I have patients all the time who go on and on about how this or that plastic or adhesive or plastic we have in supply smells bad or irritates their skin. I had raised itchy bumps in the exact shape of the EKG electrode pads for over a week after my ED visit for a panic attack with severe chest pain and shortness of breath and the main thing I regret about that visit is the bill.

If I'm putting EKG leads or a tegaderm on you you've got way bigger problems than a rash my dude. And if your problem actually is unserious or alternately terminal enough that it's more comfortable for you to just suffer in the comfort of your own bed, then just do that. If your problem is benign enough that you can even be worried about a rash more than you are worried about dying painfully from whatever you're there for, you're probably lucky enough to have a problem you can handle in the comfort of your own home.

And I'm even talking about serious chronic and terminal disorders. Everybody dies. If you are able to make the decision that you value spending the time given to you on earth in comfort rather than fighting through medical treatments to maybe get more of it then I encourage you to actively choose comfort for yourself. Don't spend what time you're given on this earth waffling back and forth between trying to get invasive treatment vs trying to be comfortable and bitching at other people the whole way down trying to make them as miserable as you just because they literally cannot by the physical rules of the universe provide both to you at the same time.

And ffs get a palliative consult. It's not hospice and you don't need to be actively on the way out to get it. You can do it at any time. And they'll make you way more comfortable than you'll ever get from complaining to a random floor nurse about Band-Aids.

buboosenchan is one of my absolute favorite YouTube creators.

When I heard him talk about his relationship with Carl Sagan and how he was one of the very few people that were willing to invest time and energy in him as a black man in STEM at the time he made a little more sense to me. I feel like having to fight for it has probably made him a lil crispy around the edges.

He's like the dude version of Brittney. Like they even publicly sexualized him too it just looked a little different because he's male.

Me listening to my dementia patient rant about "that awful bitch that was in my room an hour ago" (it was me).

E Major

I work with a vulnerable population. In addition to every job doing piss testing my fingerprints and DNA get recorded and checked against unsolved assaults / murders. Nothing ever comes up but I always worry I'm gonna be like the last person that touched a vase before the dude that bashed somebody's head in with it and the dude who did it isn't in any databases and I'm gonna have to answer a bunch of intrusive questions.

I also love that book so you're not special. Take that.

The part of the US I'm in its associated with sketchy dudes cheating on their girlfriends. Or maybe that's just my social circle.

oooh that's a thought. I thought it was gonna be more like what their poop / excretions smell like because maybe some of them smell like those things they don't like but now I'm wondering if it's the other way around?

Yeah like. I'll google stuff on his phone if it's within reach and mine's not but like. I'm not combing through his messages or anything that seems exhausting. That seems like the most normal level of openness to me cuz he's not afraid but I'm also not looking.

It's not too bad when you've got a license that's in demand but without a license # to put in the box on the app it's pretty rough. Was pretty rough for the unlicensed roles in my field but is decently easy with. This is reminding me to call back that recruiter in the morning that hubs convinced me to stay in-state because they gave me a follow-up call like a month later to ask if I'm still considering them and idw be too rude in case I do decide to move the year after next.