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dog-v3ntz · 2 years

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TW: PURG1NG

dni if currently in recovery or find this type of content to be triggering in any way.

note: these are not tips to help you purg3. these are tips to at least take care of yourself after you do.

after you purge you should probably clean up.

if there’s a mess, i clean that up first with toilet paper and some of the soap in the bathroom, then throw it in the toilet and flush.

then i wash my hands and rinse my mouth out with warm water.

make sure you DONT brush your teeth! that does more harm than good!

instead you should use a saline rinse.

theres the little salty packets that you put in a bottle, shake and spirt up your nose (for if you have a sinus infection) and i use those. if i have the motivation i put it in a cup with warm water and stir. if i don’t have motivation i just hold warm water in my mouth, dump the packet in my mouth and aggressively swish it all around.

tastes rlly salty but gets the job done lol.

after all that you should probably chill out for a bit, drink some electrolyte drink and if you dont have that, or refuse to drink it bc it has calories (me) then just hydrate with that good old h2o

if you have any tips like these then feel free to share them.

stay safe and take care of yourself as best you can <3

#purge tips #purg3 #bingepurge #purg1ng #tw purge #tw ed relapse #tw ed vent #tw ed in the tags #bulimima #tw

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rosebramblewolf · 11 months

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i go on r/cancer and r/breastcancer periodically and like. im starting to feel a little guilty bc a) my treatment is working super well and b) im not getting any major side effects. people are out here going through hell getting so nauseous from chemo that it conditions them to vomit when they taste/smell the saline flush in their port, having serious skin reactions to radiation, chemo brain, etc

the worst thing im going through is the walking thing and that was from the spine metastasis not the treatment. and im not even having back pain which continues to blow my neurosurgeons mind

im a little annoyed that cancer ate about half my left tit including the nipple, bc i rly did have a fantastic pair and now they dont match, but reconstructive surgery exists and my insurance has to cover it by law, so when this is over i can take care of that

and im not having the like, psychological issues that a lot of people go through, prob bc my treatment is going so well & im going to be fine so theres nothing to freak out about? but also like people online are going "O Woe i shouldnt have to go through this How Dare the nurse praise me for getting the routine down" like hon this is happening and is your new normal, youre going to have a MUCH easier time if you accept that and move forward?

not to shame people for grieving ig, obviously i would never say that to them, but i still feel a little guilty for thinking it (i am right though)

im having a really easy time of this and its wild to me. i expected it to be a lot harder. am i just way tougher than any of us previously anticipated?

#The Spinal Saga #(except the late stage cancer is no longer merely probable)

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salt-warrior · 3 years

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Can you explain some of the terms you used in your phlebotomy fic?

Oh yes! I was actually thinking about doing just this because a lot of you were like ??? YOUR WARNING IS NOW IF YOU DONT LIKE NEEDLES OR BLOOD!

Alright, let’s get to it:

Venipuncture: The puncturing of veins (typically in the arms or hands though they can be accessed all over the body).

Dermal Puncture: A finger stick, or in the case of babies, a stick in the heel.

Eclusion: So when you’re doing IV’s, there is a needle inside the catheter (flexible tube that goes in veins). But we don’t leave the needle in (this is why you can bend your arm in such because only the catheter is left inside. But when you take said needle out, you have this tube in your vein with no stopper (until you connect the transfer device/saline). So what you do is eclude the vein, meaning you press your finger on the vein above where the catheter is, blocking off the flow as well as you can until you have your stopper on.

Bevel: This is the tip of the needle as seen below.

When you’re doing venipuncture you want it to be level, for optimal puncture and because OW if it’s not.

Saline Flush: So saline flushes are used to clear out intravenous lines and are used before starting an IV drip. Pictured below I have the flush syringe on the left, with the purple transfer/connecting device in the fingers of the gloved phlebotomist and the catheter in the far right corner taped to the patient’s skin.

Straight or Butterfly Needle?: On the left we have a straight needle and on the right we have a butterfly.

Alright, so a straight needle is typically bigger (not always) and the needle connects directly with the transfer device. A butterfly had wings (this picture sucks but they’re the little green tabs on the needle) which is where it gets its name. It also has a tube that connects to the transfer device. With a butterfly, you will get a flash (blood will fill the first little bit (maybe an inch) of the tube. This is helpful because then the phlebotomist knows they got the vein (if they didn’t feel it, which they should if they’re good). Butterfly’s are typically smaller, as they are often used on more delicate patients (elderly, children, sick) or hand veins. In my experience, most all phlebotomists prefer straight needles to butterfly. They’re a lot easier, even without the flash.

Other things I randomly talked about but probably didn’t explain: When you get a saline flush, it will typically feel like something cold is running up your arm (if you’re the patient) and you’ll get the taste/smell of pennies in your nose in mouth. I actually don’t experience this, but in my class of 20 I was the only one so it’s quite common.

If you have any other questions, or if there’s something that I left out (because I’m just thinking of stuff off the top of my head) just ask on this post and I’ll respond.

#tw: blood #tw: needles #phlebotomy

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