#descantforhope

[mashupofmylife]

descantforhope replied to your post “OK. Intake appt scheduled with the new therapist. Now for the tricky...”

Ignore her for the moment. Figure out what you can afford for yourself. It’s her job to hold the boundary of what works for her and it certainly won’t be the first time she’s had to do so

I’m still not a real adult, and so while I’m great at saving money, I have no idea what I actually need to live off of or anything like that, so I’m now attempting to make a budget to figure out a number. And I’m pretty sure I can afford her fees, but it would make me cry to think about dropping that much of my base pay each month on something that my insurance should theoretically cover.

[randommomentsdevida]

@descantforhope replied to your photo “Remember that hepatorenal pt that I gave fluids and the pressures...”

Also I feel a lot better about some salty ass ED docs.

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[pleasedotheneedful]

descantforhope replied to your post: One of my neighbors is really into lighting...

tell him to at least do a grounding incense. Vervain? Cedar? Something, shit.

I think it's a downstairs neighbor (it's wafting in through my outside windows) but I'm unclear on which room unfortunately

[mywildloves]

I felled asleeps, made a fresh pot of coffee because my sister in law drank the first pot 😒 and now she's taking them out. And I am taking the afternoon off to Skyrim. I've applied for like eight jobs today. I've done my part. Don't you guys love it when I live-blog my days? I know... Im your fav.

[wayfaringmd]

Do you know what's happened to DescantForHope? Thanks!

She’s still around, she just changed her name to escape prying eyes.

[md-admissions]

About Me

Tagged by @homoglobinopathy, so you know I gotta it!!

Rules: tag 10 followers you want to get to know better. I don’t follow rules.

Name: I have many. md-a, md-admission on tumblr.  “Not you”, “troublemaker”, “the one with the shitkickers”, the blackest cloud at work.

Gender: Female

⭐ sign: Cancer

Height: 5'4”

Sexuality: Probably demisexual if I’m totally honest

What images do you have set as your desktop/cellphone wallpaper:

This lovely background by @dappermouth

Have you ever had a crush on a teacher: Hasn’t everyone? Even if it’s for like five seconds, everyone has.

Where do you 👀 yourself in 10 years from now: I hope to be in academic medicine. I want to be shaking things up, and will hopefully still be a troublemaker. It’d be nice to have a partner and kids in ten years time. Even without a partner, I definitely want kids and pets in ten years. And hopefully a better cook and baker, too!

Anywhere else right now, where would you be: Hanging out with @descantforhope, drinking passionfruit cider <3 or hanging out with @wayfaringmd

What was your coolest Halloween costume: Pink Power Ranger when I was a kid. Definitely the dopest.

What’s your favorite 90s show: Sailor Moon!

Who was your last 😘: Lol try like years ago

Have you ever been stood up: No

Have you ever been to Las Vegas: Yes

Favourite pair of shoes: my Air Force Ones! 

Favourite fruit: Cherries

Favourite 📚: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Stupidest thing you have ever done: I can’t pick one, I’ve done so many stupid things. But eh, that’s life. One would be volunteering to cat-sit for my friend despite knowing I was horrifically allergic to her cat and had convinced myself that I had no time to pick up any anti-histamine medication or even my rescue inhaler from my apartment. I left her apartment that evening basically gasping for air and squinting through swollen, puffy, tearing eyes. It was so dumb.

[themedicalchronicles]

descantforhope replied to your post: Recently discovering a bunch of you      

Bio major, music minor

😃

[ermedicine]

Happy birthday to @descantforhope !!!! I hope your day is amazing! Everyone go wish her happy birthday 😇😇😇

[drveebs]

Hey medblrverse?

Does anyone know anything about manuka honey for burns? I used it after I burned myself really bad from a pressure cooker blowout, and it was the only thing I could use to keep it covered enough to wear clothes without dying. A friend’s little boy got burned on the inside of his lip, and the doctor said that it would just take time to heal, but he’s kinda miserable. I wondered if it was safe to use inside the mouth and if it would even stay on long enough to help. I know this is dumb asking medical advice on the internet, but the poor baby is hurting, and their doctor had never heard of manuka honey. Anyone have any experience? @descantforhope  @cranquis @wayfaringmd

[mymedlife]

@descantforhope I already hate him a little for how much sleep he gets with his normal 9-5 job... @cranialarcade I keep telling him he has to do all diaper changes for the first 9 months, it only seems fair right? Love your icon BTW.

[mashupofmylife]

descantforhope replied to your post: Two of my college girlfriends are RDs and I ran...

It’s almost like I work with ED all the damn time. ;)

But actually, do you want to leave the left coast and come out here and join the treatment team formerly known as the merry band of three since its currently undergoing expansion as it is?

[the-pen-and-the-stethoscope]

I FINALLY GOT MY GALENTINES STUFF ERMAGERD @hownottoloseyourmind SENT ME SOCKS WITH WINGS!!! Thanks to @descantforhope for setting this up and to my lovely Galentines @hownottoloseyourmind and @studentdrveebs

[pleasedotheneedful]

descantforhope replied to your photoset: Haven’t posted much recently. Balls to the wall...

we could have had a beverage! Here’s hoping it settles into routine quickly for you.

I haven’t been to Portland in about 13 years and really wanted to get out and look around, but by the time I landed I already was 7 hours from my next flight haha. Another time!

[whisky--tango--foxtrot]

Medblr Galentine’s Day is so pure, so good. 

Big thank you to @descantforhope for setting this up!!!!

Thank you to @hownottoloseyourmind and @studentdrveebs for the candy and kind words!

[drendless]

I don’t usually celebrate Galentine’s Day, but when I do, I do it with style. Happy Galentine’s Day 2017 dear followers. Sending warm hugs to @fuckyeahnarcotics, @la-petite-principessa, @studentdrveebs & @descantforhope thank you for making my G-day so special

[md-admissions]

2017 in Review

By tradition, it’s time for my annual review!

1 - What did you do in 2017 that you’d never done before?

Interviewed and got into fellowship, finally became 100% happy with being single, wrote a research manuscript from start to finish, burned out, recovered from the burn out, went to a protest, called a senator, called a rep, did a moonlighting gig, yelled at a patient, attended the funeral of someone near my age, baked bread, played D&D 2 - Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

Last year’s resolutions were: Make my health a priority (ehhhh), get into the top ID fellowship of my choice (yes!), and increase my romantic confidence (yes!).

This coming year, I resolve to find an exercise or daily activity I like that I can commit to at least on a weekly basis!

3 - Did anyone close to you give birth?

Yeah!

4 - Did anyone close to you die?

Yeah, my cousin. 

5 - What countries did you visit?

Went out of the country for my cousin’s funeral

6 - What would you like to have in 2018 that you lacked in 2017?

More “life skills” like doing my own taxes, hosting dinner parties, an exercise routine or just a way to move around and stay fit on a frequent basis, more art and reading for leisure 7 - What date from 2017 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

6/12/17, the day my cousin passed away and 12/6/17, the day I matched into fellowship. I’m only realizing now as I type this the pattern in the numbers. 

8 - What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Getting into the fellowship of my choice!!!

9 - What was your biggest failure?

Due to my laziness, several bouts of illness, family tragedy, and multiple call months, I haven’t been able to stick with dancing. I hope I can change that next year! 10 - Did you suffer illness or injury?

Little things, like the flu but otherwise I was okay! 11 - What was the best thing you bought?

Probably the iPhone charging cable that now lives in my car. The number of times that this has saved my dying phone and my resident career is already too many.  12 - Whose behavior merited celebration?

Ladies of color. You are all the MVPs. Thank you to the black women who kept Roy Moore from winning the race in Alabama. Thank you for being the ones on social media and in real life teaching, educating, and supporting our communities through these fraught political times. Thank you for being the leaders when others remain silent.  13 - Whose behavior made you appalled or depressed?

*stares at the US Republicans who voted for the tax reform, Ajit Pai, those who agreed with the immigration ban, climate change deniers, anti-vaxxers* 

Oh was that list too short?

14 - Where did most of your money go?

FELLOWSHIP STUFF. Application fees, airplane tickets, train tickets, dry cleaning for my suit. Then food. So much food. 

15 - What did you get really, really, really excited about?

D&D (I know, how have I not played before?), Movies: Star Wars, Thor: Ragnarok, Wonder Woman, Dunkirk, GotG2, Logan, John Wick 2, TV shows: The Defenders, The Punisher, The Unit, GoT, American Gods, Insecure 16 - What song(s) will always remind you of 2017?

DNA-BTS 17 - Compared to this time last year, are you: I. Happier or sadder?

I’m going to say the same as last year. Sadder. I’ve been really fortunate this year, but I think it’s been a tough year. II. Thinner or fatter?

Same.

III. Richer or poorer?

Richer by a tiny bit. 

18 - What do you wish you’d done more of?

More self care. It was hard to discern sometimes from self indulgence with family tragedy and work exhaustion 19 - What do you wish you’d done less of?

using food to cope with stress 20 - How will you be spending/spent christmas?

Star Wars with the family, and we hung out together <3

21 - Did you fall in love in 2017?

A bit more with myself, for the first time ever. 22 - How many one-night stands?

Zero. 23 - What was your favorite tv program?

GoT probably

24 - Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

But of course 25 - What was the best book you read?

The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu 26 - What was your greatest musical discovery?

BTS. I said KPop in 2015 but this year I actually listened through most of their music and I really enjoyed BTS in particular 27 - What did you want and get?

My fellowship pick, the opportunity to teach and demonstrate my sincerity to my profession 28 - What was your favorite film of this year?

Thor: Ragnarok

29 - What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

Turned 29, but I didn’t feel like celebrating and actually didn’t say anything. So two of my prior interns actually surprised me with a birthday party!! It was one of the sweetest things anyone has ever done for me.  30 - What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

If the tax reform had not been passed, I would be less fearful going into 2018.

31 - How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2017?

Sports-wear type scrubs for work. Tailored black and navy pieces with a professional/sporty vibe. 32 - What kept you sane?

family, friends, medblrs. Podcasts like Sawbones and Friends at the Table. Grassroots political action. The Great British Bake Off.  33 - Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Jason Momoa. I didn’t watch Justice League but he is a beautiful human being. 

34 - What political/social issue stirred you the most?

Healthcare equality, DACA/immigration issues, net neutrality 35 - Who did you miss?

My maternal grandparents. My cousin who passed away. @descantforhope because she’s the best and I love her and her kids  36 - Who was the best new person you met?

My work bestie! We sit and commiserate about medical education, stationary, and sci fi. 

37 - Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2017:

We cannot silence ourselves when right and wrong are at stake.