Well to be fair that is somewhat regional. I grew up in San Andreas. Any time I tell someone that, no matter what their intelligence level, I’ll always get “Is that where the fault is?”
Forgive me, but I don’t think I understand. I’m a second year nursing student, and we’ve covered diabetes somewhat in classes.
If you’re diabetic and npo (no food by mouth) you’re at risk of hypoglycemia, especially if you take your regular insulin when npo. I’m not saying you absolutely don’t need insulin - in class we’ve learned that in such a situation your blood sugar levels should be monitored and insulin may or may not be needed, and that a diabetic patient’s “regular” insulin dose should not be given as normal if they are npo and their blood sugar levels are low or normal - in that case we’d probably consult the physician. Were you on a saline IV, or a D5W IV (dextrose 5% in water), or something else that might elevate your blood sugar?
I don’t think I agree with your statement that (my emphasis added) “you always need insulin, even if I couldn’t eat.” I’d agree that you might need insulin when you can’t eat, but it would depend on your current blood sugar level.
Heh, I used to have that conversation so often back in middle/high school :
- What are you doing on Wednesday afternoon ?
- Got to go to temple for catechism
- Temple ? I didn’t know you were Jewish
- I’m not. I’m protestant.
- What’s that ?!*
- It’s like Catholic, only without the latin and the pageantry.
- Ooooh, so you go to church ?
- Yes. No. Temple. (French) Protestants call it temple.
- But I thought you said you were Christian ?
- I am.
- So you go to church !
- We call it temple.
- But it’s a church, right ?
- . . .
- Remember, papists did a splendid job of evicting or murdering French protestants, way back when. We’re not really common here.
Constantly find myself explaining what ‘memes’ are to people I know who are avid web users. But not just the definition, the actual memes themselves. “What’s a rickroll?” “LOLcat?” “2Girls1Cup?”…
Just amazes me at how much internet culture web users are missing out on by never stepping outside of their normal routine of only checking emails or Facebook. One of the reasons some of my humor and puns don’t appeal to many anymore, I suppose.
I sometimes feel like I’m from another planet when I talk to people who don’t use the internet or know nothing much about it… I suppose I sort of am, in a way.
I’m frequently surprised by how many people in my age group do get internet culture references… It’s a surprisingly useful icebreaker (depending on the group).
And even Mum knows what a Lolcat is. 
When I was a kid, I thought Bingo was a religion because that’s what it said on the big sign in front of the church down the street.
So how often do people there say “I live there, but it’s not my fault!” ?
Well, there are tons of old people there, and lots of praying.
My friend: “Guess what I just learned in my [college] astronomy class.”
Me: “What?”
My friend: “The sun rises in the East and sets in the West.”
Me: <stunned silence> “You JUST learned that?”
[SIZE=“1”]All right, he was my boyfriend.[/SIZE]
I took a US history course at a junior college when I was 18. We spent a week covering the Civil war, and were about to take the Essay test. The question: “What were the major reasons for the outcome of the war?” A not so bright girl across from me leaned over and whispered, “Pst! Who won?”
I told her the South, then felt bad about it and told her the truth. Not like she had a chance in hell anyway, but…
Young people not knowing older stars doesn’t strike me as odd, but last week, I mentioned to my 21 year old sister that me and my older sister were going to watch “Less than Zero,” because I was on a Robert Downey Jr kick, and did she want to join us? She looked at me blankly for a moment, and said…“Robert Downey…I know that name, what was he in?”
This was a week or two after we’d gone to see Sherlock Holmes together. That gave me a little pause.
It sounds like you’re learning it right! Blood sugar should be carefully monitored and insulin given if necessary. But this intern didn’t believe it was at all necessary and she completely wrote me off. If she had asked my doctor, perhaps he/she would have told her the right thing to do. But she wasn’t about to do that, and THAT is what scared my mom (a retired RN) so bad.
The intern was adamant that I would not need any insulin at all until I could eat. I think they took my blood sugar once in the 12 or so hours I was in the hospital (I test myself 5 or more times a day).
I’m currently on Lantus insulin, which is a slow-release type of insulin. It keeps my blood sugar steady for 24 hours. I also take a fast-acting insulin, which effects my blood sugar immediately. If I was not eating, I would likely forgo the fast-acting insulin and take a lower does of the Lantus… which is exactly what I did when my mom brought me home.
The diabetes health care I’ve received from non-diabetes-specialists is disheartening. I’ve met nurses and doctors alike who didn’t know the difference between type 1 and type 2.
And I hold true to my belief about being stranded on a desert island. If I was sipwrecked and ended up on some little island in the middle of nowhere without any insulin, I’d be in a coma in a week. Even if I didn’t eat anything. Even if I spent my entire time jogging laps around the island. No insulin = dead. Which would suck, especially if I’m stranded on that desert island with a hottie.
Good luck with your studies! I think nursing is a wonderful profession, and I’m amazed by those who dedicate their lives to medicine.
This was a few years ago, but we were sitting around reading the Sunday paper en famille and my late-teen aged brother was reading an article. “Sali,” sez he, “this guy was charged with soh-doh-mee. What does soh-doh-mee mean?” :rolleyes:
Uh, that would be in the butt, Bro!
Not necessarily. Some older laws use the word to refer to any non-married carnal relationship, or any non vaginal sex act (i.e. fellatio counts as sodomy sometimes).
Thanks for the clarification! It is indeed scary what some healthcare professionals don’t know or have forgotten that is very basic and important.
I’ve only been in clinical placements for a short time, but I’ve run across hospital staff who have (what seems to me to be) glaring gaps in their basic knowledge, or just being incurious in general. I had nurses supervising me who when I asked they couldn’t tell me what their patient’s admitting diagnosis was and they couldn’t be bothered to look it up, or they had no idea why their patient was taking a particular medication. Scary, since they’re personally liable for every medication and dose they give. If the doctor or pharmacy made an error and the nurse doesn’t catch it, they’re all liable - you can’t pass the buck up the chain.
My female cousin who was 31 at the time, didn’t know how to put gas in her car!!!
Pepper Mill was substitute teaching yesterday, and one of the girls (middle school) asked her what time it was. Pepper showed her her (analog) wristwatch.
You can figure out the rest – the girl had no idea how to read the time on a non-digital watch.
Well, I told her (when she told me about this) it’s a Teaching Moment – and you’re a Teacher. Which is when I got a lecture about the Right Times and the Wrong Times for doing things. And when you’re riding herd on a big noisy group not in a classroom is apparently not a Good Time to do this.
That’s interesting. I’m protestant by background too, and we always say church, not temple. ‘Protestants call it temple’ isn’t true without the French bit. Are you sure it’s true for all kinds of French protestantism, even? There’s a French protestant church in central London, too, and that says ‘church’ outside, not temple, and I’ve never come across the word temple when reading about Huguenots.
When I was a kid I thought my denomination was COV. Once I was asked to spell the actual words out, and hazarded a guess at Church of Victoria. Turned out that, all my life, I’d simply been mishearing ‘C of E’ because nobody ever says ‘Church of England’ in full. I was ten years old and didn’t know my own religion.
The Baptist Church on Tremont Street in Boston is the Tremont Temple:
The Seventh Day Adventists in Boston have a Temple, too.
http://www.bostontemple-sda.org/
So do the Mormons (out in Belmont, actually), but that’s their standard terminology.
Geologically, it is, IIRC. Of course, that means “a few million years old”.
I have a friend who is nearly 46 and does not seem to know how to add oil to her car or how to check the oil level.
:eek: