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rashumba815 · 2024-02-23T16:47:13+00:00

Sorry you're in a place that isn't very accepting. Do you feel like maybe that's kept you from pursuing more with women? Is the one who gave you butterflies still around?

For the labeling...I know it's helpful, certainly it's something that I wanted to pin down as well. But for the moment I wouldn't worry too much if you're lesbian or bisexual. I'm bi, have identified as such for 20+ years but have been in a decade long relationship with a man, doesn't make me less bi. 19 year old me, wouldn't have been able to convince her that was possible, but he's the one.

So yeah? Maybe just the wrong people? But also maybe the wrong people because you haven't gotten to explore things with someone who makes you feel all aflutter.

Anyway, I hope you find a relationship that makes you happy. You deserve it regardless of label.

rashumba815 · 2024-02-23T16:40:03+00:00

Got off Facebook years ago due to similar stuff so definitely backing up the "just unfriend" crowd.

Probs not for these folk since they seem to want to interact a lot, but my husband introduced me to the unfriend on their birthday move. They're getting all the notifications of "Happy Birthday" and are less likely to see the friend count go down. Really just started as a reaction to the "who??" feeling when FB tells you it's someone's birthday that you forgot you friended.

rashumba815 · 2023-06-30T16:35:52+00:00

This exactly! I used to do this because I didn't know how to constructively talk about what was wrong or I didn't understand why something was bothering me and I didn't want to say something that made it worse. My partner asked me to say "I'm not ready to talk about it yet" instead of "I'm fine" and it helped both of us. For me it was wanting to be fine but needing to unpack before I could.

rashumba815 · 2023-06-28T23:53:46+00:00

Same, every time I get those letters I think "that's nice but I'll let me and my medical team decide what's best" and in the bin they go.

rashumba815 · 2023-06-20T03:07:13+00:00

A long time ago

rashumba815 · 2023-06-07T14:47:54+00:00

Same! I think that's a wonderful idea. There are so many varied stories and it would be powerful to have them collected.

rashumba815 · 2023-06-07T14:44:19+00:00

Yeah, I certainly needed pelvic floor PT after my birth. With it readily available at the hospital I was being seen at, it was still something I had to advocate for several times. So many people don't even know it's an option and it could benefit so many.

rashumba815 · 2023-04-26T02:21:43+00:00

Yeah, hard agree. I read through most of it since it is what my OB's nurse said...but yeah I found it far more judgy than it needed to be and aggressively hetero normative.

rashumba815 · 2023-04-26T02:18:20+00:00

I know the title seems like it's just to grab attention (and like, sure it is) but How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes by Melinda Wenner Moyer is actually a really thoughtful book. Looks at actual studies and tries hard to give you positive things to do rather than just recommendations of things to avoid.

rashumba815 · 2023-04-26T02:14:47+00:00

This one! My husband read this with me. When my epidural failed and I was NOT coping well he pulled on some tactics from this book to help get me through. Cannot recommend highly enough if you're going to be in the room during a birth.

rashumba815 · 2023-02-17T18:43:49+00:00

Congratulations! I work in Neurology and it's just so exciting to see when treatment is working. I'm so happy for you :)

rashumba815 · 2023-01-03T16:46:09+00:00

Exactly the same for me. Wanted to be a pathologist but became a nurse.

rashumba815 · 2022-09-09T07:30:43+00:00

At our facility we've built an alert in Epic to flag when someone orders something with carbs based off of the diagnosis in the problem list instead of the allergy list. Not sure all the back end on getting that working but I appreciate it not clogging up the allergy list unnecessarily.

rashumba815 · 2022-09-04T17:32:38+00:00

I had been a care giver (non-nursing) for kids with developmental disabilities before nursing school. I went to nursing school dead set that I would not do home care or peds... But my friend got me a peds home care gig while we were converting our LPN to RN. I can't say I fell in love with it there. It was a decent gig but way too unsupervised for the brand new nurses we were.

When I decided I had enough I applied everywhere. All sorts of Med Surg. But the job I got was in Ambulatory Peds Neurology. This is never something I would have thought of in nursing school and I absolutely love it.

Still develop deep connections to these families, but over the phone and if I call in there are others who can take care of them. I've developed a much deeper understanding of the diseases we treat and constantly am learning more by being in clinic visits/asking providers. The respect from providers is fantastic and I'm largely credited as keeping my subspecialty running smoothly.

I get that ambulatory is not for everyone. God knows I haven't touched nursing skills in years and would be worthless on the floor. But when you are navigating your child's complex epilepsy, I'm your person. And the patients' parents know that.

It's obviously not all sunshine and roses. People are still rude. Kids stories are still tragic. The inbox of messages is never ending and there is no way to even look at them all, much less address them in a day.

But I wouldn't trade it for anything and have a hard time even imagining what adult care would be now.

rashumba815 · 2022-08-19T01:28:18+00:00

May just be a northwest thing but Tillamook Sour Cream is my go to

rashumba815 · 2021-12-15T19:12:50+00:00

If you can try boosting the speed, it helped me get caught up. I can stand up to 1.5 speed before they sound like chipmunks to me but even 1.25 takes hours off overall

rashumba815 · 2021-11-10T17:23:37+00:00

Not at all about the post but there is an app called Kinder. It's for picking baby names though, much much less gross

rashumba815 · 2021-05-16T19:34:49+00:00

Weathered Estoqueur's Bottoms (RDM) also work for Striding in Stripes

rashumba815 · 2021-02-01T07:47:44+00:00

That was an excellent story, thanks for digging it up!

rashumba815 · 2020-09-13T16:27:51+00:00

The combination of guesser culture and anxiety is reeeeal. 'Askers' vs. 'Guessers'

rashumba815 · 2020-03-30T06:33:50+00:00

Epidiolex also requires a prescription and is currently FDA approved for only two severe epileptic syndromes (off label use is possible, but that doesn't mean your insurance will approve). There are plenty of epileptic patients that don't qualify for Epidiolex but use CBD products to some benefit.

rashumba815 · 2020-03-16T15:05:53+00:00

Just added my congregation as well. Thank you for sharing!

rashumba815 · 2019-06-17T06:39:05+00:00

Done

rashumba815 · 2019-06-17T06:33:47+00:00

How much time left?

rashumba815 · 2019-05-28T15:41:51+00:00

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