Posts by Jose Miller3

Thomas Palmer31 said:fell for the doctor

well yeah, obviously they were gonna be nice to you after that—once you proved you weren't backing down from anything...

Melissa Cruz2 said:I seriously hope I never have to go through that—if it happened to me, I’d be writing letters to the hospital director, the Secretary of Health, and every major news outlet in the state.

Look, I actually sat down with the department head to talk about it... and he basically told me he doesn't doubt my colleague's professionalism one bit. He even suggested I "think twice" about pursuing this since I don't have any hard evidence. And honestly? That's the kicker. It was just the two of us in the office... how am I supposed to prove what actually went down? I ended up filing a formal grievance later, but deep down, I knew it wouldn't go anywhere. When the guy is protected by the hospital hierarchy and you've got nothing but your word... it's a losing game.

urbanseal6 said:Ugh, what an absolute jerk!
And anyone who doesn't question his "expertise" is even worse!
Honestly, I’d have gone straight to a department head or someone... or just chewed him out right then and there for acting like that. Seriously, Jose Miller3, you poor thing! 😢

Well, I actually did chew him out... totally went off on him!

I think I told him I hoped someone would go throw a party with some weed or something while he was getting a colonoscopy...

granitebadger25 said:Are you even sure it was actually his personal cell?

I mean, most hospitals here have those official work phones for doctors on call... so, if he was pulling a shift that day, it’s totally possible it was just the hospital pager or duty phone ringing—you know, because they're calling him in for some emergency endoscopy over in another ward or maybe even the ICU

Personal, my foot...

The guy was literally texting his wife about whether they should grab dinner before or after their movie night, and which one of them had to deal with the parent-teacher conference the next day!

@ urbanseal6, who would she even sue? I went straight to the department head, but he just brushed me off, saying he has total faith in his colleague's professionalism 🙂

Dennis Mitchell52 said:It was only a few minutes, but honestly, felt like hours... 😁

For me, the gastroscopy wasn't even that bad—people say everyone handles it differently, I guess—but I almost lost it on my doctor. Like, seriously. Right while the scope was actually in my stomach, his phone starts ringing, and instead of ignoring it, he just leans over to check his messages and leaves me hanging there!! I mean, come on... if someone were checking your knee, you wouldn't expect them to start texting mid-exam, let alone during something as intense as this!!! 😠

Honestly, nothing gets under my skin more than people who show up to work while they’re clearly battling a nasty flu or some viral bug—just sitting there sneezing, coughing, and blowing their noses all day long... all because they think, "it won't look good if I take a sick day right now." Like, seriously? The company isn't going to go bankrupt just because you head home to crash for a day or two... why risk infecting everyone else in your orbit? We actually had this one coworker who showed up with what turned out to be viral pneumonia, purely because she "couldn't afford to miss the pay" from being out. Well, things spiraled, and instead of a couple of days, she ended up out for a whole month... and of course, she managed to pass it on to four other people along the way.

Whenever I eventually have my own business, there is absolutely no way I'm letting anyone show up sick...

Jesse Wells5 said:Man... I was totally tripping out over the Dallas Mavericks situation myself... 😁

but you gotta admit, they actually came out looking pretty good in the end...

Amy Fowler5 said:So, I heard this super weird thing today...
Basically, you take a little bit of sunflower oil, swish it around in your mouth for as long as you can, and apparently—get this—it turns into a milky stuff after a while. People claim it just pulls all the toxins right out of your system...
Has anyone actually tried this??

😲 😲

oh, totally...

and hey, if you do it while you're blinking really fast, you'll basically have the Midas touch immediately after...

plus, I heard if you talk about it in public, the Templars and Opus Dei show up and just wipe you off the map...

Hey, has anyone here actually been to see Dr. Snjezana Belak over on Sokoladgorska near Tresnjevka? I’m trying to get some kind of intel before I commit to an appointment there... would love to hear any thoughts...

So, following what the CDC recommends these days—if your fever stays under 100.4°F, you usually don't even need to reach for the meds...

Maybe I was wrong about the Aspirin thing...
I only meant to point out that the way we test drugs today is miles ahead of where things were decades ago. I know, obviously, it’s still not perfect.

Just look at what happened with Thalidomide—that's the proof right there. It wasn't even in an experimental phase; doctors just started handing it out to pregnant women without ever actually testing it on them first. That was a massive, unforgivable mistake that you just can't make excuses for.

But honestly, calling the entire pharmaceutical industry criminal...

Kyle Nelson2 said:The side effects of Aspirin aren't really a big deal—it's not like it's unhealthy. I mean, have you ever actually heard of someone dying from taking Aspirin?

Oh, please... people definitely died from Aspirin. You had women dealing with massive hemorrhaging during their periods... and then there were folks in their 60s popping an Aspirin every single day because they thought it was "healthy"—can you even imagine how much that messed with their ability to clot?...

I used to have this really solid link saved somewhere, if I can just track it down, I'll post it...

This isn't quite what you're looking for, but it should give Kyle Nelson2 a reality check about how safe Aspirin actually is:

A decade ago, before the advent of Cox-2 inhibitors, the leading cause of death in women over 65 in the United States was bleeding from aspirin-related ulcers, said Dr. Joel Levin, professor of medicine and director of the colon cancer center at the University of Connecticut health center.

link

Kyle Nelson2 said:Just tell me why Aspirin wouldn't get approved today...

It’s because of its primary job—acting as a painkiller and fever reducer—but it also has this massive (I might even say huge) effect on blood clotting. Nowadays, it’s totally standard for patients who've had a heart attack or stroke to take it just to prevent another one from happening. A drug that hits two completely different types of issues that hard? It probably wouldn't pass registration in today's world...

dustycanyon6 said:If aspirin were being approved today, we probably wouldn't be able to just grab it off the shelf without a prescription—even though everyone treats it like it's totally harmless.

Honestly, aspirin wouldn't stand a chance passing modern clinical trials today... it almost certainly wouldn't even hit the market, whether it was prescription or over-the-counter. To me, that just goes to show that our current system for testing new drugs (as flawed as it absolutely is) is way better than what it used to be.

BTW, can anyone actually point to a human-made system and call it PERFECT? I'll be the first to admit that the way we handle clinical trials needs some serious tweaking, but I still think it's the best we can do right now... maybe...

Thanks a ton, Joe, for that classy intro to The Avengers, but let’s be real here—who actually cares about the winner? To me, this whole competition is just The thing... it’s not really about some individual glory trip for any of them.

Back during that era when the Japanese team was totally dominating, the only time I actually loved seeing a win was when Smith took it—because man, that guy seriously had nerves of steel!!!! Watching him stay glued to those skis while he just flew, and flew, and flew... it felt endless...

As for whether it'll be Ahonen or Hannawald or Malysz (who, by the way, is such an incredibly humble and down-to-earth guy!), I don't really care... I'm just happy to sit back and enjoy watching them do their thing...

Wait, am I seeing this right? Is the first round today starting at 4:30 AM, and then the second one even later!?!?!! Awesome, late-night jumps!!!!!! WAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay Coooooooooooooool

I know there’s already a thread about ski jumping, but honestly, the New Year’s tournament feels like its own entire universe apart from the rest of the sport—so I figured, if this thing doesn't deserve its own dedicated topic, nothing does.

Seriously, screw everything else, because this is hands down my favorite sporting event of the year!!! If there’s ever a time when that old cliché about "everyone is a winner" actually makes sense, it’s right here. I mean, we all know they spend half the night partying in their hotels—probably having more fun than some random socialite at a Hamptons beach house in July—but then those crazy guys get out there and jump during the day!!! And man, do they fly!!!

I don't know how anyone can look away. Kuziti, I know it looks insane and is basically boring to some people, but I just can't help myself...

And what about New Year's lunch? Would it even feel like a holiday meal if we weren't listening to the background noise of a Becky concert (ta-ra-ram, ta-ra-ram, ta-ra-ram-ta-tam) mixed with a drunk Cvitkovic rambling on about which intoxicated jumper is flying right now, where he ran into them last night, or trying to guess the distance of a jump (he’s usually off by like ten feet...)?

You’ve got turkey, roast lamb, fine wine on the table... the whole family gathered around... and meanwhile, they’re out there jumping!!! It’s pure bliss...

Please, join me in this thread so we can celebrate all the wins of my (and your!) idols!

Betty Rivera14 said:haha...

it’s basically just a lumbar puncture 🙄

feels more like a mosquito bite
🙄 honestly...

look, if you're only doing this for a short stretch, you might be able to pull it off somehow. but you've gotta expect your body to push back—even if it's just your immune system tanking—so don't act surprised when you start catching every little bug or cold going around... maybe try upping your vitamin intake (especially Vitamin C) and just try your hardest to snag at least one night of decent sleep...

Based on everything I’ve dealt with at that hospital, honestly? I wouldn’t recommend going there for anything—not even a minor scrape, let alone actual surgery...

If I actually broke my leg in their parking lot, I’d be begging them to just rush me somewhere else so I could get a cast put on properly!!

I feel like it really comes down to how big the moles are. I actually had three removed earlier this year—they weren't huge, just kind of raised bumps that were attached to my skin by a small base (hope you know what I mean)... I went to a private dermatologist for laser removal, and honestly, the only thing left behind is just a little bit of darker pigmentation where they used to be. He told me the color should just fade out naturally over time.
If you have the option, I’d definitely recommend this method...