Random non-pathology and only peripherally related to pathology thread

[deschutes]

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Yeah. He thinks he doesn't have to take the thing because in his dreams he's already passed 🙄 😉

 

[beary]

Yeah. He thinks he doesn't have to take the thing because in his dreams he's already passed 🙄 😉

Oh. I'm a little slow on the uptake sometimes. 😳

 

[yaah]

That wasn't you here interviewing today, was it? I didn't notice until I think after you left if it was you. I was stuck in the hemelab all day, we had "one of those days" where we had lots of cases and 75% of them were not clearly definable. At the end of the day we got a negative staging biopsy for a Hodgkin's patient and the attending almost said a Hallelujah. Afternoon signout went for 3.5 hours today, which is a lot longer than normal.

 

[beary]

That wasn't you here interviewing today, was it? I didn't notice until I think after you left if it was you.

Are you asking me? If so, no, it wasn't me. 🙂 I'm in Iowa City doing anesthesia - just for one more day! Woohoo!

I'm coming to Michigan in a few weeks. I'll look for you when I'm there.

It will be fun to meet SDN folks in person! 👍

 

[bananaface]

Are you asking me? If so, no, it wasn't me. 🙂 I'm in Iowa City doing anesthesia - just for one more day! Woohoo!

I'm coming to Michigan in a few weeks. I'll look for you when I'm there.

It will be fun to meet SDN folks in person! 👍

You have to see if you think his nose wiggles.

 

[beary]

You have to see if you think his nose wiggles.

I remember some posts about that from last year. I think I recall that deschutes believed that yaah's nose wiggles. What did you think when you met him?

 

[deschutes]

There is a resident here who is so straight-faced but says the most crack-me-up things, that every time I look at him I want to laugh. And I mean this in the best possible way.

I haven't figured out if it's because he reminds me of yaah.

 

[bananaface]

I remember some posts about that from last year. I think I recall that deschutes believed that yaah's nose wiggles. What did you think when you met him?

I was like. "Wow, you're tall." Oh, wait... that was deschutes.

 

[yaah]

There is a resident here who is so straight-faced but says the most crack-me-up things, that every time I look at him I want to laugh. And I mean this in the best possible way.

I haven't figured out if it's because he reminds me of yaah.

What a coincidence. I remind me of me.

 

[deschutes]

What a coincidence. I remind me of me.

Not too far-fetched a coincidence. I seem to run into this variety of person at statistically-significant intervals 🙂 Which is good, because I find them terribly terribly entertaining.

 

[fedor]

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone at SDNPath!

 

[yaah]

I have been home for an hour or two and already I think I have 2 mafia sightings. One in the parking lot of one of their favorite restaurants and another just outside the airport.

 

[bananaface]

I see a Bear.

Happy Thanksgiving. I hope everyone has nice juicy well basted or covered while cooking turkey!

 

[Pingu]

I'm home all by myself...I give thanks to peace, quiet, no autopsy call, and a 50 inch plasma TV...oh yeah and my husband's recliner that he never wants me to sit in for fear that I will affect his wearing in pattern

 

[beary]

I have been home for an hour or two and already I think I have 2 mafia sightings. One in the parking lot of one of their favorite restaurants and another just outside the airport.

Where is your home?

I am home now and have not seen anything unexpected. 🙂

 

[bananaface]

I am thinking of staying home for Christmas. My mom's finacee's kids are awful. I don't think a month is enough time between visits.

 

[uhoh!]

I am home now and have not seen anything unexpected. 🙂

So...niece as sweet as ever? i just met mine..she turned 9 months old today..and is so darn cute!!! 🙂 😍

 

[deschutes]

my husband's recliner that he never wants me to sit in for fear that I will affect his wearing in pattern

I adore those things.

Have you ever sat in a Sky Chair?

It's hideous in the living room, but oh so comfy...

 

[yaah]

Where is your home?

I am home now and have not seen anything unexpected. 🙂

Massachusetts.

I spent a lot of money today. But a tip for those buying jewelry: Don't do it at the mall. The ring I got today would have been at least twice as much at a mall or a national jewelry chain.

 

[deschutes]

Massachusetts.

I spent a lot of money today.

I wish you well 🙂

 

[bananaface]

You can't typically find a decent diamond in most of the mall stores, either, if that was your shopping list item.

 

[Pingu]

Never ever shop at mall jewelry stores, they are typically ripoffs. Sometimes I wonder how they even stay in business...especially those kiosks that sell the over the top gold plated bling...are there really that many people out there in need of a gold plated marijuana leaf medallion?

So yaah, engagement ring? Will there be a mrs. yaah and the yaahettes in the near future?

 

[bananaface]

Their names are going to be yessir, yep, mmm hmm, and uh huh.

 

[fedor]

I spent a lot of money today. But a tip for those buying jewelry: Don't do it at the mall. The ring I got today would have been at least twice as much at a mall or a national jewelry chain.

So where is a good place to get jewelry? I may have to make some purchases soon.

 

[fedor]

Michelle Thompson's life is one big climax - for a rare condition called Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS) means she has up to 300 orgasms a day.

Here, she tells of the pleasures and problems of being in constant ecstasy.

Gripping her mop tightly, Michelle lets out a gentle sigh, then carries on cleaning her kitchen floor. She says: "I know having an orgasm while doing your housework seems odd to most people. "But to me, climaxing while doing the chores is just part of everyday life.

"In fact I can pretty much climax anywhere, any time, which might sound like a lot of fun but it has its downsides — it can be incredibly embarrassing, for one.

It wasn't until Michelle was 37 that she saw a TV documentary about a woman with the same symptoms she had and realised her constant tinglings were more than just a very high sex drive.

It was at this point, in January last year, that she decided to seek professional help. Within months her PSAS had been diagnosed at a specialist clinic.

Michelle says: "There is no treatment for it but I have become very good at disguising it, when I have an orgasm in public. "I giggle and blush to cover it up. but I've had my When Harry Met Sally moments too.

"My most embarrassing was last year when I was in a supermarket and an in-store salesman wouldn't leave me alone. "Suddenly I got that feeling and knew I was going to have an orgasm. I tried to make my excuses and leave but he just wouldn't go away so I climaxed there and then in front of him. "You should have seen the look on his face."

Dr. Carol Cooper says: "Persistent sexual arousal syndrome is extremely rare and I have seen it only once in nearly 30 years as a medic. It puts the sufferer in a state of constant arousal where anything and everything triggers strong sexual urges followed swiftly by an orgasm."

My patient with the condition had to relieve herself many times a day. And because she had to leave her desk to use the loo at work to do this, she found it impossible to hold down a job.

The cause of PSAS has not yet been established. But it must be something in the part of the brain called the limbic system which controls pleasure and sexual function. Although there is no cure, psychological treatments can help modify the symptoms and enable sufferers and their other halves to cope.

As Michelle discovered, it's not easy to find a partner who can handle the syndrome. The apparent large sex drive can make the man feel sexually dominated. But some conditions similar to PSAS do have a serious cause. One young woman with an insatiable desire for sex went through hundreds of men before she was diagnosed with a brain tumour. The tumour was small but it was growing on the part of the brain that receives signals from the genitals, so she was permanently turned on. There are also some women who have abnormally high levels of testosterone. This is a male sex hormone but normal women have small amounts of it. If they didn't, they would have no sex drive. But if levels are too high the pursuit of sex and orgasms becomes a perpetual preoccupation. This also sometimes happens with tumours of the ovary.

As for Michelle, she seems to have a severe form of the condition and I am surprised she is so happy with it as it can make normal life impossible.
For sufferers, psychosexual help is available via GP referral. You could also seek help from GUM (genito-urinary medicine) clinics where no referral is needed and you can make an appointment directly.

 

[yaah]

Never ever shop at mall jewelry stores, they are typically ripoffs. Sometimes I wonder how they even stay in business...especially those kiosks that sell the over the top gold plated bling...are there really that many people out there in need of a gold plated marijuana leaf medallion?

So yaah, engagement ring? Will there be a mrs. yaah and the yaahettes in the near future?

A lot of people apparently need those gold necklaces with nice words or names on them. One of the reasons I love my future wife is that she does not like gold very much and thinks it is kind of tacky in many ways. 😍 Some gold jewelry is nice, a lot of it is just flashy and cliche. Of course, platinum is more expensive! 😳

 

[quant]

A lot of people apparently need those gold necklaces with nice words or names on them. One of the reasons I love my future wife is that she does not like gold very much and thinks it is kind of tacky in many ways. 😍 Some gold jewelry is nice, a lot of it is just flashy and cliche. Of course, platinum is more expensive! 😳

I guess congratulations are in order!.....

All the best to you Yaah with whatever married life can throw your way..... Most of the time its nice i believe.... 🙂

 

[bananaface]

So have you asked her yet?

 

[yaah]

I will be asking her this weekend.

Today a friend here back home asked me what this thing on his face was. He is going to the dermatologist to get it removed and he doesn't know what it is. I don't either, but apparently they are all impressed because my mother had a lesion on her tongue that I correctly diagnosed (when the ENT didn't). So now they want to know what this thing is. Kind of looks like sebaceous hyperplasia but I am not really sure. Could be a nevus I guess. This is why derm is so strange: It's a benign thing that will not recur when cut off. Who really cares what you call it?

 

[deschutes]

I will be asking her this weekend.

...of which there is an hour and a half left??

Today a friend here back home asked me what this thing on his face was.

An aunt asked about this "liver flush" thing that involved clearing gallstones by drinking what sounded like a bottle of olive oil with lemon juice. She said it made her feel pukey, but after she puked she felt loads better.

I essentially said drinking a bottle of olive oil would probably make half the population puke. I also suggested that I would believe it worked if the rates of gallbladder surgery fell.

This is why derm is so strange: It's a benign thing that will not recur when cut off. Who really cares what you call it?

🙂 Quote time!

House: "Ah, a rash, call a dermatologist. If it's wet, keep it dry. If it's dry, keep it wet. If it's not supposed to be there, cut it off. I never could remember all that."

 

[bananaface]

I doubt I could drink oil straight up without puking. Ugh.

 

[beary]

I doubt I could drink oil straight up without puking. Ugh.

I couldn't.

I went to McDonald's the other day with my precious 2 year old niece, and she got a happy meal (chicken nuggets and apple slices with caramel sauce). She spent the whole meal happily dipping her chicken nuggets in the caramel and eating it. It was making me feel nauseous, even though I think every thing she does is so cute.

 

[bananaface]

You'd be surprised at what tastes good. I used to think chicken fried steak was the grossest thing ever. (Or, really gravy on anything but mashed potatoes.) Then I went to this little restauraunt in Centralia, WA and ordered almond chicken. The way they did it it was basically hunks of fried battered chicken with almond gravy on it. Damn it was good. 😍

Then again when I was two I ate dog food. The dry kind.

 

[Pingu]

I used to eat garlic salt straight out of the bottle. Now I've progressed to eating cajun seasoning straight. My 6 year old was once found in his playhouse with a loaf of bread and a salt shaker making and eating 'salt sandwiches' So children will eat anything.

So yaah, were you successful? Was it romantic?

 

[yaah]

...of which there is an hour and a half left??

NEXT weekend then. Although by now it is technically again THIS weekend. 😉 I am still back home in the land of pahked cahs and fahmahs.

 

[bananaface]

Oh my. A pathology cliffhanger!

 

[Pingu]

Do you have a specific plan? Have you rehearsed?

 

[yaah]

She is not one for elaborate events. It will be in private and nothing too dramatic. That is all I am going to say. 😎

 

[Arsenic]

She is not one for elaborate events. It will be in private and nothing too dramatic. That is all I am going to say. 😎

congrats yaah!

 

[beary]

She is not one for elaborate events. It will be in private and nothing too dramatic. That is all I am going to say. 😎

Woohoo!!! This is so exciting!

Arsenic - your avatar rocks!

I am stuck in Dallas with nothing to do. I decided to take a cab from the airport to my hotel instead of renting a car, but now I sort of wish I had rented because I feel stuck here. I just ordered a dominos and I guess will just hang in my hotel tonight. I actually wish I had brought Step 2 stuff to study.

 

[uhoh!]

She is not one for elaborate events. It will be in private and nothing too dramatic. That is all I am going to say. 😎

Good Luck,yaah!! 👍

I actually wish I had bought Step2 stuff to study

😱 now stop this crazy talk!!! 😛 i seriously believe any time you are forced to do nothing is actually part of a greater plan for your own good..

 

[yaah]

I studied for Step II during my interviews and I think it worked out well. It was a lot more palatable to me to kill time studying during interview trips than to kill time studying for it when I was home and had other things I could do!

 

[bananaface]

I am stuck in Dallas with nothing to do. I decided to take a cab from the airport to my hotel instead of renting a car, but now I sort of wish I had rented because I feel stuck here. I just ordered a dominos and I guess will just hang in my hotel tonight. I actually wish I had brought Step 2 stuff to study.

Is there nothing to study online? 😕

 

[deschutes]

I am still back home in the land of pahked cahs and fahmahs.

The Artist Formerly Known As....'s accent hasn't changed, from what I can tell.

Dr. Pilch was saying that in Boston, the diagnosis of "lymphomuhrrrr" is made.

Is there nothing to study online?

There is. Too much of it.

beary is probably missing her slim review text.

 

[Arsenic]

Woohoo!!! This is so exciting!

Arsenic - your avatar rocks!

I am stuck in Dallas with nothing to do. I decided to take a cab from the airport to my hotel instead of renting a car, but now I sort of wish I had rented because I feel stuck here. I just ordered a dominos and I guess will just hang in my hotel tonight. I actually wish I had brought Step 2 stuff to study.

banana got on my case about it not being thanksgiving anymore so i changed it but thanks beary!

good luck on your interview!

 

[yaah]

The Artist Formerly Known As....'s accent hasn't changed, from what I can tell.

Dr. Pilch was saying that in Boston, the diagnosis of "lymphomuhrrrr" is made.

I kind of like Livah Cancah.

 

[Pingu]

am stuck in Dallas with nothing to do. I decided to take a cab from the airport to my hotel instead of renting a car, but now I sort of wish I had rented because I feel stuck here. I just ordered a dominos and I guess will just hang in my hotel tonight. I actually wish I had brought Step 2 stuff to study.

Stuck in dallas! The land of pingu!

 

[JaneDough]

I am stuck in Dallas with nothing to do. I decided to take a cab from the airport to my hotel instead of renting a car, but now I sort of wish I had rented because I feel stuck here. I just ordered a dominos and I guess will just hang in my hotel tonight. I actually wish I had brought Step 2 stuff to study.

I was just in Houston with nothing to do (except take Step 2 CS)! I should have tried to find a mall or other shopping center for my customary post-exam-retail-therapy binge. I drove back to San Antonio instead.

 

[bananaface]

banana got on my case about it not being thanksgiving anymore so i changed it but thanks beary!

good luck on your interview!

Is it still Hurricane season?

 

[deschutes]

Stuck in dallas! The land of pingu!

A Cell Therapy Lab (where they make NK cell infusions and tumour vaccines etc.) docs was giving us a tour of the facility, and he was talking about how they work with Pitt and Baylor.

I said is that Baylor Houston, or Baylor Dallas?
And he said, "Baylor Houston. Hey are you from Texas? Because not many people know that there are two Baylors."
I'm like, "well... I know some people there."

😉