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Posted on entry "Because one of the people she was learning how to hate was me." ::: July 30, 2007, 07:29 PM:
I watched some Fox News at my mother's in early October 2001 (during the famous anthrax scare). Even I felt myself getting more agitated about the situation, because of my constant exposure to it. I can understand why my mother is my most reactionary relative, because this is all she watches for news.
Posted on entry Here's the deal ::: July 26, 2007, 12:21 PM:
Congratulations and good luck.
Posted on entry Trauma and You, Part Two: Shock ::: July 18, 2007, 06:21 AM:
larkspur - And I know my doctor is extraordinarily cautious, so I expect that means she'd be really careful in surgery, too.
Posted on entry Trauma and You, Part Two: Shock ::: July 17, 2007, 02:41 PM:
Larkspur...jolly. And I'll try not to keep that in mind when I go under the knife for surgery in the next week or so... *sigh* Oh well, at least my papers are in order. (It shouldn't be a huge deal, it's for ovarian cysts, and I had a similar surgery about 30 years ago.)
Posted on entry Trauma and You, Part Two: Shock ::: July 17, 2007, 01:18 PM:
Jakob/Lori - I meant to say,

"Until I read Jim's piece on shock, I didn't understand..."

Oh well.
Posted on entry Trauma and You, Part Two: Shock ::: July 17, 2007, 12:10 PM:
Maybe being fat can be an advantage for giving blood - higher blood volume, maybe? I've gotten dizzy after giving blood, but never anxious and I never passed out.

For that matter, I've never passed out at all from anything.

I didn't really understand the point about not giving an accident victim water. When Leslie's car was totaled in January, she had bumps and bruises (and, it turned out, a broken wrist), but was kept on a back board for over two hours and not allowed to drink anything. That puzzled me - the ER was pretty sure she wasn't seriously hurt (they left her alone for a long time), but still wouldn't give her a bottle of water?

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