grateful academic surgeon 💙

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1 year

One thing that impresses me most at morbidity and mortality conferences is acceptance of responsibility. Fancy operations and great saves deserve applause, but when a surgeon admits they could/should have done something else, that’s A+ 👏🏻

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3 years

When can teaching & mentoring be valued as much as “we” value publications and pipettes? Quality mentorship takes time, and is arguably more rewarding for trainees. *acknowledge it as a truly = pillar *reward clinician-educators *retain young academic surgeons #MedTwitter

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when you find your surgery home 💙💜

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2 years

“don’t scrape your knees” “don’t go into surgery” “don’t push yourself too much” “don’t ask for more” DO push the limits DO become uncomfortable Strong isn’t pretty. It’s awesome🤘🏻✌🏻 @RunRocknRoll

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Trauma surgeons as chaos unfolds

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11 months

Specialties as rock bands Trauma: Nine Inch Incisions Vascular: Lead Zeppelin Ortho: The Rolling Bones Colorectal: Creedence Clearlax Revival Endo: Red Hot Parathyroid Adenomas Surg-Onc: Grateful Margin That’s all I got. Tune in for more 🤷🏻‍♀️

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7 months

The desire to sprint down this gleaming hallway at 0200 is something only a runner or someone responding to a code could understand

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Surgeons watching the clock waiting for the chlorhexidine to dry

Buitengebieden

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Therapy dogs waiting to start their shift at a children’s hospital.. 😊

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I love my trauma and ICU family. One minute you can be discussing amantadine in TBI patients, then you’re arguing over whether a kolache is a pastry, then everyone available drops everything to help out a dying patient. My peeps. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎

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When fanny packs aren’t allowed in the OR because of infection risks you must resort to the next best option

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1 year

One of the biggest gambles you can take as an adult is a “nap” at 5:30pm

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2 years

Imagining our world in operative report terms: “The decision was made to adopt not one, but two cats.” “The pepper was finely divided via Julienne approach with a Ginsu knife.” “The eye button of the stuffed teddy-bear was secured in place via vertical mattress suture.” -🤓

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I got a Trapper Keeper. My life will finally be organized, so…it’s all over for you guys 💅🏻🌈🦄

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2 years

No lies detected here

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“I will be out of office this week. Please contact the surgeon-on-call with any urgent clinical issues.”

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introverts be like

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1 year

Being an attending is nice but have you ever worn palazzo pants and pink Air Force 1s to work

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2 years

I was THAT person. Rounding in the ICU a few weeks ago, saw a HCW in scrubs and sneakers leave a patient’s room. Didn’t see a badge. I wrongly assumed she was a nurse. She was a MD/DO consulting on the patient. Despite MY own bias-training and experiences, I was THAT person.

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PSA: please don’t bully junior general surgery residents. -Your friendly General Surgeon who has bailed you out of/helped with: Surgical airways Tension pneumothorax Central lines that you needed Airways that required intubation Vascular injuries 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Others: lemme use a ladder Me: broken ribs Others: ooh a trampoline Me: broken arm/leg/cervical spine Others: new circular saw for DYI job Me: amputated fingers Others: fireworks are fun! Me: amputated fingers This is how our surgeon brains work 🙃

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