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Comments (16)
And they're getting a shot ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by SilverBubble | November 29, 2005 8:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
And they're getting a shot in the ass because...?
Look, we women already have serious issues with our weight. Please don't tell us we are too fat for the needle.
1. Posted by SilverBubble | November 29, 2005 8:18 PM |
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Posted on November 29, 2005 20:18
2. Posted by chad | November 29, 2005 8:21 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I blame Sir Mix-a-Lot for this sad state of affairs, just when women were really getting into herion chic he came alomg and blew it.
2. Posted by chad | November 29, 2005 8:21 PM |
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Posted on November 29, 2005 20:21
3. Posted by Jay | November 29, 2005 8:35 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Have you seen the needle they're building for Michael Moore?
http://www.sunsetcities.com/hotelreservations/las-vegas/stratosphere/strato-photos.html
3. Posted by Jay | November 29, 2005 8:35 PM |
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Posted on November 29, 2005 20:35
4. Posted by BoDiddly | November 29, 2005 8:55 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
SilverBubble,
The short answer to "why there?" is that that's the proper place for bigger doses of medicine, medicine that is inflammatory to the tissue, or medicine that's particularly viscous.
At the same time, though, the proper injection site is at the top of the gluteus maximus, not too far below the waistline, a place where not a whole lot of fat is deposited.
The study doesn't make much sense in that light. I don't know of anyone with proper medical training who would put an injection into the fatty part of the buttocks.
4. Posted by BoDiddly | November 29, 2005 8:55 PM |
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Posted on November 29, 2005 20:55
5. Posted by Randy | November 29, 2005 8:56 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
That is absolutely horrible...on many levels. The visuals are ... ::: shudder :::
5. Posted by Randy | November 29, 2005 8:56 PM |
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Posted on November 29, 2005 20:56
6. Posted by jmaster | November 29, 2005 9:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Kevin,
This is an ideal candidate for what could be the blogospheres first “reverse caption” contest.
Just challenge Wizbang’s readers to find an appropriate photo to illustrate this blog post……
6. Posted by jmaster | November 29, 2005 9:19 PM |
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Posted on November 29, 2005 21:19
7. Posted by McGehee | November 29, 2005 11:30 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Just challenge Wizbang’s readers to find an appropriate photo to illustrate this blog post……
No.
Please, dear God, NO!
7. Posted by McGehee | November 29, 2005 11:30 PM |
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Posted on November 29, 2005 23:30
8. Posted by jmaster | November 29, 2005 11:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Come on McGehee, where's your sense of adventure?
Do you not trust the Wizbang crowd for entertaining and occasionally insightful blathering?
Vive la libertarian!!!!
8. Posted by jmaster | November 29, 2005 11:42 PM |
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Posted on November 29, 2005 23:42
9. Posted by tee bee | November 30, 2005 12:59 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
That's what you want to hear:
Doctor: Bend over, this will hurt a little.
Patient: [bends over]
Doctor: ...
Patient: ...
Doctor: Nurse, get me the big needle.
9. Posted by tee bee | November 30, 2005 12:59 AM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 00:59
10. Posted by Kin | November 30, 2005 4:29 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
One of my neighbors had a heart attack and died, because he was exceptionally overweight and the EMTs didn't have a need long enough to reach his heart to inject it with adreneline.
10. Posted by Kin | November 30, 2005 4:29 AM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 04:29
11. Posted by mark m | November 30, 2005 6:53 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I watched a show where the docs had to do some kind of gastric bypass on a large large gal (not sure what her GVW was) and they had to cut through 6 or 8 inches of goo to get to the goo they needed to bypass (looked to me the attatched her throat to her anii). Um...I don't know the length of the needles used.
11. Posted by mark m | November 30, 2005 6:53 AM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 06:53
12. Posted by Taz | November 30, 2005 7:54 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's not just needles, all of the equipment in health care has to be supersized. Have you seen the new wheelchairs that are "bariatric", which means oversized load in medical jargon.
The operating room tables have to have a max load weight of minimum 500 pounds; CT scanners min 350 pounds & that's the old models.
It's sad.
12. Posted by Taz | November 30, 2005 7:54 AM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 07:54
13. Posted by BoDiddly | November 30, 2005 8:43 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Kin,
EMTs don't inject adrenaline directly into the heart. Somebody's been watchin' too many movies.
13. Posted by BoDiddly | November 30, 2005 8:43 AM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 08:43
14. Posted by McGehee | November 30, 2005 8:58 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Come on McGehee, where's your sense of adventure?
If I want to look at pictures of supersized glutei, I can use my digital camera and a couple of mirrors and make my own, thank you very much.
14. Posted by McGehee | November 30, 2005 8:58 AM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 08:58
15. Posted by McGehee | November 30, 2005 8:59 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Vive la libertarian!!!!
Is that French for, "Does this political philosophy make my ass look fat?"
15. Posted by McGehee | November 30, 2005 8:59 AM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 08:59
16. Posted by abc | November 30, 2005 10:53 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"...whose rears were examined after ..."
There's a good job.
16. Posted by abc | November 30, 2005 10:53 AM |
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Posted on November 30, 2005 10:53