The official nightshift thread....

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  • slider728
    slider728 Posts: 1,494 Member
    cindytw wrote: »
    As much as I will cry my eyes out for an animal, it will never stop me from doing the right thing and letting them go!

    +1 to that.

    Sorry to hear about the dog dying sufferlandrian. That is a lot rougher than my issues

  • cindytw
    cindytw Posts: 1,027 Member
    @LacednLace and @bethanie0825 I am up all on my own, which is why I am still here even though I am not technically on nights anymore!
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    I think we all agree, cancer blows.

    The thing about animals is they try so hard to hide their pains so as not to seem weak. Humans can be the opposite, they show pain/weakness to take advantage of the caring hearts of others.

    Working at MD Anderson all we seem to talk about is cancer.

    Although we are experimenting with a drug to help rebuild insulin producing cells. So far, it is looking pretty successful! :drinker:
  • LacednLace
    LacednLace Posts: 480 Member
    cindytw wrote: »
    LacednLace wrote: »
    Checking in. 5hrs down. 7 to go. I'm still rocking first place status on our 911 lines right now! :drinker: (And thats my way of saying cheers, of course I cant celebrate with drinks at work) Tested my cardio after shift. This morning when I got off.....was surprised at how successful it was. 60min of very light jogging (im seriously out of shape so its whats im capable of.) 5.5 laps was the jog and 1.5 laps were walking. Im pretty proud of that. My second small session of cardio before work wasn't nearly as successful. :neutral: Then again I only got 4hrs of sleep. :disappointed: Ah well. Looks like workouts after work trial run for a bit. How's everyone's night going?

    I am never as good running after work as before. Being a night owl I usually can't get going early...but that is what I suggest on paper! To go before work.

    I think I will do better going after. The endorphin's will keep me up a little longer but I noticed I was more focused, I had slightly better energy since I didnt feel groggy like I do when I wakeup, and it helps me process my shift and the bad/good of every call so I dont go to bed with nearly as many emotions. Im gonna continue to test this though.
  • slider728
    slider728 Posts: 1,494 Member
    LacednLace wrote: »
    Share....... or at least an extra for me!

    I might have enough calories for 2!

    I'd hate to be hungover driving the kids to school in the AM though.....difficult decisions :)

  • cindytw
    cindytw Posts: 1,027 Member
    lilaclovebird wrote: »
    I think we all agree, cancer blows.

    The thing about animals is they try so hard to hide their pains so as not to seem weak. Humans can be the opposite, they show pain/weakness to take advantage of the caring hearts of others.

    Working at MD Anderson all we seem to talk about is cancer.

    Although we are experimenting with a drug to help rebuild insulin producing cells. So far, it is looking pretty successful! :drinker:

    it depends, but yes. Animals are very stoic usually. People can be as well, or they can be attention seekers. Depends on the case.
  • bethanie0825
    bethanie0825 Posts: 1,494 Member
    I have that problem too. I'm groggy when I wake up and too tired after my drive home in the morning. I usually don't workout on my work days and that def needs to change.
  • LacednLace
    LacednLace Posts: 480 Member
    lilaclovebird wrote: »
    I think we all agree, cancer blows.

    The thing about animals is they try so hard to hide their pains so as not to seem weak. Humans can be the opposite, they show pain/weakness to take advantage of the caring hearts of others.

    Working at MD Anderson all we seem to talk about is cancer.

    Although we are experimenting with a drug to help rebuild insulin producing cells. So far, it is looking pretty successful! :drinker:

    That's awesome to it looking successful so far!!! And you're right, did you know studies show that a K9 will leave the owner when they know its their time to pass? I learned that when I was in middle school I think. And I've seen it so many times in action that it breaks my heart.
  • LacednLace
    LacednLace Posts: 480 Member
    slider728 wrote: »
    LacednLace wrote: »
    Share....... or at least an extra for me!

    I might have enough calories for 2!

    I'd hate to be hungover driving the kids to school in the AM though.....difficult decisions :)

    Drive them to school then go have your drinks somewhere safe. Sleep off the effects and whala, you're good to go. :wink:
  • cindytw
    cindytw Posts: 1,027 Member
    LacednLace wrote: »
    lilaclovebird wrote: »
    I think we all agree, cancer blows.

    The thing about animals is they try so hard to hide their pains so as not to seem weak. Humans can be the opposite, they show pain/weakness to take advantage of the caring hearts of others.

    Working at MD Anderson all we seem to talk about is cancer.

    Although we are experimenting with a drug to help rebuild insulin producing cells. So far, it is looking pretty successful! :drinker:

    That's awesome to it looking successful so far!!! And you're right, did you know studies show that a K9 will leave the owner when they know its their time to pass? I learned that when I was in middle school I think. And I've seen it so many times in action that it breaks my heart.

    OH I have never seen this! I have seen dogs unwilling to accept their Mommy or Daddy is gone. Staying with the body or the house.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    I have seen it go both ways.

    I have also seen one of my ferrets just lay down next to a dead member of the business. Like he just wanted to give up on life and go too. When I tried to move him he started screaming. It was the saddest thing ever. I'm tearing up just typing it. :cry:

    He ended up being okay and living for another 2 years but they had been buddies for so long.
  • cindytw
    cindytw Posts: 1,027 Member
    lilaclovebird wrote: »
    I have seen it go both ways.

    I have also seen one of my ferrets just lay down next to a dead member of the business. Like he just wanted to give up on life and go too. When I tried to move him he started screaming. It was the saddest thing ever. I'm tearing up just typing it. :cry:

    He ended up being okay and living for another 2 years but they had been buddies for so long.

    OMG how heartbreaking!
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    Happy thoughts...uhm...I'm not dead! YAY!

    I have two ferrets that I let run around all day today and they war danced and played for HOURS! :smiley:
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    Just to put things in a happier light. I just finished with checking on eleven new puppies! :smile: All healthy and doing excellent. Their mother is very gentle and very attentive and let me handle them without getting all wigged out. She is an excellent Goldendoodle mother. :+1:
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    lilaclovebird wrote: »
    I have seen it go both ways.

    I have also seen one of my ferrets just lay down next to a dead member of the business. Like he just wanted to give up on life and go too. When I tried to move him he started screaming. It was the saddest thing ever. I'm tearing up just typing it. :cry:

    He ended up being okay and living for another 2 years but they had been buddies for so long.

    Wow! That would rip your heart out.
  • LacednLace
    LacednLace Posts: 480 Member
    sufferlandrian wrote: »
    Just to put things in a happier light. I just finished with checking on eleven new puppies! :smile: All healthy and doing excellent. Their mother is very gentle and very attentive and let me handle them without getting all wigged out. She is an excellent Goldendoodle mother. :+1:

    Awwwwwwwwww. :smiley:

  • cindytw
    cindytw Posts: 1,027 Member
    edited April 2015
    sufferlandrian wrote: »
    Just to put things in a happier light. I just finished with checking on eleven new puppies! :smile: All healthy and doing excellent. Their mother is very gentle and very attentive and let me handle them without getting all wigged out. She is an excellent Goldendoodle mother. :+1:

    I can't have 2 big dogs but I would love a labradoodle or goldendoodle or mini! Such a great mix of the breeds! Thanks for the happy news!
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    edited April 2015
    @sufferlandrian ELEVEN?! Woah :o Glad everyone is healthy. Do doggy moms often get wigged out over people handling their puppies?
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    I've been bitten before but most of the time you know if that's coming so I make sure they can't get me hard. Most moms are pretty good to work with.
  • ween2414
    ween2414 Posts: 17 Member
    so fellow night shifters how do you break down your meals.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    @sufferlandrian It's good that they at least warn you. I know my dogs don't like going to the vet but they've never bitten her or even tried. They do try to hide from her, though. Tessa can get in some pretty tight spaces for a 70 pound dog. Sandi doesn't try as hard. But I think after falling out of the car she knows that vets are there to help and try not to hurt if they can help it.
  • cindytw
    cindytw Posts: 1,027 Member
    ween2414 wrote: »
    so fellow night shifters how do you break down your meals.
    I look at it as waking hours. So I nap before an overnight shift, get up at 9pm, don't eat til like 10 or 11pm, then again at 3-4am, and at 7-9am. i just log it as breakfast, lunch and diner and snacks if applicable. just shift the times


  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    ween2414 wrote: »
    so fellow night shifters how do you break down your meals.

    @ween2414 I have mine set up for one, 24-hour period broken into six 4 hour increments.
    12AM-4AM
    4AM-8AM
    8AM-12PM
    12PM-4PM
    4PM-8PM
    8PM-12AM

    I log my food in the appropriate time blocks and I typically work out in the mornings after work.
  • LacednLace
    LacednLace Posts: 480 Member
    ween2414 wrote: »
    so fellow night shifters how do you break down your meals.

    I use time frames.
    12a-6a
    6a-12p
    12p-6p
    6p-12a

    And a new tab im using is "supplements" since a pre-workout I tried recently has 5 calories and 1 carb per scoop and even daily vitamins sometimes have nutritional values.
  • LacednLace
    LacednLace Posts: 480 Member
    ween2414 wrote: »
    so fellow night shifters how do you break down your meals.

    I use time frames.
    12a-6a
    6a-12p
    12p-6p
    6p-12a

    And a new tab im using is "supplements" since a pre-workout I tried recently has 5 calories and 1 carb per scoop and even daily vitamins sometimes have nutritional values.
  • MadDogManor
    MadDogManor Posts: 1,529 Member
    I log meals same as lilaclovebird. But I'm having a hard time finding a balance btwn sleep, exercise, and family chores.
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    I log like Lilaclovebird also.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    @MadDogManor and @sufferlandrian I only log that way NOW because one of you suggested it. So, thank you! It has made logging SO much easier for me. :smiley::drinker:
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
    lilaclovebird wrote: »
    ween2414 wrote: »
    so fellow night shifters how do you break down your meals.

    @ween2414 I have mine set up for one, 24-hour period broken into six 4 hour increments.
    12AM-4AM
    4AM-8AM
    8AM-12PM
    12PM-4PM
    4PM-8PM
    8PM-12AM

    I log my food in the appropriate time blocks and I typically work out in the mornings after work.

    This is how I label my meals
    Breakfast
    2nd Breakfast
    Elevenses
    Luncheon
    Afternoon Tea
    Dinner & Supper

    I also too work out in the mornings after work.
  • WildcatMom82
    WildcatMom82 Posts: 564 Member
    Buuuuuusy night in the blood bank! I'm not nearly as tired as expected, our soccer game was at 1 PM yesterday so I slept 3 hours, went to soccer, then slept something like 3-4 more. I'm currently training for a half in July so I've been running when I wake up in the evening. When I get home I have to take my kids to school/daycare, then I go to bed, get up and make dinner, go workout

    I haven't logged in something like 4 days :( It was lab week and the break room was full of ice cream and chocolate and other various bad for you things. Thankfully it's almost all gone now!

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