Random non-MCAT and only peripherally related to the MCAT thread - Part 8

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how's your studying going guys? are you freaking out? burned out?

this is our stress relief thread....or our group anxiety thread, whatever..... :laugh: 😀

for those of you that have no idea what the mcat random threads are about, check out molly's explanation:

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It's basically a restaurant. That serves breaststicks. And lots of cute fruit and veggies. And is patronized by a HO. And Tucker Carlson. Vin Diesel, too. Lots of race car drivers eat here, as well. We're very well respected by the Amish... one girl in particular is here almost all the time.

The food is great if you're low on iron. It's not on the menu, but you can ask about the special secret garlic cure home recipe. One of the hostesses often makes weather predictions, but she's not always around. I think she has another job with the government. Or a government. Something like that. One of the other hostesses says "Bitch, please," a lot, but she's joking... don't take it personally.

Forget anything you've heard about the girl who died here from arsenic poisoning. That was a long time ago, and she's still alive, anyway... just busy so she doesn't come in as much. Besides, a little arsenic adds a lot of flavor to just about any dish.

Pretty flowers by the entrance, hey? Lilis, they are. Beautiful. And the music is totally hopping... we have our very own DJ. Looks a little like Brad Pitt.

I guess that's pretty much all you need to know. I'm usually in the corner booth over there drinking a nice glass of wine. You're welcome to join me, anytime. We're open 24/7.
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mother****ing computer system at the hospital goes down at 1am for maintenance every ****ing night. and because Murphy's Law is so very applicable to my life, I had 4 requests for assistance between 10:30 and 11:15. mind you, I was supposed to be off at midnight. so here I am, 3/4 done with typing my last assessment into the computer (and mind you, our assessments turn out to be 3-4 pages typed) when the mother****ing thing goes kaput. thanks be to God that it let me get in there quickly and save it, but then it tanked again. and they're down for 2-3 hours, so no way in hell am I sticking around for that. so my options are retype the entire thing (NO THANKS) or go home and finish it later, as long as I have it done by 7am Monday.

so now I have to go back to the ****ing hospital tomorrow- which, mind you, is 20 miles from my house, so this will take a minimum 1.5 hours- just to put in the last paragraph, re-save it and print it, when I could be sitting home all day and actually studying for my test on Wed and finishing my lab report.

mother ****er.

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jlw9698 said:
so now I have to go back to the ****ing hospital tomorrow- which, mind you, is 20 miles from my house, so this will take a minimum 1.5 hours- just to put in the last paragraph, re-save it and print it, when I could be sitting home all day and actually studying for my test on Wed and finishing my lab report.
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That totally sucks jlw. 🙁 😍
 
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Teerawit said:
Hey good! Ideally I should hear back from Michigan very soon :scared:
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Oh wow!!! :clap:

Let us know your good news right away! 😉

We are starting to get in residency applicants already! I can't believe that was me a year ago! I was just going to say I didn't start until first week of November but I guess that is just a few days away. :laugh:
 
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Actually, statistically I have a better chance at getting a WashU acceptance 😱

Checking email compulsively is not cool.
 
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Teerawit said:
Actually, statistically I have a better chance at getting a WashU acceptance 😱

Checking email compulsively is not cool.
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I know the waiting is such a stressful time.

Once you get your first acceptance (notice I didn't say if 😉 ) you will feel so much better.
 
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beary said:
I know the waiting is such a stressful time.

Once you get your first acceptance (notice I didn't say if 😉 ) you will feel so much better.
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Thanks for the vote of confidence! 😍 There's nothing I can do except play computer games 😛
 
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Teerawit said:
There's nothing I can do except play computer games 😛
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Yep, computer games are the best thing to keep your mind off stuff!

That's actually exactly when I started playing WoW. The week before rank lists were due was when I started. I changed my rank list approximately one billion times. And then it was a 3 week long agonizing wait between submitting rank lists and match day.

Of course, that was when I was on the sub-I from hell. 😱 :scared:

I totally am at a loss with WoW now that I'm at 60. I think I'm going to start playing my lower level alts a lot more.
 
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Teerawit said:
or go to bed....see you later 😴
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Night T!!! I'm going to head to bed soon too. My new way of dealing with night sweats - just stay up until they're over. 😳

Not a long term solution unfortunately. Darn job. I am such a weird combination of jazzed and nervous about Wednesday! I think I'm going to learn a ton, especially my first month on autopsy.
 
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ironmanf14 said:
Rush Limbaugh is a complete jackass and I can't understand why people even listen to him.
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Many may not like him, but you know that his job as a conservative talk show host is to push the envelope. I don't agree with everything he says or does, but I do listen to his show and follow it up with Sean Hannity, whom I really like.

At least he doesn't endorse a movie about killing our president.
 
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Ugh - my hives are back!!!!! I woke up a half hour ago itching like crazy and they're appearing all over my body. I don't know what the heck is causing them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I ate a burger, potato salad, and choc. cake and pumpkin ice cream tonight - nothing that I haven't eaten without breaking out before. Same laundry detergent for the past year - WTF!?!?!??!?

I just took 3 Benadryl + 2 Zantac to make this crap go away. Any immunologists out there???????
 
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GD - it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was researching side effects of my BC pill, and right there -

•Anaphylactic/anaphylactoid reactions, including urticaria, angioedema, and severe reactions with respiratory and circulatory symptoms

Maybe it's my pill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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megboo said:
Ugh - my hives are back!!!!! I woke up a half hour ago itching like crazy and they're appearing all over my body. I don't know what the heck is causing them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Megboo - 😍

I have no idea but to do to help but I am so sorry you are so miserable. 🙁
 
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megboo said:
I'm really thinking it's the birth control pills. I missed one last night so I took 2 before bed and woke up with hives all over the body. Makes sense!
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Hope you feel better. On a side note though I thought if you miss a dose youu are just supposed to skip it rather then doing a double dose the next dose.

Hope the hives go away and that you get better.
 
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megboo said:
Ugh - my hives are back!!!!!
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It's not your hair colour is it? ( I saw that you had recently coloured it)
Pumpkin icecream might be another trigger-it's seasonal.

That's my epi prowess. Not very enlightening-just hoping it's not your pills.
Good luck.
 
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megboo said:
Ugh - my hives are back!!!!! I woke up a half hour ago itching like crazy and they're appearing all over my body. I don't know what the heck is causing them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I ate a burger, potato salad, and choc. cake and pumpkin ice cream tonight - nothing that I haven't eaten without breaking out before. Same laundry detergent for the past year - WTF!?!?!??!?

I just took 3 Benadryl + 2 Zantac to make this crap go away. Any immunologists out there???????
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megboo-
I started getting hives my jr year in college- big welts all over my arms and legs, occasionally on my abdomen.. usually at night, I think? as it worsened, they started popping up during the day. big suckers- I remember one on the inside of my arm which was almost the size of a pager. initially Benadryl took care of them, but when 75mg Benadryl wasn't even touching the itching, I knew there was a problem. wound up in the ER twice, as my face had started to swell. I remember the summer before senior year in college, I had the worst day- I was at work (day camp director), and my hand swelled to 2x its normal size, one of my eyes was swollen shut, and my lower lip was 3-4x its normal size. I was CUTE that day. :laugh: had to get someone to cover and go home so I wouldn't scare the crap out of the kids. (luckily they were watching a movie that afternoon, so they couldn't see me as La Freak) That was actually one of the ER visits.

I was referred to an allergist, who ran all sorts of allergy tests which all came up negative. ultimately he decided it was a "stress reaction" and gave me Claritin (which at the time was only available by rx) and Zantac (ditto) b/c apparently it has some anti-histamine qualities. those helped a LOT, and eventually they went away, although throughout the years I've gotten one or two occasionally.
 
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Yeah, It could be seasonal, stress, or bc-pill related - who knows! My mom gave me the Zantac/Benadryl/Claritin cocktail - something about Zantac being an H2 recpetor agonist. It works, thank God.

It's probably not the hair color or ice cream, since I get them evey year, and this year they started a few weeks back before coloring or ice cream.

Guju - for BC pills - if you miss 1 or 2 you are supposed to take them as soon as you remember and continue with the schedule. Miss 3 and you have to start a new pack and be "careful" for a week. The hormones per pill are in your body for up to 48 hours, so if you miss 1 or 2, your body will typically not ovulate. However, miss 3 and you could be a mommy.
 
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megboo said:
Yeah, It could be seasonal, stress, or bc-pill related - who knows! My mom gave me the Zantac/Benadryl/Claritin cocktail - something about Zantac being an H2 recpetor agonist. It works, thank God.

It's probably not the hair color or ice cream, since I get them evey year, and this year they started a few weeks back before coloring or ice cream.

Guju - for BC pills - if you miss 1 or 2 you are supposed to take them as soon as you remember and continue with the schedule. Miss 3 and you have to start a new pack and be "careful" for a week. The hormones per pill are in your body for up to 48 hours, so if you miss 1 or 2, your body will typically not ovulate. However, miss 3 and you could be a mommy.
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I see thanks for clarifying. Glad to see the hives went away!!
 
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