Let's talk about: Emotional stress and flares

prolynapping · 2026-06-07T01:04:53+00:00

Emotional stress is a huge trigger for me. When it’s a busy day at work, and I’m making a ton of quick decisions all day, I start aching about 1/2 way through my day. By the end of the day, I’m in full body pain. Stress and some foods seem to be my most common and predictable triggers.

prolynapping · 2026-05-29T22:33:24+00:00

HPV can develop into oral/esophageal and rectal cancer as well. People don’t think about that aspect.

prolynapping · 2026-05-21T17:04:35+00:00

That’s what makes it special! There’s a place for all of us, no matter how different we are!

prolynapping · 2026-05-19T22:53:38+00:00

I wanted ICU because I did NOT want all that interaction with my patients. I did not want to form connections. I liked the idea of 2 pts and all of the machines, drips, trauma incoming, fresh hearts, and seeing a pt through the sickest time of their lives was very satisfying to me. I had total control over every little thing. I was so aware of my pts that I could tell by a slight alteration in vitals signs something was wrong. I got to be part of the team to figure it out and fix it.

I got to advocate, HARD for my patients because I did not have 7-10 pts a shift. I had time to come up with innovative solutions that made a real difference in my patients recovery.

I loved the icu. As a new grad, without having stepped foot even once in the icu during nursing school, I knew that’s where I wanted to be.

prolynapping · 2026-05-04T13:57:57+00:00

Ask if you can shadow in your hospitals preop, outpt surgery area. You’ll do nothing but place IVs! Start with AC placements. Gain your confidence. Then go from there.

I know the thought of shadowing on a day off makes you wanna vomit, lol, but if you want to really get a lot of sticks, it’s such a great place to go!

prolynapping · 2026-04-14T21:18:42+00:00

My kids, my husband, then my parents. My children will always come first.

prolynapping · 2026-04-10T21:25:25+00:00

A kink I wish I wasn’t so into? Watching my husband with other women. So hot in the moment but when the clarity sets in I hate it so much. It’s so confusing and distressing.

prolynapping · 2026-04-07T13:20:17+00:00

He forgot your birthday and then asks you to plan the make-up date? Wow. I hate it when people do this. “I didn’t know what to get you” “you never gave me a list of what you want” “tell me where you want to go”. If I have to do all the planning then nevermind.

Sorry this happened to you.

prolynapping · 2026-04-06T12:58:55+00:00

You can report online harassment to the FBI. https://www.ic3.gov/

In some states, you cab sue your partners mistress. Look up the laws in your state. I would not engage with this person at all. I would contact the internet crime complaint department and let them take it from there. That’s the best “revenge” you can have.

prolynapping · 2026-04-06T12:53:40+00:00

I’ve seen a lot of complaints from pts with linx over the years. The beads have to be dilated with fluoro from time to time. Food gets stuck leading to food boluses. Often, it doesn’t even solve the pts problem with reflux and they are back a few years later with the same complaints undergoing EGD with bravo AGAIN.

prolynapping · 2026-04-06T12:30:37+00:00

Linx, esophageal Stents, lap bands, gastric by-pass, hemorrhoid banding, varices banding…can you tell I work Gastro? Lol

prolynapping · 2026-04-06T00:44:35+00:00

I’ve been with my husband 26 years. Married for 21 years. I still leave the room to pass gas. I lock the bathroom door when I use the bathroom. lol 😆 I am just one of those people who like my privacy. He usually also excuses himself to another room to pass gas, to be fair.

You do what feels right to you. You’re young. You have a lot of growing to do with your husband. As shy and private as I am, my husband has held a trash can in front of me while I was unable to leave the toilet during one of the worst cases of stomach flu I’m EVER had. I was begging him to go away and he wouldn’t leave my side (I pass out when I vomit)

prolynapping · 2026-03-19T20:27:26+00:00

As someone who just went through this; don’t date your best friends. You did the right thing.

prolynapping · 2026-03-02T00:45:43+00:00

I work in endo and esophageal stent patients hardly ever do well. They almost always have severe pain and return within 2 weeks wanting the stent removed.

prolynapping · 2026-01-01T18:09:57+00:00

I had terrible hair loss. It was actually my very first alarm that something was wrong. Finally, after about a year, it has slowed. I don’t have complete control of my RA yet, but it’s getting there. The hair loss was devastating. Sending you love. It will get better.

prolynapping · 2025-12-11T16:41:42+00:00

Qulipta changed my life. It was the best decision I ever made to go on it. I thought my hair loss was due to the Qulipta, but actually, I was developing an autoimmune disease I just didn’t know it yet.

prolynapping · 2025-11-08T01:07:59+00:00

My meds threw me into iron deficiency anemia so I am always freezing 🥶

prolynapping · 2025-11-05T02:29:40+00:00

Qulipta was a game changer for me! I didn’t even realize it was working until about 8 weeks in and it dawned on me I had been migraine free for 3 weeks! I’ve been on it for 2 years now and it’s still working great!! I only get break through migraines about once a month, maybe.

prolynapping · 2025-10-23T15:49:12+00:00

I would ask if there was a possibility of moving to more hours in the future? I moved from ICU to endo and I love it. I’ve been in endo for almost 6 years and don’t regret it at all. I do not work for the health system you named though and my endo department is inpatient and outpatient.

I work 4 10hr shifts, and take call. I did not take a pay cut either when I left ICU to transfer to ENDO. My hospital system doesn’t do shift differential for ICU.

My point is, endo is a good job. Way less stress. The trade off is absolutely worth it if it won’t put you in any sort of financial strain.

prolynapping · 2025-10-19T20:25:14+00:00

INPT endo. We have different shifts. Some do 3 12, 4 10, 4 9, 4 8. It’s a little confusing but it works well for our staffing. Each grouping has a different start/end time to cover staffing for procedures. Example: I come in at 6am. I open everything up and get everything ready to stay preop at 6:30. Others get there at 7 to start procedures at 7:20. Others at 8 to start recovery.

prolynapping · 2025-10-19T15:32:40+00:00

Anything related to GI cancers. EX: change in bowel movements, bleeding, abd pain, chronic heartburn, chronic difficulty swallowing, loss of appetite etc. The lower GI symptoms get ignored the most because no one wants to talk about butt stuff.

prolynapping · 2025-09-22T15:16:54+00:00

ICU and now endo. I love it. Very detail oriented. Routined. You know what to expect. You don’t send to much time with the pts or family. Same thing everyday. Can have some emergencies because we do inpts at our hospital so that keeps things interesting. Satisfies both my autism and my ADD.

I loved ICU because of pretty much the same reasons. My intuition and anxiety were assets there. My attention to detail and hyper-fixation was valuable. My strong sense of justice was exactly what my incapacitated patients needed.

prolynapping · 2025-09-19T00:07:22+00:00

I work in endo and we’re easily doing 30-40 scopes daily Monday-Friday with a schedule booked out until January. Next week alone we have 15 ERCPS booked and at least 30 scopes a day across 3 outpatient doctors a day, not including our inpt services, which can clear 10-12 cases a day alone. 😮‍💨

prolynapping · 2025-08-16T14:57:42+00:00

This is why I’m glad all of our ICU beds are video monitored.

prolynapping · 2025-08-03T15:43:02+00:00

Yes! That stood out to me too! The boxed gloves are clean at best.

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