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      As a former ER tech that had to hold up a belly that size for 30 minutes for a doctor to put in femoral central lines…I feel your pain. (literally)

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        As a former sterile processing tech who had to clean the cholesterol out of reusable suction tubes…gross

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          as a non healthcare person… I’ve now lost my appetite because of all of the above. thx

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          I worked as an assistant in a plastic surgery office for a while as well, and I had to clean lipoaspirate out of the suction tube/syringe and the erlenmyer flask it was emptied into. That was still preferable to the time it got splattered on my scrubs because the surgeon emptied it into a kidney basin the first time. (The flask was my idea to prevent getting splattered again.)

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            Human body’s just chalk full of gunk. Ok this one ain’t got the squeamish so if your easily grossed out quit readin here.

            One time the OR put out a memo stating that in order to save money we would start reprocessing (cleaning/disinfecting /sterilizing) colostomy bags. Now technically this is possible, as if you can scrub something clear of visible debris and biofilm the low level sterilization fluid “should” do its job. But I’ll tell yea, that’s not a task I’d wish on anyone. I spent 45 minutes cleaning the first (and only) one we got, gagging through my N95 till my boss came in and was like “DUDE THROW THAT SHIT AWAY WE AINT DOIN THAT!”. I thanked him, stripped my PPE off, scrubbed the metaphysical crap from my being and chain-smoked till I couldn’t smell anymore. I generated a phobia of human feces that day.

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              As an ED tech, I had to clean up C diff and chemo diarrhea off patients, beds, floors, and commodes multiple times. ED boarding meant that patients that should have been admitted to hospital rooms that had a bathroom attached were stuck in the ED for hours or even days.

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    I think I see many reasons why Debby is no longer in the picture.

    Anyways, how far along, truck chief?

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    Bro, how do people get to this point‽ I fell into a fair sized windfall and laid on the couch for almost a year smoking and drinking myself into a stupor every night. And I never got even close to this!

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      After the first year you are just getting started, you will need decades of commitment and sacrifice and you’ll have to leave Debrah by the side of the road before you get there.

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        A year isn’t even enough time to give yourself proper liver disease, unless it’s acute. But then you have a better chance of straight up dying from alcohol poisoning or DUI.

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      Trucking is so bad for you. I did a couple of years and gained more weight than I care to mention. You sit in that seat for 16 hours a day. You tell yourself you’re going to eat healthy and exercise, but by the time you shut down for the night you’re exhausted. You eat a shitty carb heavy meal and sleep on it. Then you do it again.

      Really we need to let truckers do uppers again. This drug free attitude we’ve adopted just isn’t healthy! JK about that last part. Kinda

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      There’s this line in that new show I watched. The guy just gets dumped by his wife, goes like: « He needed to sit a minute…. He sat down 20 years » The scene hit like a brick

      (Can’t find it dubbed… sorry 😅 https://youtu.be/yaw5pRm364U )

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        Can I be real with you for a little? I got broken up with by the girl that got me to start working again. The moment I got into okish shape, she dipped. The ones I have met via the apps, have asked me to get back to my old self.

        I didn’t know what that means, but I am far from someone who needs advice(even though I do need to lose a few inches from my waistline). But I don’t need to be reminded! I do a good enough job of insulting myself.

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          Sorry about what you’re going through 🫂

          From what I understand you avoided the worst of it, and for that you can be proud. It’s not an easy road.

          The clip wasn’t meant as a reference to your life, but to other people who get stuck in a moment for decades.

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            It’s all good. It would be better if I hadn’t lost all the progress I made on my health. But it is getting better.

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      How old are you, or were you? Not saying there are no younger people who pack on weight, I’ve just found it’s harder to stay in shape as I get older. And if you’re not trying at all, this can happen to anyone. Course you his guy may have always been like that.

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        But that picture is real. And I’ll say it “this specific person deserves to be judged!”

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        Shit, I am judging them…

        Thanks for making me figure it out for myself.

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        Was 22 when I first got into shape, currently almost fifty and don’t judge anyone who has the ability to stick they chin out further than their belly.

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        Fuck me. Kinda glad I got back into social circles, let’s call it socialism.