My rheumatologist, neurologist, & orthopedic all recommend massage to manage my chronic pain. Insurance won't cover it, but they cover meds that give me side effects like dissociation & insomnia. The worst side effect from massage is that I may leave smelling like patchouli.

Serious question: How can you watch eight people become “centibillionaires” and not support a wealth tax?

That time of year when I appeal my health insurance's refusal to cover vitamin D lab ordered by my rheumatologist. Inevitably, they'll agree after I present them w/ evidence of why it's essential (bc absurdly, a doctor's order is not reason enough). It's all such bullshit.

Relatable. The things my kidney patients are told by fellow RDs before making it to me is infuriating...

Abortions becoming illegal doesn’t mean women won’t have them any more.. it means they’ll have them, but in a dangerous way which could risk their lives & health. This is something to be VERY concerned about!

While citizens are literally dying from rationing insulin, it's lovely to know their tax dollars are hard at work for the important stuff. This fucking country...

When your job is gifted lunch by a fellow dietitian who knows there's a vegan (me) on staff - which results in her bringing me a veggie sub loaded w/ cheese & mayo because why would a dietitian know anything about dietary preferences...

Putting the Pacific Northwest heatwave in perspective— Portland, Oregon will be hotter than about 99.8% of Earth as it smashes its all-time temp record on Sunday 🔥 The only places (⚫) expected to be hotter: Africa's Sahara Desert, Persian Gulf, California's deserts 🤯

Letter today from hosp saying they're sending me to collections in 30 days if I don't pay the remaining $248.90 of my bill for f/u mammogram & ultrasound in March 🤣👌 I've made 3 monthly payments thus far totaling over $800. Healthcare is a fucking joke here.

"The fucking ocean is on fire" Added to my growing list of replies to the obnoxious question of why I don't have children.

You can have Woodstock. Gimme the Harlem Cultural Festival...

My 85 y/o black pt: "Do you know what collards are?" Me: "Man, I have creole and hillbilly in my blood..." Pt, laughing: "Well ok then, you do know collards." I love my patients 💛💛💛

Feeling down on yourself? Just remember there are people who STILL believe Biden will eliminate their student debt.

Doxycycline has me racing to the toilet, but at least my skin looks great 🤷‍♂️ #pleasantsideeffect

The only thing I could get my 16 yr old dog with stage 3 kidney ds to eat today: 5 Lorna Doone cookies. Medications be damned as well. She is basically the canine version of my elderly nephrology patients...

36 pence for a dead baby octopus, one of the most amazing creatures to ever swim the seas. I swear we do not deserve this world. 😢

While the city is busy giving money away to billionaire team owners...

This book is 32 years old. It was gifted to me in '89 after I decided at age 11 that eating animals didn't make sense. That said, can't say I used it much bc I was a 5th grader who found it way easier to boil some rice & heat up a can of beans.

"believe science"

CDC just said you only need to quarantine if you on a ventilator. But if ya ventilator got wheels and a battery pack you gotta take yo ass to work.