#medical life

[ley-med]

I had a week long vacation not long ago, so I finally have enough energy to talk to non-medical friends once again. And I just realized once again, I'm not sure how to talk to them.

They tell me all the things they participated in, and I'm truly happy for them, all the while thinking I would never have half that much energy. They ask me how I am, I tell them I'm good, finally had a vacation. What did I do? Oh, literally nothing, tried to sleep off the worst of the exhaustion and tried to avoid interaction with other humans. How's work? You know, just the usual, it's good. It is good, and I love it, but how could I tell them all the horrors witnessed? That's right I don't, but what else do I have left to talk about? Most of my fun work stories are tainted with the shadows of tragedies... And unfortunately, I wouldn't trade it for anything.

So I just read their cheerful message and leave it on read, contemplating what to answer. And just hope they won't take offence to my agonizingly slow replies...

#medblr #medical life #sometimes it's so isolating #but it also brings along the tightest of communities #one of my work besties just messaged me #to talk about a very gruesome case that left them not okay and they needed to vent #listening and comforting each other is easy #holding up a normal conversation? #seems impossible #this post was written a while ago then sat in my drafts for several months #i just found it #and realised how actual it is at the moment #thank god for my work friends #they are indeed more like family #i love my other friends too and hey im trying here #but sometimes it takes enormous efforts to not just let it all drift apart

[lillypadcrochet]

After a busy medical week I’ve updated my big girl beads of courage

(For those who don’t know, kids with medical needs can join the beads of courage program, where they receive a bead for each medical encounter to keep track)

I made my own because god knows this chronic illness journey can be hard, even as an adult.

This week I had an abdominal MRI with glucagon (which made me puke)

Then my brother and his partner had a gender reveal for their baby girl (!!!) and I had to sit and watch everyone eat celebratory pizza bc I had to do clear liquids for colonoscopy prep

Then prep made me puke again, but thank you zofran for saving my ass during part 2- I think I’m gonna have to request that be a set part of my prep plan cuz ugh puking straight liquids is gross and annoying.

My scopes went well, though I woke up wizard high and they had to bring my mom back to hang out with me in recovery because it was taking me too long to sober up 😅

Evidence of gastric and ileal inflammation, so we’ll see where to go from here I guess

I went back to work on Thursday and was immediately told by a student that I looked sick 😂

I still haven’t gotten my mri results back which is frustrating me- I recently had crazy itchiness and some wonky liver number in my labs (though they were trending down) so I want to see what that looks like on imaging.

Anyway!

Next week I have my first rheumatologist appointment and a follow up with my GI! Another busy week 😬 but I’m glad to be making moves and not just waiting waiting waiting.

I love my doctor and I really trust her expertise, even if I know I’m gonna have to switch to a less convenient drug (lifestyle wise)

#lilly chit chats #bitching and moaning #crohns disease #chronic inflammation #chronic illness #medical life #colonoscopy/endoscopy

[psych-from-hellaland]

but I don't want any medication...

🙅Patient: But I don't want to take any antidepressant.

🧑‍⚕️Me: Do you have any concerns or questions regarding medication?

😈Real me: Great, stop waisting my time go away and come back when you are suicidal.

#doctor meme #doctorlife #doctor #psychiatry #psychology #medical memes #medical school #residency #hospital #patients #q&a #q and a #medicine #medical life

[daisywords]

One of my biggest nitpicks in fiction concerns the feeding of babies. Mothers dying during/shortly after childbirth or the baby being separated form the mother shortly after birth is pretty common in fiction. It is/was also common enough in real life, which is why I think a lot of writers/readers don't think too hard about this. however. Historically, the only reason the vast majority of babies survived being separated from their mother was because there was at least one other woman around to breastfeed them. Before modern formula, yes, people did use other substitutes, but they were rarely, if ever, nutritionally sufficient.

Newborns can't eat adult food. They can't really survive on animal milk. If your story takes place in a world before/without formula, a baby separated from its mother is going to either be nursed by someone else, or starve.

It doesn't have to be a huge plot point, but idk at least don't explicitly describe the situation as excluding the possibility of a wetnurse. "The father or the great grandmother or the neighbor man or the older sibling took and raised the baby completely alone in a cave for a year." Nope. That baby is dead I'm sorry. "The baby was kidnapped shortly after birth by a wizard and hidden away in a secret tower" um quick question was the wizard lactating? "The mother refused to see or touch her child after birth so the baby was left to the care of the ailing grandfather" the grandfather who made the necessary arrangements with women in the neighborhood, right? right? OR THAT GREAT OFFENDER "A newborn baby was left on the doorstep and they brought it in and took care of it no issues" What Are You Going to Feed That Baby. Hello?

Like. It's not impossible, but arrangements are going to have to be made. There are some logistics.

#idk what to tag this #worldbuilding #writing fiction #historical fiction #fantasy #a real-life example: my dad (a pediatrician) was once entrusted with the care of a baby who was born with a rare condition #this was in a place without great hospital/medical access and anyway they were going to fly the baby over #and he specifically asked them to bring the mother and baby #they show up with baby and...the baby's uncle #and he was like. y'all. do you think I asked for the mom to come just for fun??? We don't have formula here. what is the baby going to eat?

[theoreticaldoctor]

A special thanks to the people who were with me in the Orthopaedics Posting - Goodbye Ortho!

A reflection on my journey in my first posting in my housemanship journey. - #housemanship #doctor #medical #medicine #malaysia #blogging #writing

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[petnews2day]

Service Dogs Lead to Fewer Seizures in Resistant Epilepsy

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Service Dogs Lead to Fewer Seizures in Resistant Epilepsy

Working with medically trained service dogs is associated with a 31% reduction in seizures compared with usual care in treatment-resistant epilepsya new study showed. Investigators speculate that the dogs may ease participants’ stress, leading to a decrease in seizure frequency, although they note this relationship warrants more study. “Despite the development of numerous antiseizure medications […]

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#anxiety disorder #electrophysiology #epilepsy #health related quality of life #hrqol #medical life #medical lifestyle #medical student lifestyle #nurse lifestyle #physician lifestyle #QOL #quality of life #resident lifestyle #seizure disorder #seizure. #stress #wound care #wound management #Dog News

[avarkriss]

listen. listen to me so carefully right now. (if you're in the eclipse path/planning on viewing). please don't stare directly at the sun tomorrow. i am begging you - do not stare at it. if you got eclipse glasses off of amazon/other, please put them on in your house and make sure you can't see anything; if you can still see like regular sun glasses, they are not safe for eclipse viewing, you will burn your retinas, and we cannot fix that. eclipse glasses should be iso/ce certified, and aas (american astronomical society) approved. please make smart choices and protect your eyes. please.

#psa from your friendly neighborhood eye care provider #the office is already fielding so many calls about this make good life choices #very important #eclipse #solar eclipse #eye health #not medical advice #just me screaming to please protect your eyes #ive seen exactly one case of solar retinopathy in my career so far please don't give me another one

[gwenrefrick]

procrastinating from an exam that’s about to start in mere hours. I am going to make the biggest academic comeback in about a few couple of hours.

#Best life decisions #I need Jesus #medical life #Pathology #lung carcinoma #Fuck!! #I need to study #procrastinating

[meddeygo]

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#meddeygo #doctors #clinic #medical #hospital #doctor who #doctor #medicine #pharmacy #pharmacies #medical practices #medical machine #nurse #medical life

[uncanny-tranny]

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is planning on changing their regulations for telehealth prescriptions of controlled substances. However, they have opened comments up for people to voice their opinions. You can submit a formal anonymous comment HERE. The comment period ends on March 31st, 2023.

This is an important issue for those who are prescribed controlled substances (e.g., testosterone or ADHD medication) through telehealth, which means it can and will impact trans people on testosterone and a ton of others if this goes through.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #nonbinary #this will affect other people like those with ADHD who are prescribed medication which is also a controlled substance #it astounds me that professionals aren't trusted by the DEA to be able to do their jobs #you all already know i hate the DEA so i'm biased personally #you can also browse comments left by many people #i've been perusing some comments and they are *not* happy ones. i guess i'm glad i'm not the only disgruntled USian #again - mfw the dea isn't a plotpoint of brba and it actually affects my life negatively 😔🤕🤬

[inkskinned]

you have to go to work so you can pay for your doctor, who is not taking your insurance right now, and if you say i can't afford the doctor's you are told - get a better job. it is very sad that you are unwell, yes, but maybe you should have thought about that before not having a better job.

(where is the better job? who is giving out these better jobs? you are sick, you are hurting - how the hell are you supposed to be well enough for this better job?)

but you go to the doctor because you had the nerve to be hurt or sick or whatever else. and they tell you that it is because you have anxiety. you try your best. you are a self-advocate. you've done the reading (which sometimes pisses them off worse, honestly). you say it is actually adding to my anxiety, it is effecting my quality of life. so they say that you are fat. they say that all young people have this happen to them, isn't it a medical marvel! they say that you should eat more vegetables. they say that you probably just need to lose a little more weight, and that you are faking it for attention.

(what attention could this doctor possibly give? what validation? that's their fucking job, isn't it?)

there is always a hypochondriac, right. someone always tells you about a hypochondriac. or someone who is unnecessarily aggressive during the worst days of their life. or someone looking "for a quick fix". or some idiot who wasn't educated about how to properly care for themselves who just abandons their treatment. and again, the hypochondriac, the overly-cautious hysteric. these people don't deserve to be treated like humans (right), and since you might be one of these people, you also don't get treated like a human. because those people can really fuck with the system, you now have to pay for it. and besides. you're actually probably faking it.

(more often than not, you find a 2:1 ratio of these stories. for every "hypochondriac", there are 2 people who knew something was wrong, and yet nobody could fucking find it. the story often ends with pointless suffering. the story often ends with and now it's too late, and it's going to kill me.)

you are actually just making excuses. someone else got that procedure or that diagnosis and he's fine, you should be fine too. someone else said they watched a documentary about other inspirational people with your exact same condition, maybe you should be inspirational, too. you're just too morbid. your pain and your experience is probably just not statistically concerning. it is all self-reported anyway, and you're just being a baby.

(once, while sitting down in the middle of making coffee, you had the sudden, horrible thought - i could kill myself to make the pain stop. you had to call your best friend after that. had to pet your dog. had to cry about it in the shower. you won't, but that moment - god, fuck. the pain just goes on and on.)

you know someone who went in for routine surgery and said i still feel everything. they told her to just relax. it took her kicking and screaming before they figured out she wasn't lying - the anesthetic drip hadn't been working. you know someone who went in for severe migraines who was told drink water and lose weight. you know someone who was actively bleeding out and throwing up in the ER and was told you're just having a bad period.

in the ER there are always these little posters saying things like "don't wait! get checked today!" and you think about how often you do wait. how often the days spool out. you once waited a full week before seeing the doctor for what you thought was a sprained wrist. it had actually been broken - they had to rebreak it to set it.

but you go into the doctor. the problem you're having is immediate. the person behind the counter frowns and says we're not taking your insurance. you will be paying for this out-of-pocket.

they send you home with tylenol and a little health packet about weight loss or anxiety or attention deficit. on the front it has your birthday and diagnosis. you think about crying, and the words swim. it might as well say go fuck yourself. it might as well say you're a fucking idiot. it might as well say light your money on fire and lie down in it. and the entire fucking time - the problem persists.

it's okay. it's okay, it's just another thing, you think. it's just another thing i have to learn to live with.

#spilled ink #warm up #can you tell what i'm mad about today specifically #i will say that there are a LOT of things that go into this. like a lot. this is ungendered and unspecific for a reason #it isn't just sexism. it's also racism. and ableism. and honestly classism. #and before a healthcare professional reads this as a personal attack: i understand ur burnt out #we are ALSO burnt out. your situation is also dire. this is not an attack on you. #this is a commentary on the incredible amounts of bigotry that lie at the heart of capitalism #where people have to pay money out of pocket to be told to fuck off. #your job is important. so is our humanity. and if you cannot accept that people are fucking mad as hell #at the industry - you are probably not listening . #anyway at some point im gonna write a piece about sexism specifically in medical shit #but i don't want terfs clowning in it bc they can't understand nuance #> it is true that ppl w/a uterus are more likely to experience medical malpractice & dismissal globally #> it is also true that trans people experience an equally fucked up and bad time in the medical field #> great news! the medical industrial complex is an equal opportunity life ruiner :) #(if you find it necessary to go into a debate about biology while discussing medical malpractice #i want to warn you that you're misunderstanding the issue. because guess what. #cis MEN might experience this. particularly black men. particularly disabled men. #so YES having a uterus can lead to more trouble for you. but this happens a LOT. #instead of fighting those ALSO experiencing your pain.... try working WITH them. #which btw. is like. actual feminism.)

[irrealisms]

tired of medication positivity posts that assume everyone has a positive relationship with medication

here’s to people who don’t take medication that their doctors want them to take. here’s to people who get marked noncompliant. here’s to people who get sectioned or hospitalized bc they won’t take their meds. here’s to people who self-medicate w nonprescription drugs. here’s to the people in withdrawal. here’s to the people who would rather deal with their symptoms than medication side effects. here’s to the “treatment-resistant” people who have never found medication that helps at all. here’s to the people who are only on meds nonconsensually. here’s to people who refuse meds for “irrational” or “stupid” reasons. here’s to people for whom taking meds is a trauma trigger. here’s to people who are disabled from past medications. here’s to people who are constantly being pressured into taking meds they don’t want and having to defend their “no” over and over again

yes, lots of people need their meds. yes, meds can be important. but don’t forget us

fuck everyone who calls us anti-science or anti-recovery. who says we are hurting other ppl by talking about our choices. bodily autonomy includes the right to say NO. even to medical treatment.

#therapists dni #psychiatry tag #survivingpsych #fwiw I TAKE MULTIPLE LIFE SAVING MEDICATIONS #i am not trying to shame ppl who do! or deny that meds are important! #but like. as an unmedicated by choice schizo #it’s hard out here. with the medical trauma and so forth

[tsarjozinzbazin]

Can you do a tf2 character lineup? (Love how u draw medic and sniper <3)

guys help I still dont know how to draw most of them

#my art #soldier hates french people #tf2 scout #tf2 spy #tf2 medic #tf2 demoman #tf2 pyro #tf2 soldier #tf2 sniper #tf2 heavy #tf2 engineer #tf2 #team fortress 2 #I life for engineer and pyro friendship

[theoreticaldoctor]

The Job That Pays You & Makes You Lose Weight In The Process

A short blog on how I started losing weight easily after beginning my journey as a house officer. - #housemanship #malaysia #medical #writing #medicine #dailyblog #blogging #doctor

Daily writing promptWhat is your favorite form of physical exercise?View all responses Click here for more articles & daily dose. My favourite form of physical exercise? Well, that’s really simple. It is walking. I’ve mentioned this in a few of my previous articles that I enjoy walking. Prior to starting my internship / housemanship, I used to monitor my steps, ensuring that I adhere to at…

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[parisoonic]

'So, there's been something I've been meaning to tell you...' Some progress pics under the cut for fun.

Blockout / Shapework and a Little Rendering / Lighting Solidfication to Bring it Closer to Original Sketch / Details and Grade

#tf2 #tf2 fanart #tf2 medic #team fortress 2 #tf2 heavy #heavymedic #red oktoberfest #whoops i didn't take very good in progress pics but hopefully vaguely interesting to see #can studios pay me to draw trees again...i will happily draw trees for the rest of my life #you cant make me draw hands i wont i cant #where's that artist meme of hides the hands #i show where the hands should be but just dont draw them lmao

[fallenstarcat]

“well it’s good your tests came back normal!”

no. it’s not.

a normal test result doesn’t mean i don’t have symptoms anymore. it just means we’re no closer to an explanation.

i’m still struggling. my symptoms are still getting worse. we just don’t know why, also meaning they don’t take me seriously.

a normal test result is not a a happy thing when disabled.

#disability #disabled #disability struggles #disabled life #physically disabled #actually disabled #disability life #chronic illlness #chronically ill #chronic pain #chronic illness life #tw medical #chronic pain struggles #chronic pain life