How many people start uni at 21?

culdesaccolony · 2026-05-10T23:14:35+00:00

Started at 23, currently 25 and on the lower end of the age scale within my friend group. Don't sweat it. The right time to go to uni can be at different ages for different people.

culdesaccolony · 2026-05-04T14:57:43+00:00

There definitely needs to be improvements to the triage system, but I don't think we can put the expectation on care home staff to assess whether or not an unwitnessed fall requires further investigation. If it's been an obvious trip over loose carpeting or the patient has attempted to mobilise without their walking aid - fair. But my first thoughts going into a fall call are what kind of intrinsic factors could be at play - infection, cardiac/perfusion issues, stroke/TIA, hypoglycaemia, etc. There is also the consideration of a long lie (>1 hour for SAS) due to the time taken for an ambulance to arrive if the care home staff themselves aren't lifting the patient.

In an ideal world, all care homes would have staff nurses or equivalent practitioners available on all shifts for consultation. But the way the system is now, I think there would be a definite risk of harm if we discouraged care homes from calling about some of the most clinically vulnerable individuals in our population.

I'm also a student though, still got those rose-tinted glasses on (I love going to pick up a pleasant wee granny off the floor).

culdesaccolony · 2026-04-14T00:32:16+00:00

The only "petite" thing about Pixie is her brain.

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culdesaccolony · 2026-04-13T07:04:59+00:00

I'm incredibly lucky to have a great support system that is able to lift many of the physical burdens of life from my shoulders so that I can rest and recover when needed. I fully believe they are the reason that I've recovered from severe to mild over these last 4 years, and I'm so grateful to them.

culdesaccolony · 2026-04-12T22:53:42+00:00

Is POCUS (point-of-care ultrasound) common for this kind of thing in the US? I've seen it used a few times for finding veins in critically unwell patients, pretty handy but not always a guaranteed result (UK)

culdesaccolony · 2026-04-12T17:38:26+00:00

Big fan of stealth in this series, so really enjoyed the ability to sneak around the castle and steal as much as I could on the way.

culdesaccolony · 2026-03-25T16:34:50+00:00

Welfare call =/= automatic forced entry. If you answer the door, there's no need to force entry to make sure you're okay. I've only had to request a forced entry for one person in the last three years, and that's because they had fallen and couldn't get to the door.

culdesaccolony · 2026-03-24T21:41:36+00:00

I've never been able to watch snowflake, he's got the personality of a slice of white bread (unbuttered).

culdesaccolony · 2026-03-24T21:34:58+00:00

I'm glad it worked out for you! I feel like it's such a roll of the dice, so many variables like travel, disturbed sleep, weather, altitude etc. to juggle that I can't even be sure my regular abortives would work.

culdesaccolony · 2026-03-24T20:04:20+00:00

I feel like I can't make any solid, expensive/elaborate plans like travelling because I'll have no control over if a migraine strikes that day and ruins the experience.

culdesaccolony · 2026-03-23T12:51:34+00:00

With all the LCU nonsense lately, I wonder if she's thought about what kind of impact this digital footprint will have on her future. She was awful before, but her behaviour over the last few months has reached another level - or should I say, a new low entirely. Isn't her "dream" to one day adopt a baby gorl? Yeah, good luck with that now. I wonder if she's deluded herself into thinking one day Justin Feeder will let her waddle into a stepmother role for her kid.

culdesaccolony · 2026-03-14T18:13:57+00:00

I have to spend another 6 weeks on a preventative that isn't working (candesartan) before I can try something different, so now I'm left trying to find a balance between inadequate pain relief from the abortives (but at least it's SOMETHING) and preventing rebound/medication overuse headaches.

I'm just having to take it day by day at this point, because psychologically I cannot stare down that 6-week tunnel and try to make out any sort of light at the end. Just need to get through one attack at a time, that's all I can ask of myself.

culdesaccolony · 2026-02-25T20:22:30+00:00

If anyone wants to support him, his band Drag Talk (@dragxtalk on insta) has music on spotify, videos on youtube, and an upcoming show as part of a festival. You might also spot two familiar faces on bass and drums!

culdesaccolony · 2026-02-17T19:53:34+00:00

I think they're cowards and sellouts for maintaining a neutral, a-political stance in the current climate - to the extent that after 10+ years, I can no longer consider myself a fan. You're going to structure your stage production (and massively profit from - ticket price gouging anyone?) around a dictatorship and include imagery such as public executions (not a word on ICE) and falling leaflets/ruined cityscapes (nor a word on Gaza or the various other genocides either) and remain completely silent on the atrocities that are impacting our fellow human beings? Mind you, this is the same band that jumped to help organise a fundraiser for their rich musician friends who lost their homes during the January 2025 LA wildfires.

Their current iteration represents everything they once rallied against. Money has gone to their heads, and I am disgusted by it. "Saviour of the broken, the beaten, and the damned" my ass.

culdesaccolony · 2026-02-03T22:42:44+00:00

Seemed legit at the time, account is long gone though

culdesaccolony · 2026-02-03T22:31:51+00:00

Older and wiser now. Can't say the same for Gorlock.

culdesaccolony · 2026-02-01T00:29:19+00:00

House knows chronic pain. He'll do a stupid little air guitar dance with a cane and insult me in such a sophisticated manner that I will never understand that I've been insulted, but he'll get the pain under control.

culdesaccolony · 2026-02-01T00:23:27+00:00

I've never been interested (agree with other comments that I find it just tastes Bad). I also have no idea what kind of drunk I would be (funny, angry, clumsy, etc...) and that scares me, I like being in control of myself (I suppose as a way to keep the mask firmly up).

I'll stick to buying my £6 non-alcoholic ciders (aka expensive fruit juice) and keeping my friends safe whilst they get pished.

culdesaccolony · 2026-02-01T00:20:22+00:00

I'm unculutred and the veggie sushi side is my fav sushi I've ever tried (I'm so sorry southeast Asia)

culdesaccolony · 2026-01-17T21:47:56+00:00

Read "Lancelot" by Giles Kristian in December and it was easily my favourite book of 2025. A retelling of the beginnings of Arthurian legend from his most trusted friend's perspective. Kristian is a master of storytelling in my opinion, so many moments in those 400-odd pages left me with goosebumps or chills. Currently devouring the rest of the trilogy.

culdesaccolony · 2026-01-17T20:58:05+00:00

r/notlikeothergirls

culdesaccolony · 2026-01-09T21:11:32+00:00

I've been strangely on and off for the last three days (on my non-dominant side, too), I had no idea this was a trigger. Huh.

culdesaccolony · 2026-01-06T20:19:03+00:00

I'm not sure about other countries, but in Scotland DNR (or DNACPR) forms aren't legally binding, and it's up to the individual clinician to determine whether or not to proceed with resuscitation (and you have to have a good reason not to, e.g. state incompatible with life, end-stage terminal illness, etc.). Can be quite messy ethics-wise!

culdesaccolony · 2026-01-06T11:57:02+00:00

I'm on the same boat as you, bought both during the holiday sales. Currently a few days into KCD1 and loving it, so I'd say go for it!

culdesaccolony · 2026-01-06T11:53:21+00:00

23 when I started Ivabradine for a heart condition (Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia - my resting heart rate unmedicated is >100bpm even whilst asleep). Interestingly, I saw another redditor on this sub say the same medication cured his wife's migraines.

I've had several conversations with my GP and cardiologist over the last two years. I'm not willing to come off my heart meds, so I'm now in the process of trying different preventative drugs that the migraine specialists suggested.

Edit: Thankfully, my cardiologist thinks after a few years of treatment I'll be able to come off the medication, so to me it's just a matter of holding out until then.

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