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Kelsey

@KelseyObGyn

1 year

Maybe she’s born with it. Maybe it’s Lexapro.

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Kelsey

@KelseyObGyn

3 years

One time I said hello and introduced myself to an intubated, unconscious patient in the ICU. Someone else scoffed/giggled. I then proceeded to explain to the patient every step of the procedure we did. No regrets.

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Kelsey

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2 years

Why do you trust me to treat you when you get COVID, but you don’t trust me to prevent you from getting COVID?

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Kelsey

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2 years

Normalize offering sedation for IUD insertions!

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Kelsey

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3 years

Sir if you are spreading chlamydia at a restaurant we have bigger problems.

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Kelsey

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2 years

An anesthesiologist was commenting on a patient’s tattoos and said “three or more tattoos has a 100% association w venereal disease” and I said “well then I’m screwed!” and he was finally silent

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Kelsey

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3 years

Wow I’m so grateful for all the people here sharing stories of being intubated, being unconscious, or in a coma and still having some sense of their care & interactions w ppl. Powerful reminder. Patients are ALWAYS people first.

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Kelsey

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3 years

Sir if you have ebola and are in a restaurant I will kindly scream at you to leave

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Kelsey

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3 years

Love all your DMs w personal stories. The ICU (& the hospital in general) can be a heartbreaking & dehumanizing place. While this one person didn’t do so, I have worked w many great docs who prioritize empathy. I hope we can all work toward a more humanizing model of healthcare.

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Kelsey

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3 years

I’d rather be in a bar full of people w sexually transmitted infections, meningitis & conjunctivitis, than be at a bar w this man. Even if he didn’t have COVID.

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Kelsey

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3 years

Sir if you think that the morbidity & mortality from pink eye is anywhere near that of COVID, you have some basic math/science to remediate

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3 years

Sir they literally shut down restaurants for hepatitis outbreaks so please don’t spread hepatitis or COVID at a restaurant

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Kelsey

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3 years

Sir if you find yourself at a pub while battling meningitis then you’re either a medical miracle or it’s a fever dream from the meningitis

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Kelsey

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3 years

Sir if you don’t have the ability to capitalize AIDS or to recall that HIV is the infectious virus (not AIDS), then I don’t think you have the wherewithal to hand out any medical advice.

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Kelsey

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2 years

How do I have children without giving up spending a Saturday speaking to no one, watching reality tv, and falling asleep on the couch midday?

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Kelsey

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3 years

Actually this guy just inspired a new public health idea: test everyone at the bars for gonorrhea, chlamydia, HIV, hepatitis B/C, & COVID. Then let them all stay and be merry, encourage practicing safe sex & hand washing. Except the Covid+ people. And this guy.

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Kelsey

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3 years

Someone clearly watched the med school repro & ID lectures on 3x bc this man does not understand STIs

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Kelsey

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2 years

Today a patient was screaming at the staff “IM GONNA REPORT U ALL! UR TREATING ME DIFFERENT BC I HAVE COVID!” And we were all just like … umm … yes that’s correct ma’am

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Kelsey

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2 years

Asking healthcare workers to AGAIN avoid holiday gatherings so they don’t get COVID, so they can still work & take care of patients who got COVID, is the villain origin story of a collectively exhausted group of people

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Kelsey

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2 years

Caught 6 babies in one shift. None of the babies even said thanks.

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Kelsey

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2 years

Vaginas. Do. NOT. Need. “Cleaning”. Vaginas don’t need soap. Vaginas don’t need douching. Vaginas don’t need wipes. Vaginas want you to stop it.

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Kelsey

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2 years

As a med student, my all-female colorectal surgery team knew I was interested in ObGyn. During every colon surgery they’d point the camera at the uterus and go “there’s your organ!” or “this ones for Kelsey!” And that was some top notch positive energy that every student deserves

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Kelsey

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2 years

I delivered my 100th baby today!

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Kelsey

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2 years

I provided several patients w abortions today, and I want to explain to you why each of them needed abortion care 🧵

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Kelsey

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2 years

To be clear: I am both an ObGyn & a proud IUD user. But hot damn the pain of my first IUD insertion was horrendous! I’m sure the provider had also wished I was a little sleepy for it. Thankfully my next IUD insertion was totally fine. Love IUDs, but ppl deserve pain mgmt

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Kelsey

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2 years

What happens when an overwhelming number of healthcare workers test positive for COVID? Then what?

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Kelsey

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2 years

I feel like the “get off hormonal birth control” message is everywhere lately. Sometimes hormonal birth control is an amazing, life changing, positive, helpful tool!

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Kelsey

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3 years

Match Day Mantra: I will bloom where I’m planted.

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Kelsey

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2 years

I’m 32yo and having my mom visit for a week to take care of me, my dog, & my apartment while I’m on nights, is just magical. Shoutout to top notch moms who just know how to show up.

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Kelsey

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2 years

After I unscrubbed I made sure he could see my abstract naked lady tattoo

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Kelsey

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2 years

What if Jehovas Witnesses made blood transfusions illegal bc they don’t personally accept them?

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Kelsey

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2 years

The AHA recommends you rip out your own beating heart and immediately give it to any patient who codes

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Kelsey

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2 years

People applying to med school don’t even know there’s a chance they won’t go to residency or become a practicing physician. It’s actually insane.

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Kelsey

@KelseyObGyn

3 years

@alexreardon_pdf Laughter is the best medicine for Ebola

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Kelsey

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2 years

One argument I’ve seen several times is that the covid treatment is “tested & vetted,” while the vaccine is “unfamiliar, not well tested.” Hate to break it to you, but they are adjusting covid treatment in real time, with varying success.

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Kelsey

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3 years

Residency interview: tell me about a stressful situation and how you handled it. Me, a waitress in a family restaurant, covering a section of 10 tables on Mother’s Day: I cried in the walk-in freezer, and the kitchen staff brought me some kids chicken strips. Next question.

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Kelsey

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3 years

@lenibriscoe I've never heard of this person but you better believe I'll be spending the next 36-72hr conducting a thorough investigation

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Kelsey

@KelseyObGyn

3 years

so my brain still remembers every word to Smash Mouth’s All Star but apparently doesn’t have room for the loop of henle

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Kelsey

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2 years

24hr shifts are dumb, yeah I said it

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Kelsey

@KelseyObGyn

2 years

Attending: back in my day, we feared our Chief residents Me & my chief:

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Kelsey

@KelseyObGyn

3 years

Do men’s inboxes look like this?

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Kelsey

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3 years

Med students do not need to work more than 5 days per week on clerkship rotations and I will die on this hill.

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Kelsey

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2 years

Oh god the general public has learned the term “RSV”

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Kelsey

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2 years

I just asked a radiologist if “that big circle on the CT is an abscess”… it was her bladder. Y’all I’m done.

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Kelsey

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3 years

how old were you when you realized sodas/iced tea/etc were called "soft" drinks bc they were the opposite of "hard" alcoholic drinks.

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Kelsey

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2 years

To the docs who always follow up the “are you sexually actively” questions, with the “are all your sexual activities consensual” questions: 👏

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Kelsey

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3 years

Y’all think I don’t already know ab community STI & HIV testing?! Cmon. I just wanna add Ebola, conjunctivitis & COVID to the screening.

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Kelsey

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2 years

It’s me. Hi. I’m the doctor. It’s me.

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Kelsey

@KelseyObGyn

3 years

As a med student I was once humiliated via social media for an email mishap, which was then detailed in a JAMA article. My name was kept out, but it was incredibly painful. I beg you to give med students a little grace. Carefully consider what you share w #MedTwitter . Be kind.

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Kelsey

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3 years

Me, in GYN clinic: are you vaccinated against COVID? Pt: no, idk if I should, some of my family says I should but some tell me not to, idk what to do Me: it’s safe and effective, and it will help protect your little kids too Pt: ok can I get it now? KEEP ASKING PEOPLE.

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Kelsey

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4 years

Why would you voluntarily have thanksgiving w >10 ppl even when it’s not a pandemic?

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Kelsey

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3 years

“Why do residents in the US work so many hours?” Cocaine, capitalism & copays 🧵

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Kelsey

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2 years

If you hate the idea of an abortion, great news! You never have to get one! You never have to provide one! Or be present for one! Or take part in one! You can literally just not worry about them too much!

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Kelsey

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2 years

Ok show me your tattoos

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Kelsey

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3 years

The med student love languages: 1) Food purchased by a resident 2) Emotional connection w a patient 3) Permission to suture 4) The gift of going home 5) Earned the trust of the RN #medtwitter #MedStudentTwitter #lovelanguages

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Kelsey

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3 years

I’ll never forget when a group of male MRI techs & a male doctor didnt know if it was safe for me to get an MRI w a copper IUD. Their solution? “Ok we’ll do the MRI. Just let us know if you start feeling any burning pelvic pain or can feel your IUD moving”

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Kelsey

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3 years

“are you smarter than a 4th grader” but it’s attending docs vs MS2s answering Step 1 questions

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Kelsey

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2 months

@AngryBlackLady Or doesn’t remembering purchasing something online that randomly shows up at your doorstep

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Kelsey

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2 years

Some people don’t understand that abortion is just a medical term that covers a variety of conditions, procedures, meds, & options, and even is the medical term for a miscarriage.

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Kelsey

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2 years

What if organic chemistry is completely made up and it’s just a massive prank pulled on all premeds to brace yourself for the nonsense ahead

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Kelsey

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3 years

Interview: so, why ObGyn? Me:

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Kelsey

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3 years

Every residency program will tell you they work w diverse patient populations. If this is something that’s important to you when applying to residency, consider asking the following:

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Kelsey

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4 years

M2 year: stress about knowing nothing and desperately try to hide it M4 year: admit with confidence you know nothing and swerve into it

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Kelsey

@KelseyObGyn

3 years

Hi new friends. I’m an ObGyn intern who’s loving laparoscopic surgery & vaginal deliveries. I’m obsessed with my dog & true crime. And very occasionally I make sassy remarks that blow up on the interweb bc “scientific” misinformation makes me really f*^$ing angry

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Kelsey

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3 years

Anyone else sorta feeling like the $$$ that would have gone to our Match Day ceremony & Graduation ceremony, both of which are now 100% virtual, should probably make its way back to the M4s in some way?

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Kelsey

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2 years

Non-medical husband: wtf are “didactics”?? Me: an elitist way to describe medical lectures and free food

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Kelsey

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4 years

The most important and effective med student wellness activity is having no activities.

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Kelsey

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3 years

Dear med students, If your intern answers your clinical question by saying “great question! Why don’t you take a minute to look into that and then we’ll chat!” Then your intern doesn’t know the answer. Please look it up and help them. 😘

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Kelsey

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3 years

Dear med students in July: your interns are just like you, but probably in a brand new hospital, without any recent lectures or exams. If your intern doesn’t seem helpful, it’s bc it’s day 1 of being a doctor & they’re just figuring it out!

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Kelsey

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2 years

Forever in awe of how many people don’t know the difference between vaginas & vulvas, or how to care for them! Vulva = outside, gentle soap & water Vagina = inside, no soap/products in there!

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Kelsey

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3 years

Best part of fourth year is confidently asking to get your pen back from the attending

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Kelsey

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1 year

I get way too angry about the anti-birth control/anti-hormone movement on social media.

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Kelsey

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1 year

@shailinthomas It’s actually Soup or Ventricular Tachycardia. Where you have to give eat a bowl of soup or else you go into VT

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3 years

@KMurryByrd

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Kelsey

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3 years

Me entering residency: it’s time to grind My TMJ: no please stop

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Kelsey

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2 months

2am consult: patient is pregnant. Please consult. No specific clinical question. Me:

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Kelsey

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2 years

@komal_sharma_29 Why hello nice to meet you lil bb

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Kelsey

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3 years

Apple Watch: you achieved your exercise goal! Me: good to know my heart rate gets into exercise-level tachycardia while I just walk to school. cool cool cool cool cool

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Kelsey

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4 years

Any other med students receive a message like this? Is this real? I have so many questions.

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Kelsey

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8 months

If you can’t explain what a molar pregnancy is, you shouldn’t be in charge of pregnancy termination laws.

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Kelsey

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4 years

Also, joke’s on the “program director” who wrote this. Because my step scores will prevent me from matching wayyyyyy before my twitter account.

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Kelsey

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3 years

Can you imagine if @Apple or @Allbirds or @Nike or @BOMBAS or @amazon or @patagonia or @Bose or @timbuk2 or @Starbucks or @Sephora or LITERALLY ANY COMPANY rallied behind #medgradwishlist with products, discounts or gift cards for graduating M4s? Lifelong supporters

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Kelsey

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4 years

#MedSchoolTwitter Students interested in obgyn 📣 we’re forming a list! Like/comment to be added to the Future ObGyns List! We’ll share resources about applying into #obgyn and more! #MedTwitter #FutureObGyn

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Kelsey

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3 years

I literally cannot wait to pay it forward to future M4s when I’m a resident/attending.

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Kelsey

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3 years

A medication that I’ve taken for years, and which cost me $30 previously, suddenly costs $500 & is no longer covered by my insurance. It cannot be replaced w another medication. It works great. America is dumb.

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Kelsey

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1 month

You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

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Kelsey

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3 years

My patient fell asleep while I was scanning her in the prenatal ultrasound clinic and I didnt have the heart to wake her up so I just let her rest for a few minutes alone in the dark US room

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Kelsey

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4 years

UWorld: 8yo unvaccinated Jehovas witness pt w sickle cell & Turners ate raw chicken & month-old potato salad, chugged some bleach, licked a turtle, and fell off a speeding motorcycle. You GET ONLY ONE TEST TO RUN, what do you choose? Me: ok ya but also where’s this kids parents?

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Kelsey

@KelseyObGyn

3 years

For those interested: it was safe to get the MRI w the copper IUD in place (for me, at least!). But it was mind boggling to have multiple medical professionals act so confounded by this. And btw this was at a top hospital in a major city.

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Kelsey

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6 months

ObGyn wrapped: You spent 1,264 hours being consulted for someone having their period

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Kelsey

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3 years

The funniest part of House is when the neurologist draws his own labs and then the immunologist runs the MRI machine herself.

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Kelsey

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3 years

Survived my first 24, which included: 📟5 lovely vaginal deliveries 🔪1 successful postpartum tubal 🛏1 hr of napping 🍪 6 oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

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Kelsey

@KelseyObGyn

3 years

Admitting a pregnant woman for morphine sleep makes me feel like it’s 1905 and we haven’t discovered penicillin yet

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Kelsey

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3 years

Ok but seriously how are we supposed to afford this transition to residency? Am I missing something?

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Kelsey

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3 years

@SScott2024 Fecal oral

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Kelsey

@KelseyObGyn

3 years

Med students are people who are learning & growing. Help them on that journey. Humiliating & shaming med students on this app, even if the student is anonymous, is STILL HUMILIATION. The power differential is real. Don’t abuse it for a few likes (or in my case for a JAMA pub)

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2 years

Ppl really don’t understand how we desperately want to keep them healthy. There’s no secret motive. We seriously just don’t want people to be sick.

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Kelsey

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3 years

What’s the best compliment you, as a med student, ever received from an attending? #MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter

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Kelsey

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2 years

I attempted intermittent fasting. I made it all the way to 8:15am.

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