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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 2:57 AM
(life) Go to doctor, spend three hours googling what doctor told you, become convinced of catastrophic health crisis
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 2:59 AM
I'm probably suffocating slowly all the time
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@medieval
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 3:12 AM
doctor internet: the true hypochrondriac
ᴇᴍᴀɴᴀᴛᴏʀ
@medieval
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 3:13 AM
hyper??
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 3:15 AM
it's time to formulate a living will
Gary Lasereyes
@plautusparade
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 3:43 AM
that is my entire life since i found the internet
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 3:45 AM
otoh I have the one thing where the internet doctor sites suggest "eat more salt and drink more caffeine"
Gary Lasereyes
@plautusparade
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 4:06 AM
lol what thing is that?
a cursed bird.
@pogonophile
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 4:08 AM
hahaha yup
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 4:21 AM
I have low blood pressure
Gary Lasereyes
@plautusparade
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 4:22 AM
oh i see
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:07 AM
the doctor said it didn't really mean anything but the internet websites say it could be a symptom of heart attack
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@medieval
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:14 AM
i know a lot of people with low blood pressure who haven't suffered from heart attacks.
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@medieval
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:14 AM
do you have anemia, too?
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:36 AM
no!
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:37 AM
I had an episode a few years ago where I collapsed at the gym (the first and only time this has happened)
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:38 AM
and so, even though I quickly felt fine, the paramedics came and Strongly Recommended I go to the ER
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:38 AM
so I went to the ER
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:38 AM
but riding to the ER in the ambulance cost like $600
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:39 AM
anyway, they did a lot of tests to determine nothing was wrong with me and I felt p thoroughly ripped off
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:41 AM
this time around when I went to the doctor I mentioned that was the last time I've been to a doctor
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:42 AM
and he said "oh yeah, well your blood pressure is really low"
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@pidgey
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:46 AM
low blood pressure can mean so much
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:47 AM
it means I'm really in a coma right now
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@pidgey
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:47 AM
the researcher i worked under in lab could get angry in an instant and was super fit and exercised so much but had really low blood pressure
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@pidgey
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:48 AM
it's the oddest thing. she found out at the doctor's and they were like are you ok
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@pidgey
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:48 AM
but yes you're actually in a coma. your mind has created us all
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:48 AM
it's me, franklin richards
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@medieval
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:48 AM
a lot of it genuinely has to do with low sodium diets/the kind of sodium you use.
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@medieval
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:49 AM
like I learned recently that while sea salt is tastier, it has no health benefits?
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@medieval
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:49 AM
go figure
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:49 AM
I think it probably does in a lot of cases but I can't see that really… applying to me?
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:49 AM
I love salt
6LilacMimeLions
@kadath
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:50 AM
some people just have low bp
6LilacMimeLions
@kadath
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:50 AM
mine didn't break 80/60 until i was in college
6LilacMimeLions
@kadath
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:51 AM
i still almost black out if i stand up too fast
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@pidgey
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:52 AM
blood pressure is one of the things that is affected by so many things. it can be affected by blood volume, by resistance in your arterioles, the amount of blood returning to your heart, things related
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:52 AM
yep that's me, the doctor didn't really think it was something to worry about
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@pidgey
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:52 AM
to your heart rate or how much blood your heart is pumping out
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@pidgey
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:52 AM
as long as you're not noticing unusual symptoms, it should be fine
6LilacMimeLions
@kadath
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:53 AM
i was the blood pressure end boss in my emt class because mine was so quiet
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:54 AM
yeah, that's what the doctor said
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:54 AM
but maybe I should just eat more salt because salt is tasty
6LilacMimeLions
@kadath
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:55 AM
might as well, right?
6LilacMimeLions
@kadath
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:55 AM
/stuffs pringles in face
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@pidgey
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:56 AM
eating more salt will increase blood volume and raise blood pressure 8|b
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@pidgey
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:56 AM
my physio students are going over the cardiovascular stuff right now so we just talked about this 8Db
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:57 AM
ahahah no wonder you are so informed
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@pidgey
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:58 AM
i learned it all a while ago and i remember most if it but nothing nails it down like having to teach it to students 4 times twice a week
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@pidgey
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 5:58 AM
of*
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 6:00 AM
yeah, teaching helps you learn, for sure
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@pidgey
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 6:02 AM
for now tho, avoid webmd and eat pringles
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 6:03 AM
I'm actually making soup
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 6:03 AM
soup with low-sodium broth D:
6LilacMimeLions
@kadath
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 6:04 AM
that's fixable
6LilacMimeLions
@kadath
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 6:04 AM
/fingerguns
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@pidgey
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 6:04 AM
it really is
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@lightfellows
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 6:05 AM
the low sodium broth just tastes more like chicken…
WhipofBelmont
@whipofbelmont
Fri, Feb 6, 2015 9:20 AM
the invention of the internet has done horrible things to my hypochondriac ways, too
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