Asexual Christians

[exitstageright]

Temporary high blood pressure is not called "hypertension". That is why three reading over 3 months are required to get than diagnosis. Most people have "essential hypertension" which means there isn't really a known cause. If there is a known cause, that is called secondary hypertension and we treat the cause, not the blood pressure. With essential hypertension there are lifestyle changes that can help control it....managing salt intake, getting to an ideal weight, and minimizing stress. We would also teach you how to cope better with the stressors in your life...not tell you to avoid women. And actually 130 for your systolic reading isn't considered hypertension. If it was your normal reading, then that would be prehypertensive. The diastolic number is kind of iffy but I bet that wouldn't get you labeled anything above prehypertensive with that systolic number. And if your reading was 130/90 while talking to a woman that was annoying you, I'd probably suggest that you go take a walk and come back when you had calmed down... (and guess what, you are the only one in control of "your freaking nerves")

If you get non-sexual massage in a massage parlor, as he has made frequently clear is where he gets his massages. The "deep breathing" part is the part I believe took it over the edge for me making it TMI.

What is wrong with deep breathing? When you were born,that was the first thing you did,after the doctor slapped you on your but. Besides,there is no 11th Commandment that say," Thou shall not breathe deeply."

 

[exitstageright]

I doubt that 'women like me' cause your hypertension. I thought you were a scientist and if you doubt this, ask your doctor.

Massage parlors are part of sex trades and not exactly Christian. Licensed massage therapists are medical and legitimate health professions. The difference should always be clarified no different than a illegal drug pusher and a pharmacist. Many people do not know that there is a difference.

You still doubt that I am a scientist? Well,the following is not my opinion.These are not my feelings.These are the facts. I attended a program just like this in the U.S.Navy,and at San Francisco State University. Now,this is the truth.

Information on becoming a Clinical Laboratory Scientist

What is a Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS)?

A Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) is a licensed healthcare professional who performs laboratory analyses in all departments of a clinical laboratory, using samples from the human body. The analysis is performed on body fluids such as blood, urine, sputum, stool, and body fluids such as cerebrospinal, peritoneal, pericardial and synovial fluids, as well as other specimens. The CLS provides invaluable information for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of disease, using sophisticated biomedical instruments to generate accurate and reliable test results. A CLS must interpret quality assurance parameters, troubleshoot analytical instruments and develop and modify testing methods. A CLS should be detail-oriented, with good communication skills and the ability to multitask efficiently.

Clinical Laboratory Scientists work in hospitals, private clinical labs and doctors offices, as well as research labs. Other career opportunities include working in specialty laboratories (forensics, fertility or veterinary labs), biotechnology labs, sales and marketing with biomedical supply and pharmaceutical companies, infection control (Public Health) labs. Some individuals with CLS training work with laboratory computer systems or as laboratory inspectors.


What training and licensing is required?

Licensure as a CLS in California requires a license from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Laboratory Field Services.

Required coursework: The CLS license requires a Bachelor's degree with required course work to qualify for a CLS Trainee license and entry into a training internship program. Required course work for CLS licensure includes:

• 18 semester or equivalent quarter hours of biological science
• 16 semester or equivalent quarter hours in chemistry
• Required courses in medical microbiology, hematology, immunology, analytical chemistry (quantitative analysis), biochemistry, physics (3 units incl. principles of light and electricity)
• Recommended courses in parasitology, virology, mycology, clinical chemistry

Note that these are the minimum requirements. Internship programs are highly competitive, and admission usually requires a wealth of laboratory experience, both inside and outside of university classes.

CLS internship program: The internship is one year and includes practical laboratory training as well as didactic training in all specialty areas of a State approved medical laboratory. There are 13 training programs for the CLS Generalist License located throughout the State of California. The number of trainee positions varies at each site. Some California training sites pay a stipend. Some charge tuition. There is one program in San Diego County coordinated byUCSD Medical Center and affiliates (contact Barbara Sevilla). UCSD does not pay a stipend, but also has no tuition fee requirement. Contact information for the remainder of the CLS training programs in California can be found here.

Requirements for each internship program are posted on their respective websites, or can be obtained by contacting them directly. Applicants must have completed all state-mandated coursework. Applicants are ranked using a variety of criteria that always include letters of recommendation and GPA. The minimum GPA varies from approximately 2.75 to 3.00 among programs. However, CLS internship training programs are highly competitive, and those students who do get accepted will almost always have higher GPAs than the posted minimum.

Experience in an academic or clinical laboratory is highly recommended (especially clinical). Admission to internship programs is highly competitive, and lab experience will enhance your application. Having additional laboratory classes on your classes will also increase your chances of admission.

California CLS License: After training, the candidate must pass a comprehensive national certifying examination to obtain a California CLS License. Once licensed, renewal will require 12 Continuing Education units per year.


This is the truth. Now,can you handle the truth?

 

[Sir Robbins]

^ it's probably best to keep arguments like this in PMs. Certainly threw the thread WAY OFF topic. lol

 

[blackribbon]

I have had,and have been taking medicine for hypertension since 1984.
When I was first diagnosed with hypertension,my readings were 151/100.
When I visited the tropical island of Moorea,by Tahiti,my bp was 90/60.
One time,on a cruise,my bp was 110/70. Therefore,cruising is good for my health.

By the way,if you doubt my scientific credentials,please do not take my word for it,since you do not believe anything I tell you. Why don't you just "google" "Clinical Laboratory Scientist". I do not have to google your title.Because, everybody knows what an RN does. If I did not know what I am doing,I would not get paid $49.49 per hour,which comes out to $102,939.00 per year.
Yes,I have walked away from an abusive women.Because,I would never hit a woman. But,I do feel sometimes,what Cain must have felt toward his brother. Therefore,I can control my anger.

I don't doubt your credentials but you keep posting incorrect information which requires me to correct it because others might actually think your credentials mean you are typing correct information. Did they really teach you about how to diagnosis hypertension in a Clinical Laboratory Scientist program? It isn't a lab test and can't be seen under a microscope.

The 151/100 is a number (that if it is consistently that high over a period of time) will get you the diagnosis of hypertension. I am also assuming that you are taking your medications even while on vacation so your readings are showing that the medications are working...and the 90/60 showed that maybe you were a bit dehydrated or over medicated because that isn't a "healthy" number either. If your BP isn't below 120 on a daily basis (not just on cruises), your hypertensions isn't considered "being under control" and you need to be doing more lifestyle changes or maybe taking more medications. Please follow up with your doctors.

 

[exitstageright]

^ it's probably best to keep arguments like this in PMs. Certainly threw the thread WAY OFF topic. lol

Sir Robbins,this,being off topic,usually happens in several of our threads.

 

[exitstageright]

I don't doubt your credentials but you keep posting incorrect information which requires me to correct it because others might actually think your credentials mean you are typing correct information. Did they really teach you about how to diagnosis hypertension in a Clinical Laboratory Scientist program? It isn't a lab test and can't be seen under a microscope.

The 151/100 is a number (that if it is consistently that high over a period of time) will get you the diagnosis of hypertension. I am also assuming that you are taking your medications even while on vacation so your readings are showing that the medications are working...and the 90/60 showed that maybe you were a bit dehydrated or over medicated because that isn't a "healthy" number either. If your BP isn't below 120 on a daily basis (not just on cruises), your hypertensions isn't considered "being under control" and you need to be doing more lifestyle changes or maybe taking more medications. Please follow up with your doctors.

Before I went to Lab Tech School in the Navy,I also went to Naval Hospital Corps School. We were also trained as general duty Hospital Corpsmen.We learned medical terms. We learned how to take care of patients. We learned first aid.We learned how to give injections.We learned how to give.......massages. We learned how to take vital signs. We learned about about "I and O"( Intake and output),what "PRN" means,(as needed),QID( four times a day)"H.S." (take at bed time),and other nursing notes.

When my pressure was 90/60,I was doing a lot of sleeping,as I was relaxed,with no stress. At that time,with medication,my BP was usually around 130/90. That is what is so nice about the tropical islands. I always say that God made Hawaii for our stress management.

 

[Sir Robbins]

Sir Robbins,this,being off topic,usually happens in several of our threads.

I'm well aware lol.... I have seen countless threads veer off. Oh well

 

[dayhiker]

Its very seldom that I've been part of any conversation that has stuck to one topic for more than a few comments. So I expect any conversation can wander as people react to others comments.
Anyone can say, hey, I'd like some more ideas about such and such and bring the conversation back to what their interests are. I've done that before both here and in in person conversations.

 

[AmericanSamurai]

I have the opposite problem, being a sexual Tyrannosaurus. Thought I would've calmed down at 40 but nope.

 

[blackribbon]

I have the opposite problem, being a sexual Tyrannosaurus. Thought I would've calmed down at 40 but nope.

Let me put it this way....I miss being married and no having no sex isn't what I want (though casual sex would never work for me either and sounds gross). When I get really depressed then I become emotionally numb and pushing asexual but it is more mental asexual that probably physically).

 

[blackribbon]

Before I went to Lab Tech School in the Navy,I also went to Naval Hospital Corps School. We were also trained as general duty Hospital Corpsmen.We learned medical terms. We learned how to take care of patients. We learned first aid.We learned how to give injections.We learned how to give.......massages. We learned how to take vital signs. We learned about about "I and O"( Intake and output),what "PRN" means,(as needed),QID( four times a day)"H.S." (take at bed time),and other nursing notes.

When my pressure was 90/60,I was doing a lot of sleeping,as I was relaxed,with no stress. At that time,with medication,my BP was usually around 130/90. That is what is so nice about the tropical islands. I always say that God made Hawaii for our stress management.

90/60 is low blood pressure and indicates that the person is likely dehydrated or actively bleeding somewhere...not that they are well rested or relaxed .

Do you really believe learning how to take a BP is somehow the same as recognizing its medical significance? I do not recommend that people go to Lab Techs for advice on hypertension any more than I'd send a person to a dentist for a bout of intractable diarrhea. But if you want to believe that you are an expert in hypertension and believe your erroneous information concerning hypertension, then go ahead. My concern was simply that someone else would believe your false information. At the same time, don't stick a slide in front of me and ask me to count the cocci and recognize if they are in clusters or chains (even though I did do this in class to get into nursing school (got a A)...I will trust the lab techs to do what they are trained to do and kind of hope they come to nurses and doctors for medical advice)

 

[AmericanSamurai]

You are sharp blackribbon, I hate hospitals, that's why I keep in top physical shape and eat as well as I can so that I can avoid hospitals and having to take pills, but if I were at a hospital I would want a Nurse as knowledgeable and clear-cut objective like you.

 

[blackribbon]

You are sharp blackribbon, I hate hospitals, that's why I keep in top physical shape and eat as well as I can so that I can avoid hospitals and having to take pills, but if I were at a hospital I would want a Nurse as knowledgeable and clear-cut objective like you.

Thanks. I hate hospitals too and I work there 3 days a week. I am going to have to be close to dead before I ever get admitted. Good lifestyle choices are the best way to stay out of hospitals and off medications but unfortunately, not always enough for all people. I can't seem to keep my mouth shut when I see people posting false medical advice/information though. Each person has a right to make a bad choices or be non-compliant with medical recommendations but I do want to make sure that they aren't teaching others bad info along the way.

For example: if someone has a "cure for cancer" (meaning cure for ALL cancers) run the other way...because cancer isn't just one disease and anyone who is slightly educated would know that the cure for one specific cancer might even cause another type of cancer to get worse. Everything that says it works for everything is just "snake oil" and you get what you buy.

 

[exitstageright]

90/60 is low blood pressure and indicates that the person is likely dehydrated or actively bleeding somewhere...not that they are well rested or relaxed .

Do you really believe learning how to take a BP is somehow the same as recognizing its medical significance? I do not recommend that people go to Lab Techs for advice on hypertension any more than I'd send a person to a dentist for a bout of intractable diarrhea. But if you want to believe that you are an expert in hypertension and believe your erroneous information concerning hypertension, then go ahead. My concern was simply that someone else would believe your false information. At the same time, don't stick a slide in front of me and ask me to count the cocci and recognize if they are in clusters or chains (even though I did do this in class to get into nursing school (got a A)...I will trust the lab techs to do what they are trained to do and kind of hope they come to nurses and doctors for medical advice)

Why can't I not communicate with you effectively? I never said that I am an expert on hypertension. I never even implied that I am an expert on hypertension. When I tell someone,"You are doing nothing excep raising my blood pressure",that is just an euphemism. For example,"When someone says," That noise is "driving me up the wall!".That is not literally happening. No one is going up on a real wall.Well,I know how to solve this. The next time,that I use an euphemism,I will say that I am using an euphemism.

Apparently,you just want to "bust a man's ego"(euphemism) by telling him that he is wrong. Are you aware of how fragile the male ego is? If you replace the "o",with a "g",you will get the word "egg". I was not giving out medical advice. I was not pretending to be a doctor. I am not a doctor. Now,I hope that I made myself perfectly clear,at the risk of sounding like the late Richard M.Nixon.

Men can have illogical feelings also. We men are supposed to validate a woman's feelings. But, does a man's feelings matter?
Right now,I feel, that you must get some kind of sadistic pleasure, when we christian men talk about our sexual frustrations. Because,we are not to have sex,unless we are married. Yet,marriage seems to disagree with us. We want to please GOD. Yet,at the same time,we are craving sex. Why can't you show some compassion toward us frustrated men?

 

[blackribbon]

Why can't I not communicate with you effectively? I never said that I am an expert on hypertension. I never even implied that I am an expert on hypertension. When I tell someone,"You are doing nothing except" raising my blood pressure",that is just an euphemism. For example,"When someone says," That noise is "driving me up the wall!".That is not literally happening. No one is going up on a real wall.Well,I know how to solve this. The next time,that I use an euphemism,I will say that I am using an euphemism.

Apparently,you just want to "bust a man's ego"(euphemism) by telling him that he is wrong. I was not giving out medical advice. I was not pretending to be a doctor. I am not a doctor. Now,I hope that I made myself perfectly clear.

You said that women caused your hypertension... not that we were "raising your blood pressure"...and then started spouting actual numbers and challenged what I said. That indicated a lack of knowledge and not the desire to be cute. This argument would be more believable if you posted it first before posting your resume. But I am done arguing with you as long as you don't post more medical garbage that others might believe.

 

[Rasnosauj]

Yeah, i thought the woman who wouldn't have sex with him (a-sexual) he moved on from. You know, sex aint' right if you're trying with women you're trying to move on from your ex-wife with. Gotta marry them.

 

[exitstageright]

You said that women caused your hypertension... not that we were "raising your blood pressure"...and then started spouting actual numbers and challenged what I said. That indicated a lack of knowledge and not the desire to be cute. This argument would be more believable if you posted it first before posting your resume. But I am done arguing with you as long as you don't post more medical garbage that others might believe.

Well, I am just curious. Are my feelings right? Or, are my feelings wrong?

 

[Purge187]

Why all the hatred towards women here- not just in this thread but other threads as well? If women are causing you so much trouble - and our exhibiting such bad character and personality traits - then why bother with them? Why go to so much time and trouble?

That being said, it would be interesting to get a women's perspective here...

Contrary to what our Feminized culture would dictate, criticizing certain women isn't misogyny. Give it a rest.