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[lacrossefiend73]

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How many ihc's does it usually take?😕 Radiology in your future perhaps?

CO to learn to ski!

Go for it.

Who knows... I'm hoping just the one, or two at the most. haha I dunno about Rads... there were at least other people around to talk to while in the dark today.

I've never skiied... always wanted to. Though I think I'd be more of the snowboarding type.

I might. I remember the secretary saying if you call and ask about your status, they will just say wait it out. But, I figure if I call and ask if the committee has met and when decisions are coming out, maybe that will be different? 😕

EDIT: Never mind, I won't ask. I just called and was listening to the message they have and its all about how you must be patient about the status of your application and they know its an agonizing wait... blah blah blah... arrrrrgggggh. Just give me my WL already (or be nice and give me an acceptance!)

Off to teach... we are doing PBL cases today acutally... about neuromuscular disorders. I get to possibly be a 55 year old man today w/ some ailing disorder! woot!

 

[cpa2md]

CO to learn to ski!

I've never been skiing, but sent the husband and kids off to do it a couple of years ago. They had a blast, but came home with one broken thumb and one seriously sprained thumb.

Thus, my skiing advice. MAKE CERTAIN the ski pole strap is around your wrist, not across the back of your hand. When you fall, you want the pole to come completely out of your hand, not hit your palm. My son had what is called a "gate-keeper's thumb", also known as a skier's thumb, caused when the end of the pole gets caught between the meat of your thumb and the ground.

It was an interesting experience I don't wish to see repeated. The husband, in typical fashion, said "he's fine" and did nothing until they got home. The day after they got home, his palm turned black, so we went to the er. ER doc #1 wrapped it in an ace bandage, said "don't worry about it, wear the bandage for a week." The next morning there was a message on our answering machine from the ER. Doc #2 saw the xray and did not like what doc #1 told us. He put it in a spica splint and sent us to a hand specialist, who put it in a hard cast for 6 weeks and a brace for an additional 3.

It was an interesting exercise in differing diagnoses.

Long story to say - watch your strap, and have fun!!

 

[myKuduSlewaZulu]

Who knows... I'm hoping just the one, or two at the most. haha I dunno about Rads... there were at least other people around to talk to while in the dark today.

I've never skiied... always wanted to. Though I think I'd be more of the snowboarding type.

EDIT: Never mind, I won't ask. I just called and was listening to the message they have and its all about how you must be patient about the status of your application and they know its an agonizing wait... blah blah blah... arrrrrgggggh. Just give me my WL already (or be nice and give me an acceptance!)

Off to teach... we are doing PBL cases today acutally... about neuromuscular disorders. I get to possibly be a 55 year old man today w/ some ailing disorder! woot!

Actually I haven't quite decided if I'll do the skiing or 'boarding yet, but I'm leaning toward skiing.

I find it humorous that they put up that recording, but I can only imagine how many calls they get.

As a pysch major, did you volunteer for any studies? I ask because I was reading about one done at Mizzou comparing male/female undergrads the other day...can't remember the year though.

Haha..I feel ya. I "volunteered" in anatomy to show show my cephalic vein (hard to find on cadavers), and platysma. And of course in clinical I was the first one to get practiced on for heart/lung sounds, pmi, and abdominal aorta pulsations. The Dr thought I had a murmur, but on rechecking he said no....

It was an interesting experience I don't wish to see repeated. The husband, in typical fashion, said "he's fine" and did nothing until they got home. The day after they got home, his palm turned black, so we went to the er. ER doc #1 wrapped it in an ace bandage, said "don't worry about it, wear the bandage for a week." The next morning there was a message on our answering machine from the ER. Doc #2 saw the xray and did not like what doc #1 told us. He put it in a spica splint and sent us to a hand specialist, who put it in a hard cast for 6 weeks and a brace for an additional 3.

Gulp..thanks for the tip. Where did they go?

 

[lacrossefiend73]

I find it humorous that they put up that recording, but I can only imagine how many calls they get.

As a pysch major, did you volunteer for any studies? I ask because I was reading about one done at Mizzou comparing male/female undergrads the other day...can't remember the year though.

I know... part of me still wanted to ask not about my specific app but whether or not decisions in general were coming out soon... but I refrained.

I have done a bunch of studies... freshman year in our intro psych class, for a class requirement you either had to take part in senior research projects or write a paper... I always did the research. And, if I ever see one in the "MUInfo" emails the university sends us every Wednesday, I always try to do it cause I know I'd want someone to help me out if I was doing one.

So I was a 50 year old dude today w/ Huntington's Disease. The group I was facilitating was totally stuck on Parkinson's for the longest time... ever though I told them my loss of motor control made me have sporadic spasms occasionally, not tremors. And I kept telling them that I came into the office also because my wife told me I was driving her nuts w/ my crazy antics (read: psychosis), but nada. They even didn't catch the whole "My dad died from the same symptoms I'm having now when he was 55". It was kinda fun cause I got to make stuff up that totally threw them off... like I was trying to help carry a piano up the stairs but ended up falling down a whole flight... couldn't get them away from the idea of concussion for awhile

 

[armybound]

congrats, dd. that must have been an amazing surprise.

 

[dd128]

So I was a 50 year old dude today w/ Huntington's Disease. The group I was facilitating was totally stuck on Parkinson's for the longest time... ever though I told them my loss of motor control made me have sporadic spasms occasionally, not tremors. And I kept telling them that I came into the office also because my wife told me I was driving her nuts w/ my crazy antics (read: psychosis), but nada. They even didn't catch the whole "My dad died from the same symptoms I'm having now when he was 55". It was kinda fun cause I got to make stuff up that totally threw them off... like I was trying to help carry a piano up the stairs but ended up falling down a whole flight... couldn't get them away from the idea of concussion for awhile

So I guess if the medical career doesn't work out you have a vibrant future in acting ahead of you 😉

congrats, dd. that must have been an amazing surprise.

Thanks man, yeah it was the best kind shock I'd ever gotten...almost as good as my supernintendo I got for christams back in second grade 😛

 

[lacrossefiend73]

Alright... so I have to write this paper for my Genetics and Society class about this hypothetical girl who is born w/ congenital adrenal hyperplasia so her genitals look halfway b/w male and female. I have to give advice to her parents about gender issues... specifically, they want to know should the baby have surgery where they "choose" a sex for it, and they are concerned about adjusting, unambiguous gender identity, teasing, the works.

So I really dunno where I stand on this topic... part of me says yes, they should have the surgery so they don't grow up thinking they look abnormal... but then part of me says no, they shouldn't because they would grow up feeling abnormal. I read an article about a woman who had this and wishes her parents didn't get the surgery for her and feels that they should wait till a child is old enough to choose... I dunno if I'm for that.

Thoughts?

 

[cpa2md]

Alright... so I have to write this paper for my Genetics and Society class about this hypothetical girl who is born w/ congenital adrenal hyperplasia so her genitals look halfway b/w male and female. I have to give advice to her parents about gender issues... specifically, they want to know should the baby have surgery where they "choose" a sex for it, and they are concerned about adjusting, unambiguous gender identity, teasing, the works.

So I really dunno where I stand on this topic... part of me says yes, they should have the surgery so they don't grow up thinking they look abnormal... but then part of me says no, they shouldn't because they would grow up feeling abnormal. I read an article about a woman who had this and wishes her parents didn't get the surgery for her and feels that they should wait till a child is old enough to choose... I dunno if I'm for that.

Thoughts?

It's a tough one, but if you read anything about transgender issues from the perspective of the transgendered one, they feel as though they have the wrong body for their sex. If that is the case, how do you look at a baby and know which way to choose? As horrible as it sounds, I would actually be in favor of waiting a few years to see which gender the child chooses. Believe me, as the parent of a boy and a girl, it really doesn't take long for the differences to become apparent - and it's not because I dressed my daughter all in pink and gave her dolls in her crib!

 

[lacrossefiend73]

It's a tough one, but if you read anything about transgender issues from the perspective of the transgendered one, they feel as though they have the wrong body for their sex. If that is the case, how do you look at a baby and know which way to choose? As horrible as it sounds, I would actually be in favor of waiting a few years to see which gender the child chooses. Believe me, as the parent of a boy and a girl, it really doesn't take long for the differences to become apparent - and it's not because I dressed my daughter all in pink and gave her dolls in her crib!

See in the case of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, they do the surgery based on what their chromosomes say... so in this case, it's XX, so they'd make her genitals look like a girl. I agree w/ waiting... but, I'm kind of lost on how to counsel the parents on how to help the kid adjust and stuff... so if they wait till their school years, do they just have to pick up and leave once the child decides? And it is often too difficult to have a child decide when they are little because in this article I read, it said there was a little girl and she was told she was actually a boy, so right away she was like okay I'm a boy!

 

[lacrossefiend73]

Phew... finished. And it's not too shabby I guess... but I went w/ the waiting and letting the child have informed consent.

 

[myKuduSlewaZulu]

Thanks man, yeah it was the best kind shock I'd ever gotten...almost as good as my supernintendo I got for christams back in second grade 😛

Super Metroid?

Phew... finished. And it's not too shabby I guess... but I went w/ the waiting and letting the child have informed consent.

Haha...I was just about to respond....

 

[dd128]

Haha...I was just about to respond....

I didn't get to give my advice either 🙁...too bad for lacrosse because it was going to be some groundbreaking stuff 😛

 

[lacrossefiend73]

Haha...I was just about to respond....

I didn't get to give my advice either 🙁...too bad for lacrosse because it was going to be some groundbreaking stuff 😛

Well it was just a rough draft... so you can still tell me your thoughts if you want 😉

Off to lab, developmental psych, lab, lunch, lab, judgment and decision making, TA meeting, lab! And the worst part of this day? Dev. Psych... 👎

 

[dd128]

Ok you got me, I was bluffing, I don't have squat.lol

 

[cpa2md]

page 3??!!! Oh, my, it's been a slow day.

So I was back at work today, and my kids were actually back at school. Everyone seems to be on the mend, but my son and I still don't feel great. We had my dad's famous ribs for dinner tonight. mmmmmmm. Wish I felt like I could've eaten more. 🙁

I worked on filling out the rest of my A&M stuff today, too, since San Antonio does not want me. Officially.

 

[lacrossefiend73]

page 3??!!! Oh, my, it's been a slow day.

So I was back at work today, and my kids were actually back at school. Everyone seems to be on the mend, but my son and I still don't feel great. We had my dad's famous ribs for dinner tonight. mmmmmmm. Wish I felt like I could've eaten more. 🙁

I worked on filling out the rest of my A&M stuff today, too, since San Antonio does not want me. Officially.

mmm ribs are wonderful. Glad you are feeling a bit better.

Sorry about SA... I'm sure you'll love A&M though 👍 And just think... you'll have a whole new house to tear apart and put back together 😀

 

[dd128]

page 3??!!! Oh, my, it's been a slow day.

So I was back at work today, and my kids were actually back at school. Everyone seems to be on the mend, but my son and I still don't feel great. We had my dad's famous ribs for dinner tonight. mmmmmmm. Wish I felt like I could've eaten more. 🙁

I worked on filling out the rest of my A&M stuff today, too, since San Antonio does not want me. Officially.

You beat me to the bump 🙂

Glad you guys are all better. Guess that's one of the things about a close family, if one person gets sick, everyone gets sick.

So I was filling out some financial aid stuff as well today. I'm curious, perhaps kudu is best to answer this, but how well does financial aid cover everything? I'm assuming you use aid to cover everything from rent to groceries and gas. I haven't seen any med students starving either, so I guess it's sufficient. Thoughts?

 

[myKuduSlewaZulu]

So I was filling out some financial aid stuff as well today. I'm curious, perhaps kudu is best to answer this, but how well does financial aid cover everything? I'm assuming you use aid to cover everything from rent to groceries and gas. I haven't seen any med students starving either, so I guess it's sufficient. Thoughts?

http://sfs.uth.tmc.edu/fa_docs/living_expenses_budget_0708.html 👍

 

[lacrossefiend73]

Morning!

(This is me keeping our thread from the depths of page 3)

 

[cpa2md]

Agreed! Good morning from Texas!

Weather report: hot and dry! It's cloudy right now, and cool, but we're heading for 92!

 

[lacrossefiend73]

It was pretty foggy here this morning... but now the sun is out and its a nice light-jacket weather day 🙂

In a couple hours I get to talk to about 40 high school juniors at "Meet Mizzou Day" and convince them to come here and be a part of our Honors College... Whenever I do things like this, I have to tell myself that not everyone is as Mizzou-obsessed as me haha

 

[myKuduSlewaZulu]

In a couple hours I get to talk to about 40 high school juniors at "Meet Mizzou Day" and convince them to come here and be a part of our Honors College... Whenever I do things like this, I have to tell myself that not everyone is as Mizzou-obsessed as me haha

GOOOOOO Tigers!!!! Hahaha....

 

[dd128]

In a couple hours I get to talk to about 40 high school juniors at "Meet Mizzou Day" and convince them to come here and be a part of our Honors College... Whenever I do things like this, I have to tell myself that not everyone is as Mizzou-obsessed as me haha

So they're going to get a glimpse of a perfect Mizzou student in the flesh 😉

You know I heard some people on the radio talking about the cupcake place in savannah you mentioned. Apparently it is quite famous...who knew...sort of makes me want a cupcake...

And I got my San Antonio rejection in the mail 👎 Not that I care that much, I think they were on the bottom of the list of schools where I interviewed anyway. Funny thing is, if I had gotten that rejection last week I probably would have wanted to jump off a bridge

 

[lacrossefiend73]

GOOOOOO Tigers!!!! Hahaha....

Boo I couldn't see your image... maybe that's a good thing though.

So they're going to get a glimpse of a perfect Mizzou student in the flesh 😉

You know I heard some people on the radio talking about the cupcake place in savannah you mentioned. Apparently it is quite famous...who knew...sort of makes me want a cupcake...

And I got my San Antonio rejection in the mail 👎 Not that I care that much, I think they were on the bottom of the list of schools where I interviewed anyway. Funny thing is, if I had gotten that rejection last week I probably would have wanted to jump off a bridge

Yeah you should totally go there before leaving for TX!

I'm making a chocolate pie tonight for me, my roommate and my boyfriend... chocolate because... well duh, its wonderful... and pie because it's pi day! (3/14... yes, we're nerds.)

 

[dd128]

I'm making a chocolate pie tonight for me, my roommate and my boyfriend... chocolate because... well duh, its wonderful... and pie because it's pi day! (3/14... yes, we're nerds.)

wow, pie day huh?....

I bet you have a lot of fat friends too

So I got home and turned on the TV and everyone's freaking out because we had some storms go through and every channel is running around in the street taking pictures of the debris?

They walk up to the dumbest person on the street and say, "so razor sharp glass is falling out of the air and raining down like a sea of knives from the heavens damaging property and hurting dozens of people, how do you fell about this???"

Dumb person: "I'm going to be honest with you, I don't like it....none of it...the razor sea...and definitely not the people getting hurt...people getting hurt is usually bad...especially during a storm..."

 

[myKuduSlewaZulu]

Boo I couldn't see your image... maybe that's a good thing though.

Oh I see, I'm a male cheerleader and I'm ugly huh?....

Dumb person: "I'm going to be honest with you, I don't like it....none of it...the razor sea...and definitely not the people getting hurt...people getting hurt is usually bad...especially during a storm..."

Sadly, for his sake, I find myself actually hoping he was on crack.

Awww....here's Lacrosse at prom. So precious.

 

[dd128]

Oh I see, I'm a male cheerleader and I'm ugly huh?....

Awww....here's Lacrosse at prom. So precious.

😆 Oh wow...

And I like that little mooning guy up there too 👍

 

[dd128]

So I was browsing around my tmdsas profile, and ended up getting an lmu update with my acceptance.....sooooo, maybe there is some correlation?? I can't wait to share this enlightening possibility and mess with applicants a tad next year

 

[lacrossefiend73]

Oh I see, I'm a male cheerleader and I'm ugly huh?....

Awww....here's Lacrosse at prom. So precious.

I dunno if you were ugly... I didn't even know you were a cheerleader... cause I couldn't see it!

That is way harsh.

 

[dd128]

I dunno if you were ugly... I didn't even know you were a cheerleader... cause I couldn't see it!

That is way harsh.

Aw, come on guys, no fighting in our thread! I'll pull this thread over!! Don't think I won't!! 😛 Besides, we can't turn on eachother, it's what THEY want us to do

Haha, so the weather people here are going nuts about all these storms, I guess it's actually sort of serious, the tornado warnings went off earlier. If I turn up missing it may because I've been swooped off to OZ 🙂

 

[lacrossefiend73]

Aw, come on guys, no fighting in our thread! I'll pull this thread over!! Don't think I won't!! 😛 Besides, we can't turn on eachother, it's what THEY want us to do

Haha, so the weather people here are going nuts about all these storms, I guess it's actually sort of serious, the tornado warnings went off earlier. If I turn up missing it may because I've been swooped off to OZ 🙂

but he starrrrrrrted it! haha.

Yeah I saw something on MSN about it... crazy!

You guys doing anything for St. Patty's? Our campus has a building called Jesse Hall which has our registrar, transcripts, etc and is the tallest building on our Quad and it is always lit up at night so you can see it everywhere on campus. For St. Patty's, they use green lights and when my boyfriend and I went out to dinner downtown last night, I saw green Jesse and got really excited and was like yay! They turned Jesse green! He just looked at me and goes "Man... I really did find someone the complete opposite of me"

 

[dd128]

You guys doing anything for St. Patty's? Our campus has a building called Jesse Hall which has our registrar, transcripts, etc and is the tallest building on our Quad and it is always lit up at night so you can see it everywhere on campus. For St. Patty's, they use green lights and when my boyfriend and I went out to dinner downtown last night, I saw green Jesse and got really excited and was like yay! They turned Jesse green! He just looked at me and goes "Man... I really did find someone the complete opposite of me"

No, wow, that sounds seriously exciting 🙄 lol, I'm guessing not a lot happens around there 🙂

Well most of my friends ended up going down to florida, buuuuut because of the storms, and apparently spring break too, I couldn't get a flight. So probably not a lot, may call up the B-list friends and see what excitment they have going on

And I changed my m&m's shoe color earlier!!! haha, so I was bored, leave me alone!

 

[lacrossefiend73]

No, wow, that sounds seriously exciting 🙄 lol, I'm guessing not a lot happens around there 🙂

Well most of my friends ended up going down to florida, buuuuut because of the storms, and apparently spring break too, I couldn't get a flight. So probably not a lot, may call up the B-list friends and see what excitment they have going on

And I changed my m&m's shoe color earlier!!! haha, so I was bored, leave me alone!

haha shut it... I just like all the little things that happen on campus like that.

Okay, good... I'm not losing my mind. I was like I think those shoes are different... but I didn't wanna say anything.

 

[myKuduSlewaZulu]

oh man...i need to put down the crack pipe. i completely misread your post. the pic was of a mizzou cheerleader pumping her pom poms haha. i thought you were teasing me. sorry 39....i'd replace ur.....uh...."prom" pic with a supermodel but i'm doing this from my phone. my flight is at 6:40am....take care guys....wish me luck...

 

[lacrossefiend73]

oh man...i need to put down the crack pipe. i completely misread your post. the pic was of a mizzou cheerleader pumping her pom poms haha. i thought you were teasing me. sorry 39....i'd replace ur.....uh...."prom" pic with a supermodel but i'm doing this from my phone. my flight is at 6:40am....take care guys....wish me luck...

haha it's okay kudu... I forgive you. I can actually see the picture now, which is weird.

Have fun and be careful... and don't freeze too much!

 

[dd128]

oh man...i need to put down the crack pipe. i completely misread your post. the pic was of a mizzou cheerleader pumping her pom poms haha. i thought you were teasing me. sorry 39....i'd replace ur.....uh...."prom" pic with a supermodel but i'm doing this from my phone. my flight is at 6:40am....take care guys....wish me luck...

G'luck 👍

Sunday morning bump. I guess you and I are going to have to hold down the fort for a while lacrosse 🙂

 

[lacrossefiend73]

Sunday morning bump. I guess you and I are going to have to hold down the fort for a while lacrosse 🙂

I'm sure cpa2md will drop by and help out 👍

I plan on making something to bring to my lab meeting tomorrow... here's the choices:
1. My chocolate chocolate chip cupcakes w/ green icing
2. White cupcakes w/ green icing
3. White cupcakes dyed green w/ white icing
4. Green cookies

Which do you think?

 

[dd128]

I'm sure cpa2md will drop by and help out 👍

I plan on making something to bring to my lab meeting tomorrow... here's the choices:
1. My chocolate chocolate chip cupcakes w/ green icing
2. White cupcakes w/ green icing
3. White cupcakes dyed green w/ white icing
4. Green cookies

Which do you think?

I'm sensing a pattern...😛

That first sounds pretty good in my opinion 👍

 

[lacrossefiend73]

I'm sensing a pattern...😛

That first sounds pretty good in my opinion 👍

haha yeah... I'm b/w those and the white ones w/ green icing.

How goes the job? I finished my 5-day protocol in my lab and now I have to do RNA lysis and imaging of my IHC. For the RNA lysis, I will be spending the hours of 10-3 tomorrow purifying the RNA I froze, synthesizing cDNA from the RNA, and then PCRing it. Thursday, I get to spend the hours of 8-11 in a dark room taking image slices from my 3-D gels and then stacking the images to make it 3-D again... woo!!

Spring Break in T minus 1 week...

 

[cpa2md]

I'm sure cpa2md will drop by and help out 👍

I plan on making something to bring to my lab meeting tomorrow... here's the choices:
1. My chocolate chocolate chip cupcakes w/ green icing
2. White cupcakes w/ green icing
3. White cupcakes dyed green w/ white icing
4. Green cookies

Which do you think?

I'm here!

How about white cupcakes dyed green with green icing???

If my kids were in town I might do something ambitious like that (or get my daughter to do it!) As it is, though, they are in Mexico on a mission trip and won't be back until tomorrow night.

dd - did you survive your storms ok? We might actually get some tomorrow night.

 

[lacrossefiend73]

I'm here!

How about white cupcakes dyed green with green icing???

Hello! Yeah, I'm thinkin I'll definitely do the white cupcakes... the chocolate ones are awesome, but it leaves me so much extra chocolate leftover, and I definitely don't want that laying around.

I haven't gone to get ingredients yet though... I'm starting to write my paper that analyzes treatments of anorexia and it all makes me so sad. I was reading a Pro-Ana website to find a story to start my paper w/, and these girls on the forums make me want to cry. The one I chose was this 15 year old that said she is in treatment right now because she had heart problems from the anorexia... they are forcing her to eat and she hates it... someone replied to her "What a shame! At least you can fast when you're done w/ recovery! How's your heart though?"

I'm like do you not understand that she is 15 and has the heart problems of a middle-aged person?? It's just saddening. This convinces me more that I really want to work with eating disorders after med school.

 

[cpa2md]

Hello! Yeah, I'm thinkin I'll definitely do the white cupcakes... the chocolate ones are awesome, but it leaves me so much extra chocolate leftover, and I definitely don't want that laying around.

I haven't gone to get ingredients yet though... I'm starting to write my paper that analyzes treatments of anorexia and it all makes me so sad. I was reading a Pro-Ana website to find a story to start my paper w/, and these girls on the forums make me want to cry. The one I chose was this 15 year old that said she is in treatment right now because she had heart problems from the anorexia... they are forcing her to eat and she hates it... someone replied to her "What a shame! At least you can fast when you're done w/ recovery! How's your heart though?"

I'm like do you not understand that she is 15 and has the heart problems of a middle-aged person?? It's just saddening. This convinces me more that I really want to work with eating disorders after med school.

It is my prayer every day that I can raise my children (my daughter in particular) with enough self-confidence and self-esteem that the thought of eating disorders (or cutting, drugs, alcohol, and other self-destructive whatevers) hold no allure. That's one of the scariest thoughts for me with medical school - screwing up my kids!

Communication, communication, communication!

 

[lacrossefiend73]

It is my prayer every day that I can raise my children (my daughter in particular) with enough self-confidence and self-esteem that the thought of eating disorders (or cutting, drugs, alcohol, and other self-destructive whatevers) hold no allure. That's one of the scariest thoughts for me with medical school - screwing up my kids!

Communication, communication, communication!

I know... I always think about what is so different between the way I was raised and the way people w/ self-destructive behaviors were raised? It's scary. Honestly... when my parents told me things like don't do drugs, what made me say okay and what makes other people do them?

 

[cpa2md]

I know... I always think about what is so different between the way I was raised and the way people w/ self-destructive behaviors were raised? It's scary. Honestly... when my parents told me things like don't do drugs, what made me say okay and what makes other people do them?

My older brother did the whole drug thing as a teenager. When I was 9 (he was 16), he overdosed on who-knows-what, and I remember hearing that if he had been 1" shorter, he would've died (he's 6'8"). I know that experience, and seeing the pain that my parents went through with the whole episode was enough to scare me straight. My brother is now a really nice guy, very well adjusted, but he went through a lot of years of hard times.

We talked about it recently, and he commented that he often wonders what was so horrible in his life that made him go through that. We had our share of family dysfunction, but we had an intact, upper middle-class family in suburbia.

I guess if there were easy answers to why these things happen, there would be easy fixes for the problems that ensue.

 

[dd128]

I'm here!

dd - did you survive your storms ok? We might actually get some tomorrow night.

hi

Yeah actually I don't really know what all the hubbub was. I mean down town it was obvious, but everywhere else it just rained a little.

I haven't gone to get ingredients yet though... I'm starting to write my paper that analyzes treatments of anorexia and it all makes me so sad. I was reading a Pro-Ana website to find a story to start my paper w/, and these girls on the forums make me want to cry. The one I chose was this 15 year old that said she is in treatment right now because she had heart problems from the anorexia... they are forcing her to eat and she hates it... someone replied to her "What a shame! At least you can fast when you're done w/ recovery! How's your heart though?"

I'm like do you not understand that she is 15 and has the heart problems of a middle-aged person?? It's just saddening. This convinces me more that I really want to work with eating disorders after med school.

Yeah it's really terrible the self image some young people have (I know like I'm that old 🙂). I think everyone can understand wanting to fit in, especially in highschool. You feel like your world is going to end if you don't have the right clothes, car, or look like everyone else. Now it's obvious how dumb that was, but back then you just don't know any better.

It is my prayer every day that I can raise my children (my daughter in particular) with enough self-confidence and self-esteem that the thought of eating disorders (or cutting, drugs, alcohol, and other self-destructive whatevers) hold no allure. That's one of the scariest thoughts for me with medical school - screwing up my kids!

Communication, communication, communication!

I don't think going to medical school would screw up your kids. You're trying to make a better life for them as much as you are yourself, and that's awesome. Even if there is a time when they are younger and they don't completely understand they'll figure it out eventually.

 

[Jolie South]

My older brother did the whole drug thing as a teenager. When I was 9 (he was 16), he overdosed on who-knows-what, and I remember hearing that if he had been 1" shorter, he would've died (he's 6'8"). I know that experience, and seeing the pain that my parents went through with the whole episode was enough to scare me straight. My brother is now a really nice guy, very well adjusted, but he went through a lot of years of hard times.

We talked about it recently, and he commented that he often wonders what was so horrible in his life that made him go through that. We had our share of family dysfunction, but we had an intact, upper middle-class family in suburbia.

I guess if there were easy answers to why these things happen, there would be easy fixes for the problems that ensue.

same deal with my family. i've been the "good" one. always done well in school and succeeded in jobs, etc. my brother, however, was raised in the same family but had issues with drugs/alcohol all through high school. he eventually got 3 DUIs. in the last one, he knew he wasn't supposed to be driving (suspended license) yet was doing so while drunk. cops saw him and tried to get him to pull over. he evaded and eventually drove head on into a tree and totalled his car. he somehow walked away scot free. to this day, he doesn't have his license back and i would say that he has a drinking problem, though i don't know if he recognizes that. he's getting better, but still struggles and regrets the past. he's now 24, never finished college and is working at walmart.

there's definitely no rhyme or reason.

 

[dd128]

same deal with my family. i've been the "good" one. always done well in school and succeeded in jobs, etc. my brother, however, was raised in the same family but had issues with drugs/alcohol all through high school. he eventually got 3 DUIs. in the last one, he knew he wasn't supposed to be driving (suspended license) yet was doing so while drunk. cops saw him and tried to get him to pull over. he evaded and eventually drove head on into a tree and totalled his car. he somehow walked away scot free. to this day, he doesn't have his license back and i would say that he has a drinking problem, though i don't know if he recognizes that. he's getting better, but still struggles and regrets the past. he's now 24, never finished college and is working at walmart.

there's definitely no rhyme or reason.

I can relate to the bad kids unfortunately. Back in highschool I got into a lot of things I shouldn't have: drugs, stealing, alcohol, etc. Part of it was I felt I had an unfair deal in life and wanted it to take it out on someone, and part of it was the crowd I was with (Not that those are excuses). I got caught a few times by the police, but luckily got out of it without anything on my record. After graduating I realized I was headed no where in my life, got it together and now I'm going to medical school. I knew my future was on the line back then, but I just didn't care. I'm not sure why some people can get their life on track and others can't, I'm grateful that I could though. Maybe one day your brother will wake up and realize what he's doing, unfortunately most times there is little you can do even when you see how bad their life is.

And I worked at wal-mart through undergrad! 😡 lol, but it's ok 🙂

 

[Jolie South]

I can relate to the bad kids unfortunately. Back in highschool I got into a lot of things I shouldn't have: drugs, stealing, alcohol, etc. Part of it was I felt I had an unfair deal in life and wanted it to take it out on someone, and part of it was the crowd I was with (Not that those are excuses). I got caught a few times by the police, but luckily got out of it without anything on my record. After graduating I realized I was headed no where in my life, got it together and now I'm going to medical school. I knew my future was on the line back then, but I just didn't care. I'm not sure why some people can get their life on track and others can't, I'm grateful that I could though. Maybe one day your brother will wake up and realize what he's doing, unfortunately most times there is little you can do even when you see how bad their life is.

And I worked at wal-mart through undergrad! 😡 lol, but it's ok 🙂

i know there is nothing i can do, which sucks. i feel like another factor is his friends. it's hard to be motivated and do something better for yourself when all your friends want to do is drink tecate and play Play Station. plus, working at walmart probably won't give him access to people that would be a good influence on him. i also think that his girlfriend (who also is not motivated) contributes to this whole issue too. she has a daughter (not my brother's) and it's like my brother takes care of her more than her mom does.

 

[dd128]

i know there is nothing i can do, which sucks. i feel like another factor is his friends. it's hard to be motivated and do something better for yourself when all your friends want to do is drink tecate and play Play Station. plus, working at walmart probably won't give him access to people that would be a good influence on him. i also think that his girlfriend (who also is not motivated) contributes to this whole issue too. she has a daughter (not my brother's) and it's like my brother takes care of her more than her mom does.

The people whom you associate with are definitely a big part of it. Not all my friends were bad, and I still see some of them occasionally, but for me to move on I had to up and leave, which unfortunately meant me leaving Texas, but it worked in the long run.

 

[lacrossefiend73]

And I worked at wal-mart through undergrad! 😡 lol, but it's ok 🙂

haha I practically live at Wal-Mart... just got home from there actually.