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A woman says she was ignored for so long at a Las Vegas hospital that she went home and gave birth to a premature baby that later died. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...TAM&SECTION=US

Quote: Originally Posted by Malruhn Ummmm, perhaps the people that provided the alcohol that she drank. I get that. But who provided her the alcohol? Can it be proven? Is it beyond the statute of limitations at this point?

Quote: Originally Posted by erwins And I have no idea why what I wrote before would have suggested to you that there is not a clear cut-off. Fair enough. As far as the part of the column on Medicaid, I then don't know what to think. I can't believe that all or almost all Portland Oregon neurosurgeons are money-grubbers who make it impossible for the poor to get a brain operation. But despite ideas I've previously batted around,...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jahungo I'm not saying there aren't problems with this hospital, just that what you observed may well have simply been indications of an overcrowded ER, rather than any problems with the ER itself (other than, perhaps, its capacity). What I have been told by some residents of Uniontown, which may be gossip, mind you, is that the emergency room has been in sort of a vicious circle of high turnover,...

Well well well! It seems that Aunt Flo has decided to stick around for a little while. I think I'll keep track of all this so that I will have a history to show to my gyno--one goofy cycle would probably not meet the criteria for peri-menopause. Charting Aunt Flo's visits from October onward would no doubt be helpful. IIRC, my annual checkup comes due around February, so it's not like I'll charting Aunt Flo well into next...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ryda Wong, EBfCo. From articles I've read that talk to surgeons about their patient's models for the surgery, appearing like the airbrushed and surgically sculptured genitals seen in porn is a very, very common reason given for the surgery. I guess it depends on what porn. The French, Dutch and German stuff I've seen (research with male friends and colleagues, honestly!) didn't have airbrushed...

When I was in college a kid passed out drunk on his arm funny and ended up losing IIRC a couple of fingers. He had basically put his arm in a tourniquet for 8 hours before he was found. It sounds like she passed out kneeling over the toilet for 12 hours. If she was wearing jeans or other constricting pants, I can see how she might have had enough tissue death in her lower legs to need amputation.

I am absolutely certain that my phobia is PTSD related. Considering that I still get flashbacks when I encounter certain smells even, and PTSD is really common for HG survivors, it certainly is PTSD related. We have changed soaps, detergents, and deoderants so I can avoid some of my trigger smells from when I was pregnant, and there are still certain foods that I refuse to eat. So yeah, PTSD certainly plays a role. Thanks for the PM Starla! I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ellestar I don't think that there is a hard and fast reason for phobias, though. Sure, if they're a result of trauma, it's a reasonable fear, just taken to the extreme. Just like your acrophobia. It's not unreasonable to be fearful and more careful around heights, it's just that your fear response takes it to an extreme level. Therefore, even if you were to find out that, say, you rolled...

As millions sit down to Thanksgiving dinners, emergency room staffs get ready for a busy day. 'It never fails,' one doctor says. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,3792019.story