Rise Up, Oh Heart, For There is Another Battle to Win

rainbowrowell:

teacupdream:

vandigo:

bitch-jerk-assbutt-teamfreewill:

one-lastmiracle:

intangible-rice:

When I was 17 my appendix ruptured because I thought I was just having period cramps and didn’t go to the hospital so don’t tell me PMS symptoms are no big deal

this actually happened to me during my math final and i didn’t think anything of it and when i was later admitted to the hospital my math prof was asking me ‘you didn’t have to take the final! why didn’t you tell me it hurt?!?!’ and i told him i’ve had cramps worse.

he gave me 100

This is actually an extremely common occurrence simply because in sex ed they don’t teach you how to tell the difference between menstrual cramps and other more serious pains. The way to tell the difference between cramps and appendicitis is that while menstrual cramps are generalized toward the middle of the stomach below the belly button, pain from a swollen or burst appendix will start in the middle of the stomach and relocate to only the lower right side, even lower than menstrual cramps, and is a very localized pain. It also comes on extremely suddenly and will worsen over time or when you make a sudden movement, like a cough or a sneeze.

Basically, if you’re feeling any sort of pain, even if it’s menstrual cramps, don’t hesitate to tell the school nurse or a parent, or if you’re out of school and home even make a doctor’s appointment. Chances are if your cramps are that bad there’s something they can do to improve that as well.

I am boosting the shit out of that reply, because I am twenty-fucking-five years old and did not know how to tell the two pains apart

Adding another diagnostic tool! This is something we use in the ER called the rebound test. Basically, appendicitis and cramps react differently to certain things. If you’re still not sure if you have cramps or appendicitis, take two fingers and press them into your abdomen where the pain is (try repeating this on the lower right quadrant of the abdomen just to be sure.)

When you press in firmly, it will probably hurt. Here’s the test: LET GO. Does it get better or get worse? Appendicitis will immediately hurt worse when you let go. Cramps will not. Go to the ER if the rebound test makes it worse!

THE REBOUND TEST IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

My husband got sent home from the ER with a rupturing appendix. When he came back and was rushed into surgery, the surgeon was super angry – “Why didn’t anyone do the rebound test?!”

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littlestartopaz:

asmilinggoddess:

there was a post about musical star trek where spock is the one guy who doesn’t understand how everyone is singing and harmonizing but i say no

bones as the one guy who doesn’t understand why everyone is singing and what the hell is this choreography. because i want you to imagine this. bones getting very confused and going to ask spock what the hell is going on and spock turns around and starts singing too

@buddhistmamaduck @words-writ-in-starlight @twistedangelsays

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charmingcatastrophe asked: What's your favourite book/author, and what's your dream job?

Okay, so, for favorite book, I’d say that The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley (pitch here, for her other stuff here), the Kencyrath series by PC Hodgell (pitch here), and Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (I haven’t done a rec for that one, but hit me up if you’re curious) are all strong contenders.  Aaaaand those people would be my go-to’s for favorite authors too…although I’m sure that in a few minutes I’ll come up with half a dozen other things I should have put down.

For my dream job, I would ideally like to work as a doctor in an ER at a Trauma One hospital and write novels in my free time.  Adler wants me to quit everything and write full time, but I get weird after a solid day of writing, I don’t want to know what I’d be like after multiple months.

anglophile-rin:

castieliscuterthanjesus:

o-ri:

does anyone else secretly have that “i liked it before it was cool” complex but wont admit it

it’s more along the lines of “you guys were fucking making fun of me for liking this before it was cool” kinda complex

Also a “I super excitedly tried to show this to you years ago and you brushed it off and now you think you introduced it to me and that is infuriating” kinda complex

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adorkablebarry:

me as a writer: Oh no I can’t write that, somebody else already has

me as a reader: hell yes give me all the fics about this one scenario. The more the merrier

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Inbox me (1) thing you want to know about me.

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Anonymous asked: A week ago I sent you an ask really freaking out about college and your advice really helped me. I just want to say thank you so much. I still have 2 days until I leave but I am not as freaked out anymore. I do have another question though. Is there anything that I would need to bring that people don't normally think about? I don't want to get there and find out I have the wrong stuff.

Hey, babe, I’m so glad my advice was helpful!  Hm, stuff to bring to college that people don’t normally think of…let’s see…

• First aid kit.  It might seem obvious, but it’s not.  Even if it’s just a box or two of bandaids, some rubbing alcohol, a bottle of Advil/Tylenol, and some Neosporin.  It’ll make you popular, and it’ll come in handy.
  
• Small sewing kit.  Even if you can barely sew a button.  Thread and needle come in handy more often than you’d think, ditto safety pins and scissors.  You should be able to buy one at any reasonably large craft store.
• Your favorite kid’s show/movie and a way to watch it.  I’ve watched more Disney in the last few years than…ever, maybe.  And I got Liberty’s Kids this summer and I’m gonna watch the fuck out of it this year while I write my thesis.  Seriously.  Your serious, dark TV shows are great and I love them, too, but when you inevitably have a really awful day, a light, familiar, comforting kid’s show or movie is the way to go.  TRUST ME ON THIS.
• At least one book you really love.  I brought a whole crate of books, including the entire Harry Potter series, my first semester.  I didn’t read half of them, but I have no regrets.  It was soothing to be able to see them there, you know?  Something that was mine.
• I suggested this before, but some kind of comfort item?  I have a few stuffed animals that always come to college with me, a favorite blanket, that sort of thing.  Tell anyone who questions you to fuck right on off.
• Bring backups.  If you wear glasses, bring an extra pair (try Zenni.com if you don’t have the money to drop on an extra pair of store-bought glasses).  Bring an extra phone charger.  Bring extra headphones.  Bring extra everything.
• SNACKS BUY FRIENDS.  Bring some chocolate, bring some cookies, whatever you can get your hands on.  It’s easy to buy the love of a college student with junk food.
• On a related note, maybe have some foodstuffs in your room for when you decide that you just cannot with the dining hall anymore.  Everyone reaches that point eventually, even if it’s just because you’ve had a long-as-fuck day and people seem too intimidating.
• On ANOTHER related note, if you drink caffeine, find a source that works.  Coffee, energy drinks, tea, those little MIO things.  It helps to know where you’re getting that boost.  And remember, kiddo: caffeine OD’s are a thing, and I will be disappointed in you if you drink twelve espressos in a day and have a heart attack.
• Last but not least, something to cover the walls.  I said it before, I’ll say it again.  College dorms are basically prison cells before you put shit in them.  Posters, sticky notes with quotes you like, pictures, whatever.  I make signs with quotes and sketches and Organic Chemistry stuff.  Adler has a postcard collage.  ANYTHING.  Blank white cinderblock walls are depressing.

I hope it goes well, babe, you’ve got this!