Lisa Rodriguez84 said:Look, you could just grab some of those plastic or silicone trays designed for the freezer, fill them up with water, let them freeze, and boom—you’ve got ten ice cubes per tray. Of course, you’d need to go out and buy at least twenty of them, or maybe even more, and find enough space in a massive chest freezer to store them all. So, what’s the big deal?
What's wrong with those little water bags where you just pour water in, freeze them, and then you have as much ice as you want?
You can go to Walmart and pick up a pack of 216 of them 😁 😁 😁 for just a couple of bucks—like, maybe three dollars. You should probably ask the food and home decor moderator how long it would actually take to make 1,080 tiny ice spheres... I've tried to push that thought out of my head already...😬
Just little bits of data those sites you visit leave behind on your hard drive...
It doesn't even matter, honestly—just close your browser, go to Control Panel -> Internet Options, hit "Delete cookies" on that first "page," and then just reopen your browser 😉
Just log out, kill the browser, and clear your cookies in Windows—you know, via the Control Panel under Internet Options. Once those are wiped, fire up the browser again and head over to the Reddit homepage.
If you're still logged in after all that, then your computer is seriously acting possessed...😁 😁
Her general condition during the paracentesis was actually totally fine—basically the same as it always was... She’d get pretty wiped out sometimes after the procedure, but honestly, we could never tell if that was just from the hospital trips, being stuck there, the drive back home, or if it was just the effect of the drainage itself...
Later on, once she was staying in the hospital full-time, her overall condition took a bit of a dip, but I wouldn't say the procedures were making things worse 🙂
they just use a bit of local anesthetic, stick the needle in, and let the fluid drain out. depending on how much liquid is sitting in the peritoneum, it can take anywhere from a few minutes up to an hour...
I think they had to do that to my mom about 30 times...
Yeah, the whole thing with my brother is an old story 😬
There’s actually this procedure called "chemical castration." About a month and a half ago, there was a huge news cycle about it over in England—I think that might have been the first time they really made it a major talking point.
If anyone's curious, you can probably just Google what it actually entails without much trouble... 🙂
coppergardener said:hmm... well... hmm... I actually knew that... it wasn't even that I was unsure... I was just... hmm... testing you guys out (full-on serious chemistry nerd face) 😁
coppergardener said:No wayyy... my fridge is actually freezing everything (I have the dial set to 1, but it’s still like the North Pole in there), so I'm lowkey worried the chemical makeup might change or something🤣 (I know, I know, I'm just rambling here because I don't really know what I'm talking about), plus if condensation happens (and I have a bunch of stuff that needs to stay dry)... I mean, I'll just pop them in the fridge anyway😁.
Ahem, [switching into serious chemistry mode] most chemical reactions actually speed up at HIGHER temperatures—it's super rare to find ones that go faster when things get colder. So, putting pills in the fridge isn't going to speed up the chemical breakdown of heat-sensitive active ingredients at all; cooling them down can only slow that process down.
And, honestly, regarding the whole condensation thing—pills are usually in blisters, bottles, or some other pretty solid packaging. If you put them in the fridge while they're still sealed—like, closed bottles, blisters, or foil packs—nothing is going to condense inside, right? Because either there's zero moisture in the pack (like with blisters or foil), or there's a desiccant packet in there (like in a bottle).
So yeah—go for it🙂 [/serious, chemistry mode]
* - look at that vocabulary, and I haven't even finished half my coffee yet😎
coppergardener said:It isn't really a good idea to just toss them in the fridge... right?
But why not?
If you're worried about meds "contaminating" your food—or vice versa—just grab a plastic container specifically for the pills, seal it up tight, and stick it in the fridge. Simple enough...
Personally, I wouldn't even bother since they aren't going to go bad at 90 degrees—at least not the ones you're talking about—but if you want to be super extra about it, that seems like a solid workaround...🙂
Ugh... I just had a random flashback to that jerk in the Chase Bank lobby (right by the subway station near downtown Chicago) and that one time I slammed my forehead into a monument—actually left a tiny dent in the brass it was made of 😬
So, back when I was still rocking glasses, I was playing soccer with some friends at this birthday party. One of them decides to "break sides," and I’m like, "Hey, header it!" So he headers it, and I go to head the ball back—but for some totally inexplicable reason* I completely misjudge the trajectory, and the ball just slams straight into my face. My glasses. My nose. Everything...
I end up collapsing onto the grass from the impact (nothing actually broke, but my glasses got shoved DEEP into my nose 🙄 ) and all I can hear behind me is the whole group shouting, "Go check on her!" and people responding, "I can't, this is too freaking funny." Meanwhile, I'm just rolling around on the ground, half-screaming in pain and half-dying laughing...
It was brutal 🙄
* — I mean, there is a reason. I have terrible nearsightedness, so things get pretty blurry once the sun starts going down. But to actually miss the path of a soccer ball entirely? I didn't see that coming 😵