Making Friends as Adults

Interesting read...now that I'm approaching becoming a "real person" and actually getting a job.  Thankfully (or maybe not so thankfully), I don't have to worry about the "couple's friendship" yet.
Interesting/funny quote about making friends when you have kids: "I spend whole days with people, I’m like, I never would have hung out with you, I didn’t choose you. Our children chose each other. Based on no criteria, by the way. They’re the same size."
Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30?

Five Year Old's Hair Cutting Interview

OMG! I just listened to this interview and it is the cutest, most hilarious thing ever!  HAHAHAHAHAHA! :D  
Five year old cuts three year old's hair - their interview

Highlights (pretty much the whole interview):

Sadie: It was so hard to cut!

Dad: Why did you think she needed a haircut?

Sadie: Cuz it was all the way down to her tush! And if she grew it any longer, when she wiped her butt, her hair would go into the toilet, and it would be gross!

Eva: It was really itching my hips

...

Dad: when did you realize something had gone wrong?

Eva: when i was finished, and i looked at it and was like, 'uh oh, this is bad...bad, bad, bad"

...

Eva: look at my haircut, mommy, isn't it nice? And mamma looked at it and she said "gasp!"

Sadie: I heard yelling, Eva crying...

Eva: "SADE! EVA! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!"

Sadie: "what were you thinking to cut your hair?! "

Eva: I was crying, and I said, "Sadie cut my hair..."

Sadie: And I told you not to!

Dad: And what did you do with the hair?

Sadie: I hid it under the radiator.

Dad: Did you think we would like it?

Eva: No, but didn't think you were going to scream like that, though

Sadie: Hair cutting takes like a lot of concentration.

Eva: I learned not to do it again, EVER again.

Sadie: That was really, really, really terrible, but everyone does that kind of stuff sometimes. It happens like once, or twice, or three times in every life ...or twice...i mean, or once

...   

:D (Thanks mnz)

Warm up the stethoscope

Have you ever had a patient this cute? You better warm up those stethoscopes before listening. :) Warm up the stethoscope (EC)

Colorado Mass Shooting NYTimes

What a powerful article detailing what it's like to go through the mass shooting from a medical perspective: Colorado Mass Shooting NYTimes

Can't imagine going from this: "Fresh out of medical school, she had begun the first year of her residency only three weeks before and was still getting used to introducing herself as “Dr. MacKenzie.” "

To this: “I think a lot of us have seen very bad gunshot wounds before,” Dr. Sasson said. “But some of the pictures that I think many of us have stuck in our heads to this day are just some of the most horrible injuries, people with their guts hanging out, people with their brains coming out.”

My T.C.W.

Darn it, why is Scrubs always so spot on?: My T.C.W.

1. How lonely you can feel even though there are so many people around
2. Appreciate the people who are in your life, and DO overlook the small things - like someone not liking beef jerky or your other favorite food, having your engagement ring go through the digestive system, or not getting as much attention because a baby is in the equation.
3. I should get a wingman.
4. Practice on dogs too keep my game up.

Okay, maybe the last two are a little off.

Medical Student Abuse - NYTimes

Haha, this article is interesting and kind of funny and sad at the same time: Medical Student Abuse - NYTimes

I actually don't remember third year being that abusive, but maybe it's because I have bad-memories-amnesia?  There were definitely a lot of times when I was scutted out, but in general, I liked most of the residents I worked with.  A lot of times, I don't think I really worked with attendings enough for them to remember who I am or get angry at me, or perhaps I just have a mild temperament or a different tolerance of  "yelling" after growing up with a tiger dad. Haha.  

Epitome of Frugal

I really hope med school doesn't drive me to such despair.

"My House is Smaller Than a Parking Lot": Jamie Joseph and her husband downsized from huge apartment and two cars to a tiny 128 square feet house and no cars.  Few snippets:

• Nutty: When we first started, a lot of our friends and family–including my mother–thought we were nuts. Now, after seeing how satisfied we are, they think we’re at the head of the pack.
• Premise:  I lived in Davis, California, where I was commuting two hours a day, stuck in traffic, saddled with $30,000 of debt–mostly from student loans–and constantly stressed. I started using shopping as an outlet for my emotions. Instant gratification! When I shopped, I felt better and didn’t have to deal with whatever else was on my mind.
• Effect:  One of the biggest effects of having less stuff and spending less was I didn’t need to work at a job that made me unhappy!... When it comes down to it, Logan and I aren’t really about austerity, but we want to spend on experiences rather than things. We save a lot, but are also able to spend extra income on going out to eat, biking, camping and traveling. I’m much more aware of my community and my environment–I notice the seasons change and participate in my community more. Not to mention with biking, walking and eating right, I feel so much healthier.
• Take home message:  I’ve learned that stuff doesn’t matter in the long run … it’s people you’ll never get back. I want to make him proud.

"Extreme Cheapskates Spill Their Secret":  "Reusable toilet paper? 

The subjects of the TLC special, "Extreme Cheapskates," go to great lengths not to spend money—whether by using cloth toilet paper, eating unorthodox cuts of meat (i.e. goats' heads) or foraging food from strangers' plates at restaurants.  ...
These happily married "fiscal fasters" travel the world, get creative with cooking and saved enough to put a child in the Philippines through college. "
As a med student gaining debt exponentially, I'm highly tempted to consider some of these things sometimes...

"I Ate Out of a Dumpster: Night as a Freegan": "I ate food out of a dumpster. And so are increasing numbers of educated, employed and perfectly sane people. 

The movement is called freeganism, and to protest what they perceive as society's wastefulness, its adherents use unconventional methods to get things for free. Especially food.   

To find out whether a person could actually get a balanced diet from dumpsters—or if freeganism is just idealism gone awry—I attended a freegan trash tour to see what kind of food a typical night of dumpster diving yields.  "

Yup, the new anthropological study - Freegans.

Freegan-fest

Radiology Highlights

Oh...how I'm going to miss radiology (of course, because of the interesting cases and not just because the hours are so darn great):

• Chest Radiograph:
• • Aortic Dissection
  • Sarcoidosis
  • TB???? - AFB has been negative
  • Artificial heart (Syncardia) for L-transposition of the great arteries - looks REALLY intriguing on radiograph with valves and pneumatic pumps (1 of 2 ever done at BJC???)
  • Huge broncholith (histo?blasto?), hemoptysis, right upper lobe collapse
• GI/GU
• Ischemic colitis (mesenteric embolic disease)
• Pancreatic cancer with common bile duct and SMA involvement (non-operative) - so sad!
• Adult polycystic kidney disease s/p transplant- ginormous grapes in place of kidneys!
• Torsion - midline cystic mass in female with "fallopian knuckle"
• Pancreas divisum - see two bile duct not connected to pancreatic duct
• Pericardial effusion (chronic) - possibly lupus, scleroderma, malignancy, or TB/infection
• Empyeme with abdominal abscess - split pleural sign
• PE/tumor
• RARE: S/p Nissen fundoplication, had ischemia of that portion that perfect, causing extravasation of stomach contents that fistulated with the bronchus - creating a bronchogram on the upper GI!
• S***kabob! - major booboo.  This is as much as I'm gonna say about that...
• Pediatric:
• XR of nail through foot
• Heart transplant
• Severe limb malformations (syndactyle, etc.)
• Ureterocele --> obstruction
• Cystic fibrosis s/p lung transplant
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Duodenal atresia
• Volvulus
• INtussusception
• Renal Agenesis
• Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
• Neuroblastoma
• GI/US:
• Ginormous thyroid nodule + biopsy
• Epidiymoorchitis - increased enhancement/vascularity/inflammation
• Schatzki's Ring
• Rotator cuff - trapezius atrophy and fluid in bursa, h/o lymphoma
• Gallbladder mass - likely adenocarcinoma
• Screw in intestine - psych patient

Funny olympic faces

"There's something on each diver's face that just reads, 'this stunt is kind of difficult.'"
http://thefw.com/olympic-diving-funny-faces/

Danny and Annie

This is truly a heartbreaking love story.
" Brooklyn couple Danny and Annie tell the true story of their twenty-seven-year romance, from their first date to Danny's last days with terminal cancer. You have to watch it. " (cup of jo)