Mucoid Puns

I took a bad fall about four days ago where my plant leg folded all the way behind my body (I kicked myself in the spine). The surgeon said he saw an MCL sprain and micro fractures in the Lateral Femoral Condyle. The two radiologists that read my MRI confirmed this and also said I had an ACL abnormality which was indicative of either a Grade Two partial tear or Mucoid Degeneration. The surgeon said just staying off of it should fix the problem. I am having pain every other step with my knee locking and popping most of the time. It feels very unstable when I put more than 35% of my weight on it. Do you think it needs a second opinion or would require surgery?

Hello, my wife and I are new to the world of CF parenting and our baby just got his first culture back. The culture showed light growth of non-mucoid pseudomonas. Since we got these results on a Sunday, we are left to our own imagination what this means. Can anyone provide any insight?

On a related note, we have tried to do everything to protect him from pseudomonas. We have a humidifier but it is a high-end Dyson that advertises that it kills 99.9% of bacteria including pseudomonas. Any tips?

Thank you in advance!

Hi there,

So I’m really concerned about my little boy archie. For the past few days he’s had some normal poos but also some not so normal ones with mucous mixed in. They look normally colored but not the right consistency. Also last night he vomited and so I called my vet when they opened this morning and told them about it. They asked if he was acting lethargic (to which I said not that I can tell, but it’s really hard to tell with him since he’s a pretty laid back ferret in general).They also asked if he was still eating and drinking (to which I said yes because he always has an appetite). They didn’t seem too concerned about it because he only vomited the once and is otherwise acting normal. I don’t know if anyone else has had this issue, but I would appreciate all the help I can get!

Disclaimer: I got archie from a pet store a little over a month ago and he’s about 4 months old.

I'm a 20M biomedical engineering student and have a question for everyone here that has done a colon cleanse or expelled mucoid plaque. I am determined to figure out whether mucoid plaque is real and the internet is not very clear on the details so I came up with a question that is bullshit-proof.

When you pooped out mucoid plaque, did you actually lose weight compared to the weight you were at before you took the colon cleansing solution? If so, how much?

My thought process is that, to be sure that the long ropey rubber strings people are pooping out are not just the psyllium husk and bentonite clay in the cleanser, we have to evaluate net weight loss. If there was no change in pre-cleanser weight to after you pooped everything out, then this "mucoid plaque" is just the psyllium husk and bentonite clay. If you seriously went from say 180 lbs to 160 lbs, this may be legitimate.

I'm asking because I'm extremely constipated and I have very low body fat, yet I am bloated and very heavy for my appearance. So I'd like to know if I have mucoid plaque in me.

Does dry fasting get rid of mucoid plaque or does one need water?

Hi everyone, having a rough go of it this weekend. My holland lop was a little over three months old, over 2 lbs, and my very rabbit savvy vet said that he could safely be neutered. My other bunny is female, but too young to get pregnant. Vet suggested we get him neutered now, and by the time she would be fertile, everything would be fine. They did pre surgery bloodwork, exam, and stool exam. Everything came out great, ready to go. He was a champ for the surgery, and stayed until the anesthesia had worn off. We brought him home, he was tired from the surgery, but was eating like usual and had excellently formed stools. He had a dose of metacam as well. He was sassy about taking it. We went to bed around midnight, and I got up at 8am.

He was sitting the back of his cage with his front feet in the water bowl. I already knew something was very wrong. I noticed some diarrhea on the towel he had been on, too smelly. I pulled him out of the cage to get a better look at him and dry off his feet. I gently turned him over, diarrhea all over his belly. Groan. I start cleaning him up, he was rather slack, like a ragdoll, scared me. I immediately packed him up and took him to the vet. Then doctor said I did the right thing bringing him in. His belly was a little stiff, and we made the call to have him stay for a few hours, getting saline and critical care. He was walking on the floor, and he let out some mucus filled diarrhea. He was there for about four hours, and we made the call to take him to a 24 hour care hospital with another rabbit specialist since he wasn't turning around much. He was diagnosed with mucoid enteritis. They started treating him with antibiotics as he had gotten septic. They tried to resuscitate him, but he passed away an hour later. Both vets were surprised this has happened for such a routine procedure, but said that sometimes this just happens.

I'm heartbroken. I only had him for a month and I was trying to do right by him. He had a wonderful personality and I will always love him. His bun friend seems to be doing pretty well, but I would prefer for her to have a friend.

Has anyone else experienced this after spay/neuter? I want to get her a friend, but now I'm scared to neuter a bunny and spay her. I don't know if what happened was unusual, or happens a lot. Also, is there anything to do pre op to avoid this from happening?

Here I go again on my own!

So I saved some isolatable colonies from MacConkey plates and placed 10 per LB agar plate in little mini lawns for future applications. Of course, a couple ended up having some mucoidal spread (some covering the entire plate) but the individual lawns are still defined and 3dimensional. The mucoidal spread is more one dimensional and all over the plate. Can these lawns still be used for if toothpicks are place in the center avoiding the actual contact area with the mucoidal spread? Or am I completely screwed? Lol I’ll add a picture when I’m back at the lab tomorrow

Picture. I'm IDing bacteria but I can't tell if this is shiny/mucusy enough to be considered mucoid. Just need a separate opinion.

Here is a picture of the plate with this bacteria among a species with more matte colonies. What do you think?

Phil

Hi there. I grew this in my latest swab at the clinic. Haven’t seen this one before. Anyone else know this bug and the treatment for it? Sounds pretty nasty on the internet when I look it up. Thanks!

Sudden Lee

Go post NSFW jokes somewhere else. If I can't tell my kids this joke, then it is not a DAD JOKE.

If you feel it's appropriate to share NSFW jokes with your kids, that's on you. But a real, true dad joke should work for anyone's kid.

Mods... If you exist... Please, stop this madness. Rule #6 should simply not allow NSFW or (wtf) NSFL tags. Also, remember that MINORS browse this subreddit too? Why put that in rule #6, then allow NSFW???

Please consider changing rule #6. I love this sub, but the recent influx of NSFW tagged posts that get all the upvotes, just seem wrong when there are good solid DAD jokes being overlooked because of them.

Thank you,

A Dad.

So far nobody has given me a straight answer

I'm truly entering the highest vibrational state I've been in in my life. There's a few reasons for this increase in vibrational state. The primary reason being semen retention. As well, in the past month I detoxed from two things: caffeine and mucoid plaque. If you're not aware what mucoid plaque is don't worry I'll explain that to you.

Caffeine

I've been lifting weights since I was around 16 (I'm now 26). I started early because my Dad was also heavy into weight lifting. Around 20 I started taking preworkout. I loved it since it gave me incredibly intense workouts. Now 6 years later I started to reassess whether this is conducive to my longterm health. I've always been lifting 3-5 times a week so I would be consuming this stuff very regularly along with the occasional coffee which couldn't be good for my health in the long run. Last month I decided to quit cold turkey. In the first week after quitting caffeine I experienced the lowest motivation I've ever had in my life. In one of my workouts I showed up to the gym, did one set of bench press, and left simply because I didn't have the energy to do anything else.

Now a month later without caffeine and on semen retention my workouts are absolutely insane. I'm destroying PR's in every category. It's not even close. I have no desire or need to ever consume caffeine again for my workouts. I still will have one coffee every 1-2 weeks if I take a girl out of a date or go out for coffee with my Dad. It's not a problem for me since it's become an occasion for me and not a habit.

Semen Retention

Recently in life I've started to put time values on things that I enjoy that are guilty pleasures. One of those guilty pleasures being video games. I'm not a big gamer but I do have a love for the video game Far Cry 5. In order to incorporate that into my life without it taking up too much of my time I created a system. At the end of the day after I'm done all my reading and working out I'll sit down and turn on the xbox. When I do this I'll set a timer for one hour. When that time is up I'm done gaming for the day. My limit has been reached. I've found this incredibly beneficial because it allowed me to incorporate more "play" into my life without it becoming a problem.

The main problem that you can encounter when you introduce something pleasurable in your life is that you can overindulge. Most people when they play video games they'll find themselves staying up all night or shirking off other responsibil

Well, toucan play at that game.

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Martin Freeman, and Andy Serkis.

They also play roles in Lord of the Rings.

I guess that makes them the Tolkien white guys.

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This is my first post pls don't kill me lol.

The people in the comment section is why I love this subreddit!!

Cred once again my sis wants credit lol

Keep in mind, my son is 4 years old, so everything is an original to him.

I had to work late into the evening yesterday, and he was just going to bed when I got home. I had left home for the office nearly 14 hours prior, had a long day, lots of meetings, traffic, etc.

When I walked through the door, I was exhausted, run down, and starving. My wife hugged me and asked how my day was, and I replied, "Done. It was a good day, but has got me exhausted. I just want to grab a bite and go to bed. I'm hungry."

From my son's bedroom, I hear him shout, "Hi Hungry! Nice to meet you!"

Not only did it make me laugh, but I completely forgot about how hungry and tired I was. I went to his bedroom, and we laughed together about it. It was exactly what I needed.

Edit: Thanks for all the awards, kind strangers! I'll let my son know y'all enjoyed his joke too!

I heard parents named their children lance a lot.

First post please don't kill me

Edit: i went to sleep and now my inbox is dead, thank you kind strangers for the awards!

..... Will get a reward.

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