Nursing School does funny stuff to you....

[ShimmyMeli]

ok I gained like 50 pounds this semester too ( there is another thread about weight gain)....then yesterday , I was chewing gum while taking my exam ( sometimes this helps with my stess) then toward the end of the exam the gum I was chewing turned to this mushy consistancy that was no longer gum and I started to get scared because I didn't want to choke on my exam( litterally lol) so I swallowed it..I was wondering if It's possible that I was so stressed that stress hormones and my saliva turned the gum into this strange consistancy? or was I chewing it so fast that I actually made it go past it's "gum" breaking

point? anyway this has never happened to me before.....all I Know is that nursing school is the most stressful thing I have ever had to do..don't know if my heart can handle it anymore! plus we're still waiting for our make it or break it final exam grades

[heartofgold]

What kind of gum was it? Was it Winterfresh gum? When I was in nursing school the same thing would happen to me- after chewing it for a while, it would just turn to mush, I always thought it was just bad gum.. don't know why I keapt buying the stuff.

[mysterious_one, ASN, RN]

my blood pressure was always fine, went to the doc today for a refill on my migraine meds. My blood pressure was 126/88 , still ok , I guess , but it used to be around 110/70 , always. And my final for first semester was last friday,I been off for 4 days now. I should have destressed by now, don't you think,

[srg4784]

chewing gum also causes gas, haha ......just sounds like bad gum. Happens to me sometimes with trident and orbit.

[locolorenzo22, BSN, RN]

Yeah, I've learned not to chew anything during tests, cause when I get stressed, I start smacking it really loudly. However, I have learned that you get stressed, then mark D on a question where the choices are ABC. Instructors really don't want to give you a point on those ones!