u/narla_hotep

*warning: book and show spoilers*

That line in the new episode where Lestat calls himself >!Amel!< makes me wonder... do you guys think that, in Season 4 (which I hope exists), Lestat will >!eat Akasha's heart and become prince of the vampires? As in, write out the characters of Maharet/Mekare entirely and just skip to the part where he has Amel in him?!<

Or is it too wild of a theory haha

I'm about to start Pathology residency and not sure when I should sign up for Step 3. Senior residents are saying to take it as early as possible, because the longer I wait the more clinical medicine I will forget as it's replaced by Path-specific knowledge. But they also say to take it during an easy rotation, and my entire first summer and fall are what they consider hard rotations - no easy rotations scheduled till March. (Yes I know it's path, so probably still not as bad as other residencies...)

Then on top of all this, I just found out I'm pregnant LOL. So (assuming all goes well, fingers crossed!) my spring schedule will be changed around due to maternity leave. Should I get Step 3 out of the way ASAP, like schedule it for this fall even though I'll also be busy studying for my path rotations? Or should I schedule it for the spring, and attempt to study during maternity leave?

I'm really relieved I listened to my gut, but honestly still shook about this close call I just had. I just found out I was pregnant a week ago, am now 5 weeks so still super early. But a few days ago I went to my doctor about this weird one sided pelvic pain, and she got worried and told me to go to the ER. At the ER, they did an ultrasound and found what they told me was an ectopic pregnancy in my fallopian tube. They recommended that I take methotrexate to end the pregnancy then and there. I asked, are you *sure* it's ectopic? The doctor said she was 90% sure, but that if I really wanted to, I could come back in 48 hours for a recheck before getting the injection. I decided to do that, since the pain was actually improving and I just had a weird feeling about the whole thing.

So, I came back yesterday, got a repeat HCG (doubling fine so far) and ultrasound. The new doctor on duty came back with a funny look on her face, asking if I'd ever been diagnosed with fibroids and double checking that I hadn't gotten the methotrexate yet. She said that the "mass in my fallopian tube" was just a weird fibroid sticking out of the outside of my uterus, and that they found a tiny gestational sac in the right spot. I still have to follow up closely, but they are now saying it's *not* ectopic.

I am sooo relieved and excited to still be pregnant! Feel like it was genuinely a miracle <3 But at the same time am still a little freaked out, feel like I narrowly dodged a bullet there. My anxiety is having a field day with this whole incident, and hope I'm not going through this only to find out that something else is wrong later on. Anyone else had any crazy close calls like this??

I'm 31F, 5'1" and 160 lbs. No prior pregnancies, no history of any reproductive health conditions. My only health conditions are anxiety, IBS, and CVID (immunodeficiency) that's being treated with IVIG. I take Lexapro and Wellbutrin - and now a prenatal.

I got a positive pregnancy test one week ago, and based on my last period I'd be 4 weeks 6 days pregnant so it's super early. I tested early because I had a hunch, and the test was initially faint but has become more strongly positive when I took a follow up.

So far, my only symptom is a dull achy feeling on the right side of my lower abdomen/pelvis area. It's been going on for 5 days now, always in the *exact same spot* and always unilateral to the right. It feels just like ovulation cramping/Mittelschmerz, except more persistent. It comes and goes, maybe present about 50% of the time. Worse with exercise and right before bed, or if I stretch my right leg/hip area. The pain is pretty mild - the worst it's been is maybe 3/10, and most of the time it's more of a vague discomfort 1-2/10. No sharp twinges or cramps, and no bleeding or spotting.

For the first few days, I was telling myself it's a corpus luteum cyst and it's fine, but then I called my PCP's office and her nurse was freaking out, asking me dozens of history questions, telling me maybe I should go to the ER. I don't currently have an OB/GYN , and the local clinics in network for my insurance keep telling me they won't see me before 8 weeks even though I've said I have this pain. They seem a lot less concerned than the PCP, though they also said "if it bothers you just go to the ER."

The pain is still pretty mild, hasn't gotten any worse, but PCP office's concern is starting to freak me out about the chance of an ectopic pregnancy. Do you guys think urgent care would be helpful at all, just to check HCG maybe? idk if they could do an ultrasound to check my ovary and/or see if there's anything in the uterus tho it's early. Or should I actually go to the ER for this? Or try to wait till my OB appointment as long as the pain stays mild?

I can't get the song "Your Biggest Fan" out of my head, it makes me sad for everything Lestat went through with his turning, but also I'm ready to see him show on screen how that whole battle with the wolves went down. Must be pretty awesome if an ancient vampire asshole was impressed by it...

EDIT: Uh wait does this count as a spoiler? Retagging