medical school

imma try not to think about gary anderson in '98

lol gary anderson came to my high school when he was with the steelers in the '80s

Oh my God yes, if someone can make an EMR that is a) not terrible b) not clearly designed to facilitate billing (it is SO depressing to have to write shitty notes so Insirers can be billed properly) and c) cost effective enough to be widely used towards a goal of d) offering access to multiple facilities, it'd be the greatest thing in medicine since, like, HAART.

The VA CPRS is legit the closest thing I've used. It is stupid and ugly but you can find EVERYTHING and make as much template as you want or as much free text as you want.

VAs are pretty much the best

Except for the ancillary staff and the whole "weekend" thing. The vertical integration parts are pretty rad, though.

so i should follow up on my posts a few months ago:

i'm applying to a bunch of post-baccalaureate programs similar i think to what gbx did (?) - vermont and uconn are my first choices i think - vermont is particularly cool because it offers research opportunities (a major application weakness of mine) and a guaranteed interview at its med school to those successfully complete the program. in any event classes will start in late august or so

in late may or early june (as soon as i humanly can; i have to take my boards first which i can't do until i graduate) i'm going to thailand to volunteer at that clinic i mentioned earlier (www.maetaoclinic.com) as a pharmacist for a few months until classes start. i'm really excited about this and am in the midst of reading up on the region and it's politics etc. a friend of mine did the same thing a couple years ago and a professor or mine has been there a few times so i'm using them as resources to prepare as best i can. lots of vaccinations i have to make sure i'm up on, and daily prophylactic meds i'll have to take while i'm there, for one thing.

but anyway, IT BEGINS

stoked for the madness

(What happens on the 3rd Monday in March is that you get an email saying "You have matched!" or the worst e-mail, which means you have been thrust into the pool of the unsorted, and you spend the remainder of your week attempting to pair yourself with a program whose spots remain unfulfilled. You do not get to find out exactly WHERE you have matched until Noon EST on the 3rd Friday in March, which is also typically the 2nd day of the NCAA tournament, and sometimes also St. Patrick's Day. What I'm suggesting is that you and your friends drink like champions, unless things go poorly.)

u https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9627011/photos/am0n.gif breh??

post-call, feeling sanguine, but that might be the 3hrs of sleep talking

:) good luck dude!! in these situations the waiting is the worst worst worst part by far ime

t-minus 30min

this is always how I feel http://youtu.be/A90TYC0BiwE (spoilers if u havent watched the wire)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/WidowOfDestiny/Jiggle_Panda.gif

http://www.netanimations.net/Dancing_skull.gif

WAHT DOES THIS MEAN

congratulations I bet

sorry, napping

MATCHED

http://novelnovice.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/matched_futures-rewritten_the-society.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ZeO6hyk.jpg

BUT WHERE????

Awes gbx

Congratulations!

I am super disappointed I am working long on Friday, I would like very much to go and see where my 2013 dudes end up.

congrats man!!!

Yay!

But do you know where you matched yet?

congratulations!

Go, gbx!!

he'll know Friday

yup

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9627011/photos/am0n.gif

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=ajcGDaLy4Zw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DajcGDaLy4Zw

LIVE FREE OR DIE

congratulations....

one giant leap for gbx

Congrats! Sooooo NH?

I'm not too good with the state mottos.

either that or he has started a crime spree

Yay! New England! Things were crazy here earlier with people talking about all this. Congrats, E.

http://i.imgur.com/O4fupWI.jpg

that's awesome, congratulations.

That sounds AMAZING!!! Congratulations!

Wait, if my jaymc.xls is correct, didn't you go there as an undergrad?

Because I am also going to where I went as an undergrad. Basically we need one more ilxor to go to med school and do this and then we'll have a trend piece!

Congratulations, now begins the weirdly bittersweet period of realizing everyone you'vegone through the past few years with is about to go away. 4th year 4-eva

haha I just remembered what school is in New Hampshire

epic gratz gbx

I've heard great things about the university of south new hampshire's medical school

Wait, if my jaymc.xls is correct, didn't you go there as an undergrad?

Because I am also going to where I went as an undergrad. Basically we need one more ilxor to go to med school and do this and then we'll have a trend piece!

Congratulations, now begins the weirdly bittersweet period of realizing everyone you'vegone through the past few years with is about to go away. 4th year 4-eva

that is my alma mater, it's true. kinda shocked it worked out, but thanks sorting hat!

it's all because i tried to jinx you, you're welcome

well thanks to you too!

hey, nice. congratulations!

OK I know the disclaimer about IANAD and all (though some of you ARE), but a hypothetical case here: total cholesterol 265; TG 228; HDL 55; calculated LDL 164; non-HDL cholesterol 210. Male, 40, nonsmoker, 20 miles per week runner, no family history of heart disease.

OK or "get thee on a statin immediately"?

grats to gbx

I don't know the US units, I guess that's not too high?

There's evidence that statins are effective for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, but the number needed to treat is high (less than 2% would benefit after 5 years of treatment). http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD004816/statins-for-the-primary-prevention-of-cardiovascular-disease

Given that you're otherwise quite healthy, presumably the indication to treat would be even less in your case than in the evidence reviewed by Cochrane.

You should ask your doctor but I'd imagine it'd be reasonable to hold off on medications for now, try to change your diet and watch the numbers for a year.