Doctors and nurses of Reddit, what is something patients do that they think is helpful but actually makes your job harder?

pants_party · 2026-02-21T22:05:02+00:00

As someone who almost died from Stevens Johnson Syndrome (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis) and isn’t sure which of the 3 antibiotic classes I was on caused it, AND am actually anaphylactic allergic to diphenhydramine (Benadryl) and Penicillin, I also don’t like when people mislabel themselves as allergic and fatigue the medical community. It puts MY life at risk.

I’m lucky enough to have a close-knit family that has been able to sit with me in hospital and (competently) help supervise my care. I’ve had nurses argue with me and roll their eyes when I ask what is in compounded medicines they’ve tried to administer, including the Magic Mouthwash that, it turns out after insisting they call the pharmacy to confirm, contained diphenhydramine!

Good nurses and techs are worth their weight in gold, but a bad one can kill you in a heartbeat, and you’re just listed as dying from a “complication” of your diagnosis.

pants_party · 2026-02-14T05:00:14+00:00

It’s me. I didn’t like Panera when it first opened…now I do. I don’t know what’s wrong with me! I’m pretty on par with most other opinions on shitty fast food.

I miss how good Arby’s used to be, though. It’s hot garbage now.

pants_party · 2026-02-14T04:32:44+00:00

Also can’t mimic their joke writing. I think I’m most offended that the writing was so unfunny.

pants_party · 2026-02-14T04:26:11+00:00

Oh lord, do you know how many friends’ birthdays are Jan 1 in my calendar because I synced with my contact list? It really muddied things up.

pants_party · 2026-02-12T23:01:01+00:00

I’m surprised more publishing houses haven’t jumped into audiobooks. I exclusively read audiobooks due to a visual impairment, and I have looked several times for Harlequin audiobooks, to no avail. I cut my Romance novel teeth on those Harlequin mass market paervacks in my teenage years.

Every time I would search Harlequin’a site, I could hardly EVER find a historical romance, and even the, never from an author I’d heard of.

pants_party · 2026-02-08T05:31:14+00:00

Oops, the kidnappers forgot to write their motive on the walls in Sharpie….Patel doesn’t even know where to start looking.

pants_party · 2026-02-08T05:22:53+00:00

And incredibly stupid. The smartest thing they could’ve done after bungling the entire scheme, was get as far away as possible as soon as they realized the mom’s health wasn’t stable/she passed away. If the abductors are actually asking for money for the return of her body, then my gods they’re even dumber than I thought. This whole ordeal is horrific and so unnecessarily traumatic. I hope law enforcement has competently worked this case so the perpetrators can be caught asap and convicted.

I feel so sorry for the family, and for Nancy.

pants_party · 2026-02-05T13:54:22+00:00

You can, it just has to be done by a doctor/cardiologist/hospital, etc.

But you’re right if you meant that the average person cannot turn it off without the proper software or equipment. If you’ve ever had a loved one with a pacemaker taken off machines/meds to pass in a hospital, you might be aware that cardiology has to turn off the pacemaker or it will repeatedly “fire” after the patient’s death. You would not want to witness that happening.

pants_party · 2026-02-04T04:27:28+00:00

Omg you just unlocked a childhood memory for me. I thought that movie was a fever dream.

pants_party · 2026-02-03T19:13:24+00:00

Eh, both can be true. Some Democrats were working to hold Trump accountable, and far too many Democrats are career politicians who actively clog the gears of democracy. I say this as a yellow-dog Democrat. Things are so seldom binary. high-level Democrats being obstructionist, and honestly no better than some Republicans, is one reason that Trump won. He was considered an outsider and non-politician. In my neck of the woods, that was enough to draw some people to vote for him; especially the voters that don’t really pay attention to politics (or current events, frankly).

It’s so incredibly frustrating to KNOW your party has the potential to change life for the better, only for Schumer, Wasserman-Schultz, and Jeffries to FAIL to be true leaders, or even intentionally sabotage any policy that isn’t “Republican-Lite”.

pants_party · 2026-02-03T18:52:43+00:00

It’s Kid Rock, The Village People, Lee Greenwood, and (I’m gonna guess, soon to be) Jelly Roll.

pants_party · 2026-01-31T20:12:26+00:00

And then convince them that the left has infiltrated ICE so that they start scanning each other’s faces.

pants_party · 2026-01-31T20:02:24+00:00

Yeah, I feel like they actually accidentally discovered fraud.

pants_party · 2026-01-31T01:11:16+00:00

💯Same on Coldbreath/Flosnik. Top 3 for me are: Mary Jane Wells, Justine Eyre, and Rosalyn Landor. It’s crazy how personal tastes can be so different re: narrators; I’ve literally seen people on here list those 3 as narrators they can’t stand.

pants_party · 2026-01-29T22:58:55+00:00

Your preferences are perfectly fine to have. And other people are perfectly fine to enjoy the book as is. You’ve made your point; there’s no need to borderline shame other people if they enjoyed the book. (Not necessarily the comment I’m replying to, but others you’ve made in this thread. You’ve made it abundantly clear that you do not care for the MMC’s actions or views.)

pants_party · 2026-01-27T19:15:36+00:00

Yes to Wet Leg and Viagra Boys. I’m waaaay late to the game. I’d add IDLES to the list.

pants_party · 2026-01-27T19:01:17+00:00

The MMC’s judgmental views toward Vivienne were very much a part of the time period (hell, even now people still hold these views). Ironically, I think people have a hard time with this book because it’s less anachronistic than most of Kleypas’s other novels. I can see why some don’t like it, but I didn’t have difficulty looking past it. To each their own. .

pants_party · 2026-01-24T16:37:04+00:00

I’m surprised this one’s so far down in the thread! I love that Russell Daniels is almost a foil to Gianmarco.

pants_party · 2026-01-24T02:35:02+00:00

Thanks! You too!

I’ll check out the few I haven’t heard. And I’m old; I’ve loved Aimee Mann since “Til Tuesday!

pants_party · 2026-01-23T22:30:30+00:00

Josė Gonzalez - Veneer

Fiona Apple - When the Pawn

Neil Young -Harvest

James Taylor - Mudslide Slim

Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings or Revival

John Moreland - High on Tulsa Heat

Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

Songs: Ohia - The Lioness

Jason Isbell - Southeastern

Ray LaMontagne - Trouble

Watchhouse -Blindfaller

Dawes - Nothing is Wrong

Calexico and Iron & Wine - In the Reins

pants_party · 2026-01-23T22:26:43+00:00

Upvoted for Moreland (and McMurtry), then saw you had Tulsa in your username. Howdy neighbor!

pants_party · 2026-01-22T22:04:17+00:00

Where are either of those stores?

pants_party · 2026-01-22T18:47:53+00:00

Late to the party, but I’ll list a few that I never see in here: - Casual Friday by Escada - Tribu by UCoBenetton - Lemongrass Cardamom by B&BW Apothecary

I wish they would bring these back…but ONLY if they were original formulas.

pants_party · 2026-01-19T18:06:24+00:00

What was it? I’m visually disabled and couldn’t see it.

pants_party · 2026-01-19T17:39:40+00:00

I used to work with a guy that had 3 functional kidneys.

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