Will you all still love me if I go insane in the next 19 months?

[SarahB]

Nursing school is really, really stressful. Anyone who has been through it (or med school or grad school or any other tough program knows what I mean here).

On the plus side, I'm now capable of catheterizing any of you now.

[Redstone]

1. Dunno about anyone else, but I will.

My love is never inconstant.

But regarding the catheter business? Better bring a cannon.

Redstone

[Beware the Beast Man]

2. I don't love you now.

So if you go fruity, it will be a smooth transition.

[tnlefty]

3. I was catheterized once after delivering a baby and that was

enough! Can you score any good drugs? Not that I'd want you to get into trouble or anything, but it would make the thought of being catheterized better.

Good luck and I don't think you'll go insane.

[Zuni]

21. I had a catheter when I had meningitis

they pumped so much artificial morphine in me I couldn't piss, so they did the tube

It was awful

[MrSandman]

4. Yes, as long as that...

Catheter stays in its sheath or wrapper or whatever....

[Pale Blue Dot]

5. YES.

Right now I'm just hoping I GET there in the next 19 months.

[gmoney]

13. Better be careful, Finnfan...

She may need to find someone to do her homework on. Ouch!!

[SarahB]

15. I'll just practice blood pressures and pulses.

I'm not that mean.

Usually.

[bigwillq]

6. Good luck at nursing school!

I will still love ya lots.

[Dave Reynolds]

7. About that catheter thing....

stay away from me with that, otay?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. yes if you promise me that you will

cos i already feel like i am going mad with stuff

[Blue-Jay]

9. You know what else is stressful? Culinary College, that's what.

[Beware the Beast Man]

10. I had to take a three-month "rest" after clown college.

It's cutthroat, coming up with your own facepaint style...

[Blue-Jay]

12. I heard that at Hamburger University, you can minor in "Grimace".

That's gotta be a full load.

[Marshall McClueless]

18. I majored in 'Sounding Vaguely Superior and Using Big Words'

Man, that's fatiguing.

[Dastard Stepchild]

27. Philosophy?

Welcome to DU!

[Marshall McClueless]

28. Thank you. No - it was Media.

Still don't understand it much, though. I tend to blow hot and cold on the subject, really.

[Dastard Stepchild]

29. Oh.. I was on the path to media studies in grad school..

but I took a detour and landed myself in social work.

[tigereye]

32. ya know

the map is NOT the territory, dude.

[Zuni]

20. I did that

I will never forget the long painful hours in that suit in the hot sun

But hamburglar had it worse. the kids lynched him

[CanuckAmok]

24. I hear Grimace is dating Traci Lords now. Is that true?

Cuz that's fucked-up. I don't know who I'd feel worse for.

[Zuni]

25. Grimace ditched her a while ago

heard he was shacking up with Anna Kournikova

[Marshall McClueless]

26. Nonsense.

Grimace married Sally Field in a Satanist ceremony last March in Wichita. It was a very moving experience for all concerned.

[Zuni]

30. ha!

[Beware the Beast Man]

23. I minor in Grimace every night.

[tigereye]

33. don't bother, they're here

[Marshall McClueless]

11. I'll love you.

I mean, you seem pretty low maintenance. And I don't live near you. And I'll probably never meet you. And you're just a presence on an internet board that I can choose to avoid should I so wish. That seems like the sort of love I can handle. What have I got to lose? All aboard the love train!

[Zomby Woof]

14. Holy bedpans!

Good luck, Sarah! I know you will do exceedingly well.

[CanuckAmok]

16. How will I be able to tell the difference?

[khashka]

17. Of course...

Loving you is like gravity - It would take NASA, the JPL and billions of dollars to overcome it.

But what about what's his face? Can he handle Sarahbelle on a mission?


(Done the grad school thing - a hell of a lot of work, but it can also be a lot of fun.)

Anyway, we'll stick by you when you come home tired and post bitchy posts. You are our SarahBelle!

Khash.

[SarahB]

22. He can hack it.

I'm notoriously "not a complainer", so when he hears me upset, he's always right there for me. He doesn't ask for much and does a lot for me because my schedule is tougher right now. I thought this period in my life I'd have to be incredibly strong (and I do), but it's nice to have someone who is there for me to lean on sometimes. It makes it all more bearable.

You're amazing, Khash. So damned sweet to me.

[enigmatic]

19. Absolutely!

[NightNurse]

31. Hang Tough. It's well worth the pain and sleep deprivation.

Gallerygod and I send you our sincerest wishes of support, while you navigate the shark infested waters of Nursing School.

[WCGreen]

34. My sister went through it at age 40...

Graduated as a Nurse Practitioner....

She loves it...

It's hard, but very rewarding....

It was the nurses, all the nurses, that kept me alive and kicking last year for 36 days....

Those angels of mercy prodded, pinched and coaxed me back from the land of the dead.....