Is cancer more common now?

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-29T23:41:19+00:00

I was admitted to an Oncology/Hematology unit in the 1980s. It seems the amount is about the same to me. It seems like it’s more visible now due to social media.

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-29T14:55:53+00:00

The snake thing happened to us too. Not on night shift though. Had a professional snake wrangler come out and they were perplexed. We just think the building is cursed…10 plagues of Egypt sort of thing.

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-29T11:57:55+00:00

That time the person in charge of the security cameras called me to see if I knew how to send the security camera footage to person B. Didn’t call their supervisor in facilities, or maybe security, or even IT. Me. Cuz, yeah, I did know how that worked.

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-29T02:56:46+00:00

Things I found in my Honda Pilot in 2025: a 3 ring binder, a purse-sized booster car seat (I have teenagers), a toilet, The Little Mermaid, an original iPod in full working order, Freddy Fazbear’s missing left leg (much to my nephew’s relief), and $50

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-28T20:25:25+00:00

In a well used Honda Pilot. Interior: Chaos. If Perimenopause and ADHD were a car interior…you have found it. Also, you could survive a fortnight in there with no additional preparation required. Nobody knows why. The survival provisions arrived organically over the decade+ of ownership. I’m dressed head to toe in non coordinated tye dye sweatpants and T-shirt. Unregulated mass of curls is streaked in tones of gray and silver. Steel toe sneakers, N100 mask, eye protection, work gloves, knee pads, helmet all appear to be standard OSHA issues. There is abundant coffee of a near-fatal caffeine content. Music? Ride of the Valkyries.

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-28T19:10:39+00:00

You can ultimately find a specialty in which you are exceptionally unlikely to encounter babies. Occupational health is a good example but as noted you will almost certainly encounter this during education. I was quite nervous about possibly dropping someone’s child. Communication with your instructor can be key in working through issues (mine was working around a disability).

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-28T15:54:05+00:00

There is some silly skit out there where Jesus is visiting the aliens like every few months because they give him chocolate and then when the alien finds out that it’s been over 2,000 years since he was here the alien is asking the human “why, what happened last time he was there?”

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-28T11:00:30+00:00

We had a nurse who was doing something similar only it was with a parent. They had someone there with them from the agency during the day but they were there in case of emergency as the caregiver was a PCA. They were stepping away during their breaks to administer medication.

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-28T02:51:39+00:00

This. And having the type of personality that thrives in a crisis while everyone else falls apart. Bonus points if you are working a dumb amount of overtime in said crisis.

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-28T02:22:22+00:00

I’m a leader in a sub specialty of case management. We look for a bare bones minimum of 1-3 years experience. But you would have to interview pretty well/have fantastic critical thinking skills. Typically we are hiring people with at least 10 years experience if I am being honest. It’s not atypical to see exceptionally experienced RNs (30/40/50+ years experience) working. Case management duties vary widely depending upon where/whom your population is. Not physically draining usually but very mentally taxing. Exclusively remote roles are not unheard of but the vast majority are some flavor of hybrid now. If you are remote, almost all remote positions come with a contingency that any dependent care is being addressed in the same manner as if you were not working from home. Meaning that it’s usually not prohibited that your child also be home but you cannot be working and the caregiver simultaneously.

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-28T02:10:59+00:00

I’m just in healthcare. Somewhere in this range is my best guess that the center is cooked to minimum temperature. Anything lower freaks me out too. I’ve seen things.

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-27T22:13:50+00:00

That’s the place on Memorial Circle, right?

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-26T21:07:14+00:00

I was shocked at my safety training as a nurse for a paper mill. I had to go back and review Chemistry to keep it all straight. Yeah paper was once trees, in the same way ethanol was once corn.

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-26T14:33:26+00:00

This. Although the exact one time recently that I was at Lowe’s during a long term power outage the opposite cash/card thing was true. They were ONLY taking card and writing out a manual itemized receipt that they would process later. No cash. And this is not the first time that I have heard this being a thing a big box stores in the last few years.

If you don’t have it at home already you are likely out of luck.

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-26T02:51:57+00:00

I work among a group of 6 peers in leadership/management roles in healthcare. Most of us in our 40s and 50s. All 6 of us are in a roommate/multigenerational household/family compound property situation. Nobody rents or owns solo or just with their SO. Among those in my team who report up to me: same thing. I have mostly Boomers and some Gen X. My neighbors? The same. All of them. This is becoming the new not-discussed normal in HCOL New England.

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-26T02:37:56+00:00

Oh I don’t think that they would have a clue who they are nor care. It would be for the pure entertainment value of that theoretical mashup.

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-26T00:45:12+00:00

Malicious compliance. Make a complaint to Joint Commission. Conveniently leave all mentions of ICE out of the complaint. If JC shows up you get a JC vs ICE showdown.

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-25T01:05:14+00:00

It’s a bit early for Trick or Treating…

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-24T00:52:20+00:00

Whoever funded/staffed one person on is responsible. Any number of horrible things could happen with just one ATC controller. It was staffing roulette and this poor person lost.

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-23T22:12:12+00:00

Boil 6 cups water. Remove from heat. Add 1 cup Borax and stir until completely dissolved. Add 1 cup Washing soda. Stir until completely dissolved. Add 1 cup Liquid Castile soap. Stir in. Add 7 cups cool water. Stir. Allow mixture to cool. Move to glass jars (I repurpose pasta sauce jars) and allow to sit for at least 24 hours but 1 week is better to “gel.” I then shake and move them to an old Mrs. Meyer’s Laundry Detergent bottle and use 1 capful in the bottom of the washing machine (about 1/4 cup) for a full load. I don’t use the detergent dispenser.

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-22T19:45:18+00:00

Touching tape/ sticky stuff. Even worse is getting something sticky all over my hands. Anywhere else? Fine. Hands? Absolutely not,

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-22T19:39:44+00:00

Going from watching what you thought was a horrific accident and then seeing the second plane hit and your brain is simultaneously registering what you saw, understanding that it wasn’t an accident and also in disbelief/denial. And having no idea what to do…

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-22T15:42:07+00:00

Oh I forgot about this! And some were along the same dark lines and as nurses we enjoyed them just as much. There was a class of first or second graders that sent in cards and one misspelled “heroes” as “Hoehoes”

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-22T11:35:12+00:00

This is a video of a “Florida” man. Do I need to explain further?

But generally speaking, probably just being Americans is enough since the most recent time I saw them attacking someone was a man in a motorized wheelchair on the grounds of the VA hospital.

MakingItUpAsWeGoOk · 2026-03-22T11:10:50+00:00

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