Sinister
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I used to.*looks in mirror*
I don't think I have any of those.
Duck Pond Redneckery
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Duck
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Are you still skinny like you were last time I saw you or did you get fat? If you got fat it's probably hypothyroidism.
Rigjockey
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Not even the same thing but Mother decides to go on an all water all the time diet. Ok.
Next thing she is getting leg cramps. I can't talk to her.
She goes to the DR that tells her she needs to start drinking sparkling water.
Well, no shit!
Could it be because drinking only water was depleting your system of sodium and causing cramps? Could it be that sparkling water contains sodium and that is why it was recommended?
Next thing she is getting leg cramps. I can't talk to her.
She goes to the DR that tells her she needs to start drinking sparkling water.
Well, no shit!
Could it be because drinking only water was depleting your system of sodium and causing cramps? Could it be that sparkling water contains sodium and that is why it was recommended?
Sinister
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I was down to 135 for a long time. I attributed it to not drinking. About a year ago I started having leg cramps at night. Which I attributed to a lack of exercise and being a useless van driver. Then during the day while driving.
Then they started in my abdominal muscles.
I began taking potassium supplements and mixing tonic eater in everything I drank (which there is no hard science for).
These were super painful and you could see my abdomen actually change shape. Lots of fun while driving.
Then they'd happen in my back running vertical parallel to my spine. It was only then I started to suspect something really wasn't right because when my muscles were not cramped they were spasms like they wanted to cramp but couldn't quite pull it off.
Somewhere along the way I added calcium and sodium and magnesium.
Still happening.
Started drinking tons of Gatorade. Don't like how much sugar there is in it.
Switched to Propel because I'm sure the substitute Sucralose is just so much better.
When my hands actually started becoming useless because of painful cramping I decided something was really wrong and scheduled an appointment. Which was immediately referred to a specialist, at which I just completed my first appointment, which has referred me to Nuclear Medicine for a CT scan.
Which will inject me with radioactive iodine so I will glow under special lights. Whereupon they will see things and say HOLY SHIT you got six months or something.
Personally I'm hoping for a super power to appear. I'm kind of wanting Financial Wizardry and Immortality but with my luck I'll probably just get a prehensile tail.
Sentence fragments and run ons.
Sinister
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Yes it is possible to flush your own electrolytes.
Rigjockey
In Gord we trust!
You got a point right there!
Duck
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There's pretty much nothing in this mayonnaise clinic article you didn't cover, except this:I was down to 135 for a long time. I attributed it to not drinking. About a year ago I started having leg cramps at night. Which I attributed to a lack of exercise and being a useless van driver. Then during the day while driving.
Then they started in my abdominal muscles.
I began taking potassium supplements and mixing tonic eater in everything I drank (which there is no hard science for).
These were super painful and you could see my abdomen actually change shape. Lots of fun while driving.
Then they'd happen in my back running vertical parallel to my spine. It was only then I started to suspect something really wasn't right because when my muscles were not cramped they were spasms like they wanted to cramp but couldn't quite pull it off.
Somewhere along the way I added calcium and sodium and magnesium.
Still happening.
Started drinking tons of Gatorade. Don't like how much sugar there is in it.
Switched to Propel because I'm sure the substitute Sucralose is just so much better.
When my hands actually started becoming useless because of painful cramping I decided something was really wrong and scheduled an appointment. Which was immediately referred to a specialist, at which I just completed my first appointment, which has referred me to Nuclear Medicine for a CT scan.
Which will inject me with radioactive iodine so I will glow under special lights. Whereupon they will see things and say HOLY SHIT you got six months or something.
Personally I'm hoping for a super power to appear. I'm kind of wanting Financial Wizardry and Immortality but with my luck I'll probably just get a prehensile tail.
Sentence fragments and run ons.
"Factors that might increase your risk of muscle cramps include:
Age. Older people lose muscle mass, so the remaining muscle can get overstressed more easily."
You mentioned that you were down to 135 lbs.
Maybe the doctor will tell you to eat more protein and hit the gym.
Rigjockey
In Gord we trust!
What in the fuck is a Gym?
Uncle Birchy
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That's why on my spare time I walking the bike trails and in the Forest Preserves.
Only things I use at gym is the hot tub, and steam room , swimming pool and once in awhile on weekends there's a group of guys who like to play pickup games of basketball
Duck
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1600 E Washington St
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If you check the street view in this location in a few days you might see me on the motorcycle flipping off the Google spy camera.
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If you check the street view in this location in a few days you might see me on the motorcycle flipping off the Google spy camera.
Uncle Birchy
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Why do you only have "HALF" a Liscense Plate?
Duck
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Because they're made in prison by our ex governors. And they don't honor their warranties.
The vinyl laminate peeled off of mine.
Electric Chicken
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I mean it's not false.
Duck
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Tonight's update on Sarah:
She's tired of being in the hospital. Tired of being told she can't get out of bed without staff present, and staff takes a while to answer the call button then it takes a while for them to actually get to the room.
Today around 4 pm she got mad and went to the bathroom completely on her own without the walker because she hit the call button and didn't get a response right away.
I got up but she moved so quickly she was already in the bathroom before I could get around the stupid wheelchair that was in the way.
Bed alarm went off and the nurse came running in while she was on the toilet and told her she can't get out of bed on her own, fall risk, blah blah blah.
She snapped at the nurse and yelled "I can fuckin do what I want. I gotta go to the bathroom and I'm sick of having to wait for a nurse and Brian's right here and there's no fuckin reason why he's not allowed to help me because he's twice as strong as any of you and there's no way he's gonna let me fall".
The nurse just walked out of the room and when she was done, I helped her back into the bed even though she didn't actually need any help.
The physical therapists are going too slow for her because they're scared of liability due to her low blood pressure even though cardiology & neurology at Rush said that as long as she is asymptomatic (no dizzy or lightheadedness) she can do physical therapy.
With the walker, she's slow and doesn't have a wide stance. Almost like she's trying to walk a tightrope, but when she got up to go to the bathroom all pissed off, she walked normally. Not slow, not stumbling. Perfectly normal.
So, physically and neurologically she's doing REALLY WELL.
But understandably she's tired of being in the hospital. She's been in 4 different facilities now, twice at Rush. She hasn't been home since the stroke July 9th. She misses her cat. She hasn't seen the tomato plants since they were less than a foot tall, except in a video call while she was catatonic in the nursing home.
She has every right to bitch about it, even though it's not the fault of these nurses.
At 6pm her sister showed up.
Sarah's mood quickly changed and she was laughing and making fun of the nursing staff at St Joseph.
Unlike the nurses at the other two hospitals, these ones seem to have the personality of a door knob.
While she was making fun of the older nurses, she had to pee so she hit the call button.
A 30- something CNA came in with a really cute little teenage trainee. This girl couldn't possibly be a day over 18 if that's the minimum age requirement to be a CNA. She looks like she's 13 or 14, probably 90 lbs. Cute as a button.
Sarah took one look at her and said "What the fuck is this? Brian's not allowed to help me to the bathroom but this fuckin ten year old can do it? Is this like bring your daughter to work day or something?"
Sarah's sister and I both nearly fell out of our chairs laughing.
Yeah we have a "meeting" tomorrow at 11 am with the doctor and the nurses and physical therapists to discuss her progress and her projected discharge date.
I can't wait.
She's tired of being in the hospital. Tired of being told she can't get out of bed without staff present, and staff takes a while to answer the call button then it takes a while for them to actually get to the room.
Today around 4 pm she got mad and went to the bathroom completely on her own without the walker because she hit the call button and didn't get a response right away.
I got up but she moved so quickly she was already in the bathroom before I could get around the stupid wheelchair that was in the way.
Bed alarm went off and the nurse came running in while she was on the toilet and told her she can't get out of bed on her own, fall risk, blah blah blah.
She snapped at the nurse and yelled "I can fuckin do what I want. I gotta go to the bathroom and I'm sick of having to wait for a nurse and Brian's right here and there's no fuckin reason why he's not allowed to help me because he's twice as strong as any of you and there's no way he's gonna let me fall".
The nurse just walked out of the room and when she was done, I helped her back into the bed even though she didn't actually need any help.
The physical therapists are going too slow for her because they're scared of liability due to her low blood pressure even though cardiology & neurology at Rush said that as long as she is asymptomatic (no dizzy or lightheadedness) she can do physical therapy.
With the walker, she's slow and doesn't have a wide stance. Almost like she's trying to walk a tightrope, but when she got up to go to the bathroom all pissed off, she walked normally. Not slow, not stumbling. Perfectly normal.
So, physically and neurologically she's doing REALLY WELL.
But understandably she's tired of being in the hospital. She's been in 4 different facilities now, twice at Rush. She hasn't been home since the stroke July 9th. She misses her cat. She hasn't seen the tomato plants since they were less than a foot tall, except in a video call while she was catatonic in the nursing home.
She has every right to bitch about it, even though it's not the fault of these nurses.
At 6pm her sister showed up.
Sarah's mood quickly changed and she was laughing and making fun of the nursing staff at St Joseph.
Unlike the nurses at the other two hospitals, these ones seem to have the personality of a door knob.
While she was making fun of the older nurses, she had to pee so she hit the call button.
A 30- something CNA came in with a really cute little teenage trainee. This girl couldn't possibly be a day over 18 if that's the minimum age requirement to be a CNA. She looks like she's 13 or 14, probably 90 lbs. Cute as a button.
Sarah took one look at her and said "What the fuck is this? Brian's not allowed to help me to the bathroom but this fuckin ten year old can do it? Is this like bring your daughter to work day or something?"
Sarah's sister and I both nearly fell out of our chairs laughing.
Yeah we have a "meeting" tomorrow at 11 am with the doctor and the nurses and physical therapists to discuss her progress and her projected discharge date.
I can't wait.
Electric Chicken
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Who's Brian? She got a side piece?Tonight's update on Sarah:
She's tired of being in the hospital. Tired of being told she can't get out of bed without staff present, and staff takes a while to answer the call button then it takes a while for them to actually get to the room.
Today around 4 pm she got mad and went to the bathroom completely on her own without the walker because she hit the call button and didn't get a response right away.
I got up but she moved so quickly she was already in the bathroom before I could get around the stupid wheelchair that was in the way.
Bed alarm went off and the nurse came running in while she was on the toilet and told her she can't get out of bed on her own, fall risk, blah blah blah.
She snapped at the nurse and yelled "I can fuckin do what I want. I gotta go to the bathroom and I'm sick of having to wait for a nurse and Brian's right here and there's no fuckin reason why he's not allowed to help me because he's twice as strong as any of you and there's no way he's gonna let me fall".
The nurse just walked out of the room and when she was done, I helped her back into the bed even though she didn't actually need any help.
The physical therapists are going too slow for her because they're scared of liability due to her low blood pressure even though cardiology & neurology at Rush said that as long as she is asymptomatic (no dizzy or lightheadedness) she can do physical therapy.
With the walker, she's slow and doesn't have a wide stance. Almost like she's trying to walk a tightrope, but when she got up to go to the bathroom all pissed off, she walked normally. Not slow, not stumbling. Perfectly normal.
So, physically and neurologically she's doing REALLY WELL.
But understandably she's tired of being in the hospital. She's been in 4 different facilities now, twice at Rush. She hasn't been home since the stroke July 9th. She misses her cat. She hasn't seen the tomato plants since they were less than a foot tall, except in a video call while she was catatonic in the nursing home.
She has every right to bitch about it, even though it's not the fault of these nurses.
At 6pm her sister showed up.
Sarah's mood quickly changed and she was laughing and making fun of the nursing staff at St Joseph.
Unlike the nurses at the other two hospitals, these ones seem to have the personality of a door knob.
While she was making fun of the older nurses, she had to pee so she hit the call button.
A 30- something CNA came in with a really cute little teenage trainee. This girl couldn't possibly be a day over 18 if that's the minimum age requirement to be a CNA. She looks like she's 13 or 14, probably 90 lbs. Cute as a button.
Sarah took one look at her and said "What the fuck is this? Brian's not allowed to help me to the bathroom but this fuckin ten year old can do it? Is this like bring your daughter to work day or something?"
Sarah's sister and I both nearly fell out of our chairs laughing.
Yeah we have a "meeting" tomorrow at 11 am with the doctor and the nurses and physical therapists to discuss her progress and her projected discharge date.
I can't wait.
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