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Alice, 1 month ago to random

These pharmaceutical jingles are absolute bangers. I don’t have psoriasis, arthritis, or Crohn's disease, but I’m still going to talk to my doctor about Skyrizi because I WANT it and the FOMO is unbearable.

tayfonay, 1 month ago to random

Someone sent me a “friendly reminder” email about work I’m supposed to do on Saturday at 9:48 am

That 70S Show Lol GIF by Peacock

tayfonay, 1 month ago to random

I asked my 82 year old mom the bear meme question and without skipping a beat she said bear

baldur, 1 month ago to random

The flip side to “Europeans are lazy and don’t work hard” is that we’re able to maintain a modern society with a high standard of living while still being able to spend time with our families. And why kill yourself through overwork when most of the rewards go to somebody else, anyway?

farah, 1 month ago to random

Let’s do “which blue state I can move to without selling one of my kidneys” challenge

StefanThinks, 1 month ago to random

I always felt like they came up with the name "Grey's Anatomy" first, then reverse-engineered the show's concept based on that.

RickiTarr, 1 month ago to random

But...but that's a female lion...so...

the_etrain, 1 month ago to random

furiously taking notes about moisturizers

tayfonay, 1 month ago to random

Book rec: Selling the Dream.

Deep dive into the MLM industry 😳

tayfonay, 1 month ago to random

One account I miss from Xitter is Midwest Vs. Everybody.

Midwestern DNA:

tayfonay, 1 month ago to random

Oh no. An email was sent to congratulate some folks on a publication to 152 people. Commence the Reply-All inundation.

tayfonay, 1 month ago to random

Guys. My mom was awake for her hip replacement. AWAKE. They gave an epidural and nerve block to the hip and leg, with some light sedation. She was like oh yeah I heard them hammering 😂 She woke up pain free and happy she had it done. PT tomorrow to see if she can escape the hospital by evening. Thanks for the well wishes and good juju!

the_etrain, 1 month ago to random

If you ever think you couldn't be more jaded about the world, try sitting in on an insurance claims review meeting.

tayfonay, 1 month ago to random

Taking my 82 year old mom for hip replacement surgery today with a 7 am arrival time ☕️

This is her first ever surgery. Hell, her first of anything other than taking a low dose statin and seeing her internist once a year only to get that prescription renewed. Maybe avoiding the medical system has its merits.

Alice, 1 month ago to random

What in the ripped babies is going on here?

tayfonay, 1 month ago to random

Wouldn’t it be a great turn of events if the dog she shot was John Wick’s dog?

RickiTarr, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

The Tale of Two Gynecologists

This is a bit long, and I've talked about this a lot lately, but it's something I'm thinking about a lot in the wake of so much hatred of female Healthcare. When my female troubles got bad enough that I finally talked to my doctor about it, he referred me to a gynecologist. I had already had several ultrasounds and an MRI at this point, and she had put me on some oral contraceptives for several months, (which made sick to my stomach no matter what I did) and had just done another ultrasound. She greeted me with "Well, you're really messed up inside, Honey.", which already had me pretty stressed out. Then told me I would probably need surgery to figure out exactly what was going on. She then asked me if I wanted children, and I said No. I had taken my husband with me to the appointment for moral support, and she glanced over at him, and then talked to me for 5 minutes about how many women my age could still have children, and I could definitely consider it, and that they would do everything they could to make sure I could stay viable. They could freeze my eggs if I had to do a hysterectomy, just on and on. She probably asked me directly 4-5 if I was sure I didn't want kids. Finally, I said, "Ma'am, my husband got a vasectomy over a decade ago, we are absolutely sure we don't want kids." After hubs had found me crying on the toliet, because my period was late again, he went to his doctor and said, "Hey doctor, I'm thinking about a vasectomy." The doctor gave him a pamphlet to read, and made him an appointment. The whole thing was done in a few weeks.

Anyhow, she finally referred me to a gynecological surgeon, and I was not looking forward to dealing with this again, and was just generally terrified of having surgery for the first time. I met with this woman and she was so efficient and practical. It is the longest doctor appointment I've ever had, since this surgery would be exploratory, she went over every possibility of what could happen when she was inside. She did a thorough exam, she went over all the scans that I had, and explained why she thought this needed done. Then she said she would like to put in a Mirena IUD during surgery. She said, "You're in pain half the month, and there's no reason for you to have a period if you don't want to have kids. You'll have some erratic bleeding for six months, but by a year most women have a very light or no period at all, there's no reason for you to needlessly suffer if you don't end up needing a hysterectomy."

It's interesting to me still, that one doctor was so focused on what my body could do, and another so focused on how I felt. I came out of the first appointment feeling scared and confused, and the second feeling heard and cared for. Feeling valued as a person and not a baby maker made the surgery much easier to go through, and the Mirena has been great btw. Women don't have to needlessly suffer.