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S5E18Sheldon: I have spent my whole life trying to bring order to the universe by carefully planning every moment of every day. But all my efforts, our dinner schedule, my pyjama rotation, my bowel movement spreadsheet, it’s clear now, I’ve been wasting my time.Leonard: Good. I’m taking that disgusting chart off the fridge.

Ironically the best thing this nurse did came hot on the heels of the complete failure on the part of other nurses entrusted with the care of my very ill father.Long story short-ish, even after repeated voicing of our concerns that our father hadn’t had a bowel movement since admitting (at this point nearly 3 weeks in) they REFUSED to take us seriously. We KNEW he had had a large Thanksgiving dinner just prior to admittance to the hospital but every time we expressed concerns about the lack of bowel movement we were told a wide range of excuses such as “He’s receiving bowel care, don’t worry” . Or when I stated that I hadn’t left the hospital so I was aware he had NOT had a BM, bowel care or no…. I got this ….“Well the waste is being dialysed off him” WTF?My father became increasingly delirious during this time and couldn’t say anything but “My back, my back, my back” as he moaned in AGONY. Finally after days of this my father’s belly swelled like a full term pregnancy and I demanded an xray of his bowel. When it was complete the nurse smugly showed me and stated it was empty.Later that same day we were with my dad awaiting another procedure for another issue when the nurse in charge of preparing him flipped through his chart and said “Hmmm, he hasn’t been receiving his bowel care”, mostly to herself. It was like being slapped across the face. I said “Excuse me, what did you just say?” She repeated, “He hasn’t been receiving his bowel care. The doctor has ordered it but it’s not been being done.”That was it…I left my sister and father, at a run, and headed to the Patient Liaison Office. There I told them what I had just been told…AND showed them my notes of all the repeated times we had voiced our concerns. Next thing you know, my father has been given bowel treatments….and proceeds to fill 3 bedside commodes with perfectly formed, rock hard balls of feces. It went on and on and on.Once he passed all the stool his mental status improved somewhat. His belly softened and returned to normal. His great agony stopped and they stopped with the morphine.Unfortunately they had ignored us for so long that instead of healing in the time covered by medicare,my father barely survived their neglect. Meaning when he was booted out of the hospital 3 days later, on a stretcher, we had to take him home, still confused, and keep him alive and out of the hospitable for 90 days before he could be readmitted with coverage for any reason. My sister and I destroyed our own health during that time…and have the autoimmune disease to prove it.But, anyway, that’s the most helpful thing a nurse ever said to me.I’m sure she got hell for tattling and opening up the hospital to liability …but she saved my father’s life.

Human Physiology, the one hell of an interesting topic. Maybe the most fascinating unit among the ones of 11th biology.Be it NEET or AIIMS, the ability to answer correctly comes from an overall grasp over the concepts. Just start taking a real interest in the subject matter. Everything else will follow.Whether just NCERT or beyond? You think a one-word answer would suffice! Well no, Let’s dig deep.Okay then, let’s get started.;pLong journey ahead, sit tight.We’ll discuss the unit chapter-wise!Okay, I admit. That was some silly rhyming. xDWell, getting serious from now onwards!Digestion and Absorption:- Divide the chapter within two subheadings. First learn about all the structures of the gut and then move onto their respective functions.Dental formulae of a child and an adult are different. Keep it in mind.Regular structures as ‘duct systems of liver’ and ‘TS of gut’ must be remembered. A better way to memorise them would be to draw the diagrams a number of times.The process of digestion of food is the essence of the chapter. Better write down the enzymes separately. They get confusing onwards, revise them much often.Don’t ignore the disorders. I’ll explain you why? Go through the following example:- i)Diarrhoea:- abnormal frequency of bowel movement; ii)Constipation:- irregular bowel movement; (open your NCERT). Mind the bold words!Now imagine if it’s been asked in a criss-cross question. A little absence of focus and you wouldn’t mind assigning diarrhoea to irregular, and constipation to abnormal frequency. Guess you got an idea about how NCERT can be manipulated to check your preparations.Respiration:- A relatively small chapter. But there’s much scope for concepts. You can refer to help books for Gaseous Transport portion, rest else will do fine with just NCERT.First of all, go and practice the Respiratory Volumes and Capacities. Questions are frequently asked from this section.Have a look over respiratory structures of lower organisms.Understand the Oxygen dissociation curve and the factors that affect it. Better practice some questions to get a hang of it.At last, don’t underestimate the disorders. They won’t give many hints about the answer. The moment you hear ‘cigarette smoking’; there must be a voice in your head screaming ‘emphysema.’ :pCirculation:- A decent chapter overall. NCERT would be sufficient more or less.Don’t get confused among different formed elements. Practice beforehand.Understand the concepts behind ABO blood grouping and erythroblastosis foetalis.Get a better understanding of Cardiac cycle and electrocardiograph. Take help from the other books.Coming to the diseases, don’t believe everything they show in movies; every heart complication ain’t heart attack. Cardiac arrest, heart attack and heart failure are all different from each other. :pExcretion:- You can start with NCERT. Open help book whenever needed for understanding concepts like counter current mechanism, etc. Practice the diagrams.The introductory part of NCERT is important. Ammonotelic, Uricotelic, & Ureotelic; learn the examples. Remember the excretory structures of different invertebrates.Nephron’s structure along with functions of different parts must be remembered.Glance over the mechanisms and hormones regulating kidney functions.There’s nothing much to worry about, just keep revisiting the topics once in a while.Locomotion & Movement:- Jorah Mormont of Human Physiology. No matter how hard it tries, it just wouldn’t seek the attention of the student. :p. Well, break the ritual and give it a read.The first thing you gonna study about is; yeah you just guessed it, that damn actin and myosin. Consider the structures carefully. You can’t afford to answer such questions wrong.Move to the last page and study about the joints. It’s being asked frequently.There’s basic introduction of the skeletal system. That will be easy to master.Yeah, diseases again. Go, read them.Neural control & Coordination:- The chapter is a good egg overall. You’ll need extra help to understand the Generation & Conduction of Nerve impulse.Start with neuron’s basic structure. Practice the diagram of impulse transmission at the synapse.Mechanism of impulse transmission is important. Revise it often.Remember the specific functions of different parts of the brain.Read sensory organs carefully. Structure of eye along with different layers, vision mechanism; various structures present inside the ear and their functions make some great questions.Chemical Coordination & Integration:- Well, the chapter where you gonna need to put some real efforts to get a better understanding. Go through help books but ultimately, remember the NCERT lines. Don’t wander much, there’s risk of getting lost.Practice the NCERT diagram of the pituitary. Remember the hormones group wise.Understand the action of hormones responsible for calcium and phosphate homeostasis.Read adrenal gland carefully. It has got different corticular layers along with respective hormones.You won’t get many diseases mentioned in NCERT those could be asked in the exam. So better refer to other books and try preparing a chart of them.Well, folks, that was all about how you can approach human physiology. Hope it’ll help you achieve your goal.Wish you luck for the NEET. Stay strong, prepare hard!You might wanna give it a read:- Should I stick to the NCERT for plant physiology if I am preparing for the NEET/JIPMER, or go for some extra stuff too?