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[conceptualradiology]

The Future of Radiology: Key Predictions and Trends to Watch

As the field of radiology continues to evolve, radiology residents need to stay informed about upcoming trends that will shape their careers. Here are the key predictions to consider:

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

1)AI will revolutionize diagnostic radiology by enhancing image analysis. 2)Residents can expect quicker routine image assessments, allowing more time for complex cases.

Advanced Imaging Techniques

1)The resolution and functionality will be enhanced through advanced imaging technologies. 2)This advancement will affect the curriculum for residency training programs in interventional radiology and hence the radiology examinations.

Development of Interventional Radiology

1)More residency programs will be brought about by the importance of interventional radiology as a speciality. 2)The residents will get practical exposure to minimal interventions for various treatments; hence, there will be a broadening of skills.

Personalized Medicine in Radiology

1)The needs of individual patients will shape the curriculum for the radiology residency training. 2)Training will focus on patient-specific imaging and diagnostics for better outcomes.

International Collaboration and Tele-Diagnostics

1)The rise of remote diagnostics and virtual consultation will offer more exposure to training 2)Radiology residents will learn from international collaboration. Expose them to a wide range of case studies.

Why Conceptual Radiology?

Conceptual Radiology offers resources needed to keep abreast with the trends, such as:

Full video radiology videos for enhanced learning.

Advanced modules in training interventional radiology.

Industry leader insight.

CTE (Continuous Training and Education)is given for the continuous training and education of residents.

Preparation for Tomorrow

Keep updated on these trends to face the future changes of the field. Be one step ahead by learning with Conceptual Radiology and be more informed and updated about the skills and knowledge of radiology.

[jrueships]

WHOEVER THE FUCK IS RECOMMENDING MED PPL TO GO INTO RADIOLOGY JUST CUS IF THE MONEY, IM GONNA FUCKING gET YOU

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Surprising facts on Uterine Fibroid Embolization #uterinefibroids #uteri...

[innonurse]

Innovative computer tools have the capability to reconstruct a 3D representation of the brain using photos from biobanks

- By InnoNurse Staff -

Scientists have created a collection of free tools designed to analyze extensive sets of brain dissection photographs from global brain banks. The aim is to improve comprehension of neurodegenerative diseases.

Read more at eLife

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Other recent news and insights

French medical technology startup i-Virtual has obtained €3 million in funding to develop a system that measures vital signs using video selfies (Tech.EU)

[learning-software]

What are Smart Cities?

As Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology has gone mainstream, you may have heard of the smart home, but have you heard of the smart city? If not, you may be hearing more about these soon as smart cities using computer vision AI and a large network of information and communications technologies (ICT) are becoming a reality.

In a smart home, networked automation devices like smart thermostats, automated lighting and smartphone-controlled door locks allow homeowners to keep tabs on everything going on in and around the home using computers and smart devices. In a smart city, the same concept applies, just on a massive scale.

Increasing Municipal Efficiency

One of the biggest goals of smart cities is to improve efficiency. When large numbers of people, vehicles, residences, stores and government offices are crammed into tight quarters, trying to keep the gears of a city running smoothly can be difficult. Government agencies tasked with carrying out official duties tend to have a harder time as city populations grow, but the smart cities concept can help.

Think about this: In a traditional city, traffic management is a big job. If roadwork needs to be completed, traffic needs to be diverted and traffic signal operations may need to be changed. In a smart city, computer vision AI can monitor areas where traffic has been diverted to intelligently change traffic signals to create more efficient traffic patterns. This reduces the labor required for city officials and can reduce accidents as well.

Reduced Crime is a Benefit

Smart cities may also be safer due to connected technologies. In a traditional city setting, a gunshot that goes off in the commission of a crime may go undetected by people outside the immediate vicinity of the shot.

In a smart city, audio sensors that are trained to listen for gunshots can immediately detect the sound of the shot and pinpoint its location by measuring the echoes off of nearby structures. Simultaneously, the sensor can send a recording of the shot along with a video of the area and a notification to the nearest available police unit. A faster response time leads to more bad guys behind bars and safer communities for all.

Read a similar article about annotation services for computer vision here at this page.

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Experimental: 22 Weeks

Yazan could not understand why his belly continued to grow, even as he was cutting down on his meals, increasing his exercise frequency, and anything else he could do to make the belly disappear.

The following weeks were a blur of working out for three hours every evening, six days a week, plus cutting out all fats and sugars and going on a strict low carb diet. The only thing the changes did to Yazan was make him more tired and stressed at work. Plus, the belly kept growing.

He was sitting in his office at the hospital, absent-mindedly rubbing the belly when he felt flutters within his stomach. He gasped, and was in such shock that he leapt to the sink nearby and threw up his poor excuse of a lunch.

Randy was hoping to ask Yazan about a patient of his, and knocked on Yazan’s office door. He peered inside when Yazan responded with a groan, and saw Yazan perched over his sink, spitting out the last of his vomit.

“You’ve really got to get this bug checked out, Yaz.”

“Something moved.”

“What?”

“I mean it, something moved. Come here and feel this.” Yazan unbuttoned his tight shirt to expose his belly. Randy was firstly surprised with how round and globe-like Yazan’s belly looked. Yazan always focused on fitness, so seeing him go from just a bulk to something more extreme meant his mental health was rough, he was highly stressed, or a rapidly growing gastrointestinal cancer. He walked towards Yazan and prodded the belly, feeling that it wasn’t soft like regular abdominal fat. Instead, it felt solid. Then he felt it - a brief flutter. He looked up at Yazan in confusion. “You felt that too, right? I swear, I’m not going crazy!”

“Let’s go across to imaging, shall we?” Randy offered. Yazan groaned, not because of the need to go and find out what was happening, but because it meant he needed to try and button his shirt again, which was getting harder each day. 

“Let me know when you’re done moaning!” Randy said as he was walking out of Yazan’s office. Yazan chuckled and got himself ready. He could feel pressure building on his back, so used his palm to apply some pressure to his lower back, which seemed to help as he started moving towards the imaging ward.

Once in imaging, he saw Randy already set up with the ultrasound machine. “You know the drill: shirt off, belt off, lay down and deep breaths.” Randy occasionally considered working in radiology, but found his main calling in paediatrics. Regardless, it felt second nature to him using the various machines, such as ultrasounds.

Randy squeezed some gel onto the wand, and started towards the lower front area of Yazan’s belly, near his belly button. The answer was almost instantaneous.

“What the fuck is that?” Yazan asked.

“1… 2…”

“Randy, why are you counting…”

“Shh, 3…”

“Don’t you fucking dare shush me!”

“4 foetuses.”

Yazan fainted almost instantly.

***

Mike was growing more and more nervous with the lack of content he saw on Yazan’s social media. I really hope there are no serious complications from whatever is happening, Mike thought. After three more days of limited content aside from text-only Instagram stories, he decided to bite the bullet and message Yazan.

Hey there Yazan, not too sure if you remember me, but I’m Mike, the Australian doctor you met while in Sydney for the medical conference. I was wondering if you were free for a video call sometime soon, just to see how you’re going…

Yazan was sitting at home, feeling the odd flitter of movement in his belly when he felt a buzz from his phone. “Instagram: New message from @drmikeallred” As soon as Yazan saw the message from Mike and clicked on his Instagram profile, the dinner at the Oxford Hotel immediately came to mind. 

“I was living my normal life when I suddenly had this hot flush… and then had this urge to be fucked by anyone… and now I have four babies in me? Wasn’t Mike one of those researchers on… male pregnancy? Oh hell no!”

He ignored the message. There’s no fucking way Mike is the one who caused all this, Yazan screamed.

***

Each morning, Yazan woke up feeling his stomach stretching more tightly than the previous day. He found it astounding that he probably wasn’t even half-way through the pregnancy and already felt like he was full-term with a single baby. Any vague sense of relief he had from lying in bed immediately disappeared when he sat up and gravity caused his belly to drop into his lap. From there, the babies would start to wake up and stretch by pummeling his stomach and diaphragm.

He eventually got up from his king bed and slowly walked his way to his bathroom. Every time he flicked the lights on, he was gobsmacked by the growing belly and its gradual transformation. He started to notice every crevice, every hint of stretch marks and his losing battle to maintain his fitness. 

Yazan swayed sideways to see how much further his stomach extends. He can vaguely see the top half of his feet when he looks down, but he knows it’s only a matter of time before he loses the ability to see his feet too. One of his babies moves at that moment, and he looks back up towards the mirror to see the ripple across his belly. He shudders.

While looking up, he notices his pecs are starting to soften, and that his nipples are now a darker shade of pink. He lifts one of his pecs up and notices his pec feels slightly fatter than before. He dreads how much more will change with them.

After his morning care routine, he eventually got dressed into his work clothes, which in itself has become more of a struggle than before. He started ordering some larger shirts a couple of weeks ago, but even those shirts burst at the seams trying to keep his belly in place. He resorted to buying “Big and Tall” branded shirts to try and keep some sort of dignity, even though he never thought he’d have to wear those types of shirts, unless he went down the route of becoming a bodybuilder. At the moment, his pants feel fine, aside from his butt and thighs feeling slightly thicker.

Yazan’s patients were starting to notice the sudden growth around his belly. “Looks like you could use some of the advice you give us, Dr Yazan!” one of his patients joked.

“Ah, well…” and just as he was about to continue, Yazan briefly gasped as one of the babies moved around the top of his stomach aggressively. The patient raised one of his eyebrows at Dr Yazan, who looked back at the patient sheepishly.

How much fucking longer, Yazan thought.

***

How much fucking longer, Mike thought. Yazan hadn’t replied to his message for weeks at this point, and he was getting more nervous that something had gone terribly wrong for Yazan. All Mike wanted to do was check that Yazan was alive, and that if he was pregnant for some miraculous reason, he was okay.

One lazy Thursday evening after a day at the research lab at the university, Mike got a reply back from Yazan.

Hey, sorry for not replying sooner. Some things have popped up recently… Are you free for a chat soon?

Mike immediately leapt at the message. He got a video call request from Yazan, and with a deep breath swiped to accept the call. Mike saw Yazan in a white singlet that appeared tighter than usual. However, he could only see from the chest up.

“Hello there, stranger.” Mike tried to say suavely.

“Hello. Let me just start by saying that I don’t know what is really happening, but…”

(picture by @bigmpregnm)

Yazan swapped the camera around to show him standing in front of his bathroom mirror. Mike’s eyes bulged when he saw what he could only describe as a gigantic belly that is barely covered by his super tight white singlet. He had only seen these sizes when he was helping women carrying multiples. But there’s no way -

“... there are four in here.”

“Wh-what?”

“You heard me. FOUR! I have either four humans, or four fucking aliens, growing inside me. You better tell me what’s going on!”

Mike was genuinely speechless. His experiment was not meant to work. The hormones shouldn’t be lasting this long, let alone remain strong enough to sustain a pregnancy. Multiples? It should be impossible. And yet, here he was looking at a man that he had a one night stand with, carrying quadruplets. “D-Do you know how far along you are?”

“According to my friend Randy, I should be about half-way now, so I guess around 22 or 23 weeks?”

“Normally for quadruplets, ‘full-term’ is really around 28 weeks, so I guess you won’t be carrying them for much longer?”

“Are those really your words of support?”

“Sorry… Do you reckon you could come back to Australia? I want to check that you, and the babies, are healthy.”

Plus maybe write up some detailed observations for the next paper - for good measure - Mike thought.

“Do you think I’m really going to be cleared to fly in my condition?”

“Bring your friend Randy. He’s a doctor, get him to medically clear you.”

“Are you crazy?!”

“Clearly I am, because a man shouldn’t be pregnant, and yet here you are, so I might as well keep on going and see it in the flesh.”

Yazan chuckled, but it cut short with a jab at his side from one of the babies. He brought the camera down to show the ripples across the belly. Mike was mesmerised. He did that to the hottest male doctor from the United States.

“Look, I’ll think about it and let you know, alright?”

“Thanks, Yazan. But please, don’t be a stranger...”

“Alright, Mike. Chat soon.”

***

Randy was walking through the hospital wards when he decided to slip by Yazan’s office. He couldn’t quite believe it when he did the ultrasound of Yazan’s belly. Four babies? How was this even possible? Is Yazan intersex? Is this an ectopic pregnancy? Surely the pregnancy would not be viable beyond the first trimester, yet he’s now about 24 weeks along based on when he went to the conference in Sydney?

All these thoughts were swirling around in his head, but there was one thought that kept springing to mind: I want to be there for him.

Randy has always wanted kids for as long as he could remember. When he realised he was gay as a teen, it was one of the first things he worried about in the process of telling friends and eventually his family. How would he become a father?

Yazan being pregnant - weird as it was to say out loud - gives Randy an option. He had no idea whether Yazan wanted to keep the kids or give them up for adoption. If he says he doesn’t want them, Randy was more than ready to become the four babies’ father.

Randy got to Yazan’s office and knocked.

“Come in!”

Randy walked in and saw Yazan leaning against a bench. He was wearing one of the last sweaters that could stretch tightly across his bump. There was no denying that he was pregnant. He could even see his pecs look slightly perkier than before.

Maybe Yazan is intersex?

“When you’re done gawking at me, you can answer my question!” Yazan said.

“Oh, sorry Yaz! It’s just…”

“Yeah, I know, it’s pretty weird.” Yazan smirked at Randy. Randy smiled back.

Randy’s newest thought? I think I want to have kids with Yazan.

[wheelie-sick]

Explaining dysphagia

Dysphagia is simultaneously a symptom and a diagnosable condition. Most people think of it (if they think of it at all) as the choking on food disease but in reality it's much more complicated than that.

There are four categories of dysphagia: oropharyngeal, esophageal, esophagogastric, and paraesophageal

only two of those categories (oropharyngeal and esophageal) are commonly used and diagnosed so those are the main two I'll be talking about.

The diagnosis of dysphagia is a fairly complicated process involving a lot of radiological testing and things stuck up your nose and down your throat.

lost the source :(

source

the ICD 10 further divides dysphagia into unspecified, oral phase, oropharyngeal phase, pharyngeal phase, pharyngoesophageal phase, and other dysphagia which includes cervical dysphagia and neurogenic dysphagia

Oropharyngeal dysphagia

Oropharyngeal dysphagia occurs when someone has difficulty initiating a swallow. It's often accompanied by coughing, choking, feeling food stick in the throat, and nasal regurgitation. Other symptoms include frequent repetitive swallows, frequent throat clearing, a gargly voice after meals, hoarse voice, nasal speech and dysarthria, drooling, and recurrent pneumonia.

Oropharyngeal dysphagia is diagnosed with a modified barium swallow and/or a transnasal video endoscopy.

Some of the consequences of oropharyngeal dysphagia include aspiration pneumonia, upper respiratory infections, and weight loss. Common treatment includes rehabilitative swallowing exercises, botox, surgery, and/or a feeding tube.

Esophageal Dysphagia

Esophageal dysphagia is dysphagia where there is a problem with the passage of food or liquids through the esophagus between the upper and lower esophageal sphincter. Esophageal dysphagia is usually a result of abnormal motility in the esophagus or a physical obstruction to the esophagus. Symptoms of esophageal dysphagia vary depending on cause.

Motility: People with esophageal motility disorders will experience problems with swallowing both liquids and solids. Motility disorders consist of abnormal numbers of contractions in the esophagus, abnormal velocity of contractions, abnormal force of contractions, abnormal coordinated timing of contractions, or several of these simultaneously. People with esophageal motility disorders may also experience spasms or chest pain.

Obstruction: People with an esophageal obstruction will have more difficulty swallowing solids than liquids.

Some symptoms of both include pain when swallowing, the inability to swallow, sensation of food being stuck in your throat or chest, drooling, and regurgitation.

Esophageal dysphagia can be diagnosed with a barium swallow, upper endoscopy, esophageal manometry, and an endoFLIP.

Some common treatments for esophageal dysphagia include medication, esophageal dilation, surgery, stent placement, and/or a feeding tube.

Esophagogastric Dysphagia

Esophagogastric dysphagia occurs when there is a problem with material passing from the lower esophageal sphincter into the gastric fundus.

Paraesophageal Dysphagia

Paraesophageal dysphagia occurs when the esophagus is narrowed due to extrinsic compression.

The ICD 10 Classifications

Oral phase - difficulty moving food or liquid to the back of the throat

Oropharyngeal phase - difficulty initiating swallowing

Pharyngeal phase - difficulty swallowing when food or liquid is at the top of the throat

Pharyngoesophageal phase - unable to find information

Other dysphagia- cervical dysphagia (caused by problems with the cervical spine) or neurogenic dysphagia (caused by problems with the central or peripheral nervous system)

Sources

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+ some others I definitely (/sarcasm) didn't lose the link to

[love-and-deepspace-wiki]

Akso Hospital

Location: Downtown Linkon City

Clinic Number: 2122637824

"Linkon's municipal hospital, located downtown. A facility focused on medicine, research, and education. Its divisions, such as the Division of Cardiac Surgery and Division of General Surgery, are widely respected. At the forefront of healthcare, it is a world-renowned medical institute."

- Linkonopedia Entry

Details:

Okay, this is going to be a long one. Rather than try to cram everything into one huge post, I'll be splitting it up into a series of posts to sufficiently cover everything. I'll list the link menu at the bottom of this main post. But first, let's go over the general details of Akso Hospital!

Mottos:

"Akso Hospital, for a brighter future"

"For A Better Future of Life"

"Akso Hospital Cares"

Features & Facts:

It has its own Flux Stabilizer

The Akso Remote Monitor is a hospital took used for monitoring the health status of remote patients

It has a rooftop helipad with at least two rescue helicopters

Akso Hospital has at least 11 confirmed floors

The protaganist mentions a waiting area with a TV that plays movies. According to Zayne, there's also popcorn in a vending machine next to the nurse's station.

Events:

Hospital Staff's Lottery: This year, the grand prize was a hot springs trip for two. Zayne won.

Patient's Favorite Doctor: An annual public poll the hospital releases. The protaganist says the votes showed Zayne was very popular this year. The winner will be forced to appear in the hospital's promotional videos (a detail Zayne is not excited about lol)

Health Initiatives:

Zayne says the hospital has many health initiatives. But these are the ones specifically mentioned by name:

The Mindfulness Chamber: a mindfulness initiative

Get Out of Bed: an encouragement initiative

Floorplan:

At Akso Hospital, floors are denoted with a letter (possibly indicating the specific building or wing?) followed by the floor number. Rooms, offices, or defined areas on that floor are two-digit numbers. (For example, Room 2 on the fifth floor of building B would likely be written as "B6/B06, Room B02".)

Here are some Akso Hospital room locations I was able to confirm throughout the game:

Floor A8/A08:

00-03: Diagnosis Rooms

02: Division of Cardiac Surgery

04-06: Doctor's Offices

Floor A4/A04:

Reception where Yvonne works

Zayne's check up room is on floor A4

017: Radiotherapy

Link Menu:

Cafeteria

Division of General Surgery

Division of Cardiac Surgery

Division of Evol and Protocore Medical Technology

Emergency Room

Evol-Cardiac Medical Research Lab

Garden

Neurology and Sleep Center

Pediatrics & Pediatric Ward

Public Relations Division

Radiology

Radiotherapy

Surgery Center

(In-Game Medical Glossary)

[bumblebeerror]

Guys I’ve just stayed up till six am to listen to YouTube videos about Chernobyl and a bunch of other nuclear disasters and like. Especially the one where three guys find two small active reactors and use them to heat their campsite for the night and one where a whole family finds cesium powder inside a lead lined capsule from an abandoned hospital’s radiology wing and think it’s beautiful and share it with their friends only for it to poison them and I just. Woagh. I can feel the hyperfixation forming.

[ashleywool]

health update/diatribe/infodump BUT THERE'S A CAT VIDEO AT THE END

Dearest reader: This should be a simple health update, but instead, it's an obnoxiously detailed info-dump written by the kind of person who knows more than most people about American health insurance but is still surprised at how it continues to find new and innovative ways to suck. If this is not the type of thing your brain or nervous system wants to wrap itself around, I don't blame you one bit, but if it is, I hope you'll at least walk away having learned something or being at least mildly entertained. If not, feel free to

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When last we left our third-or-fourth-favorite mildly niche-famous T-list Broadway person, she was finally on the brink of getting a brain and pituitary MRI. This was supposed to happen on Friday.

But I wasn't allowed to get the MRI on Friday because Cigna's pre-authorization was still pending and there was nothing my doctor could do to escalate its urgency, nor could they withdraw the order. They couldn't do anything at all until the third-party organization that approves the pre-authorizations signed off on its medical necessity.

Look, I get it. This is an expensive and labor-intensive procedure, so they have to be thorough. I mean, sure, my doctor said it was medically necessary, and sure, they sent the additional clinical information to confirm its medically necessity, and sure, every order at every stage was marked as urgently medically necessary, and it was sent for processing on Monday, but how can they REALLY be sure it's medically necessary until my case is also reviewed by doctors who have NEVER seen me, and don't work weekends or holidays, and will get around to reviewing it at their own leisure? The folks at the radiology clinic rescheduled me in their next available spot and maintained that they'd contact me as soon as possible to fill any upcoming cancellation spots.

A ridiculous mildly annoying setback was that their next available appointment wasn't until July 26. They couldn't attempt to book me at any of the other dozens of clinics affiliated with this hospital network, because the pre-authorization is site-specific, which is like buying someone a gift card from the Starbucks on my block only to find out that they won't honor it at the Starbucks two blocks down perfectly reasonable, because I'm sure every site has differences that can't be perceived from a patient perspective.

Oh, and the existence of a pending pre-authorization prevented them from doing the MRI that day even if I'd had $8K in cash to pay out of pocket for the procedure. Which is perfectly reasonable, because why shouldn't American healthcare policy punish rich people too? I'm sure it's many flavors of unethical for one doctor to do something without the approval of another doctor even though the doctor whose approval it hangs on has NEVER SEEN ME.

One fellow in particular--I'll call him Quincy--gave me some insider info on how to prepare for the types of advocacy he's had to do in the past with this particular pre-authorization team, and which numbers to call and questions to ask. He isn't technically supposed to know this stuff and also isn't technically supposed to share it, but says he does it all the time anyway--hence why I'm keeping him anonymous. Quincy isn't his real name, but Quincy is a real one, and I took in his information like a medieval warrior selecting the choicest armor to prepare for battle the informed and fully compliant patient I strive to be.

Anyway, a few persistent phone calls later, a Cigna rep informed me that the middlemen would approve the pre-authorization for the MRI on the condition that I get the procedure done at a standalone radiology facility instead of a hospital-affiliated facility. Which is like buying someone a gift card that could only be honored at Starbucks kiosks located inside Target stores, but not at a standalone Starbucks or anywhere else in Target perfectly reasonable, I know the insurance companies don't wanna have to spend hospital prices any more than I do. So I spent a great deal of time yesterday looking up non-hospital-affiliated radiology clinics that were in-network.

I made an appointment with one clinic for Thursday. But I also made an appointment request at a different clinic for Monday morning, just in case they could see me sooner--because I knew this clinic didn't accept Medicare or Medicaid, and were therefore exempt from the requirement of third-party pre-authorization. (Pro-tip: even if you do have Medicare or Medicaid, always try to bypass pre-authorization for diagnostic procedures, especially if you have a particularly high in-network deductible--it's entirely possible that paying out of pocket for a service at an out-of-network provider could cost less than the amount you'd have to pay towards your deductible at at in-network facility. American math.)

THIS MORNING, I woke up at 8am to a phone call from the latter clinic, saying that if I sent them the doctor's prescription, they could pre-authorize the procedure and see me tomorrow. So that's what I did...and then I got an email saying that they couldn't accept a prescription for an MRI with and without contrast because they don't have contrast at that facility. Which is like finally securing a coveted reservation at an elite steakhouse only to find out they don't season their steak or even have steak sauce perfectly reasonable, because not everyone needs contrast, but I do, so that place was out.

But as far as I've been told, Thursday's appointment should go off without a hitch as long as I call EviCore (the pre-authorization middlemen) tomorrow morning to tell them all about the not-hospital that will be giving me a not-hospital-priced MRI, so that they can grant the pre-authorization at long last.

Perhaps if I plead my case and bat my eyes at them real cute-like through the phone, they'll give me some other reason why it's actually not medically necessary for me to know definitively whether or not I have a literal brain tumor I can get seen even sooner than Thursday.

FUNNY STORY THOUGH...

A couple weeks ago I was talking to a friend from church who was going through a lot of the same stuff as I was, and I was like "idk, maybe get your cortisol checked?" and lo and behold, he messaged me back a few days ago saying that he'd found a new doctor and asked him to do just that, and WITHIN A DAY his doctor ordered ALL the labs I'd fought for (serum blood cortisol, low-dose dexamethasone suppression test, 24-hour urine, saliva, etc.) AND an MRI for suspected Cushing's.

And he completed ALL OF THAT within a week.

Although he did have to suffer for quite a while before I floated the possibility of Cushing's, just like my friend Alan had to suffer for years before his own endocrinologists floated the possibility of Cushing's. Still, they both got that MRI the second it WAS floated, without a fight, and I'm genuinely happy for them.

But I can't help wondering how much quicker and easier this whole process would have been for me if I were a man. Or if I was neurotypical. Or if I still had a choice about whether or not to disclose being autistic. But mostly if I were a man.

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I'm fostering my friends' exquisite tuxedo princessfloof for a few weeks. Chevy and Tex are being very accommodating foster siblings, but she's much younger and is used to being the only pet, so naturally it took her a while to acclimate.

But there was one thing she took to immediately: the How to Dance in Ohio fidget spinner.

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[ambienangel-u]

Im so anxious im gonna be sick, did i have too many energy drinks today? Did I not eat enough? Not sleep enough? What the fuck is my issue? Nothing bad happened, I think I’m supposed to get my meds refilled tomorrow so I’ll be able to get back on track with my sleep (and I won’t go through a months supply in just under two weeks again like a dumbass) I know I’m anxious about the doctors office calling me tomorrow but all they need is some insurance information so I can go to my radiology appointments on the 13th and 14th…

They’re probably not magically canceling my zolpidem script, I’ve done this kind of appointment before, it went fine so what am I worried about?? I know that the mass on my thyroid is benign, just as it was when I had that left side thyroidectomy when I was 14. Im not worried about cancer, and thyroid cancer is super rare. Chances are I might not even have to get surgery since the goiter doesn’t obstruct any of my regular body functions yet, maybe they’ll let me start thyroid meds and just keep an eye on the hormone levels and size of the mass over time. That’s reasonable isn’t it?? Who knows, maybe when I go back on Tuesday they’ll tell me at the absolute last possible second that actually my insurance didn’t clear it and send me away to get it done in another billion months from now. It’s so funny, this was supposed to be done back in like February.

There’s nothing I have to be anxious about right now, but I feel sick, I’m scared I’ll fucking die or something, that’s funny isn’t it? Im stupid, I just want to relax and stop feeling like I’m going to throw up. I can’t even distract myself with videos or drawing or games, it’s gnawing away at my stomach and brain. I don’t feel right, I just really don’t feel right, everything feels wrong, everything feels off, but nothing is happening. I feel like I’m waiting for a bomb to explode in my house that just never goes off, but there is no bomb, it’s not the end of the world, everything is literally fine. What the fuck is my issue????

I think I need to lay off the caffeine again…I need to go back to my daily walks, I need to drink more water, I need to stop feeling like I’m going to die. I feel like I’m going to die, I feel like something bad is going to happen, I don’t want anything bad to happen.

[monopersonalspace]

Maybe somebody has some radiology, interventional radiology resources? I am going to start my module in a week and can't choose a textbook or some resource, so maybe someone could suggest which one is the best. It can be pages, youtube videos, books etc.

Will help a lot!!

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[music-oc-tournament]

OUR FIRST ROUND OF FIGHTING HAS FINISHED!

It was a close and bloodthirsty battle! While every villain here was incredible and terrifying in their own right, only 16 have survived the struggle! These 16 will be moving on, continuing the fight to be the best villain there ever was! ....The rest will probably go get coffee or something.

I'll relist our competitors below the cut, but! First I want to say that we will be having another period of propaganda! If your villain is still in the running, feel free to remind people why they should win it all! I may go back and reblog some old propaganda to refresh people, as well. Polls will start on Sunday, the 30th!

Now, on with Round TWO of the bracket!

SIDE A

POLYBIUS, NO AGE LISTED, XE/IT/SHE/THEY, AN AI VIRUS MASQUERADING AS A VIDEO GAME ASSISTANT, CREATED BY @threedeemensional

VS RAINIE, 29, SHE/HER, A FLIRTY MURDERER WITH A GRUDGE, CREATED BY @rainecloud020604

SOPHIA WYNECROSS, 17, SHE/THEY + NEOPRONOUNS, THEY ARE TRAPPING PEOPLE IN AN AMUSEMENT PARK DUE TO THE INSTRUCTIONS OF A CRUEL GOD, CREATED BY @s-ccaam-era-crepe

VS LUCE MONTAGNE, 28 (CHRONOLOGICALLY 130ISH), ANY/ALL PRONOUNS, A LESBIAN NECROMANCER WITH A PENCHANT FOR BLOOD MAGIC, CREATED BY @bleedingtooth

PRESLEY BALIK, 23, SHE/HER, A SELECTIVELY MUTE GIRLBOSS WITH A RADIOLOGY DEGREE AND A NEW JOB TORTURING ATHLETES IN A GLADIATORIAL ARENA, CREATED BY @maxiewell

VS MOTHER, 40-50ISH, SHE/HER, AN EMOTIONALLY MANIPULATIVE MOTHER TO HER PROTAGONIST, CREATED BY @skyderman

CARL DENVER, 48, HE/HIM, DESCRIBED AS A MONSTER, A MURDERER, A PARASITE BITING ITS LEECH, AND A BISEXUAL BABYGIRL, CREATED BY @kingeyelidz

VS CLUENCE, UNKNOWN AGE BUT APPEARING BETWEEN 45-55, HE/HIM, A CEO FOR AN ENTIRE CITY WHO HAS A CURSE THAT HAS REPLACED HIS BODILY FLUIDS WITH INK, CREATED BY @cassettics

SIDE B

NATHAN, 24 BUT THE PASSAGE OF TIME IS IRRELEVANT TO HIM, HE/HIM, AN IMMORTAL WHO MUST KILL IN ORDER TO REINCARNATE AND IN AN OBSESSIVE LOVE WITH ANOTHER OF HIS KIND, CREATED BY @laikacore

VS JACQUES JACQUIER, 120 YEARS OLD, PRIMARILY HE/HIM BUT ANY PRONOUNS ARE OK, A DEMON AND RIGHT HAND MAN OF THE LORD OF HELL WHO LIVES BY THE MOTTO OF "SEX, DRUGS, AND ROCK'N'ROLL", CREATED BY @wrappedinblack

VIRGROXAAN, ANY PRONOUNS (PRIMARILY SHE/IT), AGE UNKNOWN, A CORRUPTIVE BEING HELLBENT ON PLUNGING THE WORLD INTO DESPAIR AND CHAOS WITH THE INTENTION OF ENJOYING EVERY SECOND OF HUMANITY’S AGONY, CREATED BY @numberonemagolorfan

VS YUUKO NISENIWA, AGELESS (20'S PHYSICALLY), SHE/HER, A KITSUNE GIRL FROM THE OTHERWORLD WHO POSES AS A THERAPIST IN ORDER TO MISLEAD AND DISRUPT THE DREAMS OF HUMANS, CREATED BY @tlvq

SOMMNUS, 19, HE/HIM AND THEY/THEM, A HERO FROM TWO LONG LINEAGES OF IMPORTANT HEROES, WHO EVENTUALLY LEAVES AND BECOMES A VILLAIN WITH THEIR 'ROOMMATE', CREATED BY @exist101

VS ROTT, 230, HE/HIM, A COMEDIC AND SARCASTIC GUY WHO'S SECRETLY A ZOMBIE THAT FEASTS ON OTHERS TO SUSTAIN HIMSELF, CREATED BY @transsalad

RASPUTIN, AGE UNKNOWN, HE/THEY, A KENKU-ESQUE CREATURE OBSESSED WITH ACHIEVING GODHOOD, AND KILLING OTHER GODS IN THE PROCESS, CREATED BY @tiktaaliker

VS CRYPTO SYMBOL, ADULT, SHE/THEY/HE, AN AGENDER, AROMANTIC, ASEXUAL SWAG DOOFENSHMIRTZ-ESQUE VILLAIN WHO ACTS MORE EVIL THAN THEY ACTUALLY ARE, CREATED BY @element-kitten-klaws