The Bad Mood Thread

[ThatGirl]

You can take Tylenol and ibuprofen at the same time and it will have a much better effect than just doing one or the other.

[miscorrections]

Two of my best friends (married to each other) just had their first baby yesterday...and today the baby has to have open heart surgery. What the fuck.

[VigoTheCarpathian]

that's the pits.

[nyarlathotoats]

You can take Tylenol and ibuprofen at the same time and it will have a much better effect than just doing one or the other.

I am thinking of doing this to lessen the pain I feel for muscles aches. I worked out yesterday like usual, but this time I added inclining into the mix. My left leg is fucking killing me. It feels like a cramp that won't go away.

[ThatGirl]

I am thinking of doing this to lessen the pain I feel for muscles aches. I worked out yesterday like usual, but this time I added inclining into the mix. My left leg is fucking killing me. It feels like a cramp that won't go away.

The combination of the pain relief and anti inflammatory properties of ibuprofen should help a lot. Give it a try. My hubby is a nurse and he suggests this all the time.

[amyzzz]

Two of my best friends (married to each other) just had their first baby yesterday...and today the baby has to have open heart surgery. What the fuck.

Aww, that's awful. I hope the surgery goes well. Poor baby.

[ThatGirl]

Ugh that is awful. They must be so scared.

[TomAz]

Two of my best friends (married to each other) just had their first baby yesterday...and today the baby has to have open heart surgery. What the fuck.

this sucks and is scary and all. but open heart surgery in infants is fairly common and is far better than the alternative. also, i have read that because infants don't have much muscle mass, they don't 'pull' at the wound so much and so the pain (recovery from opening the rib cage through the sternum) is actually much less than it would be in adults.

[miscorrections]

Yeah, the surgery has a good survival rate but that's for the 'best case' scenarios where typically the surgery can wait for a month or so. This time it was emergently necessary, and there's some kind of obstruction...she's in surgery right now, we're all glued to our phones for updates.

[miscorrections]

Agreed that the surgical retractions/healing are much better than for adults because babies are made of pudding.

[RotationSlimWang]

I have a friend from high school--a sweet girl who seemed mostly concerned with life consisting of many soft puppies and trips to the beach--who went into nursing. When it came time for her to pick a particular branch of nursing to go into, she went with the most ICU level of pediatric nursing there is, can't remember the actual name of it. Basically, the division you go into to spend your days caring for babies that have horrible shit wrong with them or have to have surgeries and other scary shit like that.

I questioned her about it, astonished as to how anyone would CHOOSE that for their career. Seems like a real bummer to throw into your day. Her explanation was kind of interesting--apparently, caring for newborns that have HUGE medical problems you will actually experience a much higher success rate (fewer dead patients) than in almost any other branch of nursing. Nursing incredibly sick babies is apparently more encouraging than nursing your average adult.

[JustSteve]

Definitely true, although the deaths of those so young also affect the caregivers to a much greater degre, at least from those I've spoken with.

[RotationSlimWang]

Her position was that it was more encouraging to deal with a smaller number of probably sadder deaths than it was to do what most nurses have to do all day which is tend to old or sick people who you just know are going to die sooner or later. The infants had a good shot.

[JustSteve]

Attended the funeral yesterday of my wife's high school friend. 38 years old, cancer victim. Hardest part was when the speakers would talk to his son, who is about the age of my daughter. With my health issues I couldn't help but picture that being my kids with me in a box up front. Lost it several times. Depressing as it gets. Another friend of my wife met us there, too. Mid 30's and in the middle of cancer treatments himself.

[RotationSlimWang]

In other words, Steve--people like yourself are bumming out nurses left and right. Cut the shit.

[JustSteve]

In other words, Steve--people like yourself are bumming out nurses left and right. Cut the shit.

Nurses love me, I'm so low maintenance. Never buzz them, except for my pain meds. Alarm goes off on the IV pump I reset it myself, don't need them to wipe my ass like I hear the blue hairs constantly yelling about..or the lovely gentleman constantly asking the nurses to look at his penis.

[ThatGirl]

Nurses love me, I'm so low maintenance. Never buzz them, except for my pain meds. Alarm goes off on the IV pump I reset it myself, don't need them to wipe my ass like I hear the blue hairs constantly yelling about..or the lovely gentleman constantly asking the nurses to look at his penis.

You're the type of patient my hubby would go out of his way for, to make you as comfortable as possible. He sees idiots in the emergency room that waste his time and have barely anything wrong with them but bitch all day and treat the hospital like a hotel.

[RotationSlimWang]

Nurses love me, I'm so low maintenance. Never buzz them, except for my pain meds. Alarm goes off on the IV pump I reset it myself, don't need them to wipe my ass like I hear the blue hairs constantly yelling about..or the lovely gentleman constantly asking the nurses to look at his penis.

That's odd... when I was in the hospital, every nurse asked to see my penis.

[locachica73]

Nurses love me, I'm so low maintenance. Never buzz them, except for my pain meds. Alarm goes off on the IV pump I reset it myself, don't need them to wipe my ass like I hear the blue hairs constantly yelling about..or the lovely gentleman constantly asking the nurses to look at his penis.

If I am ever in the hospital again I am going to have you teach me how to clear the IV pump alarm. That fucking thing would always go off whenever I finally got to sleep. Then I would have to wait forever for a nurse to come clear it. They refused to show me how to make it stop.

[chairmenmeow47]

nurses always seem great and love me. i think they are just happy to have a young-ish, clean girl instead of old stinky people. the doctors on the other hand are usually the assholes for you taking up literally five minutes of their day with silly questions about the throbbing pains you are feeling.

[bmack86]

Whenever I go to the hospital I make sure to show every nurse my penis. Note: I'm there to visit my mom usually, but they just need to see.

[chairmenmeow47]

my learning team in school make me want to punch things. ALL THREE OF THESE STUPID MOTHER FUCKERS submitted the EXACT SAME PORTION of the assignment, instead of their assigned portions. and of course nothing is cited properly and they waited until the last minute. i'm trying to edit, but fucking christ, why am i the only one who cares?

[canexplain]

cr****

[ThatGirl]

My 15-year-old car needs repairs that cost far more than the car is worth. After paying for Coachella, my flight, and having to repay the costs for my laser eye surgery which is happening this Friday, the thought of having to start making payments on a new car relatively soon is nauseating, not to mention the additional insurance costs. I feel ill.

[canexplain]

My 15-year-old car needs repairs that cost far more than the car is worth. After paying for Coachella, my flight, and having to repay the costs for my laser eye surgery which is happening this Friday, the thought of having to start making payments on a new car relatively soon is nauseating, not to mention the additional insurance costs. I feel ill.

Sorry TG, but the good news is that laser eye surgery is a walk in the park today and if you haven't done it b4, it is worth every penny imo ... cr****

[ThatGirl]

Sorry TG, but the good news is that laser eye surgery is a walk in the park today and if you haven't done it b4, it is worth every penny imo ... cr****

Well I picked out a new car and applied for the financing last night. The payments are relatively manageable. I'm relieved but my original car is so old and run down the dealer won't take it. I have to figure out what to do with it. I could donate it for a tax receipt I guess. I should pick up the new one next week once my eyes are healed up from my laser surgery tomorrow. Thanks for the encouragement Ron. I just want to get it done with no complications and will feel much better once it's over with, and I can finally see clearly on my own.

[canexplain]

TG, Just like that, or maybe a day or so, imo, you will wake up each day and just be amazed. I went thru every phase, glasses, bi focals, hard contacts,soft contacts, RDK (razors in your eyes yikes), laser, and finally I had to get real surgery, cataracts, and although my eyes have to adjust a bit off and on thru the day, I joke with all the 20+ when they can't see something on a meeting board. Haha, you will absolutely lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvve it. People ask me why I am in a good mood. I'm lucky. Sorry optimistic in the bad mood thread again. Kick butt ThatGirl..... cr****

[ThatGirl]

Thanks so much - I'll let you know how it goes!

[canexplain]

Grrrrr. ya think you have an idea about people then you get sideswiped.....cr****

[Mugwog]

Veronica Mars kickstarter earns over 2 million in a day. We are an awful world of human beings.