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Accelerated forgetting of a trauma event after a single dose of hydrocortisone

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Re: Accelerated forgetting of a trauma event after a single dose of hydrocortisone

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Post by moate »

fasthands9 wrote: post #46
moate wrote: post #42

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>>I'm really not an expert... A lot more people should come to this conclusion, reflect on it, and then not post whatever thought helped them come to this realization. Just go read enough to inform an opinion on the matter before sharing it.

I strongly disagree. People who are experts in field X are self-selected people who agree with the assumptions that define the field. There should not be discussion forum on the website if there is a belief that smart people (who have read plenty of books on clinical psychology and neurology) can't ask questions about something they haven't personally worked in.

>>There should not be discussion forum on the website...

I would be fine with this, but the cat's out of the bag now.

Re: Accelerated forgetting of a trauma event after a single dose of hydrocortisone

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Post by colanderman »

HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #109
colanderman wrote: post #85

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Interesting -- I recently had a similar experience (very bad wrist fracture), but they used a nerve block instead. I was conscious and it was painful, but not unbearably or traumatically so. I wonder why a nurse would choose one over the other.

Dunno. It was about 15 years ago and may have had something to do with the extent of the injury? She was 25 at the time and the orthopedic surgeon kept saying he couldn't imagine the amount of energy it took to do that much damage to such young bones. The wrist was shattered into at least 5 pieces. This is one reason we always give a shoutout to Tria Orthopedics in the Twin Cities, MN region when someone needs an ort…

Ah, mine was "only" three pieces... still the talk of the ER though :P They did insist on full anesthesia for the surgery (the fracture was unstable so I needed a plate). Glad to hear she recovered full range of motion; getting close myself.
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