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Here we go again, the surgery is just never ending it feels! Today: unilateral oophorectomy for bleeding cyst, just a year after hysterectomy

#hysterectomy #oophorectomy #hospital #surgery #never ending nightmare #hope for the best #hope for the future

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Wandering back

Coming back to tumblr after a wee break is like sinking into a warm bubble bath of the weird things you love. It's just so relaxing.

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So I worked really really bloody hard and I fought through hell and I achieved my year really well. Onward and upward, humans. Onward and upward

#my honest studyblr #student #university #student life #student midwife #chaotic academia

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So I’m new to tumblr and this taught me a thing and now I am happier..

one of my favourite things about tumblr is how it's all lovingly handpicked. there's no algorithm forcing things onto your feed, but instead long chains of mutuals and followers passing posts around simply because they liked it and ooh, maybe you might like it too. the entire website runs on people's sheer love of other people's posts and it's probably the best thing about this website. at least it's definitely the reason that this place feels more like a community than any other social media.

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I simply cannot feel sorry for multi-millionaire Scarlett Johansson only earning $20 million instead of $30 million or what the fuck ever because Disney recognised that large parts of the world still can’t safely go to the cinema on account of the deadly pandemic and released Black Widow on Disney+ at the same time as in theatres. But then I also support anyone suing Disney for any reason, so you see my dilemma

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This is heartbreaking but if you’re queer, read it. This is our history.

my night manager (who is a gay man) and i sometimes sit down and exchange stories and tidbits about our sexuality and our experiences in the queer cultural enclave. and tonight he and i were talking about the AIDS epidemic. he’s about 50 years old. talking to him about it really hit me hard. like, at one point i commented, “yeah, i’ve heard that every gay person who lived through the epidemic knew at least 2 or 3 people who died,” and he was like “2 or 3? if you went to any bar in manhattan from 1980 to 1990, you knew at least two or three dozen. and if you worked at gay men’s health crisis, you knew hundreds.” and he just listed off so many of his friends who died from it, people who he knew personally and for years. and he even said he has no idea how he made it out alive.

it was really interesting because he said before the aids epidemic, being gay was almost cool. like, it was really becoming accepted. but aids forced everyone back in the closet. it destroyed friendships, relationships, so many cultural centers closed down over it. it basically obliterated all of the progress that queer people had made in the past 50 years.

and like, it’s weird to me, and what i brought to the conversation (i really couldn’t say much though, i was speechless mostly) was like, it’s so weird to me that there’s no continuity in our history? like, aids literally destroyed an entire generation of queer people and our culture. and when you think about it, we are really the first generation of queer people after the aids epidemic. but like, when does anyone our age (16-28 i guess?) ever really talk about aids in terms of the history of queer people? like it’s almost totally forgotten. but it was so huge. imagine that. like, dozens of your friends just dropping dead around you, and you had no idea why, no idea how, and no idea if you would be the next person to die. and it wasn’t a quick death. you would waste away for months and become emaciated and then, eventually, die. and i know it’s kinda sophomoric to suggest this, but like, imagine that happening today with blogs and the internet? like people would just disappear off your tumblr, facebook, instagram, etc. and eventually you’d find out from someone “oh yeah, they and four of their friends died from aids.”

so idk. it was really moving to hear it from someone who experienced it firsthand. and that’s the outrageous thing - every queer person you meet over the age of, what, 40? has a story to tell about aids. every time you see a queer person over the age of 40, you know they had friends who died of aids. so idk, i feel like we as the first generation of queer people coming out of the epidemic really have a responsibility to do justice to the history of aids, and we haven’t been doing a very good job of it.

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you know what’s always bothered me? how people talk about their babies having “random weird fussy days” and they get mad about it right but the thing about that is...

babies don’t steadily grow, they grow in spurts, which means on a growth day they’re in quite a lot of pain ... but no one takes it seriously because a baby can’t communicate that they’re growing over a centimeter over night and that HURTS

like, massage your fussy baby ... theyre having a hard time ... theyre growing obscene amounts in a short period of time and need love and care ...

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Preliminary results day! Not bad huh?

#chaotic academia #student #university #student life #student midwife

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Oh the suspense of airing for provisional grades. In about 30 hours I’ll know how I did this semester and am I going to be able to do anything except be incredibly nervous for the next 30 hours? The answer is no. All I will do is be a nervous bean. Please find me in a corner with all the other nervous beans counting on good grades from their semester.

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Wait people edit their picture to post on tumblr? Jesus I’m too lazy to ever be an aesthetic blog. Post what I have, when I have it, and damn the consequences. Anyway, here’s some cake for your dash.

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“Awesome sauce” . . . I’m going to die Westie style

You're being murdered. You look the killer in the eye & your last words are the last text you sent:

Kinda funny

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Apple crumble is one of the greatest gifts to humankind

Apple Crumble Recipe, Let's Go

Foreword:

This recipe is meant for a small pan, and makes roughly 4 servings. You can increase this amount, and I encourage you to if you're cooking for a crowd or want extra; it's good.

You can also make this vegan by replacing the butter with coconut oil/another fat, and the recipe can be gluten free by using almond flour (which is what I originally used).

This was one of the first recipes I made by myself (without following a recipe), so please be nice and credit me/tag me if you make it! I wanna see any takes, twists, and opinions.

Ingredients:

2 apples (any kind, but I like using pink ladies)

1/2 cup of caster sugar (or any similar fine grain sugar)

1/2 cup of lemon juice (fresh or pre squeezed, doesn't matter)

Cinnamon and Nutmeg (to taste)

~1 tbsp cornstarch

3/4 cup of all purpose flour

1/2 cup of oats

1/3 + 1/4 cup of brown sugar

1/4 stick of butter (cold, diced)

Extra softened butter to grease pan

Directions:

Wash your apples, and cut them into quarters. Use the edge of a knife to remove the seeds and core bits (I recommend this so you don't waste apple, like when using other tools). Dice your apples into small chunks. I chopped my apples quarters into 8 pieces each.

Add your apples to a tupperware or ziploc bag, along with your lemon juice, caster sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cornstarch. Seal the container, and shake thoroughly. Store in the fridge for 5-6 hours. (More won't hurt though.)

Once your apples are chilled, preheat your oven to 350°F (or 176°C). Grease a small glassware dish with softened butter.

Dice 1/4 stick of cold butter. In a mixing bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, oats, and more cinnamon and nutmeg. Chop in butter with a pastry cutter, potato masher, fork, really just whatever you have.

Dump apple mixture into your greased glassware spread evenly, then repeat with your crumble topping. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until the juices are bubbling and the topping looks melty and golden brown.

Let cool for 10-15 minutes and enjoy!

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This sounds amazing and I must try it when I have more time and energy

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reblog and put in the tags the year you graduated high school (thats if you did)

#never graduated #still doing my second degree #got two uni diplomas too #I succeeded #despite being a dropout

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Yesterday I finished my semester . . I slept in, drank coffee and felt lost. What does one do with a month off?

My plan is to learn to knit, and to write and entry for a writing prize, and to visit my mother, and to relax a bit.

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Where’s hoodie and jeans, cramming medical notes, IPad and laptop sprawled across the desk, just doing your best academia?

Choose your academia!

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An Overview of Note-Taking Styles

Note-taking is one of the most essential skills a student should master. It allows you to record and review information to be used in the future. But what’s the best way to do so? Here’s an overview of note-taking styles that can help you maximize your learning!