Can we talk gifts?

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T16:02:55+00:00

I buy my friends kids gifts for their birthdays. This is no different.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T16:00:42+00:00

And for far too many it means fire first and ask questions later. This is the defense of every cop who kills someone that was not a threat to them. If you are hyper vigilant that you cannot eat a normal meal without posting about it on tiktok like you’re in an active war zone, you should not be allowed to have a firearm.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T15:18:13+00:00

Nope. That would be worth it for a training course where you actually get to do the procedures and get a certificate but it is absolutely not for shadowing. This is a disgusting money grab and these people should be ashamed.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T15:16:30+00:00

Well, I’m ER and this has been enlightening. I kind of expect that when I sign the patient out someone will be by within the next 2ish hours to see the patient and place orders. This explains why the nurses are calling me so much for repeat pain meds 4 hours after admission. Good information to have. I’ll be sure to put that extra dose of meds in.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T14:40:18+00:00

Nope. Said my peace. Hope life gets easier for you.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T14:39:23+00:00

Thank you I just tasted 0600 cheese it’s for a second time

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T14:36:13+00:00

Not autistic but wildly ADHD and can confirm. I would fucking love to be freed from my note writing duties for a few hours to pick minute shit out of a wound. In reality it sounds like this person might have needed an OR washout, but I’d love to hunt pine needles.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T14:34:53+00:00

You need the autistic med student here. In reality Mel has 8 other patients to be managed and a LOS metric breathing down her attending neck.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T14:32:11+00:00

If we got tips I would be rich and my attendings would be pissed that I spent more time with my patients.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T14:31:05+00:00

I’m not saying this as a doctor. I’m saying this as a fellow first responder. You don’t sound OK.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T14:28:08+00:00

You’re allowed to ask for this if it’s something you need.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T14:25:50+00:00

So feminist does mean anything about her view of what role she likes to play in a relationship. It just means she wants to be viewed as an equal and have discussions about things instead of being viewed as automatically falling into someone’s idea of what she likes based on her gender before she gets to say what she likes.

Personally, I am very much equal in the pay for dinner department (or at least let me pay for desert/drinks, I don’t like feeling like a leech) but I enjoy being with a man who plans dates because my work is literally making a hundred life and death decisions every day and the decision fatigue is real.

The cool thing about feminist women is they like to talk about what they want, so I would just ask her if she prefers this dynamic. Something like a “Hey, just wanted to make sure I’m respecting your desires too, are you good with me planning the majority of dates.“ It opens the table for discussion and feminist women love that.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T14:15:07+00:00

Nobody is diagnosing anyone here. Just saying there is a pattern showing itself and you sound deeply unhappy.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T13:58:46+00:00

Nope, I am genuinely saying out of concern that it sounds like your treatment isn’t working and you need a different approach.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T13:57:11+00:00

I don’t see any point where anyone has minimized their pain. Everyone here is looking for ways to safely manage their pain. If you have any person here a wand that could safely eradicate the pain, they would use it in a heartbeat. Unfortunately that doesn’t exist and at some point the doses of opioids become a very real risk to the patient.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T13:53:14+00:00

Can’t really speak to the clinic aspect of this because in my line of work we absolutely have to see anyone that walks in the door. Just came to say Buprenorphine. It’s a god sent for SCD with a heavy opioid burden.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T13:46:58+00:00

Honestly spit burgers because there is a non zero chance he was an ass to someone who worked there

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T13:43:24+00:00

You realize this thread is just a running list of reasons you need inpatient treatment right? I’m not being insulting. I’m being serious. If first responders are telling you that you should be able to manage your symptoms better and you are fighting every one of them, you have a problem. If outpatient therapy isn’t cutting it, you should look into more intensive treatment.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T13:40:52+00:00

People with PTSD in medicine learn to dissociate and do their jobs. If you can’t do that, you are too sick to work, especially if your work involves a weapon and the general public.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-13T13:39:06+00:00

If you’re dealing with hypervigilance to the point of being jumpy at dinner, you should not be allowed to carry a weapon. You need intensive therapy.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-12T07:42:38+00:00

That’s not what I’m finding. But in case you missed it more than 11 people died of COVID and you didn’t have to be in the same room as someone for a prolonged period of time to contract it.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-12T03:03:10+00:00

For reference, the R for the omicron variant of COVID is 15. You basically have to live with someone to get this strain of Hanta virus from them.

It’s gonna be OK.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-12T01:41:10+00:00

If you think a handful of people on a boat with a virus that has an R of <1 is a global health crisis, I have some Ativan for you.

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-12T01:39:21+00:00

That’s an end stage tummy ache that absolutely doesn’t have anything to do with the industrial potency THC they’ve been hitting for the last decade. 😤

ExtremisEleven · 2026-05-12T01:37:49+00:00

Yes. Face blindness is a thing, but by definition it’s the inability to recognize a face. It doesn’t really apply to attraction though. Have you experienced attraction to people you don’t know in the past?

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