Health Problems

to be honest i was being generous. theres lots of uncommon presentations of common diseases that happen on a daily basis. like strokes that wont look like strokes. or a limited study from motion or a variety of other reasons that make it hard to find the otherwise common problem. these add up to an amount that isnt miniscule.
when i give a tech credit, its because they positioned the patient properly in the scanner, they lifted the arms when needed, they repeat sequences that need to be repeated, they use the appropriate field of view, and most importantly they ASK QUESTIONS when the history seems off from the requested exam. THOSE are the qualities i look for in a great tech, not the ability to read studies. but otherwise, yes i fully agree with you techs dont get enough credit, and specifically , techs that do an excellent job, arent made aware enough that the extra effort they make with regards to the above, is greatly appreciated and has a major impact on patient care.

Kiki said:

I'm not claustrophobic but that tight space did freak me out a bit. Dunno if it's just an older machine or what. I just kept my eyes closed and listened to music out of their shitty fucking headphones like I was taking a nap. Worked pretty well.

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They have MRI machines that are open on one side for those that can't deal with an enclosed space. It doesn't bother me, but in eary plugs and I sleep for 2 hours.

Maybe the tech was just trying to calm him down...

I am claustrophobic too, but I just closed my eyes and meditated for my MRIs.

I was about 30 seconds away from epi penning my little brother yesterday.

He's fine, some yellow jackets just tore him the fuck up. Had to call the ambulance out for him.

Just your weekly reminder that shit can go sideways real fast. It's a freak thing, they had to have hit a vein. I killed the fuck out of their hive.

I HATE yellow jackets. It's my only true, genuine fear

Agreed, yellowjackets can go to hell, had one sting me in the tounge once as a youngster, then one stung me in the eye when I was a teenager. But, I have noticed west coast ones are a lot more chill than east coast ones. In NC, if I got within range of a yj nest, those fuckers would be jihading my ass. In OR they, for the most part, just buzz you constantly and annoy the piss out of you. That being said I highly recommend Rescue yj traps. I got mine out early this year and have killed 100s of queens thus far. The only caveat is you have to dump them somewhat regularly and change the bait as well. Note these traps do not attract honey bees (or any other I've seen) bees are cool.

Had a pretty bad experience tonight.

Got my dad steel panther tickets, about a two hour ride to venue. Whole way up he's fine, but we have 3 piss stops. He's diabetic, so I understand.

Get to the venue and we park a block away. Whole walk there he's complaining about how far it is. And also even though we drove by it, he assures me it's the opposite direction were walking. Get inside and piss #4 or #5 happens. Afterwards he comes over and complains we have to stand. Over the course of two songs I see him shift a bunch of ways, leaning heavily against the wall. At one point he's slouching hard. I say "let's see if we can find you a chair" and I get nothing, just a completely blank and pale face.

I find him a chair and he's cool for awhile. A couple more songs and he asks when we can leave. I say whenever he wants and again blank face.

We get outside and he can't walk. He's stumbling and tripping over everything. Also he can't say a coherent sentence. He sound 100% hammered. I know what this is, extremely low sugar. But how? Does standing cause blood sugar drops?

Anyways he refuses to get a drink and refuses to let me drive. I mean, he's acting 100% hammered this is bad. He takes off and he is weaving in and out of lanes, cutting people off BARELY and screaming at other drivers. Eventually I say pull the fuck over, I'm driving and he gives up. It took almost two hours before he was normal again.

By the way when I was driving he was saying I was all over the road. When I was driving perfectly.

The other bad thing is his legs. He walks very stiff legged now and he has to lift his legs with his arms up into the car, like they're paralyzed. Assuming he has massive nerve damage in his legs and won't admit it.

I had to vent this shit

Ouch. Diabetic neuropathy is definitely a thing; a lot of my family are diabetics and they all suffer this in varying degrees. Their feet and legs essentially are numb for lack of a better word and they get stiff legged like that, in addition to other, mor serious foot and leg issues.
Furthermore, what it sounds like is your dad had a diabetic episode (could be low or high blood sugar). Again my personal experience with family members is similar, i.e. had an uncle plow a set of fields and have to have police and EMS called out because he was so far gone in a diabetic coma he should have been dead. I know in my uncle's case it was a combo of poor blood sugar management as well as the severity of his type of diabetes. Add to that he was a macho motherfucker and this shit happened a lot till he got a pump installed.

So. TLDR, your dad ain't treating his blood sugar like he should and yes it is scary as hell, sorry.

He's the most stubborn man I've ever met. No matter what we say he won't listen, and worse hell say everything is fine. He was treating himself with drugs from Mexico and hadn't been to the doctor in 10 years saying the doctor didn't know what he was talking about prescribing insulin. His body is probably destroyed.

I felt like a drunk drive was driving me home last night and my life was flashing before my eyes

Kuriin said:

Noodleface Sorry bro, I would've called 911 right then and there. You can't think it is low blood sugar even though you may think it is because hypoglycemia can imitate strokes and strokes can imitate hypogylycemia. Hope he's fine now.

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Yeah in hindsight maybe that's true. The only thing that lead me not to believe it was a stroke was half of his face wasn't drooping and he could lift his arm and shit.

He's literally the most stubborn person I've ever met in my life.

Like I said, hindsight maybe I should've just called 911. I forgot to add when. We got in the car he couldn't even put the address in. Like he was going to touch the screen and was hitting random buttons in the car

Bad night

Yeah sorry, iirc you have diabetes too? If previous post was mansplaining crap you already know, disregard. Your dad sounds a lot like my uncle, from the previous post. He did a lot of things he shouldn't have with his severity of diabetes and it caught up with him, drastically. Both sound a lot like the threads a few back as to how guys macho through shit they shouldn't.