Random non-MCAT and only peripherally related to the MCAT thread - Part 2

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TypeA said:
Somehow, I have managed to learn not to let what other people say about my weight bother me. I nag myself enough about it. It's actually kinda funny, I obsess about every single bite I put in my mouth! I'm probably the only fat person who worries about it. :laugh: :laugh:

The obsessing doesn't make me stop..it just bugs the crap out of me. :laugh:

(just realized...that last line could be taken SO MANY ways) :laugh:
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I've gained weight steadily over the past 3 years (since I met my husband) and have put on a total of about, oh, 50 pounds or so, so I look chubby now. People definitely notice, especially my dad. My parents are overweight, but I think my dad jabs at me because he wants me healthy. Some people are downright mean always asking about whether I'm on a diet now (like it's their business).

Beary - I'm sorry your mom said that about your heart. It's hard when parents can be mean.

I just tell them MYOB (Mind Your Own Business). Seriously, I would love to lose weight, and am trying to get it together, but I only feel self conscious about it when other people bring it up, and I tell them that. Then they feel stupid, like they should.

Some people I know who ask without thinking are smokers, big spenders, etc. - they all have their own vices. So I ask them "how's the quitting smoking going" or whatever's applicable. That shuts them up.

No one's perfect!
 
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megboo said:
Are you sure it's not C2 that's being discontinued?
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I was just at the grocery store and looking for the Coke Zero. They had lots of C2. Couldn't find any Coke Zero (and there was no space for it - it's not like it was just out) so I asked the stocker and he said it had been discontinued. I guess it could be that this store just doesn't carry it anymore?

Edit: I just looked on the internet and didn't see anything about it being discontinued. So maybe I have false info.

Anybody here drink C2? I was proud of myself for switching to a calorie free coke. I hate Diet Coke. (But now I have some Coke Classic, and boy, it is good 👍 )

Wonder what my mom will say about my Coke Classic. 🙄
 
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:laugh: check out this pic from earlier today -

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Gotta love dogs .....
 
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beary said:
I was just at the grocery store and looking for the Coke Zero. They had lots of C2. Couldn't find any Coke Zero (and there was no space for it - it's not like it was just out) so I asked the stocker and he said it had been discontinued. I guess it could be that this store just doesn't carry it anymore?

Edit: I just looked on the internet and didn't see anything about it being discontinued. So maybe I have false info.

Anybody here drink C2? I was proud of myself for switching to a calorie free coke. I hate Diet Coke. (But now I have some Coke Classic, and boy, it is good 👍 )

Wonder what my mom will say about my Coke Classic. 🙄
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You never know - you might loose a couple pounds by switching 😉

Don't worry about what your mom says or thinks. Sometimes parents can be mean.

You're a doctor, for crying out loud - SHE should listen to YOU!
 
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megboo said:
You never know - you might loose a couple pounds by switching 😉

Don't worry about what your mom says or thinks. Sometimes parents can be mean.

You're a doctor, for crying out loud - SHE should listen to YOU!
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No kidding about your mom listening to you Beary!

I can't stand diet sodas. The taste is weird and aspartame gives me a headache. 👎 Lots of things give me headaches unfortunately.
 
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oxeye said:
No kidding about your mom listening to you Beary!

I can't stand diet sodas. The taste is weird and aspartame gives me a headache. 👎 Lots of things give me headaches unfortunately.
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thank you! seriously, i dont get why people drink that crap. the artificial chemical flavor is so strong and sweet its sick.
 
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Arsenic said:
lmfao :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

thats an album pic for sure oxeye. its the kind of picture that makes teenagers cringe. :meanie:
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Oh yes, I'll whip that one out when she has a boyfriend over for sure. :laugh:

Like my poor little sister (she's 16). Her boyfriend was over and my older sister and I got out baby pics of her last weekend. We found a great one of her around 2 or 3 picking her nose. Her boyfriend just died laughing. My sister didn't find it so amusing.
 
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Arsenic said:
dude that story is so spun its crazy. truth is hasselfreak was high out of his mind on coke and dancing on the table when he tried to swing across the room on the chandelier. yep, thats exactly what happened. :laugh:
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:laugh: so true!
 
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oxeye said:
No kidding about your mom listening to you Beary!

I can't stand diet sodas. The taste is weird and aspartame gives me a headache. 👎 Lots of things give me headaches unfortunately.
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I didn't have my Coke fix until the very end of the day and was starting to get a killer caffeine withdrawal headache. Thankfully it was abated just in time. 😀
 
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beary said:
I didn't have my Coke fix until the very end of the day and was starting to get a killer caffeine withdrawal headache. Thankfully it was abated just in time. 😀
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Ooh, I had an awful caffeine withdrawal headache yesterday. I had too much Dr. Pepper on Wednesday and nothing yesterday. Around 9PM I was just dying - seriously one of my worst headaches ever. When I realized what it was, I downed a coffee and felt better in no time.

Why do people get headaches from caffeine withdrawal Dr. Beary? 🙂 Inquiring minds want to know.
 
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oxeye said:
Why do people get headaches from caffeine withdrawal Dr. Beary? 🙂 Inquiring minds want to know.
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Caffeine is a vasoconstrictor. So when you don't get your caffeine, all your blood vessels dilate slightly including the ones in your head, giving you a headache. Basically a similar mechanism as migraines (caffeine can be a treatment for migraine headaches).

I am going to post some pics of my niece when I get them around from my recent trip to see her. She is such a little ham right now and does these hilarious poses for pictures. She likes to dance when my mom plays piano and used to basically just run around in circles but she has started doing this John Travolta disco thing. :laugh:
 
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beary said:
Caffeine is a vasoconstrictor. So when you don't get your caffeine, all your blood vessels dilate slightly including the ones in your head, giving you a headache. Basically a similar mechanism as migraines (caffeine can be a treatment for migraine headaches).

I am going to post some pics of my niece when I get them around from my recent trip to see her. She is such a little ham right now and does these hilarious poses for pictures. She likes to dance when my mom plays piano and used to basically just run around in circles but she has started doing this John Travolta disco thing. :laugh:
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Awww, I want to see pics of your niece! She sounds like a sweetie! How old is she again? My older daughter usually throws a fit when I try to take her picture. She wants to go behind me to watch the digital camera screen. *sigh* I got some cute ones today because she was having too much fun playing in the water to care that I had the camera out. 😉
 
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beary said:
Caffeine is a vasoconstrictor. So when you don't get your caffeine, all your blood vessels dilate slightly including the ones in your head, giving you a headache. Basically a similar mechanism as migraines (caffeine can be a treatment for migraine headaches).
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exactly. the only thing i'd add is that not everyone gets the caffeine withdrawal headache, those who do are more likely than others to get migraines. heard that pearl from a preceptor last year. i gave up coffee these past 2 weeks, i'm soooooooooooooo going back to my old usmle studying ways though. after working with patients all day everyday it would be impossible to go home and read up on Pedi without coffee. trust me i know, after 2 weeks on clinics i havent done much reading at all, i've just been too tired.
 
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oxeye said:
Awww, I want to see pics of your niece! She sounds like a sweetie! How old is she again? My older daughter usually throws a fit when I try to take her picture. She wants to go behind me to watch the digital camera screen. *sigh* I got some cute ones today because she was having too much fun playing in the water to care that I had the camera out. 😉
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She's 3!! There's a few pics of us together on my myspace page.

Here's one of her at my graduation:
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Arsenic said:
after working with patients all day everyday it would be impossible to go home and read up on Pedi without coffee. trust me i know, after 2 weeks on clinics i havent done much reading at all, i've just been too tired.
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It's so hard to study at night. You should have more time on inpatient when you're just sitting around.
 
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Arsenic said:
exactly. the only thing i'd add is that not everyone gets the caffeine withdrawal headache, those who do are more likely than others to get migraines. heard that pearl from a preceptor last year. i gave up coffee these past 2 weeks, i'm soooooooooooooo going back to my old usmle studying ways though. after working with patients all day everyday it would be impossible to go home and read up on Pedi without coffee. trust me i know, after 2 weeks on clinics i havent done much reading at all, i've just been too tired.
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Very interesting. 👍 Thanks Beary and A-man. 🙂 I get awful caffeine withdrawal headaches. I always tell myself I'm just going to give up caffeine completely, and I do for a few weeks. Then I treat myself to a Dr. Pepper after a while and the vicious circle starts all over again. I do think I get migraines also, so it's interesting that I get the caffeine withdrawal headaches.

I should just stop trying to quit the stuff. You're right - I'm going to need it in med school and residency!!
 
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Just got back from seeing "The Devil Wears Prada." Loved it. Meryl Streep was awesome. You can definitely tell they spent $1M on the wardrobe.
 
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TypeA said:
Just got back from seeing "The Devil Wears Prada." Loved it. Meryl Streep was awesome. You can definitely tell they spent $1M on the wardrobe.
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I want a 1 million dollar wardrobe. :laugh:

Nah - actually I'd be scared to wear it (especially near spaghetti sauce)
 
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I was just thinking more about the caffeine withdrawal. I only need one coke a day. And I have it in the morning. So by evening it's all out of my system, but I don't get a headache until the afternoon of the next day (if I don't get it that morning). I wonder why it takes so long. It's not like I'm getting a continuous infusion.
 
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oxeye said:
I want a 1 million dollar wardrobe. :laugh:

Nah - actually I'd be scared to wear it (especially near spaghetti sauce)
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My clothes are so crappy. I can't wait until I have more money so I can buy a few more clothes. I have a few nice things and basically end up wearing them so often that 1) it looks like I only have 3 sets of clothes, and 2) they wear out really fast.

I lost most of my dress clothes in the infamous poo incident of 2006.
 
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beary said:
I was just thinking more about the caffeine withdrawal. I only need one coke a day. And I have it in the morning. So by evening it's all out of my system, but I don't get a headache until the afternoon of the next day (if I don't get it that morning). I wonder why it takes so long. It's not like I'm getting a continuous infusion.
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I'm the same way - it's usually 30-36 hours after my last dose of caffeine that the headache starts.

I was :laugh: at the continuous infusion. I think I'm going to want caffeine pumped directly into my veins during med school.
 
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beary said:
My clothes are so crappy. I can't wait until I have more money so I can buy a few more clothes. I have a few nice things and basically end up wearing them so often that 1) it looks like I only have 3 sets of clothes, and 2) they wear out really fast.

I lost most of my dress clothes in the infamous poo incident of 2006.
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I've gotta ask - poo incident of 2006?? Maybe I don't want to know, though. :laugh:

I'm funny with clothes. I'll wear one or two things nearly every day for a while, then get sick of them, then wear one or two other things for a while before I get sick of them ... repeating forever. 😉
 
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Oh man .... my daughter remembers *everything* now. I bribed her into taking her nap by telling her she could go swimming again when she woke up. I just went to get her and she said "Mommy, I want to go swimming again now!"

Blech, I guess I need to fill up the baby pool again. I hope it's not too cold out there now. It looks like we might get thunderstorms again this afternoon.
 
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oxeye said:
I've gotta ask - poo incident of 2006?? Maybe I don't want to know, though. :laugh:
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It's pretty gross. But kind of funny, looking back on it.

Here goes - the poo incident. I can't remember if I posted it here before or not, but it was quite the traumatic incident.

At my house in Iowa City, I had 2 bathrooms. I only ever used one of them - the other one was a guest bath. But I hung up all my clothes on the shower rod in there, because I didn't have a dryer. And I was on clinics, so all my dress shirts and pants were lined up neatly on the shower rod in there. And I went out of town for a week.

I came back to my house. I didn't go in the guest bathroom - why would I? Finally I went in to my computer and heard a dripping noise coming from the guest bath. I went to go investigate. There was what appeared to be blood dripping in copious amounts from the ceiling. The ceiling was all bulged in, my clothes were drenched in the unknown substance, all over the floor, etc. A terrible mess. I shut the door and obviously ran upstairs to the people's condo above me (their bathroom was directly above mine - same layout).

I got up there and there were about 10 newspapers piled up outside their front door. Knocked and knocked, no answer. What did I think? Dead body rotting in the bathroom. (The unknown disgusting substance really looked like dead body fluids). So I called the non-emergency police number. They sent out a fire truck, and ambulance, and 3 cop cars. Just then, the guy above me gets home. He just had been letting his papers sit there. No dead body involved.

Anyway, there is a ring inside the base of all toilets that seals the toilet to the plumbing below. Their toilet ring had malfunctioned, sending all of their toilet waste into the ceiling --> into my guest bathroom. :barf: (The stuff looked like blood because the pipes were all rusty. But it was basically poo.) Obviously never wearing those clothes again. And I cleaned up the mess myself, with a surgical gown, double latex gloves, N95 respirator, and moon boots from the ob/gyn floor.
 
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