Spike ,'Get It Done'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I admit the thought "Fuck, if childbirth is worse than that, I'm not doing it." has flashed through my mind a number of times.
The key, for me, with pain-causing things is working out what needs intervention, and what needs immediate intervention. I wish there were a code for that. One that didn't rely so much on expensive tests.
Plei, I always thought Pre-Eclampsia was PIH? What is it? I also thought it was only a (during) pregnancy condition. My books have long since flown to other shelves.
Plei, I always thought Pre-Eclampsia was PIH? What is it? I also thought it was only a (during) pregnancy condition. My books have long since flown to other shelves.
Where I was being seen, PIH=just the raise in blood pressure associated with pregnancy. PE=all sorts of additional nasty stuff, as expected when you're looking at a condition once deemed toxemia.
I admit the thought "Fuck, if childbirth is worse than that, I'm not doing it." has flashed through my mind a number of times.
If you've survived stomach flu, you'll do just fine with childbirth. Mind you, I'm the only person I know who has such a hard time puking that I have to force start it, even when violently ill, so stomach flu may be worse for me than for most.
In first aid, they teach you that a symptom of a broken bone is "obvious injury without significant pain." I know it didn't seem to hurt all that much when I broke my hand.
There was pain a plenty when I broke my femur, not to mention the lovely sensation of bone separating when it happened.
Worst pain ever: throwing up from dehydration with a broken face
This, however, seems absolutely horrific.
There was pain a plenty when I broke my femur, not to mention the lovely sensation of bone separating when it happened.
Well, isn't the femur pretty much the worst bone you can break? (Outside of a skull fracture.)
Oh, and Cindy, in rare cases, you can have a case of full-blown PE within a week or two after giving birth, though it usually happens within 24-48 hours.
Where I was being seen, PIH=just the raise in blood pressure associated with pregnancy. PE=all sorts of additional nasty stuff, as expected when you're looking at a condition once deemed toxemia.And that can hit after delivery, too? Man. The fun just keeps on coming. Multiple orgasms are nice and all, but still...
Well, isn't the femur pretty much the worst bone you can break? (Outside of a skull fracture.)I think femur breaks are pretty dangerous, too, because the femoral artery is vulnerable to the broken bone, or something.
Oh, and Cindy, in rare cases, you can have a case of full-blown PE within a week or two after giving birth, though it usually happens within 24-48 hours.Gotcha. Sorry for the xpost. And yuck.
re: elves' bios
Am I being overly sensitive when I notice that the Fudge Shoppe cookie forman is the only elf of color? or is that just ironic?
I don't care what all the P-anythings are, they just scare the shit out of me and make me want to run up to Seattle and hug Plei madly for still being here and being okay.
Worst pain: I was 14 or 15, with my breasts just beginning to develop but still mostly flat with lots of very hard dense tissue underneath; the very crowded bus I was on lurched too fast around a sharp bend and someone elbowed me hard in the chest. No graying-out, but lightning bolts of pain so bad that part of my brain just detached and sat there in a corner of my head, reviewing the data from my nerves and clucking its tongue and saying mildly, "Well, goodness, that certainly is a spectacular lot of pain, isn't it? How apocalyptically fascinating."
Also spontaneous tears -- not crying as such, just bursts of water -- and five minutes of nausea.
But, upon reviewing everyone else's stories, I feel I've gotten off seriously cheap in the painful experiences department.
From Teppy's link, I think my favorite is Zack, the Keebler cookie foreman:
Zack enjoys his tunes, and They Might Be Giants is his favorite band. The thing he likes most about being an elf is, "They let you sit up front at concerts."
eta: Vortex, the creepy cluelessness of that made me roll my eyes forever. But I still like that he's a TMBG fan.