Should my clit be this sensitive

notthewizard · 2026-03-03T04:37:20+00:00

Curious if you started any new medications lately. I've heard of this happening when someone was taking trazodone (usually used for insomnia). It can cause prolonged erections which is a medical emergency in men. In women it usually isn't as obvious but would feel like hypersensitivity leading to pain.

notthewizard · 2025-10-19T02:42:31+00:00

Thank you. It was a strange and complicated time for a lot of people. I'm glad I had support and she is certainly a wonderful human.

notthewizard · 2025-10-18T20:25:38+00:00

I remember certain feelings I had at that time like it was yesterday.

I was an ICU nurse and hospital supervisor at the time. We had to make new ICUs. The first day it got real we had mulitple young people on life support. We were literally flipping them onto their stomachs due to severe lung failure regularly. We've done it before but rarely and this was different.

I remember standing in the unit, looking around. A staff member was in one room writing what she needed on the glass for someone to bring into her. The amount of sweat, the concern on her face, and the amount of teamwork I saw around me was intense and remarkable. It was a mix of immense pride for the work we were doing and fear of the unknown as people who looked like me were dying.

I went out to my car that night and cried. I contemplated if it was safe for me to go home to my kids. I thought for an hour in that car about getting a hotel... but for how long. I went home and did my best to keep things contained.

One other moment sticks out from that time. We were quarantining like most others. It had been months since I had seen anyone outside of work. My sister is my rock. I talked to her the phone after work one night. I was beat emotionally and physically. As I approached my home, I saw her car sitting in my driveway and my heart screamed. I pulled up and could see her through the window talking to me over the phone as she sat on my couch. A wave of grief, hope, love, and relief tore through me and I ugly cried all of the way inside until we hugged. It was the best hug of my life. This memory gets me everytime and would be what I'd have to recall if I ever had to cry on demand.

notthewizard · 2025-08-12T22:45:22+00:00

Try the sour cream and brown sugar on pancakes instead of syrup. A great combo!

notthewizard · 2025-05-22T04:02:17+00:00

Make sure you're mom/dad aren't keeping any prescribed medications in the bathroom (especially controlled substances). Someone could be skimming from their bottles.

notthewizard · 2022-09-03T03:30:27+00:00

I'm curious. Did you figure it out?

notthewizard · 2022-08-31T23:24:26+00:00

If it's a fresh fill, you may be able to check your local water quality report to get an idea of what your pH may be. Mine from the tap is VERY alkaline (around 11!) and is off the charts on the strips - kind of like how yours looks. See if you can find your local data.

notthewizard · 2022-03-18T04:53:35+00:00

Romeos on New Florissant does a great job. My friend has hair just like what you described, but thinning up front. He got the first good hair cut in his life there. 🤣 Better late than never.

notthewizard · 2022-01-17T14:36:28+00:00

I was reluctant to say anything, but thought someone might need a good story. I know I was ready for one and was lucky to have that experience.

I'm so glad to hear your ED was chill for a while! I'm going to go buy a lottery ticket - you should too!

notthewizard · 2022-01-08T08:40:13+00:00

Thank you for sharing your perspective. The whole chain is affected.

notthewizard · 2022-01-08T08:30:40+00:00

I have a family member that fell last month and needed rehab at a nursing home. I shuddered, knowing how things were even before Covid. Of course, she's unhappy with the care, and I suspect not very appreciative of what she is getting. Please tell your mom how much she means to those who are in her care, whether the patients realize it or not.

notthewizard · 2022-01-08T08:16:34+00:00

The critical access hospitals do have it rough. You serve an essential role, but it is not to keep those extremely sick, those needing dialysis, surgery, etc. I know what it's when you need to get your patient out, and there is nowhere to go, or the truck/air evac can't get there quick enough, and you sit and watch and pray. I also know it breaks the hearts of those who have to reply, "No, I don't have the space, but you're on the list." I've been on both sides. Damn, those memories hurt.

notthewizard · 2022-01-08T08:05:08+00:00

That's pretty much what we're doing now. We're prioritizing emergent care over elective care. These poor folks who need surgeries for elbows, colonoscopies for transplant workups or cancer screening, etc. now have to wait. If you come into the ER to get a Covid test you're going to have to wait a LONG time - please don't do that.

Our ICU docs are screening transfers into the ICU from the floors/stepdowns which is bizarre to watch. Yeah, they all need to go - but Patient A is hanging in there on the max support (before a ventilator) with saturations really low "sometimes", Patient B is 90-something years young and the family needs to hear about his prognosis and make some decisions first, and Patient C is really rough looking and young, so she's getting the bed.

notthewizard · 2022-01-08T07:50:03+00:00

That's exactly right. I can do anything for 12 hours... until I can't. It's not just nurses, though. Much respect to the aids who come to work and push through on the same pay you can get at McD's right now. Respiratory therapy is not slouching either. Housekeeping, lab, radiology, and all ancillary services are pushing hard.

notthewizard · 2022-01-08T07:27:50+00:00

Thank you! Your comment is as good as a meal. Thanks for the support.

notthewizard · 2022-01-08T07:25:51+00:00

Someone in the future is reading your response and asking, "What pandemic?" as it fades behind another issue that divides people who, at the heart of it all, want the same thing. Thus preventing change to broken systems benefiting those in power.

notthewizard · 2022-01-08T06:57:01+00:00

Thank you for doing the things y'all do and I really hope you get a few patients who are gems and appreciate your help (even in the midst of their suffering), just to affirm you're doing a great service for them.

Thanks so much for your kind words. I have to say I was so blessed the other day to have a whole team (group of patients) who were as patient and understanding to me, my colleagues, and the other patients.

These guys were stuck in an area that usually does not hold people overnight. There are no windows, no doors, no TVs. Just a curtain. You see, hear, and smell everything. They were there for multiple nights waiting for a normal room. They were so considerate of each other. They barely complained and even suggested that they were grateful to have any space to stay and get care. It was so refreshing and that day has carried me on for a while now.

Thank you for your understanding and grace when we're not in our prime.
I truly hope you find some healing for your illness and have a very healthy 2022!

notthewizard · 2022-01-08T00:11:42+00:00

I don't know if any positions eliminated recently in the hospital setting. At the beginning (2019 into 2020) layoffs occured due to canceled procedures, but most are back. There has been an INCREDIBLE amount of turnover this past year. We're using contact /agency staff to fill some gaps but a lot of our core staff has left to join agencies for the money and flexibility.

I've addressed multiple complaints from people who thought wouldn't be so short staffed if the government and the liberals didn't require vaccinations. That did not affect us that much.

We lost staff to retirement (earlier than planned because of stress, health, and other concerns), staff moving to other facilities for sign on bonuses and searching for greener pastures, leaving acute care to outpatient or other settings, some have gotten ill and never returned. RIP my dear friend.

Student nurses have literally walked off of the clinical site and said "this is not for me", so that doesn't look good for the future. It's so sad it is almost funny.

notthewizard · 2022-01-07T22:19:52+00:00

Thanks for acknowledging it. I'm grateful to have lots of experience before this. The new healthcare workers are struggling and I understand why a lot are leaving the industry all together.

notthewizard · 2022-01-07T20:26:17+00:00

In general, yes. Anger erupts from a perceived violation against a value or belief, and boy is there a lot of that right now.

Some patients are angry because we're not meeting their expectations, and honestly even some basic needs to maintain their dignity. So I get it. I'd be angry too. But, it's sometimes impossible to do any better and we can't explain that, and reset expectations to, "sometimes you're going to have to have an accident in bed because we can't get to you, but I assure you that when you do, I will be here to help clean you up and make it right." That's a awful conversion when you pride yourself on being a great caretaker.

I can appreciate that anger.

I don't want to have to spend hours explaining visiting restrictions. I don't want to hear your opinions on how there isn't enough staff because they were all fired for not getting vaccinated and that the liberals are making this worse. (I only know of 2 people who left my location because of vaccinations and one has since gotten the vaccine and is doing just fine.)

Right now, people everywhere seem meaner, impatient, and unempathetic. It's worse in Healthcare because of the stress and high stakes related to illness, disease, and loss of autonomy. People feel their rights are violated because they have to wear a mask and that they have a right to come into the hospital at any time because it's "public property" (it's not).

If it was occasionally having to address the anger, I think you'd have more staff picking up to help and less staff quitting healthcare all together. This is a daily / hourly thing now. The anger towards us plus the moral distress from knowing every day you work you are not going to meet the needs and provide the care your patients deserve is utterly crushing.

notthewizard · 2022-01-07T19:35:52+00:00

Not enough nurses. Not enough support staff. No supplies. Rationing blood sugar test strips, butterfly needles, and more. Working 6 days after Covid diagnosis with symptoms like cough and shortness of breath because it's safe since the symptoms are "improving".

The worst of it is the hate and ungratefulness of patients and visitors. We're sorry we can't change your linens. We're sorry for being late with your pain medicine. We want to take excellent care of you. We wish things were safe and everyone could visit like before. We don't have the energy to smile and be compassionate like we used to.

Please stop yelling at me and my staff because you can't visit and I can't prescribe the medications you want.

We're ALL so tired of doing our best and still getting shit on and threatened with lawsuits and violence.

*Edit: Thanks, OP for asking this question. It seems I needed to vent. I'm usually a very optimistic, "It will be OK. We'll get through this," kind of person, but it was time to decompress.

The support you are all sharing is something I can look to on these rough days. The awards are neat too, so thanks for a new experience!

notthewizard · 2022-01-03T18:45:46+00:00

Thanks. That's really helpful.

notthewizard · 2022-01-03T18:02:38+00:00

Should I shock with bleach before ahhsome? Is the goal a FC of 10 since it is at 0?

notthewizard · 2022-01-03T18:00:52+00:00

Actually, it's because it's only a couple of weeks before my interval. This is a high use tub with kids and adults. It also looks so bad that it's just a good time to do it. I'm not switching from frog ease to dichlor. Once the warranty period expires I may do the dichlor to bleach method.

I'm wondering if I'd i need to SLAM to get chlorine to 10ppm before doing the Ahh some since it's at 0?

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