How was everyone’s Monday?

[Kad1]

While taking my BP she grabs a regular cuff. I said ma’am you need the larger cuff. She responds with no! That’s only if your over 400lb. I said ok, she said what I said just go ahead and take it. Came back 160/98. She said wow that’s high. Now use the other cuff. Came back 130/80 still a bit high. She was so confused.

 

[NeuroRN]

This is terrifying. These people made it through nursing school and still don’t understand this gig and checklist.

 

[Kad1]

Really scary

 

[NeuroRN]

I still have to say treat the patient not the monitor on a weekly basis.

 

[Kad1]

I’m just a retarded fireman. Lol

 

[Kad1]

And listen to your patient

 

[NeuroRN]

Shut up. Haha I’d take your knowledge and common sense up against most docs these days in the unit. That right there “listen to your patient” is lost knowledge. Much less tell your patient what the fuck is going on.

 

[herrubermensch]

This is PRECISELY why I rarely if ever just defer to medical advice when given. One thing I’m not is dumb, and I can grasp just about anything other than the most complex parts of organic chemistry if you will just take a second to explain. Doctors never want to do so, they just want you to accept what they tell you as gospel. One time I said I’ll be back in a second and came back with a recent Pub Med article with a study refuting what the doc had advised. To his credit, he said he had not seen this and would have to reconsider his position. But that’s the rare response. Most of the time it’s just if you’re not going to accept my advice, get a different doc.

 

[NeuroRN]

Brother. Try working under them. I’ve gotten written up more times than I can’t count for the phrase “You dumb motherfucker. I told you xyz and you wouldn’t listen. Get the fuck outta my room I don’t need you.”

 

[herrubermensch]

Yeah, I would be fired within a week. Everyone who works for me knows I have a very difficult time suffering fools, especially hubristic ones.

 

[NeuroRN]

My defense is always “name one time I’ve ever gotten in a dispute at work for ANY reason other than someone was failing to do their job? Not even well. Just doing their job? Never? Can’t think of one? I didn’t think so.”

 

[Rusty]

It’s a hard decision. Can I recognize the fact that it’s Tren pissing me off and stay calm and wait for it to pass. Dunno. I will probably go with the Tren Hex cause it seems to have a lot less sides and stays more stable. But if it makes me start haveing anxiety or mood swings gonna drop it in a second. Plus the EQ should have the opposite affect so maybe the combo will help. Either way appreciate you and dirt both.

 

[Dirtnasty]

Eq has actually been show n to cause anxiety in people

 

[Rusty]

Ughhh. Good to know that

 

[Rusty]

Just done with my midnight tart snack. Time to go back to bed. Gonna miss the midnight tarts starting in a few weeks.

 

[Poppy]

My Monday was so-so. Great day in gym. Everything was meh…

Still can’t believe what happened at your blood drive.

That poor old woman can’t be the first person to go out giving blood… I would’ve lost a bet on that one. I just assumed they would of had a 1-2-3 protocol in place.

 

[Poppy]

Your son is 17…right?

His hormones are going crazy. He’s right there caught between a boy and a man. Don’t give up brother.

 

[herrubermensch]

My Monday kind of sucked. Woke up with horrible DOMs (which I never have), had to take an NSAID (which I never take), my first attempt at buffalo chicken in the Instapot didn’t go so well, and when I pushed myself to at least do an “arms and abs” workout late in the day, I ended up just making myself uber-sore all over again and with no real gains to show for it. Nothing compared to @Rusty 's bad day, but I’m whining about it nevertheless.

 

[Poppy]

You just crack me up!!

 

[Kad1]

Haha. Thank you. That’s why I tell people. I’m pretty
Much a DR. Lol