Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Anaphylactic Reactions, Good or Bad?

Last week I was taught how to use an Epi-pen. The Middlesex County College head nurse instructed me and all the other camp counselors. I was not very impressed by the head nurse, however she did give me a great idea for a new weight loss program. According to the nurse an anaphylactic reaction would cause anorexia in its victim. So I would like to introduce you to my new extreme diet pill Anaphyl X-35 side effects may include impeding sense of doom, full body rash and in most cases death, but we will let marketing take care of that. PLEASE NOTE: HEAD NURSES SHOULD BE ABLE TO PRONOUNCE ANXIETY PROPERLY!

6 comments:

  1. I believe the word she was looking for is neither anorexia nor anxiety, but anoxia, namely "the absence of oxygen," often synonymous with "choking to death." In anaphylactic shock, the throat may swell, causing difficultly breathing, and therefore, anoxia.

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  2. Yes anoxia makess a lot moree sense. I mean you may bee quite anxious not being able to breathe and all, but that would be the least of your problems.

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  3. On second thought:

    "anxiety, including a sense of impending doom"
    Wikipedia

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  4. While all these things may be true, you are all missing a key point. When she said anorexia, she may have ment anoxia. However I happen to know that the word she was looking for was anxiety because she was reading from an overhead (so I could she what the word really was). Mabey we should make sure head nurses can read as well.

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  5. And that golf counselors can spell?

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  6. Elon Said: "Yes anoxia . . . I mean you may bee quite anxious not being able to breathe and all, but that would be the least of your problems."
    I would like to clarify that it would also be the *Last* of your problems

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