[Bruinrab]

Originally Posted by sally

that's what i've been doing to your posts... oooh.

[Bruinrab]

Two days back on the floors and already the guys are fighting over me.



Kidding. Kind of. So the Indian intern got pissed because I got assigned one of his easy cases, and I got a tough case from the Pakistani intern.

They started arguing with the resident in the middle of the ward because the Indian wanted me to take one of his tough cases too.

[Spice]

Originally Posted by Bruinrab

Two days back on the floors and already the guys are fighting over me.



Kidding. Kind of. So the Indian intern got pissed because I got assigned one of his easy cases, and I got a tough case from the Pakistani intern.

They started arguing with the resident in the middle of the ward because the Indian wanted me to take one of his tough cases too.

Is that the indian guy in one of your pics on FB?

[displaced]

Originally Posted by farah

that's tempting. i have family in boston.

but so poor i think i'ma just pick upa $20 mouthguard from walgreen's or something.

timbit -- do you have a customized one or did you buy one from somewhere else? if it's the latter, which did you get?

displaced/anyone else -- happen to know/recommend any commercial night guards?

nope..from what I understand commercial nightguards don't do much.

[Bruinrab]

Originally Posted by Spice

Is that the indian guy in one of your pics on FB?

Uh no. This is a fobby one who's not a surgeon and therefore not .

[thejellymill]

It's page 666!!

Originally Posted by sally

i'm the biggest ****ing idiot and the slowest learner to ever exist
...

Originally Posted by sally

actually you're right. im not an idiot i just messed up on one exam..sigh

it doesnt really count cuz the lowest grade gets dropped anyways


soooo today i donated blood..alhamdulillah my hemoglobin is a whopping 14.5...above average. i am sooooooooooooooooooooooooo surprised and happy about that..ive worked really hard to achieve it...i changed my entire lifestyle to get here. it may not seem a big deal but at some point i had a hemoglobin of like 6. it was terrible and below average and i always felt weak and sick

Alhamdulillah you're feeling better. btw how do you know what your hemoglobin level is? Just by donating blood?

[jaani]

Originally Posted by Bruinrab

Two days back on the floors and already the guys are fighting over me.



Kidding. Kind of. So the Indian intern got pissed because I got assigned one of his easy cases, and I got a tough case from the Pakistani intern.

They started arguing with the resident in the middle of the ward because the Indian wanted me to take one of his tough cases too.

Is there a mini India vs. Pakistan war going on? If so, that would be awesome!!



~j

[Bruinrab]

Originally Posted by jaani

Is there a mini India vs. Pakistan war going on? If so, that would be awesome!!



~j

I didn't start it, I swear!!!

[jaani]

Originally Posted by Bruinrab

I didn't start it, I swear!!!

of course, you didnt

~j

[Salika]

So this here article
Acne Resource Center - Acne Treatment with Vitamin B-5

talks about acne but interestingly enough talks about how vitamin B helps balance hormones (among other things)... I realize this is just a website and maybe the more medicine oriented folks can pitch in, but since we're talking about hormones and stuff

Also, docs, is there a test to see what vitamins and minerals a person is defincient in?

[Bruinrab]

Originally Posted by Salika

So this here article
Acne Resource Center - Acne Treatment with Vitamin B-5

talks about acne but interestingly enough talks about how vitamin B helps balance hormones (among other things)... I realize this is just a website and maybe the more medicine oriented folks can pitch in, but since we're talking about hormones and stuff

Also, docs, is there a test to see what vitamins and minerals a person is defincient in?

Well, I don't remember a lot of the biochemistry, but vitamins are involved in so many critical processes that I wouldn't be surprised if some are involved in hormonal regulation. Also, keep in mind, when we talk about hormones, we usually think of "women's hormones", but there are literally dozens of others which regulate our body systems, and probably even more that we haven't discovered yet. Subhanallah, the human body is amazing.

Anyway, long story short...daily multivitamins are fine, too much/too little is bad.

And yes, you could get tested for deficiencies in vitamins/minerals, but the all tests would cost thousands (yes, thousands) of dollars to do. Personally, I would be a lot happier taking that same amount of money and giving it away for charity. It's much more efficient to observe closely for the known signs and symptoms of deficiencies if one is suspected. And they shouldn't exist unless you have a poorly balanced diet or an underlying condition.

[iSHi]

I love having a REAL doctor in FPH...

[Salika]

Originally Posted by Bruinrab

Well, I don't remember a lot of the biochemistry, but vitamins are involved in so many critical processes that I wouldn't be surprised if some are involved in hormonal regulation. Also, keep in mind, when we talk about hormones, we usually think of "women's hormones", but there are literally dozens of others which regulate our body systems, and probably even more that we haven't discovered yet. Subhanallah, the human body is amazing.

Anyway, long story short...daily multivitamins are fine, too much/too little is bad.

And yes, you could get tested for deficiencies in vitamins/minerals, but the all tests would cost thousands (yes, thousands) of dollars to do. Personally, I would be a lot happier taking that same amount of money and giving it away for charity. It's much more efficient to observe closely for the known signs and symptoms of deficiencies if one is suspected. And they shouldn't exist unless you have a poorly balanced diet or an underlying condition.

Subhanallah it is
I was thinking that was I reading the article... how these tiny.. who knows what.. can do wonders for the body. I don't know what a vitamin looks like (short of those atomic diagrams they have), but sheesh, they're so important!

The doc gave me some highly potent vitamins which is good. Sometimes I wonder if my acne is related to my weightloss since it kind of happened around the same time. Eating lots of junk (and by junk I mean fake) food. Eating "low fat" this and "fat free" that (because manufactuers have to put stuff in the food to make up for the taste!) probably did not have a great effect on my body. Plus, cutting out calories (sometimes I was eating as low as 1100 cals and still doing 45 mins of exercising a day.. and that didn't even help much!) probably caused me to become deficient.

Anyways, whatever I'm doing now is working alhamdulillah

It's just interesting to see that sometimes our little health problems could be fixed with just giving our body what it needs.

This study was interesting too: Coenzyme-A Technologies Inc. Pantothenic Acid in the Treatment of Acne Vulgaris - "A Medical Hypothesis"

Note to self: vitamins are important.

[Bruinrab]

Just be careful and don't go overboard with the vitamins. A little is good, but a lot isn't better - many vitamins actually have toxic effects when taken in excess.