Status Annoyicus

frantically trying to find the scrubs I got out of the machine in intern year and never used so I can “check out” from my institution just to re-onboard (at the same institution) for fellowship

adopted a void for my birthday and idk she’s beating back the despair by about 10%

bachelorette

the best part of vacation was a brief respite from the current constant horrors my god

trans ally today, tomorrow, and forever

hey so like how are we coping and not getting so bogged down in the anger and grief and outrage we can’t function 🫠

LGBTQ youth are calling crisis hotlines in record numbers

Fears have escalated with the Trump³⁴'s anti-LGBTQ actions and the release of his J6 goons onto our streets

Image below has hotline numbers that can help

We have to stick together. We must remain visible. We can not obey in advance

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Healthcare workers:
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Cancer is the 2nd leading cause of death in the US & affects many people at young ages.

Cancer trials are often the best hope for survival for people who currently have cancer as well as those who will subsequently develop cancer

It is critically important for these trials to continue

so much is shit right now but I am so grateful that medicine lets me have a little bit of caring for others in a tangible way as a treat

I’ve honestly had to reduce my social media usage to maintain sanity in this time

when I actually make full attending pay for it, will be even MORE lit (part of our QI chief duties)

being an attending on a teaching team is great btw huge fan

your Instagram saved florals are six figures just on the flowers I’m not joking

I was unaware how much people were spending on wedding florals oh my god

Toyota! It was a close call, would happily buy a Honda again. Will continue to highly value reliability and longevity in my vehicles regardless though ;)

guys I bought my first ever car today 🥹 been driving the used accord my family handed down to me in high school this entire time until we hit 225k miles

Interviewing is a lot more fun on the other end of things

I grieve for patients and also that our failures to more effectively self-censure these physicians understandably negatively impacts healthcare trust - even though I trust and respect the vast majority of my
colleagues

personally know someone whose family was impacted by Dr. Farid Fata, and there’s a private H/O clinic in my area with a Wikipedia page detailing the multiple lawsuits for their quackery (yet still licensed lolz) - it’s rare but not as rare as it should be 🥲

getting to read LORs on the other side of the match process is warming my heart omg - a glowing letter of support from someone who clearly is rooting for a student is just 🥹🫶🏻

I like the other doctor better. He said I could choose between good options and bad options. You’re only giving me bad options and less bad options.

opening up a CT scan and seeing that the “pertinent findings” are in the double digits is a jump scare

being in an attending space hearing them bitch about how they hate working with residents

new version of A Christmas Carol where health insurance CEOs get haunted by the ghosts of everyone whose coverage they denied in the past, everyone’s coverage they are currently denying, and the future ghosts of everyone they will deny unless they change their ways before Christmas Day

officially going to be a PCCM fellow!! 🥹 last match day ever was a win

Insurers Collected Billions From Medicare for Veterans Who Cost Them Almost Nothing — The Wall Street Journal Taxpayers paid for their care at the VA—and for Medicare Advantage coverage that many didn’t use

Another reason Medicare Advantage (and the private insurers behind it) are bad. MA companies - private insurers contracted to provide healthcare for Medicare enrollees - are chasing veterans, even offering cash rebates, bc they make billions per year in profit off the federal government (taxpayers!)

so do you guys think the world is going to end in fire or end in ice

fellowship match day anxiety is setting in ahhhhhhhhh

why is my fiance at an EMS conference having an EM physician lecture that statins are dangerous and bad??? hello???