Chetzemoka

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[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago

Exactly. This is why I love the phrase "All y'all are welcome, but you gotta act right."

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmm, "current went missing" isn't a phrase I'm used to hearing. I wonder if the cardiogram was indicating some level of heart block (often not a dangerous condition, just something to monitor).

With the high fibrinogen, they're probably concerned about clotting. I wonder, did they check a blood test called d-dimer by chance?

I'm glad you'll be seeing a doctor soon. We have a lot of good treatments for cardiac conditions these days.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

May I ask you about the nature of your heart problems exactly?

Because a "heart attack" is not actually a medical thing. What people usually mean when they say "heart attack" is what we call a myocardial infarction (lack of blood flow to the heart muscle caused by a blockage or constriction in a coronary artery.) And less commonly people use the term "heart attack" to refer to cardiac arrest where the heart just stops beating for some reason. (Myocardial infarction can turn into cardiac arrest, but cardiac arrest can happen because of any number of other things as well.)

So do you have a confirmed occlusion of a coronary artery? Or do you have a diagnosed cardiac arrhythmia of some kind? What are they planning to do to treat you? Because "don't get excited" isn't a long term management strategy. It's usually just to get you through until you find a successful treatment.

(I'm a cardiac critical care nurse. AMA)

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the United States, sovereign immunity only immunizes the government against lawsuits. It doesn't provide an individual with immunity against criminal prosecution.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago

Says the person who clearly doesn't have to see specialists in the US very often. We already have to wait months to see specialists.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Gubbins is a fun, new kind of word game.

Nonogram is a fun puzzle game.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dark healthcare provider humor incoming: When considering these kinds of questions regarding CPR, we actually say, "Well, they ain't getting any deader."

CPR actually reverses death. That's why it only works sometimes and only if provided in a very short window of time after you've died. Nothing that is done during CPR is going to make that worse. So yeah, the reality is that it's a little bit of a controlled free-for-all. It's called "heroic measures" for a reason.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago

Also working at a hospital, we're definitely seeing Covid, and a surprising amount of RSV in older folks. Not a ton of flu yet, but that may be because flu vaccine has good uptake in the elderly population here.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 17 points 1 year ago

They decided they deserved to make up all the profit they lost during the pandemic, and they were legally able to increase our prices to do exactly that. It's as plain and simple as this.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago

Oh fuck off. You know damn well that 90% of society would raise an eyebrow at a 3 year old boy trudging around in high heels and getting into mom's lipstick.

NO ONE TOLD HER SHE WAS TRANS. SHE SAID THAT.

What part of this was self-determined is hard for you to understand? Transition was 100% initiated and driven BY HER. It's what she wanted because it's what she understood herself to be inside her own mind.

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