Intercerebral brain hemorrhage
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 02:30 last edited by
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 02:33 last edited by
“Hun, I have a real bad headache”
“Well take an aspirin and shut up, ya big baby”
(I’m assuming this was left untreated and not the cause of death)
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 02:33 last edited by
Mik will cook it.
(oh, and BTW, I can't use the imojis as the panel is too low on the page, and I can't move it up. Anyone else have this issue?)
Or, Mik will smoke it, fry it, bake it. serve it raw with crackers. . .
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 04:26 last edited by
No, too much water in the typical mammalian brain for smoking, baking, or frying. Not good for stir-frying either because it’s very soft like tofu and it will fall apart quickly if stir-fried. Grilling on a flat pan is a possibility but definitely not on the grill (will break apart and fall through the grill easily), though it’s hard to cook it evenly that way — it cooks quickly so you risk overcooking the outside before the heat reaches the inside. What you want to do is to quick boil it, think hotpot or shabu-shabu style, serve with your favorite mix of savory dipping sauces. The other good way to prepare it is to cook it in clear herbal broth.
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 05:29 last edited by
My niece had one of those exactly one week following birthing her first child. Baby was born on a Wednesday. I thought it would be nice to wait a few days to visit as that first week is always busy. My brother was excited to be a grandparent. My niece called her mother to come visit - and asked her to watch the baby while she took a shower. She came out of the shower and said "somethings wrong" and collapsed. Her mother called for an ambulance and then called my brother to come at once. At the hospital, the neurosurgeon said he had to operate to relieve pressure on the brain. "If not, she'll be dead in an hour." Apparently, the brain hemorrhage destroyed the complete left hemisphere of the brain and partial damage to the right. The surgeon said it was one of the worst cases he'd seen.
She lived for another 3 years with my brother spending every moment from sunset to sundown in the hospital and later the long-term care facility. She never spoke or ever indicated any response to stimuli though we thought she did have wakefulness and we even suspect there might have been a bit of awareness.
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 05:35 last edited by
Kluurs, what an awful, heartwrenching story. To go from the incredible joy of firstborn, and then within such a short amount of time, everything goes upside-down. My condolences to you, what a nightmare your family experienced. Just not fair.
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 05:51 last edited by
That’s heart-wrenching kluurs.
My mom had one burst about a decade ago. She was in the minority that came out without substantial permanent physical or mental effects. They found another one a few years later and clipped it as a preventative measure.
She had a tough recovery, but a good recovery. Can’t imagine how tough it would have been with little to no progress for years.
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 09:29 last edited by
That sounds really awful, kluurs. What a nightmare!
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 09:41 last edited by
I remember that, Kluurs. Awful.
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 10:58 last edited by
About that video:
Somehow it feels wrong to cut into a brain. I feel pain just by watching it.
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 11:51 last edited by
@kluurs , I remember that as well. What a horrible experience.
On a somewhat related note, here's what it looks like in the OR:
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 12:40 last edited by
Most of the time on an autopsy, we sliced them like meatloaf.
BTW, Ax, you scramble brains and eggs for breakfast.
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Most of the time on an autopsy, we sliced them like meatloaf.
BTW, Ax, you scramble brains and eggs for breakfast.
wrote on 27 May 2020, 12:49 last edited by@Jolly said in Intercerebral brain hemorrhage:
Most of the time on an autopsy, we sliced them like meatloaf.
Yup. Usually sagittal sections, not coronal.
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Mik will cook it.
(oh, and BTW, I can't use the imojis as the panel is too low on the page, and I can't move it up. Anyone else have this issue?)
Or, Mik will smoke it, fry it, bake it. serve it raw with crackers. . .
wrote on 27 May 2020, 13:27 last edited by@Rainman said in Intercerebral brain hemorrhage:
Mik will cook it.
(oh, and BTW, I can't use the imojis as the panel is too low on the page, and I can't move it up. Anyone else have this issue?)
Or, Mik will smoke it, fry it, bake it. serve it raw with crackers. . .
Oh, so World Redhead Day is over and it's open season on Mik again, eh?
See how YOU are.
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Most of the time on an autopsy, we sliced them like meatloaf.
BTW, Ax, you scramble brains and eggs for breakfast.
wrote on 27 May 2020, 15:38 last edited by@Jolly said in Intercerebral brain hemorrhage:
BTW, Ax, you scramble brains and eggs for breakfast.
Nah, brains are hard to come by in my neck of the woods, too precious to be mixed up with eggs and lose its authentic taste and texture in a scramble.
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 16:04 last edited by
I was offered beef brains (or was it goat brains) at a Pakistani restaurant once. I passed.
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 19:22 last edited by
Thanks for the video George. I didn't realize the hematoma would be globular and gelatinous; I expected it to be more fluid-like. Interesting.
My father-in-law died of this over 20 years ago. Went to take a nap and never woke up. As far as deaths go, you couldn't get better than that. But it was horrible for the family because he was relatively young and healthy. The autopsy revealed he had a ruptured aneurysm.
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 19:31 last edited by
When I was around 16, driving home with a friend, a car came around the corner, veered off the road, went end-over-end, and then rolled several times. We were first on the scene. One guy was thrown out of the car, and the car rolled over him. His brain was exposed and partially mushed on the ground. His brother had a broken arm plus other injuries, and kept telling us to do CPR.
Maybe that's why I find the posted video unsettling. Brings back memories. It's creepy stuff for me, but I had to watch it.And Ax, you're a sick puppy for all the recipes. haha pretend imoji pretend imoji.