What I won’t tweet about: my patients (ever), my colleagues (without permission). By keeping this Twitter personal, I feel like I can keep my identity multidimensional and not let Medicine swallow me
Feel free to follow, but I’m gonna be me 😊 (2/2)
Got a $450 bill for my Pap smear because the office put me as self pay and didn’t charge my insurance. That’ll get sorted out (although annoying) but can we talk about how a screening test is $450……
So just to recap: 4 months to get an appointment with my gynecologist and 3 months to get an appointment with my PCP...but universal healthcare is bad because wait times
TW: suicide
I asked every program I interviewed at about resident wellness and how they respond if a resident has a crisis. I had one program tell me a resident killed themselves. I was like “uhhhh thank you for your honesty but what do you do to prevent that”
Gotta say this louder for the people in the back. SYSTEMS ONLY CHANGE IF WE’RE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Multiple PDs from places I interviewed follow me on Twitter. If they don’t want me for my advocacy, then they don’t want me 😡
I’m actually so mad about this
What’s wild about medicine is before the pandemic, if I was sick like this, I would’ve taken some cold medicine, sucked it up, and gone into the hospital (without a mask). Why on earth was that the expectation?
@DrHarryDOesHep
I don’t disagree with you, but we’re taught that screening tests need to be cheap and have a high sensitivity. $450 is cost prohibitive to many patients, which negates the effectiveness of a screening test
I didn’t go to an event for 2+ years. I wore a mask everywhere. I’m triple vaccinated. I let my guard down for one weekend to see my oldest friend get married and I (probably) got COVID. I feel guilty (and also like shit)
I learned a fact today, so sharing with all:
If there’s a serum protein gap (total protein - albumin >4), your differential should include HIV, hep C, and multiple myeloma
As students, we’re not supposed to see covid+ patients or PUIs, but what happens when someone who comes in for something completely different ends up being covid+? Should I wear my N95 in every room when I’m in the ED these next two weeks?
Y'all if you think not being allowed to eat the resident food was bad. Once, I had an attending (on a night shift) buy Starbucks for all of the residents and NOT the 2 med students (and asked what they wanted in front of us). I'm still salty about it
After 3 weeks in the cardiac unit and seeing almost every cardiologist using a stethoscope that turns up the volume, I’m convinced none of us can hear murmurs (unless they’re grade 3+) with our regular ones
I’d love to see some data on medical students’ feelings on their white coats from MS1 to MS4. I was SO excited to get my white coat and now I literally hate putting it on
@ChrisCarini32
First year as a resident doctor (when I have to start paying back loans) is anywhere between about $60,000 and $70,000/year
Obviously that increases eventually
This is the second time I’ve been gifted this phrase (first a sweatshirt and now a tumbler). I guess that’s what happens when you get married and become a doctor in the span of 7 months 😂
Thankful for my grad gifts 🥰
5 years weren’t enough, so I asked for 3 more. In the end, I wasn’t ready to leave. Can’t wait for 3 more years at my top choice
@StonyBrookMed
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More photos to come 😊 🥰
My dad really loves grapefruit, but since the transplant he couldn't have one because he was on a CNI. He's off the CNI now and it hit me the other day that he could prob have grapefruit. I made sure he checked with his transplant team before having one. He was cleared! (1/2)
If you want to change your name after your get married- great!
If you don’t want to change your name after you get married- great!
If you want to change it personally but not professionally- great!
It’s a personal decision and if you disagree with mine, that’s fine!
My person 💜 my non-medical husband was a great support for me during this journey. Can’t wait for our next phase of life together, even knowing it’ll have its challenges. We’re prepared, especially after 5 years of long distance
Can we also talk about medical school tuition during clinical years?? I’m not saying it should be free, but it should be reduced! We’re providing free labor
@andreamendez92
I did! I said “can you tell me about a time a resident had a life crisis (without personal details) and how the program responded”
I heard a lot of good things
Y’all- want to know how my physical went? She listened to my heart in two places and my lungs in three. That’s it. No questions from the doctor. The nurse asked me about “medical conditions and surgeries”. This is so absurd
What do you do when a patient/family looks at your ID and calls you by your first name after introducing yourself as Dr.______?
Idk if it’s a resident thing or a female thing but it’s happened a lot and I usually just ignore it
Idk if that’s the right thing 🫣
I don’t fault people for not knowing about medical education…I barely know about medical education, but I never know what to say during this convo
“I just graduated medical school”
“What did you study?”
“…medicine”
Today is the day before I start my first job as Doctor. This is the last time for the foreseeable future that I won’t be working. I’m 28 years old and I’m about to enter my career for the first time. This is a unique day and I’m going to sit in all the emotions
I got a DM advising me to delete this tweet- please see my response
While I appreciate being looked out for (and this isn’t a dig at the person who DM’d me), if we don’t call out the system, how do we expect it to change?
Just going to say one more thing and then I’m done feeding the trolls:
Yes, I got COVID. Yes, I’m vaccinated with as many vaccines as I could get. Yea, I mask at work and in most crowded locations. Yes, I sometimes eat indoors. No, I don’t wear an N95 everywhere I go (1/3)
Listened to the pancreatitis podcast on my drive & remembered when I had pancreatitis and the doc asked me my pain level and I said 10 and he said “as a med student you should know to never say 10/10”
Cool cool cool. Sometimes you learn what not to do
@SSpadaforeMD
@DrHarryDOesHep
Yeah I agree that the ability to access it is what matters. But when cost stops people from accessing it, is it really accessible?
Hey Attendings, if you were asked “where do you see yourself in 10 years” during residency interviews (like I’ve been asked), how close are you to your answer?
#MedTwitter
I’m the worst. Coming out of anesthesia, I felt like I was tachypnic. I saw a clock, so I calculated my RR. I turned to the nurse and said “I’m satting fine but I’m breathing at 30/min”. She was like “what??? That’s my job! Rest!” 🤦🏻♀️
I’m so upset 😭
I’m going to be known as the resident who called in backup so many times within the first two months. I guess that’s why it exists, but I’m still so upset
My fav things to tell incoming MS1s as an MS4 are 1) I have no publications 2) your performance in anatomy does not determine your performance in med school 3) make time for what’s important to you 4) medical school is a lot, but it’s not everything
unhelpful to all. So, if your response to me getting COVID is to blame me, kindly keep it to yourself. Blocking anyone who comes at me with that. I’ll be resting and recovering so I can get back to being a doctor and training for the NYC marathon (3/3)
*convo at gym, which I had to take headphones off for*
Man: “gearing up for finals?”
Me: “I’m in my clinical year of med school, so I’m just in the hospital a lot”
Man: “oh what are you going for?”
Me: “Im going to be a doctor”
Man: “so an NP?”
Me: “no...an MD”
🙄
Health insurance is so STUPID. I reached out to my doctor asking if she thinks something will be covered. She told me to ask my insurance. I asked my insurance. They gave me a vague answer saying they don’t know until it’s done. WHAT
Did someone say
#medbikini
...? (this was last year bc I haven’t even been in a bathing suit this year 😭). Yes, we can wear bikinis and be good doctors....shocking, I know!!
Yes, I spend 60-80 hours/week caring for patients in the hospital. Yes, I went to lunch on my one off day. And I got COVID. At lunch or at work? Who knows. But I know it’s not my fault. We’ve failed at a national and international level and blaming individuals for that is (2/3)
Sorry idk if this is a hot take, but I really feel that being on the patient side of healthcare will make me a much better doctor. I don’t think you can truly understand unless you’ve been here. There are so many things I do and also don’t do because of my experience on this side
Hi (again)
#MedTwitter
. Got a headshot back so time for a reintro…I’m Gabby and I’m applying IM in
#Match2023
. I’m primarily interested in oncology (esp breast cancer) and run, cycle, yoga, and lift in my spare time! Can’t wait to connect 🥰
I told my mom I had canned soup and she said “nothing beats mom’s chicken noodle” so she’s driving me out soup tomorrow. Pros of going to med school 40 mins from home
For the past 2.5 years, my family has been careful to avoid bringing COVID home bc my dad is a kidney transplant recipient. It caught up to us last week and my dad got COVID. After the initial shock and fear, we contacted his transplant center and figured out what to do (1/2)
I’m on a palliative care elective and I like it, but I def still want to be an oncologist. I just want to be an oncologist who also uses palliative care principles in my practice 🤔
M4s making their rank lists:
I live 35 mins from my parents. They came out for lunch yesterday and my mom routinely drops off groceries
I live less than 90 mins from my niblings and I’m visiting them today
Prioritize what’s important to you over what other people think
I did see a surgery intern today that I worked with who hugged me. He asked me if I matched and when I explained that I just started M4, he said “you were an M3?! You were so good” so that was kind 🥺
Covid has crept its way into my house. My mom tested positive this morning 😭. Y’all know my dad is a transplant recipient, so please send good thoughts that it avoids him. My mom is isolating of course, but they still live together
I’ve been in the habit of applauding others when they do challenging things, but not applauding myself when I do the same things. So I’m going to clap for my dang self today. I ran 18 miles!!!!! I can see that finish line