TSR Med Students&#x27; Society Part V

Original post by Elles

Well, in defence of baby-photo-posters... :tongue:

It's Facebook - potentially full of people doing slightly irritating things LOOK AT MY DINNER. LOOK AT IT. THIS IS MY DINNER. Or LOOK AT MY HOLIDAY. LOOK AT IT. THIS IS WHERE I AM ON HOLIDAY. etc.
You can 'unfollow' people so you don't get them on your newsfeed but haven't defriended if it bothers you that much?

I was pleased I managed to resit any bump mentions/photos/live labour updates etc. on Facebook - the first reference was a birth announcement. But a baby is kind of a Big Deal when it's yours. :love:

Or you have the distant devoted relatives spurring you on.
Or when you're on Mat Leave then 'Baby' is pretty much what your life is - I suspect my postings will decrease now... but despite my best intentions of minimal baby I've just calculated an average of 2.2 photos per week uploaded in the album of BabyElles' 1st year - although technically they're not in every photo. But that said - I'm aware they're probably not everyone's kettle of fish - so I went on a bit of a pre-emptive 'friend' cull myself of people I probably wouldn't be showing an actual photo album to. :redface:

Baby Elles is an exception. :p:

I don't think I've ever seen you use the words "Little Princess" (vom) so far. Though she doesn't help my outrageous broodyness. :o:

How's being back at work?

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Hippokrates

Original post by shiggydiggy

At what point do people with babies realise that constantly posting baby photos/statuses on facebook is the equivalent of walking around with a baby photo album screaming "LOOK AT MY BABY. LOOK AT IT. THIS IS MY BABY"? It seems as though slowly, but surely, more of my friends are having their personalities sapped away by having a baby.

It's almost as tedious as people who feel the need to update the world on how many cannulas they've done today via their facebook status.

kill me pls

Being in my opinion too young to have a baby, I quite enjoy looking (judging) my 'friends' baby photos. It's especially therapeutic in exam times.

I know what you mean though, I really don't need to know how dilated someone is. :/

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Reply 1443

iMed

8

http://new.livestream.com/BartsandTheLondon/GlassSurgery

Exciting times. Making good use of tech :biggrin:

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RoryH

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Original post by iMed

http://new.livestream.com/BartsandTheLondon/GlassSurgery

Exciting times. Making good use of tech :biggrin:

Looking forward to this so I can use it as 'educational procrastination'

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shiggydiggy

Original post by Elles

Well, in defence of baby-photo-posters... :tongue:

It's Facebook - potentially full of people doing slightly irritating things LOOK AT MY DINNER. LOOK AT IT. THIS IS MY DINNER. Or LOOK AT MY HOLIDAY. LOOK AT IT. THIS IS WHERE I AM ON HOLIDAY. etc.
You can 'unfollow' people so you don't get them on your newsfeed but haven't defriended if it bothers you that much?

Because I'd feel bad. They are my friends, ultimately.

I get how important your own child is, but jesus, when every single conversation is about the kid (or they do that irritating parent thing of ultimately twisting every conversation to end up being about their kid), it's like their personality has been erased.

Maybe I have a low threshold because I'm currently on paeds and I'm sick of the sight of children.

Reply 1446

username1044510

Original post by shiggydiggy

Because I'd feel bad. They are my friends, ultimately.

I get how important your own child is, but jesus, when every single conversation is about the kid (or they do that irritating parent thing of ultimately twisting every conversation to end up being about their kid), it's like their personality has been erased.

Maybe I have a low threshold because I'm currently on paeds and I'm sick of the sight of children.

I am not nor have I been on a paeds rotation and still agree with you.

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hoonosewot

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Question:

If a young boy presents with acute testicular pain, and has a positive blue spot sign (giving a strong indication it's a torsion of hydatid of Morgagnia), do you still do exploratory surgery?

My book and the internet just say to explore if you still have any suspicion of testicular torsion, but i don't know if the blue-dot sign should be enough to convince you? Internet seems to suggest it's pretty much pathognomonic to Morgagni.

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Tech

Original post by hoonosewot

Question:

If a young boy presents with acute testicular pain, and has a positive blue spot sign (giving a strong indication it's a torsion of hydatid of Morgagnia), do you still do exploratory surgery?

My book and the internet just say to explore if you still have any suspicion of testicular torsion, but i don't know if the blue-dot sign should be enough to convince you? Internet seems to suggest it's pretty much pathognomonic to Morgagni.

Sounds like a judgement call for the urologist on-call, based on the whole clinical picture. I think if it clinically looks like appendix testes torsion and no signs to suggest testicular torsion then you should have time to get a doppler done just to confirm blood flow is OK and manage the patient conservatively.

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Tech

Also, some light relief from medicine - someone reminded me earlier of this hilarious television moment, and it made my day:

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Democracy

OP

My precise reaction after watching an operation to relieve priapism:

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Hype en Ecosse

Original post by Tech

Also, some light relief from medicine - someone reminded me earlier of this hilarious television moment, and it made my day:

This is at least the 5th time I've seen this and I still kill myself laughing.

Reply 1452

Hippokrates

I failed anatomy so badly today, I can't even motivate myself to revise for my other exams. :/

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Mushi_master

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Most of my friends have all finished their OSCEs, and mine is still one week away, just want to get it over and done with now, so bored of revising.

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Becca-Sarah

Original post by Mushi_master

Most of my friends have all finished their OSCEs, and mine is still one week away, just want to get it over and done with now, so bored of revising.

18 days to go here... Def want to get it over with!

Just had two weeks of teaching on ethics, end of life care, and dealing with complaints/FAI (coroners inquests). If I wasn't mildly terrified about FY1 then, I am now... :rolleyes:

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TattyBoJangles

Got my OSCE tomorrow and can't wait to get it out of the way.

Worried that my first station is urinalysis, though. In my anatomy practical I was shaking with nerves for the first minute or so.. if I'm like that tomorrow I don't want to fling a pot of (albeit fake) urine over the examiner.

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Mushi_master

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Original post by Becca-Sarah

18 days to go here... Def want to get it over with!

Just had two weeks of teaching on ethics, end of life care, and dealing with complaints/FAI (coroners inquests). If I wasn't mildly terrified about FY1 then, I am now... :rolleyes:

It just feels like dragging it out now doesn't it. I honestly don't think my performance on the day will improve with another week of this (nerves will still get the better of me!).

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Becca-Sarah

Original post by Mushi_master

It just feels like dragging it out now doesn't it. I honestly don't think my performance on the day will improve with another week of this (nerves will still get the better of me!).

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Yup. I've hit the point of being beyond caring, it's pass/fail and the chances of failing are miniscule (assuming no absolute catastrophes over the 2 days, hope I'm not tempting fate here!!). There's only 16 stations so it feels like whatever I revise the chances are it won't come up!

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Becca-Sarah