Hey everyone this is Shria

July is upon us don't don don't, don't, don't.

Yeah, I wanted to do a fun episode on July stories,

the good, the bad, and the ugly.

For listeners from other countries,

July is a month of transitions for many new interns, new residents, new fellows, new attendings, maybe even new nurses.

So I put a call out on Twitter and had the hard job of picking six July stories that were called in that you're about to hear.

This month, like any transition, brings up a whole array of emotions, experiences that are straight up funny to deeply of struggle and of time of reflection.

For some of us in July, there's this transition from a short white coat to a long white coat and Dr. Hadas Reichena, attending at Kuvigner Clinic recalls a pretty humbling story about her first day with that new long white coat.

When I was a sub-interne, my residents always emphasized that it was really important to find time during the day to eat and to drink and to go to the bathroom

and that you really had to make sure that you prioritized yourself in doing these kind of basic acts of self-care.

On July 1st, I put on my long white coat for the first time,

and I was really proud of myself.

I looked in the mirror with my long white coat

and felt really ready for the day.

I went into the hospital.

It was really a busy day where I was running around

taking care of patients but towards the middle of the day I told myself okay I'm going to prioritize myself and I'm going to find time to pee and so of course it took me a while to find the bathroom but I finally did and I was really glad and proud of myself that even on July 1st I was finding time to care for myself and of my

myself and even on July 1st, I was finding time to care for myself and go to the bathroom.

And so I go inside with my new white code and I sit down to use the bathroom

and the entire back of my white coat falls into

the toilet.

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