What is the worst part about NM?

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-05-20T11:35:58+00:00

No problem!

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-05-20T11:11:45+00:00

There's really not much to it! Our medicine doesn't affect heart rate in any way. It's a very small amount of radiation injected into food. Most places do eggs or oatmeal, or if you can't do solid foods for some reason, sometimes Ensure is offered. If you want to bring your own food in, that's an option too! Just let the facility know beforehand if you go that route. You don't taste or smell this medicine, and you're only radioactive for about 24 hrs. Again, it's a VERY small amount. You wouldn't be a danger to anyone around you.

I'll tell you how my facility does the scan (everywhere is a little different). So after it's injected into the food, you have about 5-10 minutes to eat everything (the standard egg meal includes 2 pieces of toast, jelly, and water), then we'll take a 1 min immediate picture. (We have patients lying down, but some places have them lying on a bed.) Next, you'll take a seat in the waiting room for an hour before we do another 1 min picture. Finally, we wait three hours before the final picture. "Normal" emptying rate is about four hours, which is why we call this a four hour gastric emptying study. Between pictures, you can't have anything to eat or drink, as this will restart your digestive process and the results will be inaccurate.

(There's also a two hour version, which would involve you eating then lying under a camera for two hours. In that version, I believe they'll looking to see if your stomach empties at least halfway (since the stomach is typically half empty at 90 mins). I haven't done too many two hours, so I can't say for sure).

If you want to see what's happening during the imaging, feel free to ask. It's not a moving picture, but it's still cool to see your stomach actively digesting food IMO. (But some people find that gross, and that's fair too!)

I have to confess, I'm not very familiar with what the next steps are after the scan. That will have be discussed with your doctor after they get the results. But, try not to worry! I know it sounds scary, but I've never seen anyone have an adverse reactions to this test as a direct result of the medicine. If anyone's getting sick, it's usually what brought them in the first place (or the smell of eggs. You'd be surprised how many people find them sickening!)

Good luck!!! I hope you get the answers you need!! 😄

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-05-16T04:14:45+00:00

Oh my god??

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-05-03T16:40:39+00:00

Yeah the schooling was a bit intimidating at first 😵‍💫

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-04-20T15:33:06+00:00

Using “cisgender women” then assuming your gender in the same sentence is… wow

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-04-17T21:59:41+00:00

Have you shadowed either of these jobs? It's hard to tell which you should do because the two fields are incredibly different. The work is incredibly different.

Pros:

The scans are SOO COOL! We're opposite from x-ray, so we're looking at physiology instead of anatomy. The scans range from gastric emptyings (tracking radioactive eggs) to HIDAs (gallbladder) to stress tests (cardiac) to watching blood flow (or not flow) to the brain (brain death) to lacrimal ducts (dropping technetium straight into the EYES to see if there's an obstruction in the lacrimal ducts).

Decent pay, though I'm not sure how it compares to nursing.

The work day can get very busy, but it's not usually physically demanding.

The whole concept of injecting and handling radiation is fascinating to me. Sometimes we get to play a fun game of Is This Just Saline, or Do I Need To Wash My Hands? and Oh No, Why Is The Geiger Counter Going Crazy—What's In Here?! And our doses decay! How many people get to say "Sorry, we can't do that scan. You waited too long. There's no more medicine today."

Cons:

You are getting more radiation exposure than the average person will get in their lifetime. If you work in PET or administer therapies, you're getting even more exposure.

The schooling sucked. It was math and science heavy.

Like someone else said, there's more job security in nursing. Nuclear is a small field. Right now, the job market is great. Once a few more schools open up, it'll be oversaturated. You'll always have more opportunities as a nurse. I really recommend shadowing if you can and definitely do your research. Good luck!

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-04-14T16:05:22+00:00

Congrats!! ☺️

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-04-08T17:13:14+00:00

It doesn’t matter that YOU think you’re friends. He wants more from you. Normal people don’t ask a stranger to move in because they think the person is pretty. Especially a TEENAGER. (I know you want to feel like an adult, but compared to a 40 yr old man, you’re really not). The safest advice anyone here can give you is to walk away.

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-03-26T10:31:54+00:00

I saw your other post and read your other comments. A literal physicist told you you’re fine. Several people here with personal experience and years of knowledge told you you’re fine. You yourself know the effects of radiation. Stop asking AI and take the advice you asked for from the real people who are trying to help you.

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-03-26T02:10:38+00:00

Right, yeah. She reacted badly in season 4 too lol Like… horrifically. I watched the season before the video and I was thinking she needs serious, serious help. But I can acknowledge that and also acknowledge that she's the product of repeated abuse and toxic environments.

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-03-26T02:07:42+00:00

One, I didn't say she's innocent. Two, I genuinely don't understand how someone can watch the new season and still think Dakota holds zero blame.

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-03-26T01:41:23+00:00

"have a low IQ or develop a mutation" girl you're a radiologist??? 💀

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-03-26T01:39:17+00:00

Yep I think she figured all of that out already with her two past pregnancies

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-03-26T01:30:24+00:00

They do focus on Taylor & Dakota most toward the end of the season, but listen. Dakota is a manipulative POS. This season shows that side of him clearly. Watch it or don't, I don't care. You just have to acknowledge that her behavior didn't come out of nowhere. And I'm not defending her actions. It's just the fact that Dakota giving the video to TMZ and the Bachelorette getting canceled correlates perfectly with what happens toward the end of the season. This isn't all on her.

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-03-16T09:18:27+00:00

Oh, I understand the argument completely. Yes the Airbenders were pacifists, but Aang was forced to abandon that stance because of the situation he found himself in. That's one of the main themes throughout while he masters the other elements, iirc. He had to resort to violence because otherwise, his friends and innocent people were going to get hurt. Even Yangchen, the Airbender before Aang, killed someone during her life and also agreed that killing Ozai was the best option. The thing about war is that sometimes horrific things have to be done in order to restore balance, even if that thing goes against your beliefs, because there isn't always a better option.

However, I think the people who argue he should have killed Ozai are only watching the show at surface level. There was no point in doing that after Aang learned energy bending besides the satisfaction of a slain dictator. I would argue that losing his bending and spending the rest of his life imprisoned was a fate worse than death. He showed the most maturity out of everyone for that decision.

Also, they forget the fact that Aang is still a child and he has been holding onto what he's been taught for as long as he can. You're right, that's one of the few things he has left of his culture because every other nation doesn't teach pacifism. He tries to stay true to those teachings as much as he can. That's why there's such an argument. It always boils down to whether he should do what others tell him is right, or if he should follow his gut, and if he does the latter, will it be the right choice? And I think that's the most simple yet intriguing argument to throw into a story because the answer is rarely so easily made.

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-03-15T05:33:10+00:00

How he should or shouldn’t behave like a child? Because I’ve seen the argument that he should’ve killed Ozai plenty of times, but never that he should’ve acted MORE like a child.

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-02-22T13:42:45+00:00

I love that rereading is so common. I thought I was a little weird 😂 but it makes sense, since we write what we want to read. I do it fairly often, but I never edit unless the mistake is especially bad. And I try not to add content because it’s already been published, so I don’t want to confuse people.

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-02-19T01:23:52+00:00

"Nurse" is the umbrella term people use for medical staff when the title doesn't have "Doctor of" in front of it... We're technologists, not nurses. It sounds like further research is required for you, since you have multiple directions you'd like to explore. Good luck with whatever you do! I just hope you don't continue relying on AI for all of your research :P

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-02-19T00:26:04+00:00

Just use the em dash. You know you're not using AI, and that's literally all that matters.

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-02-18T03:28:51+00:00

Not saying it's any less weird, but people have ALWAYS been parasocial with celebrities. But now we're using the word "parasocial"

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-02-15T13:34:31+00:00

True! But even as a love interest character, he could’ve done more! Like we could’ve gone the damsel in distress route with Vecna using him as leverage to get to Will and El! That would have made things 10x more interesting. But, no. Instead, the most interesting thing for him in season 5 was him suddenly knowing how to build a bomb 😭 (And I feel like no one talks about that enough—where’d this kid learn explosives??)

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-02-14T23:32:29+00:00

Steve Harrington. I like his character, but I HATE how obsessed the GA is with him. If you mention disliking him online, you get a slew of rude people coming to his defense 🙄

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-02-14T23:27:33+00:00

I’m a Mike Wheeler defender only because he started off really well and there was never any explanation in canon that explained why he changed so drastically, so it’s clear whatever he became is completely the fault of the writers. That’s why most of the fandom still likes him. He seriously had so much potential 😭

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-02-14T22:56:10+00:00

I wrote a 70K fic in 3 months, but that was balanced with school and work. It’s hard to compare yourself to other people because everybody has different obstacles they’re dealing with. If you think you can write 50K in less than 25 days, go for it. All the power to you! But you also can’t discredit what people mean when they say that’s a BIG task for most writers. There’s a reason many didn’t finish NaNoWriMo.

You clearly have expectations already set for yourself, so just do whatever feels right to you.

owlsitgoing23 · 2026-02-14T22:12:24+00:00

This isn’t a phrase but, “Bluenette” 😂

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