The only panties I don’t size up are the microfiber 360 panties from Fruit of the Loom. They are very stretchy move with me, so they don’t “dig in.” As a bonus they are also seamless. I just found them a month or so ago.

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My dad used to talk about paragoric every time there was a newborn baby in the family. Happy memories.

I might accompany my husband on a whirlwind business trip to Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria. I have to decide if I want to navigate alone for sightseeing.

Be wary of the “professional” fitters in department stores. I had one my band to be four inches smaller than I needed. She kept telling me what I was trying on was too big, so I tried one she picked out and it felt like it was cutting me in half!

It will probably show up as route entertainment at one of their races. Seriously.

Here, most cardiac patients have shorter hospital stays & do go home and then do outpatient rehab. The sternum has to begin to heal before they can do extensive exercise. The cardiologist told my husband that the “broken bone” takes longer to heal than any other aspect of the surgery. We are blessed to live in an area with great hospitals and rehabilitation programs. Following his bypass surgery, DH spent less than 24 hours in CTICU, then 2 1/2 days on cardiac intermediate care, then discharge to home. He started outpatient cardiac rehab several weeks later. For non-cardiac events, the rehab process often begins much more quickly as they aren’t waiting for bones to heal. A good deal of the time they are targeting brain function, where access to early therapy is important.

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Yes, they are different. What you’re describing is just part of what we call recovery in the US. Every patient I’m in a hospital gets appropriate nutrition, therapies and general exercise. However, hospitalization here is very short for most illnesses and procedures, so when they go home, patients still spend time recovering at home. Here, rehab is an intensive program undertaken following a hospitalization for a major event, such as a stroke, amputation, joint replacement, extensively long hospitalization or, like the OP, heart surgery. It can be inpatient, with the person staying at the rehab facility or outpatient, with the patient commuting from their own home. Rehab is a formal program with more PT, OT and ST than is an available in the hospital, and a social worker is sometimes involved as well. The purpose of it is to restore strength and function as close to the level that the patient had before their health event as possible. Patients are monitored closely by nurses, therapists and other aids, as well as electronic monitors (like heart monitors) as needed. Rehab programs last anywhere from a week to several months depending on what the patient needs, how well they progress toward their goals and what their insurance will pay for.

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People who require ICU are not appropriate rehab patients.

Yes, quadruple bypass is the correct term. What has PT said? If he’s refusing to work with them, is it possible he might be willing to work with the PT if family weren’t right there watching? It might be a good time for a coffee break. Also, what is the surgeon saying? If there are still ongoing problems with bathroom issues it might be appropriate to ask for an internal medicine or hospitalist consult. I’m sorry this is happening. ETA: The PT should be able to explain to him that if he doesn’t get moving he’s going to start loosing muscle and endurance, which will make it even harder. What usually motivates him?

That last line is a deal breaker, TBH. That’s a restriction that often is placed on convicted sex offenders.

Humanities don’t release studies like that.

There’s a qualitative difference between reading and comprehending. Following comprehension comes application and synthesis, which can happen simultaneously and over time. No one picks up The Illiad and fully comprehends it just by reading it. Studying humanities is how we a learn by doing, because thinking is doing.

It does provide a knowledge base to draw on as we navigate the difficult situations we all encounter in life, though. Knowledge of classic literature, for example, give us a reference point and a framework from which to draw on as we problem solve and express our thoughts and emotions. ETA: By way of example that most people in the US would be familiar with, whether or not they’ve studied humanities, The Little Engine That Could is referred to frequently by parents. “You can do it, just like the little engine did!” We continue to read it to every generation since it was written because it helps us understand life.

Interesting. I’ve always thought that sociology and psychology were incorporated in a thorough examination of history, literature, language and the arts. I think such a study would include the psychological and sociological aspects of those different areas of study. I do see your point about mathematics being an art, and science can be placed there as well, I think. Synthesizing all of the different is one thing that distinguishes a study of humanities from a narrower field of study.

I’m thinking that perhaps we aren’t using the same definition of “humanities,” because, at least to my recollection, psychology isn’t included as a specific subject within that designation.

Goodness, no one said that. We’re discussing the value of education for the sake of being an educated person. At least that’s what I’m discussing, anyway.

As someone from “the poor side of town,” you aren’t speaking for me or for my family and friends. Your assumptions about life goals, motivations, and concerns that are held by “these folks,” shouldn’t be universally applied. I’m sorry that you didn’t apply yourself beyond the “BS” that came into your head when you had the opportunity to study in the humanities, but that was your choice. Humanities don’t make people “superior.” They help us understand more about what it means to be human.

When we back up and look at the big picture, humanities are in the center of education history. People didn’t get “idealistic” about the humanities because education in humanities was the ideal until relatively recently. Instead, people became idealistic about STEM. Going to college/university is still a luxury for many people. We are in an educational bubble on the forum. Personally, I also physically live in an educational bubble. Again historically, people did not need to go today’s equivalent of college to get great jobs and support their families. There was a distinct difference between job training and a university education. In the US at least, that distinction has disappeared for the most part.

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Dh went beyond basic degree requirements and used electives to do further study in humanities. Today, there is less flexibility in choosing electives. You’ve actually helped make my point. Both of your points are true. There is less flexibility in choosing electives now, and people consider arts & humanities requirements to be ridiculous. The root cause of this is that our culture no longer values education for the sake of being educated. If people, and by extension our culture, placed a higher value on education for the sake of being an educated person, neither of your points would be true. ETA: I’ve never said that additional arts & humanities studies should be required. I’ve just stated the benefit of such studies. However, I’m not sure I’d be opposed to such requirements, though.

Studying arts & humanities does prepare people for jobs.