I can't imagine what that might be, ita. Is swallowing okay? I would be tempted to apply heat in some manner and see if that helped, because that is my general reaction to pain.
'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'
Jayne ,'Safe'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
-t - Jul 20, 2013 2:22:26 pm PDT #29841 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
§ ita § - Jul 20, 2013 2:35:51 pm PDT #29842 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Unless I feel my airway is actually constricted, I'm not going in.
It being, you know, the ER and stuff, I would like to be sure. So if it can pass, then maybe it's just more of that weird stuff bodies do. Heat is a perfectly cromulent idea.
Juliebird - Jul 20, 2013 2:38:38 pm PDT #29843 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
At least keep your phone handy at all times, jic. Are there new meds that might have new and exciting side effects?
§ ita § - Jul 20, 2013 3:27:22 pm PDT #29844 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nope--same old same old pills. Quite odd, but so are we, I guess.
Sorry if I tossed that and ran. Doing breathing exercises may be relieving the pain, may be distancing me from it. Either way, good.
Juliebird - Jul 20, 2013 3:39:17 pm PDT #29845 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
::lemonade::
I took an EMT class in college. I got really good grades in it. Prof wanted me on the volunteer ambulance squad. I couldn't do it. I'm a mess in real-time. My brain blanks, I make the wrong call. I almost died (by which I mean had vapors) in AIT learning how to cook for 300 and being warned about food-poisoning and the fear of holding peoples lives in my hands like that had been initially debilitating. I could kill people with food. It was nerve-wracking.
So, yeah, I don't do well with life-threatening sitches. I once watched my former ED slip and fall on her ass, and I just stood over her, indecisive (that was also more a "really, she doesn't need me, so I don't need to touch her" moment, but I'm sure that it looked back on my part. I'm also the dude who laughs at people who pass out and hit their heads on the floor. So, yeah, shitty Emergency Medical personnel is me. Where I vacillate between too much concern and not enough.
Theodosia - Jul 20, 2013 3:54:39 pm PDT #29846 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Juliebird -- seriously, I'd think hard about reporting that exchange to the Child Protective Services. It's obvious the kid needs serious help, and the foster mom isn't up to giving it.
Speaking of life-threatening sitches, at my friend's mom's after-funeral brunch, my friend started seriously choking, so I know where you speak of from being frozen. (It was water going down the wrong tube, so no Heimlich was required, but for a good minute I thought we were going to have to do it.)
Strix - Jul 20, 2013 4:17:20 pm PDT #29847 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Juliebird, I second Theodosia's recommendation. Working with homeless and foster kids, and being a teacher, that is NOT on, and is mentally abusive. I'm not formally a mandated reporter anymore, but I'd be on the phone.
If you need to email me, or e-me for my phone, I'd be happy to look up your city's CPS and walk you through it if you feel you need to.
Not a judgement call on YOU; on those foster parents. There's calmly responding to threats, but that is BULLSHIT.
Forgive me, please, if I am butting in.
Anne W. - Jul 20, 2013 4:18:25 pm PDT #29848 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Strix, insent.
Strix - Jul 20, 2013 4:33:07 pm PDT #29849 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
backflung, and abject thanks!
aurelia - Jul 20, 2013 5:20:53 pm PDT #29850 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Doing breathing exercises may be relieving the pain, may be distancing me from it. Either way, good.
Could it have been muscle spasms in the upper esophagus? I've heard that hurts like hell.
I have no AC. I just keep the ceiling fans going and put off doing dishes until after dark. The worst part is trying to get dry enough after a shower to get dressed. I deal with heat okay but it's too damn cold at work. It makes me hurt.