She/her/Her Majesty. Mama to the best boy. Views are mine, not yours. Passionate about Palliative Care. Battler of Biofilm. Black Lives Matter. Wear a mask.
This morning my mom spoke at the funeral of her dear friend who suffered with Alzheimer's for the past decade and she shared "lilacs reminded her of her mother so I brought her bouquets of them from my yard until she couldn't remember why she loved them anymore."
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everyone please keep my 15 yo in your thoughts and prayers today. Because of a plumbing issue that isn't fixed yet, he has to walk about 20 steps further to the next closest bathroom from his room. He is "sick of this crap".
I hate HATE HATE when nurses withhold pain medication especially for chronic pain patients or very painful procedures for βslightly low blood pressureβ
Treat their pain. IF the blood pressure tanks we can deal later.
The year was 2010.
We had a new admission that day at the long term care facility.
Admissions were always exciting but also stressful for staff.
Are they coming willingly ? Is the family making this decision? Have they exhausted all other avenues ? Will they adapt quickly ?
Me: Did the patient bite her tongue or have urinary incontinence?
Med student: Not sureβ¦
Me: Well, if youβre worried about a possible seizure, itβs important to-
Student: β¦because she is anuric and has no teeth.β
#HornyActivism pt. 481
CONSERVATIVES: Sit like a lady. Cross your ankles. You need to sit with your knees together or men will get the wrong idea. They'll think you're a slut.
MEANWHILE, MEN:
The only way to address very real decline and symptoms that are not being addressed (as we cannot even see our family docs anymore)β- is to end up in a dire medical crises in the ER.
Period.
This is our medical care now.
And IT IS also crumbling.
The last time I was super into the Olympics was probably 1994 when Elvis Stojko did the quadruple whatever the fuck in jeans and so after watching 3x3 basketball this year, Iβll be back for the 2054 Olympics.
I love that all us Millennials were told by our Boomer parents that weβd get more conservative as we aged and here we are in our 30s/40s and all liberal AF.