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The toughest jobs practically require you to have a good sense of humor so you survive the stress. And deciding that you want to have a career in medicine is one of the most important decisions you can ever make in life. Vital to society? Certainly. Beyond stressful? Absolutely.
So, it’s natural to want breaks from time to time. Like scrolling through some funny content while having one too many cups of coffee. The ‘Medical Memes’ Instagram account does what it says on the tin and posts funny and relatable memes about everything medical. Keep scrolling to check out the most “humerus” memes!
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Celtic Pirate Queen 3 months ago (edited)
Dear World - stop taking medical advice from former playboy bunnies! Vaccines DO NOT cause Autism, Jenny McCarthy. You're an idiot.
keyboardtek 3 months ago
And not smoking, not drinking, eating healthy food, getting daily exercise creates elderly people.
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Julia Mckinney 3 months ago
And just think, that comment was even more relevant just a year later!
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Crystalwitch60 3 months ago
Ah but ,snakes can !!!!! my beautiful boa constrictor caught it off me ,and the vet confirmed it , fun fact snakes can catch our colds to !! had snakes for 40 yrs now ,I learnt this early on owning them ,but nope dogs can’t lol
Science Nerd 3 months ago
You should not have let the boa out in public without a face mask and without obeying the six foot rule.
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Medical jobs rank among the most important and stressful careers out there. Not only do you need to have good technical skills and a deep knowledge base, but you also need good emotional and physical resilience, as well as great people and teamwork skills to do your job well.
Doing your job well, but lacking empathy, will only get you so far in your career. Meanwhile, being incredibly empathetic but not having the necessary skills to back up your aspirations is also an issue.
Assuming that you’ve already got the right knowledge and skill set as a medical professional, you still need to make sure that your bedside manner is up to scratch. The good news is that emotional intelligence is something that can be learned through practice.
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keyboardtek 3 months ago
If the earth was flat, we would be seeing tons of Tik Tok videos of people hanging off the edge.
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Corvus 3 months ago (edited)
"That's always been a thing" does not, in any way or form, make it safe or prudent to do. There is always a chance you'd survive a traffic accident, but this doesn't mean you'd go and deliberately crash your car, does it? (even if accidents have "always been a thing")
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Crystalwitch60 3 months ago
I’m with him on that , if docs n nurses can wear the, for ligit hours n hours on end ,when I had a 9 hour survey to repair my badly broken leg in two places , they all wore the, for the emtire time , so I don’t see the issue with us having to have worn them during Covid !!
Michael Largey 3 months ago
Well, I will go so far as to believe that Bill is not getting enough oxygen to his brain.
Rick Murray 3 months ago
I wear one at work (food processing). At least seven hours a day. I'm still around...
Nix 3 months ago
"I refuse to wear a mask because they don't work and keeps me from breathing, and I won't get the vaccine because it will poison me!" Okay, then next time you need surgery remember to have the surgery team leave off any PPE, and to forgo any anesthesia or antibiotics.
MP Deco 3 months ago
my reply to those people is.." So Die! see if i care!"
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According to the American College of Physicians, good bedside manner means developing active listening skills, being good at nonverbal active listening, proper verbal communication, and paying attention to detail.
Your patients are often in a vulnerable situation, so you need to cultivate empathy and connect with their story.
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Farah (she/her) 3 months ago
STOPPPP I MIGHT CRY THIS IS SO CUTE (I hope the same happens to my family friend. She hasn't beat it yet, but shes a strong one)
setsuriseikou 3 months ago
All the best wishes to your strong and brave friend! May you have many more happy years together.
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Janet Wilson 3 months ago
Working with those with dementia and they don't always forget names especially when the person has been in their lives constantly and it depends on what type of dementia they have there are nearly 50 variants but 4 main ones Alzheimer's being the biggest percentage vascular from strokes and Lewy Body a side effect of Parkinson's and substance abuse dementia
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Crystalwitch60 3 months ago
Isn’t it just , a very cruel disease, and dementia, to
Load More Replies... HardBoiledBlonde 3 months ago
Alzheimers and other diseases of cognition present in a myriad of ways. Angry and combative is common.
Janet Wilson 3 months ago
It depends on what part of the brain is predominantly affected frontal lobe dementia is where you have more aggression.
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Margaret H 3 months ago
My SIL's mother was like that. She remembered she loved someone, but not their names. She got around the problem by greeting everyone with "Hello, family!"
Meanwhile, according to the Physician Alliance of Connecticut (PACT), no matter how much medicine changes, the one thing that stays stable is that doctors deliver compassionate and patient-focused care.
However, there are challenges. PACT warns that medical professionals can find it hard to pay close attention to every patient due to short appointments, understaffing issues, long work hours, and compassion fatigue.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
No way, they don't deserve a millisecond of Jessie's time or glorious presence XD
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Stardrop 3 months ago
asgahkdfgh she's so cute! echos are pretty uncomfortable so it's really sweet to have a service dog comforting the little kids.
Cee Cee 3 months ago
Echos are pretty uncomfortable? Have you had one? They are not uncomfortable.
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Ace 3 months ago
TBF there are not two types, there's one very specific one with unique characteristics, then there's a whole bunch of other ones with varying degrees of similarity. The naming of the one helps patients to identify with others and gives them access to information about treatment options that may apply to that one but not broadly to all the others.
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Ellie Ahmed 3 months ago
It's like when people say "women gave birth naturally for millennia before hospital obstetric care, so why do we suddenly need medicalised births?". My guy, have you ever read old-timey maternal mortality stats? Soooo many women and babies died.
Sue User 3 months ago
The USA has one the worst mortality rates for childbirth in industrilized countries.
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FreeTheUnicorn 3 months ago
Plague still kills people every year, it didn't disappear, it's just usually treated with antibiotics.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
It didn't even disappear, ffs. There's a reservoir of it in squirrels in the US.
HardBoiledBlonde 3 months ago
I used to do research using rats at a University in the US. One of my professors wondered if results would be different if wild rats, instead of lab breed and raised rats, were used. He set a trap at a local dump and sent a few of the rats to be tested for disease. All the wild rats tested positive for the plague.
Virgil Blue 3 months ago
And the cure (drainage and cleaning of the boils) was ignored by the church at first because far eastern heathens had figured it out I seem to remember.
UKDeek 3 months ago
Can't have those far eastern heathens, with their education and healthcare, telling us what to do!
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White Sauce Hot Sauce 3 months ago
Social distancing and quarantining also played a large part.
David Morgan 3 months ago
We both know EXACTLY what will happen. We got a preview of it a few years ago.
Load More Replies... David Morgan 3 months ago
At the time they didn't know that though. They certainly tried everything they thought DID work, they weren't fools or uncaring.
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Here’s how you can improve your bedside manner, according to PACT:
- Listen to your patients’ needs attentively
- Make sure that your patients feel knowledgeable about their health
- Ensure that your patients know where to find more sound information about their medical care
- Accept the fact that bedside manner requires practice and is more than just being a nice person
- Intentionally learn more about compassion and empathy
- Use the right language to connect with your patients and build trust
- Focus on the patient during your interaction with them
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detective miller's hat 3 months ago
Maybe I will! I take great comfort in the fact that it might kiŀl me before things get even worse.
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Science Nerd 3 months ago
And was Mom vaccinated as a child? And she is still alive and not autistic?
Nilsen 3 months ago
Just very systematic about things. Particular. Choisy about company. Has her favourite chair, and fork.
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Whilst I totally agree with the Dad, part of the reason he did it in secret was that in certain countries (we all know which ones), he could be sued or even have contested custody of the child for having a medical procedure done to the child without the agreement of the other parent. That rule is usually meant to stop one parent giving permission for cosmetic surgeries or potentially risky procedures, but it can be invoked for other reasons.
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“However, both verbal and non-verbal cues can give tremendous insight into symptoms, state of mind, the likelihood of compliance, and any other issues the patient may be reluctant to ask about. Researchers found that it typically takes a doctor only 11 seconds to interrupt a patient, and patients who don’t have more to share only speak for around 6 seconds. That’s why it’s essential to listen to patients and avoid interruption,” PACT explains.
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Delta Dawn 3 months ago
I worked with a postdoc who believed in the literal interpretation of the Bible. This was in an Evolutionary Biology lab.
웅장한 거북이 🇰🇷🇰🇭 3 months ago
One of my colleagues kept pestering patients about it is all gods will and they need to find their spirit and sht like that. When people ask about how to take care about their hip after a replacement they do not mean how to go to heaven with it. He just could not answer a question without making god a topic, annoying at best, useless at worst. I asked him once why he did not become a priest, because he wanted to do something with his hands 🙄 He works in managment now, THANK GOD!
Michael Largey 3 months ago (edited)
Priests don't do things with their hands? Then I've been reading the wrong newspapers.
Load More Replies... Otto Katz 3 months ago
I worked in a lab, had a summer student who was a biology teacher in a local high school, he wanted to intern in a PhD lab. He didn't know what DNA was.
Michael Largey 3 months ago
Well, when it come to that lab job, it stands for Do Not Apply.
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Austzn 3 months ago
I work with an atheist who votes for christian nationalists (maga), grew up in Ohio, and has even complained about the influence of churches on government in the past. I don't understand what hell on earth they have imagined will come to be if the Democrats aren't aggressively opposed.😕
Michael Largey 3 months ago (edited)
An atheist can still be a white supremist and a f*****t. A reasonable mind can lose out to a reasonless soul.
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Rainbow_Skittle_Who_Diddles 3 months ago
I am the one the only one you will listen too me😈😈😈😈😈
Trashy Panda 3 months ago
How did they survive the crash? I'm starting to think this might be fake.
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Crystalwitch60 3 months ago
Crack up laughing lol like I did all thru the exorcist, n I was only around erm ten ish when I saw it the year it came out ,now the time you worry is when the nurses all do the spider walk down the stairs 😂n yup I could actually do that back then to n my daughter can even now at 24 lol
LovesBerk 3 months ago
My husband got asked to leave the theatre when he started cracking up at things he was watching in a horror movie. lol
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On the other hand, you might be asked to take part in improv classes so that you learn how to respond to unexpected situations.
The latter can yield some really good results.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
I worked vitamins/supplements for two and a half years and died inside a little because we had a homeopathic section. It always made me so sad when older people would come in and tell me that someone on Facebook had told them to purchase a specific homeopathic "medication" that would cure their cold/flu.
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Andrew Keir 3 months ago
Tetanus shots are optional. Medics are not allowed to perform "optional" medicinal acts on you without your permission. Surgery to prevent you dying is permitted, though, s there is a presumption that you'd like to continue living. . .
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PACT emphasises the fact that medical compassion and empathy can be learned. As a medical professional, you have to be aware of the specific needs of local patient populations.
It’s important to find the time to connect with your patients. But that’s easier said than done. “It’s not enough to acknowledge that a physician’s attitude towards a patient is crucial. A study found that 56% of physicians did not feel they had time to be compassionate.”
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Pandemonium 3 months ago
It wouldn't be so bad if you just picked your own scabs, sbj
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Tim Fawcett 3 months ago
Think how stupid the average person is - then remember just under 50% of people are more stupid than that.
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Bored Sailor 3 months ago
And they do not realize it because as an infant they were vaccinated against those things and just to dumb to realize it.
Panda Kicki 3 months ago (edited)
I was born before whooping cough vax was used where we live. -10/10, cant recommend. Its coming back now, please vax when pregnant to protect the newborn after birth.
Savannah greenleaf 3 months ago
I had to ask for a tetanus shot three times, and people seem to be going out of their way to avoid vaccines. I will never comprehend the thought process.
How you phrase something can be incredibly important. Changing just one word can have a different impact. As PACT points out, based on one study, medical professionals who asked their patients whether “anything” was wrong were less likely to get new information, compared to those who asked whether “something” else was wrong. Switching that one word “reduced the incidence of unmet medical needs in patients by 75%.”
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Floeckchen 3 months ago
perfect stock photo for the post. Poor guy, he will be missed thoroughly
LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
I think it's because the three people helping the injured person are acting like his leg has fallen off of his body and blood is spouting everywhere, rather than just a twisted ankle (or whatever the stock photo is supposed to represent, lol)
Load More Replies... Ellie Ahmed 3 months ago
This is why my husband never puts his title as Dr when he flies, because he's paranoid somebody will ask him for help in an emergency and he'll have to explain he's not that type of doctor
Science Nerd 3 months ago
Yep. I only use Dr. when dealing with uppity researchers or with insurance companies.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
I love Hide The Pain Harold so much. He's a legend. An absolute treasure. His real name is András Arató and he is still alive! He lives in Hungary :)
Auntriarch 3 months ago
I sometimes think if I were a bloke, this is what I'd look like. Though my teeth aren't as nice.
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The witty ‘Medical Memes’ project has been around on Instagram for nearly a decade now. It was created in April 2016. During that time, the curator, who offers folks their “daily dose of memes,” has attracted a following of 92.6k users from all over the network.
Bored Panda has reached out to the person behind the account to learn more about it, and we’ll update the article as soon as we hear back from them.
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Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 3 months ago
Interesting, funny and sad. When learning how to break bad news to loved ones, I was taught to use the word "di€d". Using euphemisms such as passed away or didn't make it or lifeless could be confusing and misleading in a moment of severe stress and grief. Next time you watch a TV medical professional tell a family the unthinkable, pay attention to this detail. It's one of those things TV actually gets right
SchadenFreudian Psychology 3 months ago
I would actually rather hear “died” than “passed away.”
Load More Replies... Panda Kicki 3 months ago
I was in a big event where the hospital used us actors to see if a mass trauma event would work out. Mimiced a bus/train crash. The guy playing my husband got lost and wasnt found for the whole day. He was supposed to act uncontious, a janitor walked away with him, put him at a random spot and forgot about it. My "husband" slept all day while I acted injured and worried wife. Had to cry for 8 hours straight. But pay was good 😀
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HardBoiledBlonde 3 months ago
Organ donation in the US currently has extreme problems. As a result, scores of people who opted to be listed as potential organ donors are asking that their designation be removed.
Philly Bob 3 months ago
My driver's license says I'm an organ donor, but the joke is on them because I have a piano. And I'll be damned if they're getting my Hammond B3.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 3 months ago (edited)
Aorta have known that your puns would not be in vein.
Load More Replies... We’d love to hear from you, Pandas! Which of these memes made you giggle the most? Do you work in medicine or a related field? If so, what keeps you passionate about what you do? If you’re not in medicine, what do you feel are the hallmarks of truly great doctors?
Let us know in the comments below! Oh, and if you enjoyed these memes, be sure to share your favorite ones with your patients or doctors at your next checkup.
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Kim Steffen 3 months ago
Jesus walked into a motel, laid three nails on the counter and asked "Can you put me up for the night?"
Science Nerd 3 months ago
Within the parameters of similar treatment plans, faith in religion shows a measurable difference in outcomes
LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
That's cool. Would be nice if those faithful people kept their faith in their pants and didn't try to force it onto others. It's fine that they have it, but I don't want it, thanks.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
My mom is "lactose intolerant" but eats ice cream, cheese, butter, etc. She'll sometimes get a stomachache/diarrhea after having a smoothie and she'll find out there was like 1/4 cup milk in said smoothie and be like "OMG IT WAS THE MILK IM LACTOSE INTOLERANT"
Roxy222uk 3 months ago
Well, it’s an intolerance because they lack the enzyme (lactase) to digest it, and so the lactose remains a sugar and feeds the wrong bacteria, but it isn’t an allergy which prompts the immune system to go on the attack. Sometimes, with intolerances you just decide that some food is delicious enough to suffer for the next few days.
sturmwesen 3 months ago
1. some cheese are fine 2. there are tablets that help. thanks science!
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 3 months ago
I once saw a lactose intolerant teammate shotgun three ice cream cones in a row at competition. In her defense she had lactiad and they were really, really good ice cream cones.
Oops 3 months ago
When i throw a party nowadays i have to plan food like being in a hospital. Why dont people with serious problems with food dont bring their own food in a tupper. While i am in kitchen and serving as hell they stare at me - ooh i cannot eat this - awaiting me doing whatever i dont know. Can i roast you a dinosaur, or some fern shoots, or some crystalline anywhat. If you have food issues BRING YOUR OWN FOOD!!! I do this too.
shg stewart 3 months ago
Oh hell no. People who do that must not get serious symptoms, because if I get exposed to even a little bit of dairy, I spend an entire day sitting on the toilet with my head over the sink, because both ends are going, and I get hellacious stomach cramps. I can't even imagine ordering four cheese anything. I'd probably die, and I don't think I'm being hyperbolic. Stop doing this to yourselves, folks. It's really bad for your GI system.
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Ace 3 months ago
I once had a doctor (locum) suggest to me, while removing stiches from the 30cm incision where they'd fitted the metal rods to hold my spine together, that my survival from a near-fatal accident must prove the existence of god. I can't tell you how angry it made me.
Michael Largey 3 months ago
And that certain people survive near brushes with death must prove God certainly does not exist.
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gi ga 3 months ago (edited)
Im not even Christian and im literally done with the extremist atheists on BP. I haven't read any extremist religious guys comments here so far...but yet these atheists keep bashing on them...and the crazy part is..they abuse "humanity" doing so...there are freaking billions of religious people on this planet...minding their own f-ing business. Yet they are shamed constantly by inconsistent people not caring if atheists commit crimes, bc (rightfully do) a bad person's excuse doesn't matter....the hypocrisy
Al Padilla 3 months ago
A devout Christian sees a little old lady with a walker trying to cross the street. He looks to the left, and he looks to the right. There is nobody to witness his good deed, so he walks on without helping. The atheist (or maybe a Samaritan) comes by and helps, because it's the right thing to do. Christianity is just a paraphrase of "Santa Claus is coming to town" - some bearded guy is watching you, and has something you want.
Load More Replies... Floeckchen 3 months ago
ockham's razor etc. Also how about proving the existence of god for a change?
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Philly Bob 3 months ago (edited)
I accidentally typed my symptoms into IMDB instead of WebMD. It told me I had Gary Busey.
setsuriseikou 3 months ago
Yeah, had that once. Just a cough. Turned out to be a whooping one, though
HardBoiledBlonde 3 months ago
The Pertussis, a/k/a whooping cough, vaccine is highly effective. Ergo, Pertussis /whooping cough is easily preventable. If memory serves, the CDC was recommending that certain classes of adults be vaccinated again for Pertussis. I don't know if this has changed due to the Orange Pustule and his clown car of sycophants.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 3 months ago
I once did a test. Pick a symptom. Any symptom at all. Looking it up online will fairly quickly get you at a set of dominoes, *all* of which will end up as "you will die frightened and in great pain". Don't look up stuff online...
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David Morgan 3 months ago (edited)
Hugh Laurie is a fantastic actor and a great comedian, but Dr House was a dangerous maniac - he broke an INCREDIBLE number of procedural and ethical rules in that show. Many of those rules were explicitly designed to stop egomaniacs like House doing what they liked because they 'know better'. I loved the show, but five episodes into the first season he should have have been thrown bodily out of the hospital.
Roxy222uk 3 months ago
There’s a point at which I can’t watch certain types of programmes when this is flouted too much. Just makes it unbelievable for me and takes me out of the programme. One episode of Silent Witness had a care worker at a nursing home being asked what they did with unused medication, e.g. if a resident died. They replied “well, the chemist won’t take them back so we just throw them in the bin”. NO. No, no, no, no. That is so untrue and so unprofessional and dangerous. Many end of life people will be on morphine, where does that end up? If no chemists will take back that unused meds to dispose of them correctly that needs investigating by a professional body. And throwing medicines into the bin? At the very least they’re going to end up leaching into ground at landfill, if local addîcts don’t find out and regularly trawl through to see what they can find. I was so furious with that stupid fücking line.
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d b 3 months ago
I think the show was incredibly well written. We love baddies in fiction, they allow us to explore our darker sides in a safe way. House was a brilliantly complex and twisted character, highlighting the basic goodness of the more ordinary characters around him. I think Mad Men's Don Draper had the same effect: his shade cast light onto the show's real heroes, the mostly female characters who rose to real success.
Philly Bob 3 months ago
House was a weird show. Patients would be rushed to the hospital with unexplained fevers and heart problems. House would come in and be like: “Did you check his aśshole for toothpicks?” And the staff would be like “D**n, you’re right!” I love Hugh Laurie though!
Laura Gillette 3 months ago
There are a lot of shows that, on rewatch, you stop and go... this guy is a MASSIVE d*******g, and the only reason this show was popular is because the actor portraying him is charismatic and can deliver a compelling performance. But now I can't finish rewatching it because I HATE him so much. House, Mal (from Firefly), Walter White (I mean, we knew he was a baddie the first time, but rewatching it is just like.... TAKE THE FRIKKIN PITY JOB OFFER SO YOU CAN HAVE INSURANCE AND NOT BE SUCH A NARCISSIST, WALT), Ross from Friends, Ted from How I Met Your Mother... so many others!!!
Ben 3 months ago
I agree a lot with what the person has says. A lot of the people in shows I used to watch many years ago now drive me bananas. Ted from How I Met Your Mother is a bid one.
Load More Replies... David Morgan 3 months ago
Wilson is a genuinely good guy, a good doctor and tries hard to shield House from the consequences of his actions (and indeed, shield everyone else from the consequences of House's actions).
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Stardust she/her 3 months ago
Actually the same temperature at which pathogens die is the same temperature humans die so a fever isn’’t actually meant to k**l them by heat. Instead the extra heat causes the proteins in your body to unfold a bit and makes them way more efficient than otherwise. This increased efficiency of your immune cells allows them to k**l off pathogens far quicker which can aide in a quicker recovery. This is why you should usually let a fever run its course unless it’s too high
Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 3 months ago
This is why you should allow a fever up to 100 degrees without meds. Allow the immune system to do it's job. Over 100, call the Dr and treat
Crystalwitch60 3 months ago
Fact ,more so in kids , they have febrile convulsions,with prolonged fevers over 100, my gran was bought up by from a tiny baby was the matron of a hospital, and an army medic in ww2 ( uk) I had several as a kid , more so after the single vaccines as they where back then like 58 yrs ago , all live vaccines to boy was ill from every single one , n my24 yr old now daughter had two as a baby ,bloody scary s**t they are ,adults can also have them
Load More Replies... Nosirrow 3 months ago
My Physics teacher explained we shouldn't put fresh pyjamas while having fever. Stay in sweaty pyjamas.
David Morgan 3 months ago
Did they add that if you stay in sweaty pyjamas, be careful about having much moving air around you? That will improve the evaporation of the sweat from your clothes and skin, and cool your skin's surface temperature so you feel better. It will also make you a little more vulnerable to additional complications, particularly dehydration.
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Crystalwitch60 3 months ago
So f kin selfish !! that should be consider child abuse !! any parent as don’t vax their kids should not be parents end off ! I was terrified about my two kids having them ,mainly cos I’m always iller with live vaccines than I would be with out two even hospitalized me I was so bad I nearly died , but my gran a matron of a hospital made sure I had them still ,, even with the covid jabs I had to ask the doc if they were live or not before I had them ,so I could be prepared,thankfully they aren’t ,but my kids both had the mmr, no way were they not having them , I had the single jabs back60 yrs ago , mmr is even safer ,
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Stephanie Did It 3 months ago (edited)
Very high squeaky "k i l l! k i l l! k i l l!"
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
I have hip dysplasia that was recently diagnosed. When I first went to the orthopedist (before the diagnosis) to try and figure out my sudden excruciating hip pain, he wrote my BMI in the "diagnosis" section of his report XD He diagnosed me with being fat! (I mean, I AM, but I'm not THAT fat, plus my hip issue turned out to be congenital, lol.)
BossyCloud 3 months ago
Lakota, from the various pictures you've posted I can tell you that you're *not* fat! You're very beautiful and the perfect size
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sdorph 3 months ago
And the defibrillator is the human version of turning it off and back on again
Ylime 3 months ago
I can't tell from this comment if you know that defibrillators don't restart your heart.
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Anthony Elmore 3 months ago
Complete with violent strikes to get that piece of s**t working again.
Don Adams 3 months ago
Very violent. I lived with an implanted defibrillator for 15.5 years. I was around 250 to 279 pounds. When it fired it would lift my but 6 inches off the chair. Finally got a transplant after a really bad arrhythmia episode Easter 2024.
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Auntriarch 3 months ago
True tale - a trainee constable couldn't remember the word truncheon and substituted "hitty sticky thingy"
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Philly Bob 3 months ago
I'd look like I got my head caught in a mixmaster...
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Huddo's sister 3 months ago
Well I never get any sleep in hospital, so does have that in common with a sleepover.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
I can handle it once I'm in the waiting room. It's picking up the phone to call in and make the appointment that is the issue....... XD
setsuriseikou 3 months ago
I pretend I have to do it for someone else. Like, helping out my introvert friend with an extreme phone call anxiety.
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Stardust she/her 3 months ago
I had this surgery done where they basically sliced open my upper palate to extract two teeth which were so high up that the roots were interfering with my breathing. That night instead of taking the painkiller I took a vitamin C tablet and the placebo effect was so strong that I slept like a baby
Bored Sailor 3 months ago
My oral surgery they kept me partially awake so really a continuous flow of d***s. I have had many surgeries and I can tell you the partial awake hits harder later on. Even my last one a quick biopsy partial awake or like the doc said except when I started to snore. Both nights sleep better, out cold.
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Eliyahu Rooff 3 months ago
Also known as the "2nd year medical student syndrome."
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Science Nerd 3 months ago
2/3 is for the general population. More like 90% for those in medical professions.
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BookFanatic 3 months ago
Just wait til the tables turned and you're taking your mom to the doctor. Sigh.
HardBoiledBlonde 3 months ago
It is one's best interest to write down any current symptoms or issues you have and any questions before one's appointment with a treating health care provider and use it during your appointment.
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Delta Dawn 3 months ago
Well why go to all that trouble? Just read some memes on Facebook in order to “do your own research”. /s
Science Nerd 3 months ago
Medicine is rough on those who follow it through. My best prayers for your strength in following your chosen profession.
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Blackmoon The Dragon 3 months ago
Wait why is mine at 100? *Staying Alive plays in background*
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Roger Haywood 3 months ago
1st doctor checking his heart: I think my stethascope is broken. 2nd doctor: Give it to me. (checks his heart.) Seems fine to me. 1st doctor collapses.
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Otto Katz 3 months ago
My uncle went to the hospital thinking it was a heart attack. Turns out it was just farts.
iBlank 3 months ago
bad gas really can feel like a serious medical issue. Jim Gaffigan has a good stand up talking about being airlifted by a medical helicopter and wishing it wasn't just gas LOL ...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH64XzQqN_E
Load More Replies... Stardust she/her 3 months ago
One of my relatives got themselves admitted into the hospital so when their son asked the doctor about the surgery the doctor basically said the hospital itself didn’t know why he was there since there was nothing wrong. Turns out the relative was a huge drama queen, they’re still alive btw
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Nikki Sevven 3 months ago
You forgot your undergraduate degree, so add another four years to that.
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Anthony Elmore 3 months ago
"You have anxiety? Why didn't you ever tell us." "Because I was too anxious..."
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Julia Mckinney 3 months ago
Cool. And then you've got my dad. After college, he was thinking of going into the parks service as a forester. A buddy of his said "hey, I've got an extra med school application, want it?" He was kind of interested in medicine & he'd just won $50 in a poker game so he could pay the $20 application fee (early 50's prices). He got accepted, his buddy didn't and next thing you know, he's a highly respected orthopedic surgeon with a 3+ decades long career, married with 4 kids. He had a great career and a great retirement. He just died a year ago and we miss him.
Pandemonium 3 months ago
Well done Dad. Hope the afterlife gives you some nice quiet time in that forest you were thinking about.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 3 months ago
Student: "I want to be an engineer, but I'm not very good at math." Teacher: "Fine, but if you build a bridge around here, make sure they name it after you."
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UKDeek 3 months ago
Oh, this isn't limited to the in-hospital setting. I've lost count of the HUNDREDS of times I've asked a patient if they have any medical history or take any prescribed medicines, only to be told "no". Arrived at the ED, nurse or doctor asked the same question and they reel off a list as long as your arm, then you get the side eye from the medical staff like I didn't even ask...
LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
I've honestly occasionally FORGOTTEN that I've stopped or started a new medication since the last time I saw my doc/specialist/etc., but that's usually only one med XD It baffles me that some people try to hide/lie about the meds they're on. I don't even understand why they do it.
Load More Replies... Shark Lady 3 months ago
I keep a summary of my medical history and a list of my current medications in my handbag. After having an autoimmune condition for 25 years and more than 20 surgeries, I tend to forget things!
Remi (He/Him) 3 months ago
Taking notes, I always forget some diagnosis or medication
Load More Replies... Nosirrow 3 months ago
A doctor told me change my story when I said my stomach hurt bc he was going to send me to a hospital for an appendectomy. I was 14, had food poisoning and the next day started a period. What a freaking idiot. What if it really was my appendix and I was bullied by a doctor to lie it doesn't hurt.
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Anony Mouse 3 months ago
This is a 13 year old story that isn’t exactly true. Time to retire this repost.
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Blackmoon The Dragon 3 months ago
*starts waving a cat over someone* feel better with the power of cuteness
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Auntriarch 3 months ago
Every time I read about it, it had a different name. I'm scared to read about it again.
Eliyahu Rooff 3 months ago
The final in my A&P class was six sheets of paper stapled together with one line at the top: "Discuss Kreb's cycle."
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Science Nerd 3 months ago
Nope. First physical chemistry test; thermodynamics is fun and easy. After all, its just math.
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Sandra Angulo 3 months ago (edited)
“That’s right! She’s got the munchies for a California cheeseburger!”
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Science Nerd 3 months ago
6-8 hours of sleep is optimal for everybody except med students. After they finish all of their training/t*****e, they can go back to a humane schedule.
Sue User 3 months ago
I realky dont want someone who hasnt slept in 24 hours to diagnose me.
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Delta Dawn 3 months ago
Yup. Once had a ED doctor evaluate me for urq pain post surgery and didn’t touch me one time. Just right to CT.
Sue User 3 months ago
Yep, noticed that too. Doctors dont touch you anymore.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
The year is 2025 and I'll definitely be getting my booster in a few months XD Better safe than DEAD!
BookFanatic 3 months ago
Hell, you've just reminded me to schedule mine. Thanks!
Load More Replies... HardBoiledBlonde 3 months ago
I need to get a COVID booster, I did not know they are still using the Vaccine Record Card? I'm not sure where mine even is.
nottheactualphoto 3 months ago
I have my card, but there's no space left on it. Last time I got a booster, they said "we're not doing the cards anymore." I guess it's just another medical record now, like any other vaccine.
Load More Replies... David Morgan 3 months ago
How the heck do you have that many boosters? Do you HAVE an immune system left? The only reason I can think of needing that many would be if you have something like HIV and had a seriously damaged immune system.
Nosirrow 3 months ago
There's a health app and I was surprised to see they still want me to get COVID vaccination. That's just ridiculous. Who even cares about it now? People who want to live?
Auntriarch 3 months ago
I guess so. And people who want other people to have a better chance of living. And not going through all that lockdown stuff again. And businesses failing.
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d b 3 months ago
Oh no. I did not need to see this, I cannot unsee this, I have seen this and now I am changed....LMAO
웅장한 거북이 🇰🇷🇰🇭 3 months ago
No you will forget it very quick and have a tasty lasagna ✊
Load More Replies... Reemerger 3 months ago
All of a sudden I lost all appetite. We're made of different stuff.
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Renee Kamphuys 3 months ago
1. Endocarditis 2. Lasagna 3. Endocarditis 4. Lasagna 5. Lasagna 6. Endocarditis 7. Endocarditis 8. Lasagna.
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Andrew Keir 3 months ago
It's always a bit difficult looking calm if your Mum has just changed s*x
Huddo's sister 3 months ago
My mum was a nurse for about 5 years before she had to quit to be my brother's full time carer (and she had multiple back problems etc). Now after 15-ish years and with ADHD and brain fog from fibromyalgia, I will ask her a medical question and she will often just look at me blankly. Sometimes she will suddenly remember the answer 10 minutes later :) When she had only just left the profession, I used to love having conversations about the things mentioned on my favourite medical show.
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bpn6v9m6nh 3 months ago
PGY is the way we count years of post graduate training for a medical resident. A new graduate is called a PGY-1, a third year resident is a PGY-3, etc. This post is referring to how ridiculously long neurosurgery residency training is.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
Thank you to all of those reading who work in the medical profession, even if it is tangentially. You are all so incredibly valued. (unless you're the CEO of an American medical insurance company.) But for reals, to all the docs, nurses, EMTs, orderlies, pathologists, radiologists, specialists, and all y'all, thank you for what you do. I'm sure you've all experienced ungrateful/hostile patients and I just wanted to offer a smol amount of love to offset that <3
LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
Thank you to all of those reading who work in the medical profession, even if it is tangentially. You are all so incredibly valued. (unless you're the CEO of an American medical insurance company.) But for reals, to all the docs, nurses, EMTs, orderlies, pathologists, radiologists, specialists, and all y'all, thank you for what you do. I'm sure you've all experienced ungrateful/hostile patients and I just wanted to offer a smol amount of love to offset that <3
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