MOXOMUMD
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I can go through a box of Thin Mints in about ten minutes.Songs are o.k. and all, but I really like Girl Scout cookies the best!!
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MinnieM123
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Do you wear a Medic Alert bracelet? Since this condition of yours is ongoing, and sometimes it needs very specific medical treatment, it might be nice to have all that information in one accessible database (aside of your usual doctor's office, for example). I think with Medic Alert, they assign a number or code (I'm not sure); and that way, if you end up in an emergency, the doctor can access the information quickly and can administer the treatment that you know will help you.
MinnieM123
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I can go through a box of Thin Mints in about ten minutes.
Thin Mints are lethal weapons to my thighs . . .
seahawk7
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I agree with you to a point but @StarWarsGirl95 is right that sometimes they think they know what's best for you and asthma is so different in each patient that treatment is more successful when you listen to the patient who knows what has worked for them in the past. In the ER, they are not familiar with you so listening to the patient is so important. Unfortunately, when you are having an asthma exacerbation you can't breathe that we'll and don't have the reserve to advocate for yourself. This is why healthcare practitioners need to listen to the patient. There are a lot of doctors who don't treat asthma well that's where the respiratory therapist needs to advocate for the patient, and yes, allergy doctors know a lot of good information.
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seahawk7
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They are good frozen but also delicious melted when left in the backseat of your car.I can go through a box of Thin Mints in about ten minutes.
MinnieM123
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That's good to know. Your respiratory background is most helpful. Isn't it great that we have so many knowledgeable people on these forums? It's amazing what we can learn from one another. (My contribution to the brain trust this week was the snowstorm Yeti.)
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
AmateurI can go through a box of Thin Mints in about ten minutes.
StarWarsGirl
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Maybe in the future I'll think about it. It's a good idea, but for now, I keep a medical directive in my wallet and it has things like a list of medications I'm allergic to, my diagnosis, name of my allergist, emergency contact info, etc. And I always have my wallet on me. Even if I go to the bathroom in school and I've left my backpack behind, my wallet is always with me. My wallet is the most important item I have with me, other than my phone and inhaler. And I keep it in the window in front of my driver's license so that if I were unconscious, someone would find it when they look for ID,
Maybe in the future. For now, I don't think it's necessary.
MinnieM123
Premium Member
One of my favorite weeknight "dinners" is Cheerios with vanilla-flavored soy milk and a little drizzled, natural wildflower honey on top!
StarWarsGirl
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Yup. I've had more than one respiratory therapist advocate for me, which is why when I found out you were one, I was like, "I love you people!" After I had to deal with that one doctor who basically refused to treat me and wanted to send me home, it was the respiratory therapist who advocated on my behalf.
The doctor thought I was faking it. The respiratory therapist saw me, heard no air moving (which for me, because I typically don't wheeze and never have, is what you have to look for, and that's what I have to tell every person that sees me, though today I didn't need to tell them), and saw that I blew the same number (150) three times on a peak flow meter (which I also brought my good peak flow meter with the round red tip, not the flat tip cheap white ones they give you at the ER), and said yes I still needed to be there and no I wasn't faking it as I would have to have incredible control of my breathing to blow 150 three times on a peak flow meter. Then she reassured me that I wasn't crazy.
It was so stupid too. I wasn't asking for additional medication. I wanted a waiting period. And after that, I wanted a different doctor. I got one who did not have a god complex and ended up calling my allergist, who suggested the right treatment. He was one of the good ones to deal with. Sometimes...ugh.
seahawk7
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You are very prepared. I am impressed but so sorry you have to deal with this. To make you laugh I will share this story: once I was called to the ER to give a neb and I walked into the patients room where the doctor was standing in front of the patient actuating an albuterol mdi into the air. I asked what he was doing and he said he was creating a "cloud of albuterol."
seahawk7
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That's sounds yummy, my daughter would love that.One of my favorite weeknight "dinners" is Cheerios with vanilla-flavored soy milk and a little drizzled, natural wildflower honey on top!
ajrwdwgirl
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If I don't want to cook, dinner usually turns out to be pizza.
Tonight I didn't want to cook but I had some tenderized pork in the fridge that needed to be cooked or tossed. So I cut it up fried it with some onions when it was almost done I added 3 tablespoons soy sauce, and 2 tablespoons of both balsamic vinegar and siracha sauce and tossed that with some noodles. It was really good, it had some spicy kick to it though. And it was really easy. It might be a new go to meal for me. I saw the recipe in this months good housekeeping magazine. It didn't call for onions but I like them it stuff, and the recipe called for baby spinach but I didn't have any and didn't want to go to the store.
StarWarsGirl
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Yes because dispersing albuterol in the air works so much better than giving it to the patient in something like a neb that they'll actually breath all of it in instead of it just going everywhere.
seahawk7
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I'm glad you have had some good respiratory therapists. We love patients like you. You probably could teach us a thing or two about asthma.
seahawk7
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That's a great idea for my kids. For me, I could probably use tofu instead of pork.
MinnieM123
Premium Member
Wow, for someone who didn't want to cook, you did a 360 and prepared this gourmet meal! That's quite a lot of work for a weeknight dinner. It's almost as impressive as my Cheerios in soy milk (drizzled with a little honey--that's the advanced part!)
I think that Emeril the chef would be jealous of the both of us!
ajrwdwgirl
Premium Member
Wow, for someone who didn't want to cook, you did a 360 and prepared this gourmet meal! That's quite a lot of work for a weeknight dinner. It's almost as impressive as my Cheerios in soy milk (drizzled with a little honey--that's the advanced part!)
It didn't really take too long, I had it made in about 20-25 minutes. It helped that the onions were already chopped in my fridge. Your Cheerios sounds okay to me too, but hubby wants more "substance" for dinner. We usually do Cheerios for breakfast though.
StarWarsGirl
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Warning: group work complaining ahead. Read at your own risk:
You've been warned.
Group member: But writing in the passive voice is a good style!
Me:
It's good if you're writing a scientific paper or if you use it every once in a while for emphasis or some other purpose. But not every other sentence.
Group member: But my other professors have told me they like my writing style.
Mmmhmm, If that's true (which it isn't) I'm sure the professor who taught the mandatory business writing class was not one of them.
Me: I don't really care what your other professors have said. This professor already pointed out wordiness, which is what the passive voice does, Business Writing covered the passive voice, and this is a 300 level course, and it's time to stop writing like that.
It's going to be a very LONG semester. Regardless, I turn everything for our group in, so if I spend the whole semester fixing it, I spend the whole semester fixing it.
You've been warned.
Group member: But writing in the passive voice is a good style!
Me:
It's good if you're writing a scientific paper or if you use it every once in a while for emphasis or some other purpose. But not every other sentence.Group member: But my other professors have told me they like my writing style.
Mmmhmm, If that's true (which it isn't) I'm sure the professor who taught the mandatory business writing class was not one of them.
Me: I don't really care what your other professors have said. This professor already pointed out wordiness, which is what the passive voice does, Business Writing covered the passive voice, and this is a 300 level course, and it's time to stop writing like that.
It's going to be a very LONG semester. Regardless, I turn everything for our group in, so if I spend the whole semester fixing it, I spend the whole semester fixing it.