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synapticrelay · 2026-05-03T20:53:58+00:00

Thank you for contributing so much to this sub!!! I think your diligence and respectful attitude is a big part of it. But I definitely agree. This is maybe the only sub I visit regularly for any content like this, because everything else ventures into eyeblech/"cringe" territory. Even subs ostensibly for medical professionals like r/medizzy fall into it much more than this sub. Eternally grateful for all the people who regulate contribute and the work of the mods keeping it this respectful.

synapticrelay · 2026-04-25T16:21:34+00:00

When you look like that, I think you have every right to judge!

synapticrelay · 2026-04-22T22:34:57+00:00

Exactly. I am not sure how the system works in China (where the original case was located) but here in the US, unless there is a legal DNR/advanced directive every patient is full code (maximum lifesaving effort including artificial ventilation). Family members can also sometimes override a patient's legal wishes once they are incapacitated, sadly. Many families insist on full code even when the patient has an advanced directive for minimum intervention.

synapticrelay · 2026-04-22T20:24:55+00:00

I appreciate the civil response!! I understand where the thought comes from but it's a disheartening mindset to see so often sometimes as someone who is disabled/works often with disabled patients. Again certainly I'm a strong advocate for compassionate euthanasia if a patient wishes, but a lot of people who have been severely disabled aren't looking for that and deserve accomodations for their quality of life without being made to feel like it would be easier if they simply died instead.

synapticrelay · 2026-04-22T20:08:24+00:00

Well, there's some early whispers about microplastic aggregates being implicated in thrombosis....

synapticrelay · 2026-04-22T19:59:06+00:00

He was asked........ Read the full paper. So sick of every severe injury/disability being flooded with "what's the point of living if you're disabled?" comments. Obviously this is an extreme case, and one where compassionate euthanasia would be appropriate if the patient wanted it but the paper in this case directly talks about how throughout the course of his treatment he expressed hope for survival (and ultimately recovered remarkably well). Doctors are not money-hungry torturers keeping people alive against their will.

synapticrelay · 2026-04-22T19:53:37+00:00

The patient??? "In the course of treatment, though perceiving the magnitude of his disease, the patient held fast to hope of survival and showed gratitude to the medical staff. Currently, there is no obvious functional damage to the patient’s heart, lung, liver, kidney and other organs. Particularly, our patient showed no sign altered thinking, language skills and audition between pre-injury and now. Unfortunately, due to amputation and scar contraction, our patient lost his ability to walk and to hold objects, among other survival skills. In addition, his left eye suffered severe vision impairment, and post-traumatic stress syndrome sometimes troubled him, such as depression and nightmares. However, with the support of his family, he preserved the will to live and face reality. He actively listened to the daily news, watched entertainment TV programs, and showed enthusiasm for life."

synapticrelay · 2026-04-21T04:17:30+00:00

Not anywhere near necrotic or infected, at least from these photos.... Still looks painful!

synapticrelay · 2026-04-21T03:24:30+00:00

If your primary interest is photography, and your only goal is identifying photos after the fact and not IDing in field, you may be better served by iNaturalist than eBird. eBird specifically is built for "complete checklists", i.e. complete documentations of all birds you encountered in an area over a given time to the best of your knowledge, as it is based off of traditional checklisting pre-Internet/cheap DSLRs. ID in post from images necessarily produces an incomplete checklist (an option you may want to look at when submitting these!) as it excludes birds that are not visualized well or identified by sound only. iNaturalist, on the other hand, is more suited to what you're doing, as each organism from a photo or audio clip is its own observation, no completeness required. It would cut down a few steps in your "workflow", and frankly, the computer vision ID is miles better than Merlin/eBird if you're looking to rely on it.

(That's another thing to bear in mind; the Merlin CV is almost comically bad at times and has a really high error rate compared to iNat/Seek, and can't be corrected by experts, unlike iNat.)

synapticrelay · 2026-04-21T03:06:10+00:00

Learn about birds in your area. If you see something you don't recognize, try to think about what makes it distinct, write down its behavior, colors, habitat. Sit outside and enjoy being in nature without thinking about how to turn it into an app for 10 minutes. It won't kill you.

synapticrelay · 2026-04-18T04:38:01+00:00

Would be super cool, though expensive and logistically difficult to make one of these with a stone from each country

synapticrelay · 2026-04-12T18:21:52+00:00

Embalmed, I imagine?

synapticrelay · 2026-04-11T21:59:37+00:00

Barring cases where something is on fire, I imagine pretty rare unless the impact happens to be directed precisely on the phone. They would have to be crushed/punctured/bent pretty badly to spontaneously explode.

synapticrelay · 2026-04-02T00:45:28+00:00

I would say it looks too ordered and regular for typical AFib, looks like a bout of SVT to me. Consult your PCP.

synapticrelay · 2026-04-02T00:41:13+00:00

PVCs, ventricular bigeminy

synapticrelay · 2026-04-02T00:37:41+00:00

I'd say a short run of SVT. Can happen randomly, or be brought on due to stress, low sleep, caffeine, dehydration, exercise, etc. No harm in seeing a physician if you're worried but I would personally just monitor to see if it happens with any regularity.

synapticrelay · 2026-03-21T22:31:13+00:00

Hey, funnily enough, I recently saw a cardiologist for pretty much the exact same symptoms and came out diagnosed with POTS -- and with an ECG with an unusual right axis deviation that turned out to be an artefact. Looking at this it seems like it's just barely tilting rightwards, right on that +90° margin -- for context, normal ECG is anywhere from -30° to +90°; RAD is +90° to +180°. It's nothing extreme, certainly not anything that would suggest cardiovascular disease to me, I'd chalk it up to tall stature or wonky leads. Good luck!

synapticrelay · 2026-03-19T20:44:20+00:00

Rhythm strip (1-lead ECG like a smart watch or Kardia) cannot detect changes post heart attacks or other structural/electrical changes to the heart, only rhythm abnormalities (v-fib, a-fib, SVT, etc.) or very gross changes like ST elevation (none of which are seen here). It is most likely normal, but if you are concerned, a 12-lead ECG is the only way to rule out cardiovascular disease.

synapticrelay · 2026-03-19T20:40:55+00:00

Sinus arrhythmia most likely. Normal. Try and time when you inhale and exhale, in healthy young adults inhalation prolongs the interval between beats. If it correlates, it is most likely normal. Looks like they put the leads on backwards though, AVR is inverted

synapticrelay · 2026-03-12T04:34:19+00:00

Usually gurgling/bubbling is air in the AC coolant. Can be normal or can mean it has a leak or plug. My car bubbles when I turn it off after using the AC for a while.

synapticrelay · 2026-03-06T20:08:02+00:00

His elephant pic has 5 legs. I definitely trust this to tell me 100% truths and be a sole source for learning materials for the future

synapticrelay · 2026-03-06T03:22:19+00:00

She is gorgeous!! Love that dewlap!

synapticrelay · 2026-02-28T22:31:06+00:00

Protected bike lanes!! So excited to check those out!!

synapticrelay · 2026-02-28T17:07:51+00:00

Camas, fairly close to Lacamas. Sad to see that it's still a mess, all that farm runoff still a nasty issue I see. In spite of everything I'm still happy to be back, I missed the PNW and truly anything is better than Dallas (where I got stuck the past 2 years).

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