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You just got the invitation to the dept Christmas party addressed to Thomas M. Math, MD and Uristan. You considered calling to have the spelling of your name changed, but in the context of the label decided that it didn't matter anyway.
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~Mom of 5, married to an ID doc
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Don't change it! It sounds like a small, landlocked, militant Central Asian nation. Nobody messes with Uristan. Way cooler moniker than MD.Originally posted by PrincessFiona View PostComment
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Bumping this one to add:
You get alumni magazines and fund solicitations from six different institutions.Married to a hematopathologist seven years out of training.
Raising three girls, 11, 9, and 2.
“That was the thing about the world: it wasn't that things were harder than you thought they were going to be, it was that they were hard in ways that you didn't expect.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magician KingComment
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Your DH says "yes" to any call from an alma mater asking for money...even if we just gave that school $ (we got a call first from his specific college, then from the university at large...he didn't realize because "When they call, I just say 'sure'"). Thanks, babe.Jen
Wife of a PGY-4 orthopod, momma to 2 DDs, caretaker of a retired race-dog, Hawkeye!
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DH doesn't even bother with his med school when the alumni association comes begging. He figures that they got $250K from us, so we're done.Comment
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...There's a stethoscope on the kitchen table more often than not.
...The first time you bring your partner to a family gathering, your cousin's way of saying hello is asking "Hey, will you feel this lymph node and tell me if it's swollen?"
...Your friends and family NEVER understand the reality of your partner's schedule and workload - when she's exhausted from a day of call, she can't "just catch up on rest" the next day, because the next day is spent scrambling to do the notes that went unwritten due to being on call. And no, we can't join you for a weekend at your cabin with just 8 days' notice.
...You learn to act appropriately shocked when your partner tells you things like, "I can't believe [the nurse] didn't [do such and such], because I swear, the man's BCT was FORTY-TWO POINT FIVE, Liisi!!", even though you don't know what a BCT is or what the significance of 42.5 is.
...If you and your partner are both at a cafe downtown using your laptops, you have to sit at a table where your partner's back can be to a wall, so no random people walk by and see A) patients' names on the screen, or B) graphic photos of hemorrhoids as your partner researches things.Comment
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I may not know all that much about medicine, but I do know the social cues for when to act shocked, empathetic or amused during a doctor story. Comes in handy when you find yourself the only spouse among a group of residentsOriginally posted by Liisi View Post
Wife of a surgical fellow; Mom to a busy toddler girl and 5 furballs (2 cats, 3 dogs)
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--You have to be on life support yourself in order for the doctor to take interest in your aches and pain
--Your kids can describe what q2, PGY1, residency, fellowship, night float mean
-Your computer has photos that make other people sick to their stomachIn my dreams I run with the Kenyans.Comment
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My computer has photos that make MY stomach churn! Seriously, something about the eye just icks me out. People do some jacked up shit to their eyes!Originally posted by houseelf View PostCharlene~Married to an attending Ophtho Mudphud and Mom to 2 daughtersComment
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Some of Dr. Vanquisher's pics are gory beyond belief. They used to make me gag. Amazingly, you do get used to it... sighOriginally posted by MDPhDWife View Post
I'm not even married to a doc anymore and the kids still use medical terminology for things...
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I mistakenly opened up a Manila envelope DH had put on the counter when he got home from work one night. It was full of pictures of a rare bladder tumor he had excised from a baby's bladder, and then what the bladder looked like inside after the tumor had been removed. Ack!!! Never, ever again will I open up an envelope he brings home from work.Married to a peds surgeon attendingComment
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...you love listening to stories from L&D. That includes the story of when dh went in to do an epidural, and both the patient and her husband were completely naked!married to an anesthesia attendingComment
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I kinda want it...
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