Mom is getting her knee replaced today and I ran into the anesthesiologist in the hallway and we started talking and I was like “yeah moms nervous, she’s never had surgery like this before” and he asked if I was her bio kid which was weird but I was “uh. Yeah.” And he was like “oh so she has the redhead gene” (I’m ginger, mom has dark hair and eyes and olive skin) and I was like “…. Yeah” and he was like “well redheads and pale eyed folks usually need more anesthesia because they’re more resistant to it” and I was like “oh like how redheads supposedly have a higher pain tolerance” and he said “yeah that’s true. We have to increase the dosage sometimes for redheads.” And that’s so fascinating to me???? And satisfying too considering being a redhead, but our pain doesn’t manifest in the same way?? that’s so interesting to me. Subtle differences in different races of human are so fascinating
I think, now that I consider it, this is possibly related to how poc are treated by the medical field. Their pain is often downplayed, especially when it comes to women. I wonder if we all just need extra pain killers but we’re systematically denying them to poc and then blaming them for “complaining too much” or w/e. I’m high so ignore me if I’m completely off base
I want more commentary on this
Somewhat unrelated but I’m fascinated by the different traits you have, depending on the different latitude your ancestral origins are from. The further north/south you were the paler you were due to less sunlight. Light skinned folk are more likely to tolerate lactose because historically they had to rely more on animal products during the winters. How wild is that. And dark skinned folks are more resistant to skin cancer because historically they’re used to receiving more sunlight. Is that not the wildest shit
