Misc. Med Thread Vol. 2 redeux

[F23]

No, what I was saying was that I can and routinely do outread radiologists because I have the experience of opening a neck that I had previously imaging of. It's not just that I then make that individual diagnosis. It's that I learn to correlate what I see on images and what is happening in real life. You don't get to do that; hence my advantage over time (among every patient I ever see). And because of that advantage, I can make a better diagnosis from JUST the imaging before I even see the patient (let alone operate on them) than you can because you never get to see what the actual tissue looks like.

Not really buying it. That's like me saying that some radiologists are more surgically skilled than some surgeons because they spend all day looking at anatomy. In the end, the guy who does a task on a regular basis is going to be better at it than the guy who doesn't. BTW, aren't you like 1 year out of residency? Strong hubris.

I'm not sure what you mean by this. What do you mean by 3d reconstruction? You mention seeing sag/coronal reconstrucitons- I never look at a CT or MT without looking at all three planes. If you mean the 3d rotatable image, then I routinely get those when evaluating skeletal anatomy (esp facial fractures). If you mean that you get to work on nice, calibrated monitors, then yes, I'm sure there is some advantage there, although I'm not sure what or to what degree for the types of images I routinely look at.

What I mean is, you're stuck looking at whatever the tech created for you. With 3D recon, I can twirl around the axis in the axial/sagittal/coronal plane and make whatever slice I want. I can window it in 3D to look at the soft tissues, vasculature, or bone. I can cut out parts of the anatomy that are blocking other things from view. I can make MIPs. None of this is available on a regular computer.

[dxw]

often times I've worn my suit to travel and asked them to hang my coat during the flight.....then I usually steamed it in the shower.

lol at me dressing up more to fly than I do to actually work

Lol @ u

I just buy a bespoke suit at my destination upon landing & leave it when I return home

[Jeddore]

last block before christmas break, exam will be on lymphoma's, leukemias, multiple myelomas and other blood disorders

i am screwed.

[ViktorFrankl]

last block before christmas break, exam will be on lymphoma's, leukemias, multiple myelomas and other blood disorders

i am screwed.

Maybe you can use that knowledge to explain your tumor-like deltoids

[Dr. Horse]

Not really buying it. That's like me saying that some radiologists are more surgically skilled than some surgeons because they spend all day looking at anatomy. In the end, the guy who does a task on a regular basis is going to be better at it than the guy who doesn't. BTW, aren't you like 1 year out of residency? Strong hubris.

You're still not getting it, man. My point was very clear and very true. Not gonna argue with full potato.

[ViktorFrankl]

Have had great experiences with parents on peds up until today. Mom wanted to stop their child's chemo in favor of treating the cancer with cheese.

[WeekndOrNah]

Ugh, I hate having carry ons b/c I'm usually later to board = no overhead bin space. Especially since flights to/from Hawaii are always completely full.

Just gonna do what I've been doing with my sh*tty suit (trying to take extra care with this new suit) and wear it while flying, except I'll take my jacket off instead of wearing it while sitting the entire flight time

[ViktorFrankl]

Ugh, I hate having carry ons b/c I'm usually later to board = no overhead bin space. Especially since flights to/from Hawaii are always completely full.

Just gonna do what I've been doing with my sh*tty suit (trying to take extra care with this new suit) and wear it while flying, except I'll take my jacket off instead of wearing it while sitting the entire flight time

Tempted to neg out of envy for being a hawaiibrah

[Jeddore]

Maybe you can use that knowledge to explain your tumor-like deltoids

<3 med love

[santal0l]

Have had great experiences with parents on peds up until today. Mom wanted to stop their child's chemo in favor of treating the cancer with cheese.

Wot

Wtf do you even say to them in such a situation?

[TheVM]

Get a carry-on size garment bag. They are on the big side most airlines will take them (they fit in the overhead). Always wear a suit and don't check a bag. I met multiple people on the interview trail who lost their baggage and had to buy a suit the night before or morning of an interview that fit like crap. You don't need that kind of extra stress.

Great advice. I had the pain of flying to 10 interviews. Your suit is going to get wrinkly no matter how you pack it. There are several pretty good methods that I liked and did pretty good job. In the end, though, you are going to have to run up the hotel's water bill. I always steamed my suit by a hot shower for 30 minutes. Works like magic.

[MakeABanana]

last block before christmas break, exam will be on lymphoma's, leukemias, multiple myelomas and other blood disorders

i am screwed.

Aren't you lucky swimmd99 knows all about them!

[ViktorFrankl]

Wot

Wtf do you even say to them in such a situation?

The parent's main issue was that the kid has had a lot of side effects from chemo and looks fine when they aren't on chemo (they're in remission, but they're just at start of consolidation, so they're early in the chemo process). Feels like leaving it to god would be the right move, doesn't accept the ridiculously high relapse rate off chemo. Looked some stuff up, supposedly found or was given some articles (supposedly endorsed by a doctor) that showed you could treat cancer with home remedies (cheese was the most ridiculous on the list, but there were 2 or 3 others). Doctor just tried to explain the relapse rate off chemo, how it could be god's will that brought them to receive chemo, how non-oncologists aren't the specialist on cancer treatment, and invited them to bring the articles in to review the content.

I'm just glad I was wearing a mask in the room. Saw the "why do we need chemo" discussion coming on, but thought it was going to be just "leaving it to god" as the alternative. Almost lost it when they said cheese, caught me off guard. Bert stared the chit out of them

[swimmd99]

last block before christmas break, exam will be on lymphoma's, leukemias, multiple myelomas and other blood disorders

i am screwed.

inb4 swimmd

[ViktorFrankl]

in after santalol

Edit: out, gotta fuggin study, peds shelf is gonna rape my anus. So little study motivation

[Jeddore]

inb4 swimmd

if you have any cool online resources that breaks all these NHL/HL, ALL,AML,APL,CML,CLL BLAH BLAH BLAH down nicely i would love that very much thanks

[incomingbrOMS]

Srs though brahs, if you put your suit in a garment bag the stewardess will hang it in the front of the plane if you ask. There is a a closet where they put the crew's luggage etc. right inside the door usually and there is a rack up there where you can hang it. I've done this on multiple trips recently and there's usually 5-6 garment bags in there from other passengers. They know you don't want to stuff your $xxx.xx suit in the overhead. No need to wear it.

[Geoloop]

Have had great experiences with parents on peds up until today. Mom wanted to stop their child's chemo in favor of treating the cancer with cheese.

dat dere Keto diet is GOAT for cancer treatment brah.

[anonymous]

if you have any cool online resources that breaks all these NHL/HL, ALL,AML,APL,CML,CLL BLAH BLAH BLAH down nicely i would love that very much thanks

www.pathoma.com

Srsly. The haeme chapters are probably the GOAT.

[Canadian_Lifter]

www.pathoma.com

Srsly. The haeme chapters are probably the GOAT.

I can confirm

[TheJoshuaa]

The vast majority have been pleasant to work with. The remainder neutral. Except one. One was a fukking bitch.

"Hey, excuse me, your baby is asphyxiating on his own vomit in bed xxx"

"Can't you see I'm busy???"

Probably busy tindering.

I think it's more a characteristic of the person as opposed to the profession. There are a lot of really great nurses that I have worked with who were great and hardworking people, but there are also a lot of ****ty nurses that I worked with who were lazy and people I wouldn't want to associate with outside of work.

[zonee2k]

tfw so much action in the misc med thread when I am asleep

[WeekndOrNah]

dat dere Keto diet is GOAT for cancer treatment brah.

60 Minutes had a special on cancer last night. Something about a revolutionary new treatment method

Found out one of my fraternity brahs has a brain tumor last week. Fuuuuuuarkkkk

[MiamiLife305]

60 Minutes had a special on cancer last night. Something about a revolutionary new treatment method

Found out one of my fraternity brahs has a brain tumor last week. Fuuuuuuarkkkk

Heard about the 60 minutes, but didn't see it

Was it any good? Or just general crap information for the general public?

[santal0l]

60 Minutes had a special on cancer last night. Something about a revolutionary new treatment method

Found out one of my fraternity brahs has a brain tumor last week. Fuuuuuuarkkkk

Sorry to hear about your bro, brah.


Is this what you're talking about?
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-bill...rld-of-cancer/

[WeekndOrNah]

Sorry to hear about your bro, brah.


Is this what you're talking about?
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-bill...rld-of-cancer/

Yup. I didn't watch it but I read a "counter" article that glossed over what it covered.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewh...t-cancer-care/

From what it seems, looks like the 60 Minutes episode really did give out good solid info for the general population. The counter article kind of takes away some of the thunder from the episode though by pointing out the business side to Dr. Pat and that his ideas really aren't that sensational/groundbreaking (e.g. cancer = suppression of cell death and not uncontrolled growth... my research abstract title includes the phrase "suppression of cell death" and im just a ******* undergrad).

Validity and truth on both sides though. I'd say I'm neutral/impartial on the whole thing though. Just gotta see where it goes. If I didn't have so many papers to catch up on (been putting them off for a few weeks) I would watch it asap.

[ViktorFrankl]

I think it's more a characteristic of the person as opposed to the profession. There are a lot of really great nurses that I have worked with who were great and hardworking people, but there are also a lot of ****ty nurses that I worked with who were lazy and people I wouldn't want to associate with outside of work.

Agree. There are stereotypes that are present for a reason though, eg scrub techs, obgyn. Not true for them all, but more than typical

Sorry to hear about your bro, brah.


Is this what you're talking about?
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-bill...rld-of-cancer/

I don't really get what's groundbreaking there. Targeted therapy?

[MakeABanana]

dat dere Keto diet is GOAT for cancer treatment brah.

but forrealz keto diet is GOAT for epilepsy

[WeekndOrNah]

Agree. There are stereotypes that are present for a reason though, eg scrub techs, obgyn. Not true for them all, but more than typical



I don't really get what's groundbreaking there. Targeted therapy?

It's not but I doubt many of 60 Minutes' viewers know that.
I think they tried to add to the groundbreaking factor by trying to make a huge deal of the money he's put into fancy new technology / DNA sequencers, while failing to mention possible ulterior business motives and that the DNA Sequencing claims are misleading (and they aren't even fully set up yet).

and keto diet is GOAT for cutting. Did it a few times for BJJ tournys and would refeed by getting drunk as fuk on a weekend night, so much more mental clarity and no dropoff in workout intensity/strength at all

[amazingmuzmo]

but forrealz keto diet is GOAT for epilepsy

You could use a diet. Keto, caloric, doesn't matter...