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Aug 16, 2023 05:33
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silicone thrills posted:Immunocompromised and always masking crew representin! 
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Aug 16, 2023 05:35
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TehSaurus posted:I’m thinking they’ve never actually needed anything that wasn’t utterly trivial. My mom’s orthopedic surgeon prescribed her naproxen even though he knew she has chronic kidney disease. My wife has seen a litany of specialists over decades and it took one of the absolute best surgeons in his field to realize that she has an extra vertebra and maybe that is the cause of some of her chronic issues. I’ve seen a doctor fill a man’s circulatory system with glue, killing him. That doctor is still practicing and to the best of my knowledge suffered no consequences despite a rich and storied history of terrible outcomes. Doctors ignore and downplay common chronic conditions because they don’t affect white men. They are a key component of the apparatus of structural discrimination.
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Aug 23, 2023 03:52
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DickParasite posted:So much of the discourse on how the medical system fails patients is based on the experiences of women and marginalized groups, and rightfully so, given the magnitude of the failure. My experience as a cishet white dude is that doctors don't listen to me either. Solidarity I guess? Yeah, four years ago my primary care physician (who is otherwise good) told me that my tailbone pain was due to the way I was sitting but I'm probably going to have to have it removed. I had to talk to my physical therapist and rheumatologist, who referred me to a neurologist. It's been a huge pain in the rear end, so to speak.
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Aug 23, 2023 04:11
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TehSaurus posted:Reading it again, I can see how that came across. My phrasing was clumsy (I was mad!) What I mean to say is that there are certain chronic diseases that are less common among white men that are notoriously difficult to get doctors to care about. White men can absolutely have chronic diseases (some are even named after white men) and are not immune to getting hosed over by incompetent doctors. It's something worth being mad about! It makes me mad too!. I did not believe that was your intent and I am not offended but if we're looking to elevate the tone of this thread I thought it worth mentioning. Of course, DickParasite posted:We're all friends here.
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Aug 23, 2023 08:12
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Aug 24, 2023 23:23
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Insanite posted:my "friend told by doc that their long covid is just world weariness w/nurse stating covid isn't even really a thing" post does carry a fancy boston pedigree Clearly a misdiagnosis. It's not weltschmerz, it's ennui.
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Aug 25, 2023 08:02
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My only two mask comments have been antagonistic. I'm a white guy but I'm skinny which means anyone bigger than me thinks they're safe to be abusive. I got some comments when I used to have long hair so it doesn't really bother me.
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Aug 26, 2023 00:22
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I shave my head.
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Sep 2, 2023 22:43
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Tulip posted:This is the classic Roman notion of freedom (arguably Greek as well), that "freedom" results when you own slaves because you are free to expect obligations from them without reciprocating. This is foundational to the western notion of human rights as a whole.   Roland Boer's Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: A Guide for Foreigners.
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Sep 5, 2023 00:05
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Strep Vote posted:but doctor...i am the vulnerable population!
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Sep 6, 2023 22:49
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GATOS Y VATOS posted:I hate this loving piece of poo poo country so much
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Sep 11, 2023 21:40
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Honestly, having my life upended by arthritis a decade+ ago and learning how to live a smaller life has given me both a higher tolerance to the effects of this pandemic on my social life and a seething contempt for the people going insane because they couldn't go to a restaurant for like a month. Giant goddamn babies the lot of them.
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Sep 17, 2023 22:41
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When I had to get a five minute cat scan I was in two waiting rooms for an hour because they had one person working intake. Love those staffing shortages.
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Sep 25, 2023 23:55
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There's a possibility I might have to have minor surgery so if that gets scheduled before the novavax comes out I'll just get another mrna shot. Otherwise I'm happy to trust my mask for the biweekly-ish grocery trip and the occasional doctor appointment which is the extent of my leaving my house.
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Sep 30, 2023 02:17
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I'm looking forward to getting my two shot course of moth juice.
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Oct 3, 2023 23:50
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Platystemon posted:CDC has Top Men looking into this. 
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Oct 4, 2023 00:16
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Bruce Hussein Daddy posted:This chick is pretty funny. That basically happened to me because I was sleeping with my phone next to my pillow.
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Oct 5, 2023 21:01
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Oct 6, 2023 00:20
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shazbot posted:best reason to not get Covid 
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Oct 12, 2023 01:08
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Closest moth juice 80 miles away thanks vaccines.gov. Hopefully they'll make it here.
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Oct 13, 2023 00:28
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Rite aid was letting me make an appointment for novavax but I suspected it was just their system being stupid so I called to ask and they said they don't have it and don't know when they're getting it.
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Oct 14, 2023 23:39
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mawarannahr posted:rite aid filing for bankruptcy lmao. thanks for buying up the bartells! Rite Aid and Joe Biden: two Scranton institutions close to death.
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Oct 16, 2023 19:59
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Well I finally got the novavax, completing the trifecta since I got the pfizer and the moderna bivalent.
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Oct 24, 2023 20:16
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I had a pre-surgery visit to the hospital and I had to not laugh when the unmasked receptionist was asking if I had any symptoms. The actual staff were all wearing surgicals. Without my asking, one of them told me they were wearing them because it's flu season.  Better than nothing, I guess.
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Nov 1, 2023 20:27
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Danforth posted:I was at a book store yesterday and was equally amazed at how many people had masks and even n95s. I think 80% of everyone had something on. Grocery store or work is near zero. Literacy really does make you vulnerable to communist propaganda!
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Jan 24, 2024 22:02
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Humira is no longer offering a sharps container mailback program due to supply chain issues and by Pennsylvania guidelines I'm apparently just supposed to throw the container in the trash. And if I don't have a container I should use a laundry detergent bottle? This is all extremely normal.
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Feb 22, 2024 02:08
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Animal-Mother posted:I say this a lot, but getting real "downfall of the USSR" vibes from everything. My microwave died yesterday. It's less than three years old and it's the third microwave I've had die on me in 15 years and today this. What will tomorrow bring???
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Feb 22, 2024 02:45
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:The point of a sharps container is that it is plainly and clearly labeled so the people handling it know what to expect, and as such it follows an alternate disposal route (usually an incinerator). Telling people to stick sharps into a laundry detergent bottle and huck it in the trash is basically saving money and subjecting municipal waste workers to increased risk. Also this program was free and I use those ginormous dispenser laundry detergent things which is going to be unwieldy. I have to call the Geisinger pharmacy tomorrow for a refill. Maybe they'll take up the slack. It's great that in the ~14 years I've been doing this it's gone from 1. The pharmacy is in Tennessee for some loving reason and they do the sharps program. 2. The pharmacy has changed and the new one doesn't handle this so you have you call the manufacturer. 3. The mail isn't picking up due to covid so you have to take it to the post and breath all over the employees which is safer? 4. The mail is picking them up again. 5. gently caress you use a bleach bottle.
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Feb 22, 2024 04:02
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So I talked to the pharmacy yesterday and I had a good conversation with someone who told me that they also haven't had sharps containers in a while (not surprising). Apparently she had been asking around and nobody knows anything! We jad a decent chuckle about the swing from "mail them in amd get a receipt from the incinerator" to "pit them imn the trash." Anyway I'm on two waiting lists now.
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Feb 23, 2024 20:20
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Oracle posted:Man I thought I was the only person these things hated. probably doesn’t help that I’m officially allergic to milk now. I had a tonsil so swollen it felt like it was blocking off my throat one morning and my tongue was angry and thick. All the convenient care doc (who was masked so probably actively contagious) did was test me for strep then go ‘it’s probably something viral’ and offered me antibiotics. I was like ‘don’t antibiotics do nothing for viruses?’ and she just shrugged and left. Medical workers give zero fucks anymore. I've had problems with oral allergies (cinnamon mostly but also mango and avocado) since I was a kid and rinsing with some golden seal root powder in water helps with the swelling, etc. It tastes like someone put a bag of lawn clippings in a juicer, so be warned.
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Mar 1, 2024 01:11
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Gimme a fuckin black vflex.
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Mar 1, 2024 01:12
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Don't use a neti pot if you have a deviated septum.
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Mar 5, 2024 00:42
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Covid made us empathize with the weak and vulnerable but thankfully we don't have to do that anymore!
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Mar 10, 2024 19:06
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I wipe stuff that's going in the fridge or freezer. Anything that can stay out I just let sit for a few days.
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Apr 1, 2024 23:28
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Nvm, misread the question
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May 5, 2024 21:34
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