My journey through medical school, thoughts on medicine, ethics, specialties, pre-med perils, and advice for those who want to do the same.
“"Virus" is a Latin word used by doctors to mean, "Your guess is as good as mine”
"The difference between an itch and an allergy is about one hundred bucks."
"A patient going to a doctor for his first visit was asked, ''And whom did you consult before coming to me?'' ''Only the village druggist,'' was the answer. ''And what sort of foolish advice did that numbskull give you?'' asked the doctor, his tone and manner denoting his contempt for the advice of the layman. ''Oh,'' replied his patient, with no malice aforethought, ''he told me to come and see you.''"
"He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines" Benjamin Franklin
A man speaks frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!"
"Is this her first child?" the doctor queries.
"No, you idiot!" the man shouts. "This is her husband!"
Oh no!!!! :( vascular is bad everywhere. I don't understand how people end up doing a fellowship in that specialty - the intensity of the work is crazy! 12-hour surgeries? No thank you. I like my OR, but that's just too much.
ReplyDeleteOh come on you guys... carotid endarterectomies are only like.. 3 hours each. And they are sooo elegant - doppler, open, identify, cut, suction, suture, bypass blood flow, scoop out plaque, pericardial patch placement, 5/6 suturing of patch, remove bypass, finish suturing patch, close, close, close, place drain, and done. Elegant. I was under the impression that the 12-hour surgeries were more the AAA repairs-I'd love to see one. But you don't get those every day. Or maybe it's just that I really like the vascular surgeons at my school. Yeah, maybe it's just that.
ReplyDeletePeds are notoriously bad - you sometimes get really anal attendings, and you treat the WHOLE family, including the neighbors! But then again, i could never be a pediatric surgeon.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap. I have no idea. I am scared shitless though, lol
ReplyDeleteTwo of my friends loved their vascular rotations and matched directly into vascular programs. I wouldn't worry too much about what everyone says a rotation is like. It's very attending/resident dependent, and those change every month.
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