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[maillotpois]

What is it in our brains that wires us this way? I blame it on my parents mostly but there also must be something hardwired wrong.

I think it is called survival instinct.

[Veronica]

Hey... I'm afraid of the dark and cows.

At least yours is rational.

V.

[snapdragen]

Hey... I'm afraid of the dark and cows.

At least yours is rational.

V.

Cows??????

[Trek420]

now snap, stop frightening V with dark cows

[Veronica]

My grandparents raised cattle. It was my job as a little kid to move the watering hose from one trough to another. Cows are HUGE when you are 5 years old. I was terrified that they would step on me, bite me or kick me. I still try to avoid getting too close to them when I mountain bike. Why do they let cows graze in the best places to mountain bike?

V.

[SadieKate]

You ever walked through a field of farm cows that are no longer used to pedestrians? They think everything should be in a metal 4-wheeled contraption? They don't take kindly to walkers and will chase you. V, I completely understand your cow fear.

Though cows that are used to pedestrians such as Briones? I do the chasing, usually shouting something about getting off the fricken' path, you diarrheic morons!

Did I get "diarrhiec" spelled right?

[SadieKate]

My grandparents also! Though they were gentlemen farmers and hiked from their house to the pond regularly (well, my grandfather did). Once they were gone, the cows only saw the tenant farmer in his truck. So, it was highschool when I learned the truck vs walker thing. Wow, did I learn evasive tactics fast.

[maillotpois]

Hey... I'm afraid of the dark and cows.

At least yours is rational.

V.

Cows???? Like where we get our milk?

[Lise]

Mystery Men. Lise.

ummmm.....what?
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re: IVs in the hand: One word: Laziness. Yeah, the veins are more prominent there, therefore easier to insert an IV. There are also a lot of nerves, and the veins tend to roll more. So it hurts more to have an IV there, and it hurts for awhile after. But the person putting it in can usually hit a vein. The best place to put an IV is the back of the forearm, as Izaak the Wonder Poodle confirmed. Hurts a lot less. Can be harder to get in. I have veins like ropes, and if anybody ever goes for my hand, I know it's pure sloth.
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MP, surely you weren't injecting 80 cc (ml). That's almost 3 oz. Must be mcg. I've done sub-cutaneous injections (in the fat), and intramuscular, to myself. Theoretically, I could start an IV on myself, but I've never had to. I have a rep at work for being a very good shot giver. I keep talking, as if nothing were happening, and then zing! done.

If we have a TE/Team Danger (note that TD stands for Thread Drift and Team Danger...hmmm....) get-together, I can be the designated shot giver.

[Lise]

Just reading about that edge/drop off thing makes me queasy. I think fear of cows is not unreasonable. They are big, not bright animals. I'm afraid of tidal waves. Since I grew up in Illinois, upstate NY, and Minneapolis, and now live in Illinois, this doesn't make any sense at all. I also loathe fungus. But then, who doesn't?

[SadieKate]

I have a rep at work for being a very good shot giver. I keep talking, as if nothing were happening, and then zing! done.

Yeah! That's the way Jenny does it. Jabber and jab. Trying to get Bubba there but since he only has do it once a week it's hard to get the speed going without being afraid he'll do something to me.

[snapdragen]

Needles and injections

I dated a paramedic for a while, he told me when he was in school, they would practice on themselves and each other.

[Lise]

Oh, yeah, we practiced on oranges, and then on each other. The orange practice is not a bad idea. You can use the same needle over and over. The trick is in the wrist flick. Zip! Zing! These are words you want to keep in mind. Seriously, though, V, perhaps it would help Thom to practice on an orange a few times, after the nurse across the way shows him the technique.

Quick injections are a mercy. One of the infertility meds I injected was in an oil base. It required a big needle, and was slow to push in. Hated that.

[SadieKate]

Ooh, V, you going to take my injections for me? Thanks so much. What a pal. Thom, too.

[Lise]

Ooh, V, you going to take my injections for me? Thanks so much. What a pal. Thom, too.

GOOD LORD! I knew it would happen some day! SK & Bubba, V & Thom, I will mix them up! I can't keep them straight! I picture you guys living next door to each other, anyways....you're sisters, right?...argh! (sorry) L.
(at least I got the right pairing...whew, that could've gotten complicated... )