For poop:

• the bristol stool scale
• and your frequency (anywhere from daily to weekly is normal and varies a lot person to person so learn your normal)
• color can vary a lot so that’s less important but here’s a few common ones other than brown:
  • bright red. This is a small amount of blood and from very close to the exit so it’s not great but you’ll be fine. Be nicer to your butthole though: stop eating taco bell and use more lube. Maybe put some A&D on the outside until it stops doing that.
  • dark black like tar. This is what a lot of blood from very deep in you looks like. Go to the ER immediately.
  • light grey / white. This means your liver isn’t putting old trash red blood cells into your poop like it’s supposed to and you should go to the ER immediately and find out why not and where it’s putting them instead.

For piss:

• should be light yellow “straw” color and clear
• not cloudy and DEFINITELY never chunky.
• Also should not be a syrupy consistency, I’ve legit seen diabetics pissing and it looks like they’re pouring syrup into the toilet also that’s how you get horrible bladder infections bacteria love that sugar.
• You should also pee about 4-10 times daily and it can vary a lot depending on how much you’re drinking and how much you’re losing other ways like sweating or vomiting.
• if your pee turns a little dark throughout the day that’s fine and you just need to drink more water.
• if your pee suddenly turns dark brown go to the ER.
• beets have a dye that can change pee color and that’s harmless
• some medications can change your pee color and sometimes that’s fine and sometimes it’s bad talk to your doctor about it but for example
  • pyridium turns it red and that’s fine
  • I can never remember which b vitamin but it makes your piss super bright yellow and so people use it to help fake drug tests because it makes their urine look less dilute when casually observed. They’ll be able to tell what you did if they look closer though.

The onion strikes again!

Any nurse who’s had their ass beat by a dementia patient at 2am could tell you this.

I love nurse Johnn btw, “mr. smith” is (usually) his character w dementia.

• The witching hour

• General nonsense

• Mr smith in the ceiling again

• But maritas gonna go get him

Also try the math comms this is more of a math question and also I really really wanna know the answer.

I’ve been told I’m annoying and need to shut up as long as I can remember. Probably since I started talking.

Was about to ask for a different state lol

classic

50 melons for grade school math problem

Actually I think I’m gonna start with:

“(10x-0.5)/2 snickers bars, where x is how much of my snickers you ate, you asshole.”

As an aside, do not use Vaseline with condoms. In addition to it not being body safe for internal use, some condoms are still latex and vaseline will dissolve them. Most condoms these days are nitrile, but again see above re: internal insertion safety.

cool!

Go chug some simple syrup straight and get back to me on that one, LOL. It’s not bad to put a smear on your cheek or tongue or to sip on I guess but to drink the amount you would need to for a gtt is… a LOT.

My first comment was going to be that “symptomatically treating” is a thing as in, it doesn’t directly shrink, damage, or otherwise affect the tumor in any way, it just reduces the amount that the tumor affects the person’s mood and cognition. Kinda like cold medicine doesn’t actually do anything to the viruses, it just unclogs your sinuses and stops your nose from itching and running which makes you more comfortable and helps you rest better which can kind of indirectly help the rest of your immune system handle things.

But more directly in response to this comment, there is good odds they’ll create a specific formulation that’s officially approved for the treatment of brain tumors. A great example of a medication that this currently applies to is Zyban, which is one of two Brands of the generic drug bupropion, the another common one being Wellbutrin. Zyban is specifically approved for the treatment of nicotine addiction, while wellbutrin is only prescribed “off label” for that specific purpose which means the doctor is giving it out of their own judgement (because they’re literally the exact same chemical: bupropion).

Now, there are some ways that different brands might actually be better or worse for certain things for instance the specific dosage could be different in a way that would be harder to achieve otherwise; it’s easier to tell a patient to take 1 tablet daily or twice a day than having to explain to them how to cut the tablet then take 1.5, or to measure out a syrup. More importantly though, the same drug can be given in forms that effect how quickly they’re released into the body, think advil quick release vs motrin, which are both ibuprofen. With psychiatric drugs like bupropion (which is also given for depression and ADHD) you more often see extended release, so that the effects are more long-lasting throughout the day.

All that said, while I couldn’t find a side-by-side dose comparison, that’s the lesser difference considering effective dosage is going to be a more variable efficacy factor between individual patients. Both come in extended release formulations meaning Zyban has no real reason to be around twice as expensive as Wellbutrin.

Tbh the flavor of those things is a big problem, they’re hard to choke down and a glucose tolerance test requires drinking it on an empty stomach, and if you puke you have to stop and come back another day after fasting again. Looks like that’s the orange flavor which is better than the grape but imo they’re all nasty in the end. A more palatable mixture might be nice.

Grey’s anatomy be like

The literal definition of Revenge Bedtime Procrastination

I had my last green tea waaaaay too late into my shift overnight wish me luck crawling into bed right now.

I feel like the fact that this topic is being debated between two men is it’s own statement. Although I suppose the people it has to be debated to aren’t likely to listen to a woman anyway.

Iirc correctly in one of the John Dies at the End books the mc speculates that the puritans are getting high off their feelings of superiority.

In my crash course to new psych techs about addiction I list off all the common legal addictions which goes something like this:

• Caffeine
• Nicotine
• Alcohol
• Gambling
• Pornography
• Social Media
• Binge Eating
• Non-suicidal self-injury
• And depending on the location, Marijuana

I tell them that mine is caffeine and my partner’s is nicotine, then we talk about motivational interviewing and then I move on to dementia.

Oh yeah I was thinking about adding head bumps but forgot / wasn’t sure where to add it.