#bullshit medicine

[cuntwrap--supreme]

So they won't do my tubal unless I can get my BMI down to 25 - meaning I'd have to be 140lbs. Said they can't do it at my current weight 170 (30BMI) because obesity makes it harder to see organs or some nonsense. But like... I'm not that fat. Realistically, I think I could lose maybe 15-20lbs before I lost an unhealthy amount of fat. Almost all of what's being counted as fat is muscle. And I tried explaining that to the doctor and tried telling her BMI is bullshit anyway but she insisted. So now, if I actually want to be sterilized, I have to somehow drop 30lbs, which is gonna mean atrophying muscles I've worked so hard to get. Think it's valid that I'm fucking pissed.

#bmi #weight #bullshit medicine #fake science #bmi is fake in case anyone didn't know #it's based on 'ideals' which any scientist knows don't exist in large enough numbers to matter #it doesn't account for build at all and assumes all weight above a certain point is fat #which is stupid #and a bad way to measure actual health #doc even said i don't look 170lbs. because I'm not actually obese contrary to what the bmi says #but whatever #still gotta do it or it won't get done! #so that's fun!!! 🙃

[headspace-hotel]

i hate you alternative wellness natural chemical free vegan non-GMO herbal intuitive whole foods healing raw high vibrational plant based cleanse gluten free superfood supplement blend bullshit!!!! You're not healthier and more balanced and connected to the Earth because your smoothies are full of unidentifiable green and brown powders you got from a subscription box to ✨URTH-CRUNCH VAGINAL ENLIGHTENMENT✨!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#instagram is a terrible place #alternative medicine #pseudoscience #alternative health bullshit

[anonymocha]

They’re beefing.

#dear bluepoch mesmer uttu skin when #she deserves it after all the BULLSHIT she went through for yall #Medicine Pocket #Mesmer Jr #Lucy #reverse 1999 #mochagaming #actually people may beat me up for this #but Lucy playable when #pleading emoji pleading emoji pleading emoji #I am not above robots

[rendevok]

My illustrations for CJC Week 2022 - unofficially titled Green Carnations

Done in collaboration with my friend Zee, who wrote a lovely fic by the same title.

#cjcweek2022 #caejose #this was such a special series to work on and im SO proud to say i actually finished a ship week for once!! #i pulled this entire week out of my ass [looks up to sky] this ones for you joseph #also dont look too closely i was suped up on cold medicine for like 90% of this #smooches #jjba #aus #fan art #fic rec #rendevok #i dont want to officially tag this because it’s wildly NOT canon at all #this is their happily ever after childhood friends to lovers story #set in a similar time frame but no powers no bullshit no bizarre adventure just a whole lotta homosexuality

[slavhew]

Dupliblaze COMAGMA

#homestuck #hom3stuck #home2t4ck #dave strider #admin draws #fanart #gradient maps part 2 #you would not believe how much easier this was to draw than the prior post. as ive maybe already referenced (<-memory of a goldfish) #again. made with the express purpose of being a stencil i color in with tonal correction shit #my hand hurts from all the writing im doing while studying so idk art might slow down lol. even tho i wanna draw more #at least drawing is basically stretching compared to my tight fucking handwriting and deathgripping the pen while doing it #going into medicine with adhd and a love for drawing random bullshit is toughie but we ball

[daydreamingtetch]

(HI EVERYONE SORRY FOR THE SILENCE I KINDA NASCAR CRASHED ACCIDENTALLY and I'm taking things one at a time again! some answers/replies/kicking down ppls doors are going to happen I swear on god I'm not dead)

(have a little peak at the silly thing I'm going to come back with soon enough!)

#also also I was super unmedicated till now bc medicine fuckery and insurance bullshit #I don't really have to excuse myself for silence but I wanted to just throw that out there for ppl! #also yeah if you saw me on my artblog active yuh that's me being silly and trying to get the juices back #♥the storyteller♥ooc

[strozzaprete]

i was blessed with divine intuition for being critical of concepts like pansexuality and asexuality ever since their birth on early 2010s tumblr

#like... asexuality can't be classified as a sexuality because it can be caused by medicines and hormones. #pansexuality is a bullshit term made up to perpetuate the stereotype that bisexual people only care about sex #both have horrible implications for LGB individuals #a reminder to block eldop*sm eventually because everything she posts and replies to with annoys me

[torchickentacos]

Oh my god. Okay. Annoyed at society's limited perceptions of the reality of chronic illness, so if I decide to come back here in an hour or so with a full essay's worth of information including citations, then... I'll just see yall then lmao /lh

#i am taking my frustration and making an INFORMATIVE POST ABOUT IT 👏 #anyways. other chronically ill people. ily. so much. #semi off topic but #as much as i hate predatory 'alternative medicines' (read: mlm bullshit) i can see why people get so disillusioned with real doctors #but that's a separate post #at least the quacks listen to you before trying to scam you :/

[see-arcane]

A Gothic Tale of Two Weird Old Men: Dracula, Van Helsing, Ignorance and Obedience

So, we’ve gotten to the garlic flowers. And the first point in the novel where, on my first read, I felt a tiny prickle of recognition and unease. This section in particular made a little exclamation point pop up over my head:

"Oh, Professor, I believe you are only putting up a joke on me. Why, these flowers are only common garlic."

To my surprise, Van Helsing rose up and said with all his sternness, his iron jaw set and his bushy eyebrows meeting:—

"No trifling with me! I never jest! There is grim purpose in all I do; and I warn you that you do not thwart me. Take care, for the sake of others if not for your own." Then seeing poor Lucy scared, as she might well be, he went on more gently: "Oh, little miss, my dear, do not fear me. I only do for your good; but there is much virtue to you in those so common flowers. See, I place them myself in your room. I make myself the wreath that you are to wear. But hush! no telling to others that make so inquisitive questions. We must obey, and silence is a part of obedience; and obedience is to bring you strong and well into loving arms that wait for you.”

Now, full stop, Abraham Van Helsing means well. He’s a heroic old dude driven by goodwill—and, we can assume later, perhaps a bit of personal history with this particular malady. We’re going to see in later chapters that he is absolutely down to fight for far more than just Lucy and his protégé’s sake. Better still, he provides a great foil against the common themes that so far endanger characters who get in Dracula’s path. Skeptics are endangered because they only acknowledge the truth of the bogeyman in their midst when it’s too late while the frightened believers are too paralyzed by the threat to make a move. Van Helsing combines the Scientific with the Mystic, acknowledges both as equally important, and uses them to his advantage.

Knowledge is power and all that. Dracula really does get away with most of the shit he does half the time because his victims don’t know what they’re dealing with. (The other half of the time, it’s because he’s just bulldozing through victims on a spree, RIP Demeter crew.)

The Count is usually the one holding all the cards and using his advantages to cause harm. Van Helsing brings his own intel and uses it to help to the best of his ability.

That being said?

(Mild spoilers below)

The first time I read through Dracula—and, honestly, every time since—I can’t help picking up on how precariously close Van Helsing treads to the Count’s M.O. of manipulation and Dramatic Withholding of Information with his young charges. Granted, I can let some of it slide via the, ‘But no one would believe me if I said it was a vampire! I had to keep quiet about my reasons!’ excuse.*

*(But, sir, could you not conjure up some convincing medical-sounding bullshit?? It’s the 1890s, they would have bought anything. In fact, why was it only down to you and Jack keeping watch, Dr. Drama? There’s a whole house staff here. Yes, fine, there’s Mom with her weakheartitis, but as long as you spin it as some minor irritation that needs checking in on for updates, it should be fine. And why does Lucy have to keep quiet about the flowers? Why can’t she say it’s for her sleep? Or her health? Or a good luck charm from the doctor, it would be Terribly Rude to Be Rid of Them (read: Against every Victorian bone in hers and Mama Westenra’s body to chuck them). Anyway.)

Without giving too much away, I feel Stoker kind of tips Van Helsing’s charisma points a little too far over the edge in future scenes. Mixed up in a shitton of future The Power of Christ Compels You! overtones, there is a lot of frankly bonkers acting from the rest of the cast when it comes to interactions with/gratitude to Van Helsing for [REDACTED] reasons.

As in, characters are going to start kissing the ground this old man walks on. (metaphoric)

And kissing his hands. (Literal. Yes, Godfather style.)

Dracula was lucky to get flipped off by his Brides. Van Helsing will have these youths rally around him and Every Syllable He Breathes as if it were actual factual gospel (which some is, naturally). With a notable exception in a very livid Jonathan Harker when we get to [REDACTED]. Shout out once more to Bram Flakes for accidentally making this solicitor man Spicy+ after certain events.

Most of me wants to believe Van Helsing’s effect on the others is just Bramarama Stoker pouring all his personal fantasies of being the Lauded and Heroic Professor Doctorman (who happens to share his name, no big deal, ha ha) into this character while the others sing his praises.

But the lit critic in me sees an uncomfortable amount of parallels between Dracula’s casual arcane actions, gaslighting and coercing with Jonathan and Van Helsing’s likewise casual mysterious measures, corralling, directing, and borderline mesmerizing the rest of the cast to follow his lead exclusively, with or without offering the full details of the situation, as we see with Lucy. He’s a good man and an interesting character, but there are Some Scenes that make me wonder if he isn’t using some kind of lowkey hypnotism to make things run a little smoother in the vampire hunter brigade.

#I know I know he was genuine about trying to help #but like... #...the wording and the way he backpedals kind of Does Not sit well with me; even knowing he's a good guy #if we transplanted the dialogue to the start of the novel and it was Dracula trying to get Jonathan to do something For His Own Good #like say: writing a bunch of false letters ~for convenience/safety's sake~ #it'd be a little more gut-churning #plus there's the framework of Lucy trying to be a Good Friend/Patient/Obedient Victorian Girl being overseen by two male doctors #(who are good guys! who are taking her seriously! but stilll...) #and she's being told to Do This Thing for Reasons; Reasons Van Helsing does not explain (or even give a plausible lie for) #followed by telling her not to talk about it?? #how would you react if your doctor gave you some mystery medicine/folk remedy #didn't tell you what it was really for (after you called bullshit about the first reason he made up for it (because you're not an idiot)) #and then ordered you to use it and Not Tell Anyone About Why You Have It #fun and kooky doctor or not I'd be a little fucking worried #anyway #ramble #abraham van helsing #lucy westenra #dracula #dracula daily

[daily-whistlepaw]

daily whistlepaw until bu becomes PoV day 1098

Songleap showing off the cool bug she found

#warrior cats #whistlepaw #songleap #windclan #medicine cat apprentice #warrior #bugs make me uncomfortable and I find that so sad and annoying at the same time #I wanted to look at pictures of beetles found in the UK but goddamn I felt uncomfortable the whole time #so I give you a *very simplified* stag beetle because more details would not be too pleasant now #maybe I should therapise myself by drawing detailed bugs #but not when 1. sleep deprived and 2. I have other urgent matters (aka EXAMS) #I've been tired all day. it is bullshit and I want a refund. I haven't studied today yet and when writing this it is already 8 pm #I know my days are shifted and I am usually active until around 4 am but stilll... #not happy #but I'll add detailed bugs in the projects list #alongside HUMANS and backgrounds (I want to test the lined bg thing again)

[nerdgirlnarrates]

During MS4, med students have the opportunity to help with the preclinical students’ small group learning curriculum—basically where they learn how to do a history and physical, how to present, how social determinants of health impact patients, etc. So I’ve been helping for most of the year, and I think it’s the highlight of MS4. I love teaching them these skills, giving them tips and getting to put it in the context of what expectations will be in the clinical years. I love encouraging them and letting them know they’re on the right track. Most of all, I love tying what we’re learning into clinical reasoning and teaching them not just how to perform a physical but how to think about their findings or how to not just recognize social determinants but how to incorporate that into their plan and discuss it with patients. Nothing is more gratifying.

#I think getting to teach is really essential to my enjoyment of medicine as a career #it just brings me so much joy and energy #and then on top of all the joy I get from actually being able to treat and help patients? #wow #it’s enough to counteract all the bullshit and helplessness and darkness #at least it has been so far #medicine #medblr #med school #med student #my content #my text posts

[violet-phoenix-nebula]

Reblog for sample size, etc

Edit: I forgot to change the duration and I'm too lazy to redo the whole fucking thing.

#poll #tumblr poll #polls #tumblr polls #random polls #medicine #pills #daily life #medication #random bullshit #what do I even tag this?

[hylianengineer]

I've been reading about IUDs and I'm really shocked by how much all the official websites want to tell me they don't hurt that much when inserted, even as they cite evidence to the contrary. In people who haven't given birth, fifteen percent experience severe pain and the average pain rating out of ten is 6.6 (both numbers are lower in people who have given birth, and 6.6 is right on the border between what this study classifies as moderate vs severe pain). That's BAD! That's over one in ten people, or about the same odds as me rolling a 1, 2, or 3 on my 20-sided dice during a Dungeons and Dragons roll. If you've played Dungeons and Dragons, you're probably thinking the same thing I am - I do not like those odds.

Also, that 15% study was partly funded by the companies that make IUDs, so I consider it suspect - in the sense that I'd expect them to report it being less awful than it is.

This article I'm reading just said not to rely on 'online scare stories' for information. Bitch, you're the one writing the scare story! The data is right there! Fifteen percent! Six point six out of ten!

#i think i'll put up with the headaches the pill gives me #rather than deal with THIS BULLSHIT #i'm really sick of how the medical system doesn't take people's pain seriously #and especially when it's related to menstrual cycles and uterus-related things #you know what's worse than causing people pain? having them be surprised and betrayed about it because they were misled about the risk! #i call fucking bullshit on this entire situation #the data says what the data says #i would be so much less upset to experience significant pain if i was at least ADEQUATELY WARNED ABOUT IT! #medical tw #i'm ANGRY about the state of MEDICINE IN GENERAL and gynecology in PARTICULAR

[natjennie]

vulture update: so many that apparently multiple people called the police, who showed up and proceeded to say "yup it's a dead dear, that's a lot of vultures, maybe try animal control? good luck" and then left. so that was cool.

#also i got denied for giving blood bc they couldnt find a big enough blood pressure cuff #to take a good reading. which is bullshit because ive given blood there and at other red crosses a dozen times before #so that was really embarrassing. and then when i got home the police were here. #and then they left and my family got home and my sister had a huge breakdown #because my dad was an asshole- like always #so it's been a fucking day. #yknow when every straw feels like your last straw but there are always more fucking straws #because i came home at the end of my rope and had to put it aside in order to be the only one advocating for her #and helping her recover. like. #it's exhausting. im not allowed to have a breakdown because then who would fucking empty the dishes and put the groceries away #and sit with her while she sobs so hard she throws up and get her medicine for her after. #i dont know guys i dont know...

[birchbow]

How does the violet mentality of eradicating weakness in the fleet affect how medicine is practiced? Can trolls could get sicknesses and if so how is that viewed on the fleet? considering they would need treatment how would the medicullers go about it or would they just let the sick patient die. Is there a threshold of severity that the medicullers follow to determine if they will treat that patient.

I was also wondering how advanced the medicine they practice is? Do they rely on tech to mainly treat their patients or just do it manually?

I remember it was mentioned that the ships themselves are kind of outdated but would that also mean that the tech within the ship is also outdated? I guess all that to ask how advanced or not advanced is the tech the trolls use.

Sorry for the loaded question

Lots of things here! To take this in order:

I do think troll medicine is likely to be much less interested in interventions than ours is, and a lot more focused on a) can this troll be fighting fit again, or do we cull them here and now? and if they're salvageable, b) how fast can we make that happen? If an arm is wounded and infected, why would you waste time figuring out how to patch it back together, if it would be much faster to chop it off and slap a prosthesis on?

(note: as i write the church fleet, their standards for "hey they could bounce back" are a lot looser than most of the empire. Maybe there's going to be a miracle! You don't know.)

Trolls definitely do get sick, but as with injuries I'd imagine that the actual interventions are pretty supportive and minimal--there's a lot of research into substances to kill things, paralyze things, cause things pain, etc, but I can't imagine trolls giving much of a shit to, say, refine antibiotics. Got a patient with an infection? Throw some fluids in them, use one of your, like, three antibiotics--if they make it, great, and if they seem to be tanking, cull them and move on.

(note: most of those advancements that have been made were most likely made because either a very important troll or the quadrant of a very important troll needed it. A lot of them are probably also small doses of things mostly used as toxins, to treat symptoms until the troll can fight it off or die--that's essentially what Untoxxic does, when they treat someone whose been poisoned)

(note: I'd imagine that there's about as much work into specifically seadweller illnesses--gills, fins, water-borne parasites and pathogens--as there is into basically all of the rest of medicine, lol. "Cull the weak" is well and good but you can't have your empress or half her court keeling over from some basic gill-pox.)

As far as an overall summary of how advanced their actual tech is; it is as advanced as I need it to be for any given story beat lol. Trolls in canon have massively powerful space travel, but also that seems to be powered by making a telekinetic just kind of yeet you through space with their brain. They seem to have tech comparable to ours, but also all their tech is made out of bugs, goo, or both. Homestuck kind of refused to be pinned down on this point and tbh for once I'm right there with it, trolls are weird little monsters that have whatever tech makes the scenario most fun lmao.

#ask time! #in summary: SHRUG NOISE #got a medical thing you want to happen in a fic??? you can probably make up a goo for that a bug for that or both #you would think as a nurse I would have like detailed out the minutiae of this but tbh it's so inapplicable in my head to our medicine #that I really just enjoy winging it and making up bullshit as I get there lol

[legit9thlunaticwarrior]

it’s important to me that y’all know that these gifs do things to me

#donna be talking #donna is in love with chuck taylor #chuck taylor #back on my bullshit #when was i off it #want head? lemme take my night guard out #please just let me holla #i should take my medicine #no i haven’t slept