When Exactly Goes On During A 36 Hour Surgery?
About 1-3 hours of that time is taken to get the patient under general anesthesia. This may involve placing monitors for blood pressure management and big catheters for blood transfusions and administering drugs. The patient has to be put to sleep and the breathing tube placed. At the end of the surgery the patient has to wake up from the drugs and the breathing tube taken out (if this is planned).
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How Imitating the Rich Keeps You Poor
You’ve seen it before: the person who buys the latest gadget, drives the flashiest car, or flaunts designer clothes, all in an attempt to emulate the lifestyles of the rich and famous. It looks glamorous on the surface, but it’s a financial disaster waiting to happen.
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What child would you rather have?
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How One Man Lost $740,000 to Scammers Targeting His Retirement Savings – NY Times
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Emma Carey: The skydiver who survived a 14,000-foot fall – ESPN
I talked to 70 parents who raised highly successful adults: 4 things they always did when their kids were young – CNBC
How Long Does It Take to Buy a House? A Step-by-Step Guide & Average Timeline – Bigger Pockets
What Offensive Linemen Have To Do To Add, Maintain And Lose Weight – The Ringer
The road to riches is this simple: Drive a crappy car – Market Watch
The Great American Road Trip – In Mid-Century Kodachrome – Flashbak
10 Debut Novels That Are Also Their Authors’ Masterpieces – LitHub
5 Things the Smartest People Do That Make Them Super Productive (Without Destroying Their Health) – INC
12 People Reveal What It’s Like To Have Loving Parents – Ned Hardy
These things are tiny but powerful and make you feel every rumble, punch, explosion etc. It’s like being at a theme park. The effect was immediate and extreme when it comes to immersion. For under $75 my home theater experience just got a huge upgrade – Amazon
What Kind of Conversations Do Teens Want to Have? – Greater Good
The Olympian Who Is 61 Years Old—and Destroying Athletes Half Her Age – WSJ
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Visualizing the Top 10 Emerging Technologies in 2024 – Visual Capitalist
15 Shocking Statistics You’ll Wish Were Made Up – Linkiest
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The Dumping Grounds
The Dirty Details Of Being A Morbidly Obese Woman
I have been up to 800 pounds. I lost back down to 500, and then now I’m back up to 750. I am also 6’2” and pretty independent. I live alone.
This is going to be a pretty in depth explanation and I’ll be called a fat cunt or some shit, but it’s what I expect from the Internet?
I’ve never been bed bound or had to have help with hygiene. I do it myself. How do I do it? I’ll tell you.
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What Happened To The Women Of Germany After The End Of WW2?
Imagine, if you will, Berlin in 1945. The Nazi regime has fallen, but for countless German women, the nightmare was just beginning. What followed was what historians have called “the greatest phenomenon of mass rape in history.”
Now, let’s pause for a moment and consider the scale of this atrocity. We’re talking about estimates of around 2 million women raped in Germany, with 100,000 in Berlin alone. In East Prussia, Pomerania, and Silesia, at least 1.4 million women suffered this fate. These aren’t just numbers, folks. Each one represents a human life shattered.
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The Inner Thoughts Of A Person Suffering From Anorexia
I don’t know how to qualify the way I viewed myself. Days I knew I was too thin and others where I viewed myself as in need of losing weight. Small things, skin roll when sitting, bloating, skin pinching, that made me obsessed over every ounce of fat.
I don’t think I viewed myself as fat or obese, necessarily. I was aware and unaware of being thin. I knew my ribs sticked, I knew I looked I’ll. But the need, the will, the absolute triumph I felt when my weight dropped trumped everything else. This feeling mattered more to me than the consequences, I felt important, I felt good and in control.
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