#mod doxi

[romance-n-sex-repulsed-aroace]

Some sleep themed memes for you bc I’m tired (was gonna make more but I’m tired)

[aspec-is-amazing]

[aspec-label-dispenser]

[clean-shitposts]

Shoutout to all my lovely followers on this fine day.

[oxigenders]

Could i get one thats mostly libramasc, alittle trans boy with some pangender in there?

ok so. the dulled blues are for libramasc and the green is a mix of blue and yellow bc i associate pangender with yellow

i suggest loxyigender as a name

[romance-n-sex-repulsed-aroace]

[aspec-is-amazing]

shoutout to afamilials!! it sucks how ubiquitous the expectations to like family and familial bonds is, and also how forgotten you are in the community. you dont deserve to be forgotten! your needs are impmortant!

[sadmod]

Doxie Game Dachshund Maze Game Fun Pet Games Mod Apk 1.0

Doxie Game Dachshund Maze Game Fun Pet Games Mod Apk 1.0

[mod2amaryllis]

mod i seek your vet tech wisdom. i have a friend whos dog (a doxie, specifically) is VERY overweight. I dont know how to bring up this dogs health without sounding fatphobic. Do u have any tips?

i can't really give advice on how not to sound fatphobic, because a lotta people are just gonna anthropomorphize the issue no matter what you do. calling out an animal's obesity is definitely NOT FUCKING FATPHOBIC, for the record.

dachshunds already deal with a litany of health problems that are exacerbated by obesity. back problems and arthritis particularly. your friend's also flirting with diabetes, which is a very expensive disease to treat between constant bloodwork, insulin, needles, prescription diets...there's also hypothyroidism, pancreatitis...yeah fat animals aren't this cute harmless thing, they worry me.

the best thing would be to encourage them to go in for an exam so a VET can tell them their dog's fat and needs bloodwork to see if they're not already dealing with some of these issues.

[doctorfoxtor]

everyday is Friday the 13th when you're studying

100 days of productivity

day 13

RS/CVS

NIPPV has best effect between pH 7.25-7.35; but generally trial NIPPV before tubing unless imminent or current respiratory collapse (or other indications such as failure to protect airway)

constrictive pericarditis vs tamponade: differentiate with y-descent of JVP; this is *absent* in tamponade, but otherwise they are clinically very similar

in the absence of thromboembolic events, pts with bioprosthetic valve replacements *do not need* warfarin (low dose aspirin sufficient)

asthma ICS dose: budesonide: low dose < 400 mcg; mod dose 400-800 mcq; high dose >800 mcg

ICS dose conversion: budesonide = beclomethasone, multiply budesonide dose x2 to get fluticasone dose

Rheum/Derm

pseudoxanthoma elasticum: AR mutation in ABCC6 (ATP-binding cassette transporter) skin: cutaneous laxity + yellow papules in flexural regions; eyes: blue sclerae + peau d'orange of Bruch's membrane + retinal angioid streaks; GIT: upper GI bleed!; CVS: accelerated atherosclerosis w/ consequent IHD/CVA/PAD; rheum: demineralisation w/ reduced circulating pyrophosphate

microscopic polyangiitis and GPA cause kidney involvement with equal frequency; HSP causes IgA nephropathy with much less frequency (and much less severity)

tinea incognita = tinea corporis that has had topical steroid tx; may show florid fungal growth without characteristic tinea lesions (skin scraping w/ KOH stain is sufficient to dx)

inclusion body myositis (not to be confused with hereditary inclusion body myopathies): most common inflammatory muscle disease in adults! → sporadic, nonheritable progressive asymmetric weakening and wasting of both proximal and distal muscle groups (may mimic ALS but is a myopathy rather than a neuropathy and NCS/bloods will reflect that, eg, ↑CPK in IBM)

CNS

floaters + flashes of light = vitreous detachment

important ddx for Wernicke encephalopathy: cerebellar stroke. Do NOT forget the CT brain!

neuromyelitis optica: differentiate from MS w/ anti-NMO IgGs (such as anti-aquaporin 4 (AQP4) and anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG))

pons = horiPONStal gaze palsy

SCD: T2-weighted hyperintensity of affected areas (dorsal column, lat corticospinal tracts, spinocerebellar tracts)

Haem/Onc

Stauffer syndrome: renal cell ca associated nonmetastatic hepatobiliary dysfunction (cholestatic enzyme pattern, elevated platelets/PT, hepatosplenomegaly, NORMAL bilirubin, NO jaundice)

GIT

FAP: the second most common cause of death after colorectal cancer is duodenal cancer

Whipple's disease: tx with 1-1.5 yrs of ampicillin or cotrimoxazole or doxy+HCQS, then assess, then continue tx if necessary

Psych/Toxo

sertraline specifically is used for agoraphobia due to best cost-effect ratio; other SSRIs are second line

long-term lithium side effects: LITHIUM: Leukocytosis, Intracranial hypertension, Tremor/Teratogen, Hair loss/Hypothyroid/Hyperparathyroid, Increased Urine (N-DI), Metabolic syndrome

other than hypokalaemia, other precipitating factors for digitoxicity include hypernatraemia, hypomagnesaemia and hypothermia

Misc

bezlotoxumab → C. diff toxin B

suvratoxumab → S. aureus alpha toxin

[michelles-garden-of-evil]

Quiz: Which Desmond Hall Character Are You?

SPOILER WARNING FOR DESMOND HALL ARCS I AND II

Last week, I was going to work on finishing my next review, but then my muse pulled me aside and ordered me to write a Desmond Hall personality quiz while threatening me with a conjure doll and silver pin. Not every Desmond Hall character is in this quiz, only the ones that I thought would be the funniest to write. Enjoy!

1. You have just arrived at an ancient manor house enveloped in darkness that rests atop a sinister network of haunted caves. When you learn this, how do you react? A. Lie in bed for several days while writhing in agony. B. Accept it and keep myself busy while pining for my voodoo island home. C. Act insufferably smug, because soon the house will belong to me. D. Go search for creatures in the caves to alleviate my boredom and satisfy my compulsion to do random disturbing things. E. Barely react at all because the writers have forgotten that I have a personality. F. Swan around while talking to myself about how the manor looks like something out of a storybook. G. Wish that I could live there again, because I've been trapped in a trippy magical closet for months.

2. The daily newspaper arrives and the headline reads, "GIRL BRUTALLY MURDERED.” What is your response? A. Retreat to my bedchamber and panic loudly about how I hope no one discovers that I’m the murderer. B. Get the body buried and all evidence concealed. C. Observe a moment of silence for my former doxy, then promptly forget she ever existed. D. Cut out the photo of the victim's face, suspend it from a papier-mâché gallows tree, and display it prominently in the foyer. E. Feel moderately concerned for my safety, but not too much. My ghost boyfriend will protect me...maybe. F. Scheme to blackmail the killer into marrying me. G. Wonder, "Was that my brother again?"

3. Your hobbies include: A. Moping around the manor house in fancy suits and contorting my face as though trying unsuccessfully to relieve myself. B. Reciting dramatic monologues with bits of scenery caught between my teeth! C. Plotting murder, robbery, and the corruption of young maidens while sipping sherry. D. I wander. I visit. I'm here and there. I'm a kind of ghost of Desmond Hall. E. I used to enjoy rebelling, flouncing, and bickering, but I've lost my taste for those. Now I prefer hanging out with old people in a cottage that smells of strange spices. F. Talking to and stroking my sweet little snake. (By which I mean "reptile with no legs and a forked tongue." Get your mind out of the gutter.) G. Necromancy.

4. Your favorite foods include: A. Bubbly eggs cooked in champagne. Definitely not kippers. B. The cuisine of my native island, before the evil of THE DEVIL JACQUES ELOI DES MONDES made all the plants poisonous and killed all the animals! C. My spouse's hors d'oeuvres--but only when I don't have to eat them off the floor. D. Sugar, strawberries and cream, and the very best...*checks Teleprompter*...butter. E. Muffins laced with magical herbs. F. The delicious misery of the man who tried to strangle me and of all the other women who want him. G. I don't eat anymore. I'm a ghost. Food passes right through me--literally.

5. What turns you on? A. A lover who is unpredictable but not murderously crazy, and who likes to wear lacy nighties. B. I would not know! I have not felt those urges in three hundred years! C. Money. D. Anyone from my preferred gender who actually wants to spend time with me. E. A ghost who behaves like Edward Cullen. F. Jean Paul Desmond! He is the sexiest male character in the history of television. G. Submission and unquestioning devotion. Also, lesbians.

6. What is your signature look? A. Highly flattering mod suits combined with an unflattering combover. B. A long black Victorian dress. C. A stodgy gray/green suit, which is probably in desperate need of Febreze after being worn three days in a row. D. Turtlenecks. E. Bleached blonde hair and faddish early ‘70s fashions. F. Long pointed fingernails, false eyelashes, and a creepy grin. G. I once hung from the ceiling with my shirt torn open. Does that count?

7. Everyone has a skeleton in their closet. What is yours? A. Although I want to reach out and help the beautiful young women who come to me, instead my hands reach out to kill! B. I single-handedly cursed my employer's family by signing his grandfather’s (misspelled) name on a pledge to the Dark Lord. C. I am a black widower. D. I used to participate in necromancy rituals with my dear cousin. E. I stole a piece of my mother's jewelry and sold it at a pawn shop. F. I am a priestess of the Serpent God. G. Funny you should mention skeletons. My closet has a literal one hanging in it.

8. If you had to guess, which of these personages were you most likely in a past life? A. A freebooter possessed by the Devil. B. Myself. C. Henry Seewald--who looks exactly like a toddler version of me--transported back in time via the 49th hexagram. D. Someone named Claude. E. A young girl sacrificed by a priestess who looked like my mother. F. Ophelia, if she were real. G. My great-uncle with the same first name as me, who was allegedly disowned for being a poet.

9. Your favorite Dark Shadows character is: A. Barnabas Collins. B. Magda Rakosi. C. Nicholas Blair. D. David Collins. E. Carolyn Stoddard. F. Angelique Bouchard. G. Quentin Collins.

10. What from 1970 Dark Shadows do you believe was most likely inspired by Strange Paradise? A. The character of Judah Zachery, who is highly reminiscent of THE DEVIL JACQUES ELOI DES MONDES. B. The use of a retcon to completely change Angelique's backstory. C. The name Desmond Collins. D. The implied reincarnation in the Summer of '70 arc that (sadly) never got explored as much as it should have been. E. The subplot about Quentin falling in love with Daphne's ghost. F. The Leviathan cult's use of snake iconography. G. The carousel in Tad and Carrie's playroom.

If you answered mostly A, you are Jean Paul Desmond, richest man in the world and master of Desmond Hall. Tall, dark, and incredibly handsome in spite of his receding hairline, Jean Paul is the victim of two self-imposed curses, one of which causes him to strangle people when the Mark of Death appears on his hand (which is totally not a reflection of some repressed or hidden part of his personality, having formerly displayed megalomania and control freak tendencies on his island). When not under the effects of this curse, he is the living embodiment of charm and sweetness and attracts would-be partners like moths to a flame. Logically, the same must be true about you, because online personality quizzes are never wrong. ;)

If you answered mostly B, you are Raxl, daughter of the Priestess of the Serpent and winner of the Canadian 1969 and 1970 scenery-chewing contests. Far older than she looks, the Desmond family’s housekeeper may not be as loyal as she appears, depending on the whims of whomever wrote the plot outline for the final arc. She is an expert on all things occult and supernatural, from tarot cards to the Egyptian Key. Even after her retcon, she is awesome.

If you answered mostly C, you are Laslo Thaxton, husband of Ada (Desmond) Thaxton and master of Desmond Hall in the absence of Jean Paul and Philip. I would say that you are an unscrupulous, greedy Devil-worshiper like Laslo, but I’ve always hated those personality quizzes that make moral judgments about people just because they share some traits in common with the villain. Therefore, I’m just going to assume that you are most likely a decent person who only got Laslo because you happen to love money and Nicholas Blair.

If you answered mostly D, you are Cort Desmond, twenty-something cousin of Jean Paul and Philip. Eccentric and erratic but oh-so-adorable, Cort is a polarizing character loved by some fans for his good looks and (often unintentionally) funny lines, but hated by others for being somewhat of a spoiled brat. Like Hamlet whom he idolizes, he seeks justice for the death of his father, along with the inheritance his Dear Stepfather Laslo wants to steal from him.

If you answered mostly E, you are Holly Marshall--or, rather, what Holly has become since her creator Ian Martin left the show. Formerly a spitfire with a high IQ, a low boiling point, and a love for outdated slang, Holly has become a shell of her former self under the new writers. She spends more time unconscious and hypnotized than not; when she is conscious, she wastes her time pining after an unsuitable love interest who treats her like Edward treats Bella in Twilight. I hope this doesn’t describe you, because, if it does, you should seek help. Don’t be like Desmond Hall-era Holly!

If you answered mostly F, you are Agatha Pruitt, a young seamstress obsessed with Jean Paul. While the master of Desmond Hall has attracted many suitors, none are as strange or disturbing as Agatha, who blackmails him into letting her live at Desmond Hall after his failed murder attempt and proceeds to wreak havoc there along with the Serpent God (who may or may not be Raxl’s Great Serpent) whom she worships.

Finally, if you answered mostly G, you are Jean Paul’s brother, Philip Desmond (not to be confused with his cousin Philip Desmond, or either of the two Philippes des Mondes). A secretive figure largely mysterious even to his own brother, the handsome Philip dabbles in the dark arts and other mysteries, which ultimately leads to his disappearance into the caves beneath Desmondton and reappearance as a ghost. His character alignment is unclear--he may be evil, or just chaotic neutral--but one thing is clear: whoever messes with Philip has the Devil to pay.

[curly-snoot]

today, Booker went to the vet and received a cytopoint injection, a thorough ear cleaning and medicating of those ears, and then a first dose of doxy for potential kennel cough.

and a few hours after, booker had done something he hadn’t done in a few months, engaged in independent play with a soft toy, something that he can really only do if he is very comfortable

now it can be coincidence, but i have noticed this extremely strong trend in booker, when his allergies are well controlled, he demonstrates greater ability to play, lessened dog reactivity, greater ability and stamina in training, greater ability to play, and better general stamina.

this is why i am such a strong proponent of making sure that a dog is physically and mentally well and that it’s needs are met before engaging in behavior mod. it just goes back to those hierarchy of needs.

[aspec-is-amazing]

From my philosophising about it, I think the difference is mainly perception. Ultimately I think almost any (non-familial) feeling can be interprested as either romantic or platonic, it just depends on what the person experiencing the feeling feels about it. It's how you feel about the feeling rather than the feeling itself imo. Think about the colour turquoise, is it blue? Is it green? That depends on perception pretty much. Some people would be confident that it's blue, others confident thar it's green, some able to see both sides, others may define turquoise as it's own colour that's neither blue or green, etc. I think it's like that. So if as far as you're concerned a certain feeling is platonic, no matter what it may be similar to it's platonic for you. If you're confident it's romantic, it's romantic. If you're not sure, think what do you want it to be? Does thinking that it might be romantic make you uncomfy? Then it's probably platonic. Do you want it to be romantic? It may well be romantic.

Tbh this is just my opinion and it could be wrong. But that's what I think.

Whats the difference between romantic and platonic attraction?

[prudencepaccard]

so, I’m in a half dozen or so dachshund groups on Facebook

two or three are very good, a few more are okay, and then there’s................this one

it’s always been low-quality (stuff like people posting “is it true that red doxies r the meanest 1s?”, and telling someone distraught over accidentally hitting her dog with her car that she was a bad owner) but lately the mods have been extra asleep and things went to hell on that page REALLY fast

[romance-n-sex-repulsed-aroace]

Idk if this is just me but since I’m crazy levels of sex repulsed/triggered, I cannot participate in the ace community at all. I’m romance repulsed too but I am able to participate actively in the aro community, and I’m not sure if that’s because I’m just less repulsed by romance or if aros actually talk about romance less than aces talk about sex. It’s sad cuz I wish I could feel connected to the ace community as an aroace esp cuz it’s so much bigger than the aro community, but I feel super alienated from it because they keep talking about sex! Not just online but in irl groups too.

Anyways I’m dying to know how other repulsed aroaces feel. Does anyone else find ace spaces too focused on sex? Does anyone find aro spaces too focused on romance? (These are good faith questions about personal comfort levels, I don’t wanna see any hate toward either community!!)

yeah i find it difficult sometimes. for instance ive grown sick of most ace memes bc instead of relieving me they just remind me of sex

(old ask; clearing out inbox)

[aspec-is-amazing]

Happy Aplatonic Visibility Day!