May 2011
39 posts
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May 31st
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May 30th
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May 30th
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May 30th
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May 29th
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May 28th
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May 28th
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May 27th
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May 27th
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May 27th
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May 27th
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May 26th
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May 26th
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May 24th
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Tales from the VA
My resident, Alejandro, to the patient: “So, what’s going on?” Patient: “Go back to your country!”
May 24th
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May 23rd
59 notes
Tales from the VA
In cafeteria: Surgeons: laughing….. Dermatologist: “What’s so funny?” Surgeon: “you wouldn’t get it, it’s an INSIDE joke” Me: laughing hysterically Surgeons & the dermatologist stare at me in confusion….
May 23rd
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May 22nd
49 notes
I'm slow.
Being on the inpatient medicine service is making me think about tons of stuff. Like how maybe I shouldn’t lose weight just to be my old skinny self. Like how it’s crazy that smoking kills every organ. Like how life-long smokers sit & suffer during their later years, waiting to die. Like how people spend months & even years dying because of choices they made (fatty foods,...
May 19th
51 notes
Tales from the VA
The team walks into the room during rounds and the patient looks at us and says: Puff, the magic dragon! The team appears confused:…….. Patient: I just farted!
May 18th
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May 18th
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May 17th
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May 16th
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May 16th
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trying to keep it from going BOOM
I HAVE SIX WEEKS LEFT AND I WILL BE DONE WITH MY THIRD YEAR OF MEDICAL SCHOOL! GOD BLESS AMERICA! Then I take Step 2 of my licensing exam! Then I want to do something fun, like drive to Graceland, or rent a cabin somewhere with the pups and go on nature runs!  I start fourth year with pediatric neurology! Followed by a month of Neurophysiology (aka, seizures! seizures! and more seizures!)  ...
May 15th
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May 14th
229 notes
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May 14th
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May 13th
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May 13th
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May 13th
39 notes
Tales from the VA...
Patient (as I walk in the room): GIVE ME MY BREAKFAST! Me: Sir, it’s midnight, they’re not serving breakfast. Patient: Fuck you.
May 12th
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May 12th
117 notes
Tales from the VA....
Patient to my resident: Are you Mexican? Resident: No, I’m Korean. Patient: My wife drives a Hyundai. Resident:……….
May 11th
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Tales From the VA....
Me: are you sexually active? Patient: well, as you know there are many ways to please a woman (licks lips creepily) Me:….ok Patient: but the best way is through direct penile-vaginal injection. Me: (…pause…) do you smoke cigarettes?
May 10th
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Another great day at the VA:
Me: how’s your breathing today? Patient: I don’t know, I haven’t tried yet…
May 10th
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May 8th
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May 6th
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May 2nd
654 notes
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May 2nd
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