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Pathologist #breastpath & #cytopath | #breastradpath| Director, Breast Path Fellowship | @BIDMCpath @BIDMChealth @harvardmed | RTs β‰  Endorsements

Sep 17, 2020, 11 tweets

Hi #pathology tweeples! I just realized that the callus I have on my pinky is from using it to steady my hand as I dot πŸ˜‚(with my green pen of course πŸ˜‰). I must dot A LOT! πŸ’ͺπŸ”¬

I have some #path (mostly) dotting related questions out of curiosity.

@BIDMCpath

The #pathology tweeples have very strong opinions about dotting pen color! My tweet is inspired by this from @Chucktowndoc

Does anyone else have a dotting pen-induced callus? (Just me? I hope I'm not alone. 🀞😊)

Which is your dominant hand βœ‹πŸ€š? I am right-handed.

Do you dot with your dominant hand? I dot with mine.

Do you drive the slides πŸ”¬ with your dominant hand? I'm right-handed. I use my right hand to drive the slides and dot and my left hand to focus.

What color pen do you prefer? I have a stash of green πŸ€ pens to make sure I'm never out! (I can only have 4 options in the poll.) We use red for #cytopath QA.

Thank you all for participating! πŸ€πŸŒ³πŸŒΏπŸŒ΅πŸŒ±

Inspired by the Q from @CPHpath, do you drive with your hand or the stage? πŸ–οΈvs.πŸ”¬

Just going to keep adding as more Qs pop up! This is fun! #pathology tweeples are the best!

Changing the objective... I use my dominant hand. Basically I do everything with my right hand except focus. (Although for the manicure πŸ’… I have to use both hands 😁).

Inspired by @israhkhan, when you drive the slide do you:

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