I had 2.5 pints tonight with work colleuges of cider (I think 5 units.) I wasn't planning to drink but I did. I don't drink normally and told the Doctors I dont drink so I never received any advice.

I might be having surgery in 3 weeks but I've had no advice or any news of a date. Did I mess things up? Do I need to tell my surgeons?

I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but I want to get ICL. My only concern is how effective is it? Now I will be getting it at the age of 26 hopefully so that is pretty soon but at the same time I am getting it more for necessity in terms of my future career goals and not so much for necessity in general. I read up that it helps fix astigmatism and near/far sightedness but I want to be sure it can or will help me achieve 20/20 at least. I am just really nervous about getting surgery in general especially when its not only my very first but one having focus on my eyes. What am I getting myself into is basically what I am asking?

I’m getting an ulnar nerve release and radial head excision done in about two weeks on my dominant arm. (Diagnosed with congenital radial head dislocation - 26y/o female) What are some things you didn’t realize would be an issue / what hacks did you pick up to make life easier? My surgeon plans on me being in a 90’ bend cast for about six weeks, being unable to push/pull/lift/grip with that arm.

If there are any specifics for dog care too I’d love it. I have a super sweet 45lb dog that’ll still need walking.

TIA!

I went in today for surgery on a jones fracture. In fairness I really don’t know when I threw up. When I was in recovery they wanted to know when I last ate. I told them it had been 17 hours and I really don’t think they believed me. They said I threw up brown stuff. They really didn’t say anything else but now I am sitting at home I am wondering if there is something wrong (thanks google). How common is this? Should I see a gastroenterologist? Opinions please?

I just had a rotor cuff repair yesterday. Today I’m noticing I’m itchy as hell. Especially under my bandages. Is this normal?

Hey my uncle is a nurse and they did a surgery today and he said that this was one of the strangest things he's ever seen. and he asked me to research online for it and i could not find anything, so here i am in reddit trying to identify what's that disease, and he sent me some photos from the surgery room.
can you please help identify what's this. he said it was like grapes (the fruit) inside the intestins and that they were filled with water.
images for more info.

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I’m having a bunionectomy next week and my anxiety about the pain and thoughts of the procedure itself are starting to get to me. Can anyone offer advice on how to reframe these thoughts and self soothe?

I might need surgery on my knees. I can't do high impact things like running.

To me though, it seems like, even if surgery is necessary, it seems like its not going to help much. If I fall in a biking accident, or tumble in skiing, I feel like with surgery, it will make my knees worse than without the surgery. Also, I hear, that either way with or without the surgery, because of my injuries, I will have bad arthritis.

What are your thoughts? Would you recommend surgery?

First I want to apologise because im sure this questions crops up every month from someone new but I'm a bit confused about this: I would like to be a surgeon when im older (Cardiothoracic if it makes a difference but obviously could change) and when I'm in nervous or stressful situations my hands start to shake a bit (presume adrenaline but correct me please if im wrong?) and I understand with time I would become more confident and so I wouldn't feel like its a stressful situation e.g first time operating on someone I would be nervous so a bit of a shake but on the 200th it would be completely fine but surely there will always be a situation which is new and stressful - even on my 1000th if someones aorta randomly ruptures (worst thing I could think of I know it would never happen normally) surely I will find this very stressful and so my hands would shake and this wouldn't be good? Anyone who can comment and tell me the reality I would really appreciate since it's been in the back of mind for a while. Thank you to anyone who comments :)

I have fibroadenoma and the mass is like 7cm and i feel like it got bigger, it makes me really sad when i lay on my side n feel it. Will shape or size change, if i get it removed

For the private practice surgeons out there how are you typically paid? W2 / 1099 / K1?

Is it a salary, fee-for-service, or a combination - do you see a lot of fluctuations over the course of a year or is income relatively steady. If/when you become a partner and are able to capture $ from ancillaries how is that income being distributed?

Thanks!

here’s some context, even though it’s not super necessary to answer my question: neurosurgeon has decided that the best thing for me is a cervical fusion from the skull to c3 so they can decompress the area due to my severe cervical stenosis afterwards (caused by a congenital malformation of the charnela).

i think he’s made the right call, but i’m a bit scared about the risks. i’m healthy and pretty young (17), but i know that the area where the neck connects to the skull is super delicate and it freaks me out a bit too much. this is literally my ONLY option if i don’t want to end up paralyzed or worse. on top of that, my symptoms are getting worse all the time. i’ve already had to drop out of school.

my question is: do you think i should be chill about this? the neurosurgeon is really well-trained (i think he has 3 degrees and used to be a professor) and has over 20 years of experience, which got him to be the head of neurosurgery at the hospital (and even people from other hospitals say he’s the best on the island - i'm from Mallorca, 🇪🇸).

especially if there are any surgeons here (if you're not and still want to express your opinion pls do), i’d like to know if you think that i’m in good hands and shouldn’t be worried or thinking that something might go wrong. and if you think that there are still some important risks, please let me know so i can mentally prepare for what’s coming. fusion will happen after christmas and decompression once i recover from it.

My father was admitted with HF last December. He had a lot of fluid build up and had cardioversion done. The doctor suggested cardiac ablation, but my father dislikes the idea of "burning my flesh and pieces of burnt flesh floating around my blood, making a clot. Maybe I get a stroke." - something along those lines.

Is this even true? Is this a legitimate concern? If so, what could be done to ease his mind? He is already on blood thinners.

I asked him to ask his doctor about these concerns, but he said he did ask- and the doctor didn't really address it. I really want him to get this done, but it's not my choice- so, I thought if I could help answer some concerns, maybe he would feel more open to it.

Edit: I should state that I'm NOT asking anyone to speak 1 on 1. Just asking about this concern of his here.

I am a civilian, not a medical professional. Male, aged 63. My female partner has now had two lumpectomies for breast cancer (and a calcification removal/biopsy). Both times, the surgeon came out after the surgery to discuss how it went. Great... expected and appreciated. But both times, she pulled out her smartphone - unsolicited - and showed me pictures taken in the OR of the open incision, the mass in situ, and the extracted mass sitting on paper after removal.

Is this common? It seems strange to me. First of all, how is she keeping her personal smartphone sterile in the OR around an open incision when she also pulls it out in the waiting room between surgeries and scrolls the screen with her fingers? And at the least, wouldn't you ask the family member whether they wanted to see surgical photos? I feel like she's just looking for a shock reaction.

hi there! first off, i'm not a doctor i am just a patient looking for some input! so please delete if not allowed but i can't find a better thread or community for this.

i had a successful microdiscectomy on monday! but i am still experiencing facial flush/redness/hot to the touch cheeks. would anyone have an idea if this is related to my body working on healing or if it's still some effects of getting off anesthesia? i'm just curious as to what it is! it's a very similar sensation to when someone gets facial flush for taking a medrol/steriod pack or the lupus "butterfly" rash for example. i do have a form of lupus as well so my assumption was it's a mix of everything going on.

The beta blockers have just worn off so now I can feel my arm again and it hurts so much. I don't think the painkillers they gave me with even touch the pain! Reddit is keeping me distracted for now 😭😭

Ps. At least Nigel the pug is looking after me 🥰

I believe I have a Bucket Handle meniscus tear. It happened in spring of ‘24 and I just damaged it again on Monday. I have a second MRI scheduled next week, and if that MRI says that I’ve torn the meniscus completely would any of you recommend surgery to clean out the knee? For those that have had surgery, but we were experiences like?

DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT A DOCTOR, AND DONT HAVE ANY DEGREE IN MEDICAL

Hi Reddit. So i have something to share in hopes that it might help some people that were in the same situation as i was.

I am a norwegian 21 year old healthy male. English is not my first language, so i apologize for typos or wierd sentences. I have been struggling with shin splints the last 5 years, and as a former talented football (dont even dare to call it soccer) player, i was really bummed out. I tried everything from stretching, to different treatments, spend thousands of dollars on physio, and the shin splints always came back after a while. I had to quit. Now doing sports your whole life, and just quit sports like that aint easy, so i was looking forward to a comeback in sports, and now in football.

After a doctor visit i got approved surgery if i wanted to take that. After some days of thinking i took it, just because the thought of no pain in my shins furthermore in life. You can call me an anxious person. I like to be in control. So i get anxious about flying for example, since i dont have the control myself. Now when the surgeon told me i would be in general anesthesia, i started to get anxious again. Scared of not having control, and scared of not waking up. I started doing some research and lets just say that the breathing tube did not help to calm me down at all.

Fast forward a couple of months i had the day of the surgery. The night before i could not sleep at all, and was staying up all night reading reddit tips, and reading other peoples stories about going into GA. It helped, but it didnt help the anxiety. DONT BE ME.

I arrived at the hospital, met with the anesthetist, and told her i was feeling anxious and scared to not wake up. She gave me some good points. For example she had been doing this since 1979, and she has only had two complications over the years. And that if there were any risks of going into surgery, the doctor would not have let me. Which helped my thoughts to calm down. She also gave me some pain medication beforehand, and a pill that made me more calm, but not drugged out or anything. I was chilling in the waiting room, and got my legs shaved and got ready for the surgery. Almost felt like its your turn down the scary water slide. I met up with the nurse that was going to help me throughout my surgery. Not this surgery was about 1.5 hour long. So not a biig surgery, but not a small one either. This woman came with the energy and openness to me, and filled with joy! She was very trustworthy, and told me that the anesthetist told her that i was feeling anxious and scared about the operation, and told me not to worry. She would be there with me the whole time.

Now going into the cold surgery room is a big feeling to feel. It was scary, but at the same time i could not back out in front of the whole surgery team waiting for me. They all talked with me, and the nurse i met earlier stayed with me, and told me to just relax and breathe. I got on the bench, and they put on all the monitor stuff on me, and connected the IV. It did not really help with breathing exercises, so i asked the lovely nurse to hold my hand lol. She totally understood, and did so. That actually felt very comforting. I got some deep breathes throughout an oxygen mask, and that my friends, that is the best oxygen i have ever taken a breath of. Oh my, that was really some good oxygen. Either way, she started to up the dose with GA in my IV. She started at a small dose and asked if i was feeling anything. "no nothing". She said okay, i am going to turn it up a little bit, and oh my god i felt it. But it was a really good feeling. The feeling i was worrying about was actually a beautiful feeling. Whole body was relaxed and tired, and i was just chilling, buzzed out of the room. For the first time in the last 48 hours i was really relaxing. A great, great feeling!

I remember she said when buzzed out "If you stay awake for 15 more seconds i will buy you a six pack of beers". I remember saying "15 seconds? Easy", She proceeded to count down. 15... 14... and boom. Out like a light. I have a vague memory if getting rolled out of the operation room, and the next thing i know i am in the room i started at again, with a blanket, water, crackers, and a glass of juice. Some nurses came by and talked with me, and checked upon me. Then while chatting nonsense i remember things getting more clearer and i remember me realizing i did not remember what i said 3 minutes ago. Which was really wierd, but its a part of the game, and you are high as a kite so it does not really matter anyway. After a couple of hours of taking small naps here and there i was able to go home.

Overall, the feeling and the anxiety i was battling was so much bigger in my head than it really was, and it is 100% bigger in your head than it is. Doctors will never allow you to operate if there is any kind of risks. If there are risks, then they value on how important the operation is. If i was in any risk, i probably would not have been allowed to take the operation either way. GA has a come a long way the last 50 years, and if you are young, there is so few world wide cases of GA going wrong. Nothing to be worried about at all. One of the nurses also told me that there are a bigger chance of getting hit by a lightning strike, than something bad happening while going under GA. It was really just a good feeling, and very good feeling to get it done, and i had a fun time being buzzed out for a few hours.

I can also mention that my dad had to do a surgery, and refused to go under GA, and instead use local anesthesia. He told me that he still regrets it to this day, because of just how awful it felt under the operations. So if your doctor recommends the GA, take it! You wont regret it. I am going back into surgery in a couple of months to do my right leg as well, and i am kind of looking forward to it. Still some anxious about it, but not in a million years as anxious as it was yesterday. Now i am fine, my leg needs some weeks to recover, and the real work starts! Just go on with it. It feels so good when you wake up from it! Trust me.

Best regards.

Anteverted concha

Hey all - there are a few different threads here on salaries, but it's all over the place and does not have the full context of comp - e.g., including shifts, schedule, PTO, benefits, location, etc. to make it useful. We all know that medicine needs more transparency and this is information we all need to make sure we are fairly paid. All the salary reports out there are just not useful - they are either too broad and not specific to our situation or cost $$$.

A few months ago, my anesthesiologist friend tested a spreadsheet format in the Anesthesiology sub-reddit and has crowdsourced >500 anonymous salaries for the community. It has become an extremely helpful resource for them to ensure they are being paid fairly. I have worked with him to extend the sheet and the questionnaire to other specialties as well. Looks like there are ~25 surgery specialty salaries added already.

So, let's do it together as a Community. This is fully anonymous, so it really decreases the taboo of discussing our comp.

Here is the salary questionnaire - https://marit.fillout.com/t/vfyw8PEHj2us

Let me know if you have any feedback on questions in there. And you see the data collected so far here. Add your comp info if you are willing, and it will unlock the full spreadsheet. The more data we get in there, the more useful it will be for all of us!

PS: This is for physicians and APPs in the US only

Hello! I'm 15f and I have a surgery upcoming friday and I'm pretty nervous

I've had a surgery this year april already for my knee and the upcoming one is for my other knee, the surgeries are for patella alta and patella luxation, the surgery is called 'anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction' I thinkk.

Altho I already had a surgery before which went well, I'm still kinda nervous for the upcoming one as its so soon 😅

((Update: I got trough the surgery, it went well, got some extra pain meds while I was asleep as requested.

got x-ray to see if nothing was wrong, was good and could go home the same day, I was at the hospital frommmm 6:30am-2:30am I thinkkkk

my mum says I feel a bit warm but I do feel fine, felt sick a few times but I feel okay now))

Has anyone had a complete tear of the calf muscle? What was your recovery like? Did you have to have surgery?

My husband has a complete tear of distal aspect of the medial head of gastrocnemius muscle with severely attenuated/absent distal fibers and partial tearing of the lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle.

I have a torn penile suspensory ligament confirmed on Mri that the veterans affairs hospital is greatly delaying my care and I must find someone who can save my penis before it's too late

I have been sick almost every day since I’ve left that operating room. I’ve had to go to my PCP weekly and the ER like a revolving door… I throw up everything I eat, I’ve lost 40 pounds in 2 months, I literally feel like I’m just shriveling up and dying…!

Edit: this was written in a very low of my bipolar and it may seem irrational and snobby but the thumbs down are just diabolical. I’m feeling cornered about my health and here goes you guys hopping on the fucking internet trying to beat someone whose already on the ground…. Read the comments before judging.

Hi everyone,

I'm interested in finding affordable laparoscopic equipment to practice at home. Specifically, I want to know if instruments purchased from AliExpress are suitable for training purposes. Are there any recommendations for reliable sources or tips for acquiring this type of equipment on a budget?

Thanks in advance for your help!