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When I was 17 my appendix ruptured because I thought I was just having period cramps and didn’t go to the hospital so don’t tell me PMS symptoms are no big deal

this actually happened to me during my math final and i didn’t think anything of it and when i was later admitted to the hospital my math prof was asking me ‘you didn’t have to take the final! why didn’t you tell me it hurt?!?!’ and i told him i’ve had cramps worse.

he gave me 100

This is actually an extremely common occurrence simply because in sex ed they don’t teach you how to tell the difference between menstrual cramps and other more serious pains. The way to tell the difference between cramps and appendicitis is that while menstrual cramps are generalized toward the middle of the stomach below the belly button, pain from a swollen or burst appendix will start in the middle of the stomach and relocate to only the lower right side, even lower than menstrual cramps, and is a very localized pain. It also comes on extremely suddenly and will worsen over time or when you make a sudden movement, like a cough or a sneeze.

Basically, if you’re feeling any sort of pain, even if it’s menstrual cramps, don’t hesitate to tell the school nurse or a parent, or if you’re out of school and home even make a doctor’s appointment. Chances are if your cramps are that bad there’s something they can do to improve that as well.

I am boosting the shit out of that reply, because I am twenty-fucking-five years old and did not know how to tell the two pains apart

Adding another diagnostic tool! This is something we use in the ER called the rebound test. Basically, appendicitis and cramps react differently to certain things. If you’re still not sure if you have cramps or appendicitis, take two fingers and press them into your abdomen where the pain is (try repeating this on the lower right quadrant of the abdomen just to be sure.)

When you press in firmly, it will probably hurt. Here’s the test: LET GO. Does it get better or get worse? Appendicitis will immediately hurt worse when you let go. Cramps will not. Go to the ER if the rebound test makes it worse!

THE REBOUND TEST IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

My husband got sent home from the ER with a rupturing appendix. When he came back and was rushed into surgery, the surgeon was super angry – “Why didn’t anyone do the rebound test?!”

All great info, but there is another lesson to be learned here: if you’re in major pain, it’s probably important - so don’t let anyone tell you it’s not. There is a documented pattern of women who go to the ER with complaints of pain being dismissed as overreacting…when in reality women have an incredibly high tolerance for pain, to the point that some don’t even realize exactly how serious their condition is. These stories only serve to illustrate this point.

Reblog to literally save a life.

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Every time I see this..

^the women have a high pain tolerance thing…my orthopedic surgeon, the first day I met him laid me down and messed with my shoulder. At this point I had been told by doctors and another orthopedic surgeon I was overreacting and making my pain up…for months. There were days I missed class because I couldn’t get dressed. Anyways, he laid me down and messed with my shoulder. When he was done he helped me sit up, and went and sat down across the room from me. He looked me dead in the eye and said “I just dislocated your shoulder, put it back in, and you didn’t flinch. You needed surgery four months ago.” He was pissed. Seriously, don’t take major pains lightly, in the abdomen or otherwise.

I am gonna do a quick minor tweak on one of the bits above:

pain from a swollen or burst appendix will start in the middle of the stomach and relocate to only the lower right side, even lower than menstrual cramps, and is a very localized pain

Bolding original, italics mine. Because before I went on birth control in part to get rid of my cramps, I would sometimes feel pain from them in my upper thighs, which is. A bit lower than the appendix, I’m pretty sure. So I’m going to go ahead and assume it should be “lower than the uterus”.

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on this day one year ago someone sewed a fried egg to a tshirt

this is your only day to reblog this for a year

i missed my chance last year so this has been in my queue for 364 days

Okay well it’s 2:04am, September 28th, 2017. This is about to be queued for a year. I LITERALLY MISSED IT BY TWO HOURS.

For the record - the date is September 27

september 27 baby!

I’ve had this queued since 2020 (when i’m writing this right now)

future me please say that 2021 is better

thanks @skullsulker for the tag! ♡ only took me a billion years to actually do it ahdjska

rules: make a new post and spell out your url with song titles, then tag as many people as there are letters in your url. thank christ i don’t have to do my old url holy fuck. pspspsps selfship homies (only if u wanna!) @whats-amata-you @greghouse @terrence-self-ships @spideygal @salsflore @sanandthefam @lady-drakey @szayelapowo @sunstar-of-the-north @anthonyshope @aphnatasha + my irl @pheonixcawcaw

M: Miniskirt — AOA

I: I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles — The Merry Macs

N: Notice — Moe Shop

T: Terrible Things — Brick + Mortar

B: Baby Blue Shades — Bad Suns

L: Little Pistol — Mother Mother

O: Ode to the Bouncer — Studio Killers

S: Show It 2 Me — Night Club

S: Spit It Out — Softcult

O: Oleander — Mother Mother

M: My Body Is A Cage — Arcade Fire

thank you for the tag!!!

t: total insecurity by rockit music

e: everything black by unlike pluto

r: rhinestone eyes by gorillaz

r: ribs by lorde

e: enemy by imagine dragons

n: nows your chance to be a by toby fox

c: cooler than me - single mix by mike posner

e: electric love by børns

s: stronger by kanye west

e: everybody talks by neon trees

l: love, me normally by will wood

f: five nights at freddy’s by the living tombstone

s: someday by the zombies cast

h: help let me go by danny gonzalez

i: i am in love with espresso cookie and he is in love with me by lil heez

p: perfume by lovejoy

s: soft fuzzy man by lemon demon

askakjaa- i am back! my mother asked me to make some salad just as i was about to do this silly. such good timing you could say-

anyway- yesss, thanks for the tag! :D

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silly tags (no pressure, of course!): @coffeeandconfusion, @oc-x-cannon-on-main, @ninasrandomships, @spideygal, @just-slightly-unhinged, @rayverrr and whoever wanna join! :D

oh my, that’s a lot of letters to do-

here we go lol

j: Jamais Vu - BTS

u: Unfriendly Hater - 【 Meddmia feat. Hatsune Miku, KAFU 】

s: S.I.U - Miyashita Yuu

t: The Fall - Lovejoy

s: Starboy - The Weeknd

l: Louder than Bombs - BTS

i: In My Head - Derivakat

g: Genius - LSD

h: Honey - SOLAR

t: Tomboy - Destiny Rogers

l: Luna - ONEUS

y: Yoiyon Kokon - REOL

u: Usseewa - Ado

n: Non-breath Oblige - Miyashita Yuu

h: Happy Face - Jagwar Twin

i: I Burn(remix) - Jeff Williams

n: No Separation - TGCF OP, JeffChang

g: Gotta Go - Chung Ha

e: Elogia Cinerosa - Genshin OST

d: Dero - Dustcell

thank you for the tag!

tagging: @wilthered-dreams @strawberryskullz @ice-of-ender @pinkhairandpronouns and anyone else who wants to join!

BET OK (though i don’t have enough tags as letters in my name but oh well)

i: into the unknown - subnautica ost

c: cursed - lord huron

e: evelyn evelyn - evelyn evelyn

o: oh no! - marina and the diamonds

f: fire and flame - the longest johns

e: emerald star - lord huron

n: necromancin dancin - bear ghost

d: digital affection - the orion experience

e: eternal youth - rude.

r: rhiannon - faun

oooh fun thanks for the tag!

g: girlfriend is better - talking heads a: all too well (10 minute version) - taylor swift y: you spin me round (like a record) - dead or alive s: shout - tears for fears h: head over heels - tears for fears i: i can’t decide - scissor sisters p: punishment for love - bronski beat s: swimming pool - the front bottoms a: another brick in the wall - pink floyd n: need a man blues - bronski beat d: don’t you (forget about me) - simple minds a: are you gonna be my girl - jet n: new romantics - taylor swift x: no songs but does montero by lil nas x count? i: it’s nice to have a friend - taylor swift e: electric feel - mgmt t: tear you apart - she wants revenge y: you’ll be fine - palaye royale

heyy thanks for tagging me <33

t There is a light that never goes out - The Smiths

r Roddy - Djo

a A Different Age - Current Joys

s Shootout - Izzamuzzic

h Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now - The Smiths

m Me and Michael - MGMT

o Orbitron - Duster

u Unrecovery - Duster

t The Perfect Girl - Mareux

h Heart-Shaped Box - Nirvana

e Every Breath You Take - The Police

r Rue - Girl in Red

4 Fourth of July - Sufjan Stevens

even did a song for the 4 lmao

thanks for the tag! oh god tagging is gonna be a nightmare.

s - Secret for the Mad by Dodie u - Undone (The Sweater Song) by Weezer n - Not Another Song About Love by Hollywood Ending f - Friday I’m in Love by the Cure l - Lonely by Palaye Royale o - Overwhelmed by Royal & the Serpent w - Whisper by Evanescence e - Everybody Wants to Rule the World by  r - Recipe for Me by Thomas Sanders s - Serotonin by Girl in Red a - all the good girls go to hell by Billie Eilish n - Never Ending Story by Gaten Matarazzo and Gabriella Pizzolo d - Don’t You Dare Forget The Sun by Get Scared b - BETTER by Royal & the Serpent u - UH OH! by Sub Urban t - The Only Exception by Paramore t - The Ballad of Mona Lisa by Panic! At The Disco e - Enter Sandman by Metallica r - Rӓt by Penelope Scott f - Friends Go by Maggie Lindemann l - Little League by Conan Gray i - i feel everything by Amelia Moore e - Empty by boyinaband s - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These) by Eurythmics

WHY IS MY NAME SO LONG

s - sweet tooth (cavetown)

w- where do we go when we go (neck deep)

e- especially you (wallows)

e- everybody talks (neon trees)

t- transparent soul (willow)

l- line with out a hook (ricky montgomery)

a- achilles come down (gang of youths)

f- fool (cavetown)

f- freakin out on the interstate (briston maroney)

y- you are going to hate this (the frights)

t- this life i have (the wrecks)

a- alien blues (vundabar)

f- fire escape (beach bunny)

f- fool (emmett mulrooney)

y- ykwim? (yot club)

sweating. tagging 15 ppl gonna cry @frogs-and-lilypads @rotisserie5107 @axquiva @ch3rrydream @therapy-for-will-byers @imabadhabit @ummmidkhowtousethis @bloowu @bammie-the-fucking-wizard @tallysescape @tallytals @bearbunni @byerslvr @design-thoughts @arcadewheeler

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WOOOO OKAY LETS SEE

t - the king (sarah kinsley)

a - aglow (the rare occasions)

l - liquid smooth (mitski)

l - light my love (greta can fleet)

y - your man (down with webster)

t - the last day of summer (percy jackson musical)

a - anything you want (JAWNY)

l - life goes on (oliver tree)

s - stupid for you (waterparks)

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Heyo!! Thanks for the tag!

s - Shut Me Up -{Mindless Self Indulgence

c - Can’t Let Go -{Caught A Ghost

r - Rule #18 -{Fish in a Bircage

e - Entropy (2014 Original) -{Awkward Marina

a - Avatar: The Last Airbender Theme -{Samuel Kim

s - Starstruck -{The Scary Jokes

h - Hug Me -{Despicable Me 3 (Original Picture Soundtrack )

Can’t risk it

The duck of creativity. I waited so long for it.

I never reblog for things like this, but this duck is too awesome

Well-

please

yummy

I just like ducks-

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the du©k(e) of creativity

pls I can’t risk it I need to stay funny

Can’t risk this. I need my writing motivation back.

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I simply cannot risk it.