He was on the phone, wailing: Blima every bone hurts, I can’t bear it.
I smacked myself mentally. He got an injection yesterday to increase white blood cell production. On occasion, it causes deep bone pain (it works in the bone marrow).
But most of my patients do fine.
Now he was in severe pain, which is complex because he’s on methadone and oxycodone to manage both his addiction and his cancer pain.
The trick for this kind of pain is Claritin - only partially supported by the evidence, but low risk, many patients swear it works.
“Josh,” I said urgently. “Can you get to a pharmacy?”
“No,” he moaned. “I can’t get out of bed.”
I went to the pharmacy next door and swiped my Patreon card for the $14 Claritin. I asked if they’d deliver it, but their driver had left for the day.
I called Josh back. “Can I drop it off? I’m heading that way when I leave work.”
“Yeah,” he said. “Just give it to the doorman.”
I headed over an hour later, pulled up at the listed address and left it with the security guard of the ... homeless shelter I was in front of.
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So here’s my story of how I went from being an anti-vaccine, fearful mother who selectively vaccinated on an alternative schedule -> to a pro-vaccine advocate.
It’s not very dramatic, but these stories never are.
We start in 2008, where I am a new cancer survivor, age 23.
My chemotherapy regimen had me comatose & wheelchair bound. I don’t know why. Once I became a nurse I realize that it was an extreme reaction to the chemotherapy.
But, I survived.
A year later I was cleared to try to become pregnant. I was told I wouldn’t be able to.
Several months later, with a lot of help from God and science, on the day I graduated nursing school, I was expecting my daughter.
I enjoyed my time. I was still recovering my strength and my hair, and processing what I had been through.
@Ami_Magazine allowing scams to be advertised.... not cool.
In case you needed more proof that it’s a trashy rag.
The fact that is was developed by Binyamin Rothstein should be enough.
Who is he? A physician whose license was revoked several times in several states for malpractice, most notably for treating patients with intravenous hydrogen peroxide.
1. They don’t care about healthcare. Their healthcare columns are limited to Reader’s Digest-like sensationalized thrillers and diet advice.
During the measles outbreak, they skimmed over the issues of unvaccinated swaths of frum Jews,
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focusing their efforts on the resulting anti-semitism that occurred.
Clever. 🙄
When I begged @themishpacha if I could write an important column on the dangers of the measles virus and rectifying misinformation about the vaccine, I was told: