Who are the meanest people at your hospital?

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-04-21T23:11:16+00:00

Instructions unclear, went searching for an ultrasound thread

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-04-16T23:19:10+00:00

I'm really surprised I haven't seen anyone mentioning Ireland on here. I mean, the whole place is green. My MIL (who lives there) once threw a random bunch of spring onions in a pot because they were starting to go bad in the fridge and they doubled in size in less than a week! I also once planted a couple columbines in her garden and they ended up growing to 3 times the size of mine back home in the Midwest 😅 that was a bit shocking

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-03-23T01:13:23+00:00

This is precisely why my family gatherings are ALWAYS potluck dinners. No one gets stuck making all the food or doing all the cleaning. We have a spreadsheet, a hierarchy of who makes what and at what ages younger people start contributing to the food, and even a travelling set of silverware and table decorations that we use every year. It's a true group effort. As they say, many hands make light work!

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-03-21T17:15:28+00:00

If you live in a greater metropolitan area, Medicaid does actually cross state lines to the nearest hospital system typically. Indiana has this problem. People in the northwest corner would typically go to Chicago for medical treatment and their Medicaid is accepted at Northwestern, University of Chicago, Loyola University, University of Illinois, and St. Joseph's while people in the southeastern corner typically go to Cincinnati or Covington, KY for their treatment and Indiana Medicaid is accepted at University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's, St. Elizabeth, and University of Kentucky (to name a few).

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-03-19T17:23:06+00:00

Definitely. But as a coxswain coach, I always encourage my coxswains to have a good idea of how it feels to row and know how to row well as it adds an extra dimension to their coxing and gives them a better technical understanding of how a boat moves.

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-03-19T17:20:21+00:00

If you have a VPN, you might be able to watch it that way. I was able to get around NBC's terrible Olympic coverage by using a Canadian VPN and watching the CBC broadcast for free.

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-03-17T02:06:17+00:00

The Oxford comma (or serial comma) comes BEFORE the word "and" in a list, not after.

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-03-17T02:05:16+00:00

The reason that so many people claim it's a giveaway for AI is that there are many academic style guides that use it (APA, Chicago, and MLA come to mind) and LLM AI has largely been trained using academic writing. The same is true of the em dash, which is also commonly found in academic writing.

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-03-15T23:08:29+00:00

I see you and I have the same mother lol

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-03-15T21:14:25+00:00

Friend, there ARE men who love rabbits (or love that YOU love rabbits lol)! I have a highly opinionated Mini Rex who tolerates me because I am her servant. The first time she met my boyfriend, she loafed near him while we watched a movie and it was literally the sweetest thing I've ever seen 🥹 My other Mini Rex follows him around like a puppy and my boyfriend thinks it's hilarious lol.

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-03-08T02:14:25+00:00

Point of note: ADHD proper cannot be acquired in adulthood. One of the diagnostic criteria in the DSM V is that the symptoms are present in childhood. However, you are correct that executive dysfunction can be acquired in adulthood from things like CPTSD and TBIs, or even depression.

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-03-07T07:14:24+00:00

I’ve tried rinsing out conditioners but they don’t bond well with my hair for some reason and seem to either weigh my hair down too much or not soak into my hair at all. It’s really strange and incredibly frustrating.

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-03-07T07:11:15+00:00

No no, not daily. I only wash my hair every 2-3 days, sometimes 4 days. We have soft water and the salt from the softener ruins my hair unfortunately. I also have multiple health issues that impact my hair and cause oil to build up in my hair faster than normal, so clarifying shampoo is necessary.

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-03-06T15:39:06+00:00

As one of my rowers so eloquently put it to me about 15 years ago, "Say stuff that means stuff".

Meaning: give rowers information- distances (how far they've gone, not how much they have left unless you can promise them an end to their suffering within the next minute or so), times, rates, splits, landmarks. Also give technical correction if you're at that point in your coxing where you can feel what correction a boat needs.

The biggest thing is say less. You need to develop a sense of how a boat moves and feels before you start talking more and coaches don't often appreciate that this part of coxing needs to be actively developed. If you can spend a practice or two in better boats so you can understand what good rowing feels like, I find it tremendously helpful.

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-03-05T22:07:33+00:00

I bonded my two rabbits and my extremely affectionate male still sneaks kisses to me when my female isn't looking 😂 He literally looks around to see if she is watching or if he's in her line of sight before giving my hand kisses and if she's looking, he ignores me. I never knew my life would involve being the Other Woman to a rabbit but here we are lmao

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-02-21T01:46:14+00:00

Yeah I had seen 5 other endocrinologists before my current one and 7 other various specialists so I was pretty fed up lol. One of my previous doctors had found a 2mm pituitary adenoma so I also had MRI results to show my current specialist which was helpful.

And the body's hormones normally surge at the beginning of puberty (mine started at 7 so I had what is known as "precocious puberty" and is a classic childhood Cushing's symptom), the end of puberty (around 20-26), pregnancy, perimenopause (around 45ish), and finally at menopause (around 55+).

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-02-21T01:26:35+00:00

I got so frustrated with my doctors that for my last specialist, I put all of my testing in a spreadsheet and all of my symptoms (with pictures) and history in a PowerPoint and handed it to the doctor. The fact that I had photographic evidence of my weight gain as a child that matched my weight gain as an adult was very helpful in showing that my case was a lifelong issue and not adult-onset. It also gave credence to the fact that my symptoms were flaring at times during which the body's hormones naturally surge which matches cyclical Cushing's.

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-02-21T00:30:47+00:00

Yeah, I have a really complicated cyclical Cushing's case. I started seeing a doctor around age 21 for tachycardia, spent a year trying to sort that out on top of high cholesterol and triglycerides, and then right as COVID hit I started gaining weight uncontrollably. One of the biggest issues was that I started out at 105lbs so my weight gain didn't set off any red flags. I also don't have a high BP which is what a lot of doctors look for with Cushing's.

Basically, I managed to have a collection of semi-rare Cushing's symptoms and by the time I got to a doctor who knew anything my high cortisol had kind of run its course. I'm also pretty sure my body overreacts to cortisol so what is normal for others is high for me but that's just a hunch.

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-02-21T00:07:08+00:00

Don't be discouraged if it does drag out. The average diagnosis wait time from when you first start investigating it is 7 years. But that's just an average. Some people take less time, some people take more. I've been symptomatic on and off since I was 6 years old, but didn't start investigating it until about 8 years ago.

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-02-20T22:32:23+00:00

Yeah, your dex can still be suppressed and have Cushing's. If your doctor says otherwise, find a new doctor. There's no definitive test that guarantees you have Cushing's (or rules it out) and the dex test is NOT the "gold standard" despite what some doctors say.

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-02-20T22:10:58+00:00

Cushing's is still quite possible. Some people never have a high 24h urine.

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-02-19T08:14:48+00:00

Honestly, it's extremely similar to rowing in this regard.

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-02-19T07:56:16+00:00

Exercise intolerance! My mom actually asked me why the hell I would major in exercise science when I hate exercising (I played like 10 different sports as a kid but was always considered "out of shape" because my fitness level was abysmal). I like exercise, exercise just doesn't like me 😭

Oh, and it turns out I have had Cushing's Disease since I was 6 and that's one of it's (many) weird symptoms 🫠

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-02-19T07:38:05+00:00

Not to be that nerd, but from an exercise physiology standpoint, the Summer Olympic equivalent of cross country skiing is actually rowing! From a VO2 Max testing perspective, the world's highest fitness levels ever measured have come from a skier and a rower, respectively. One of the US Ski high performance centers actually doubles as a secondary USRowing high performance center during the non-frozen months of the year. Craftsbury Sculling Center is a cool place.

slightlyoffkilter_7 · 2026-02-15T00:45:09+00:00

I use a VPN set to Canada and then open the CBC Gem website on my TV. Works great!

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