child neurologist @UNCCIDD | #DevelopmentalDisabilities | wannabe author | #CancerSurvivor | #StrokeSurvivor | she / her / hers | my opinions
Dec 22, 2021 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
Going to medical school as a low income student meant taking on nearly $300K in educational debt. That's grown to over $400K thanks to interest. Want more doctors who come from disadvantaged backgrounds? Make higher education more accessible & #CancelStudentDebt
And cancel medical debt while you're at it!
Aug 14, 2020 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
I worry that my doctors won't believe me.
Every time. Every appointment. Every doctor. Even the ones with whom I have a good relationship.
Why? Because once, when I was sick and needed them the most, my doctors did not believe me.
I dress nicely when I go to doctor's appointments.
I am as polite and respectable as I can be.
I use correct terminology.
I am thorough when I report my history.
Why? Because once, when I was sick and needed them the most, my doctors did not believe me.
Dec 6, 2019 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
parent: I think she fakes it to get days off
me, pediatric neurologist & migraineur extraordinaire: what does she do when she gets a headache?
p: lays down in a dark, quiet room
me: &
p: throws up
me: &
p: cries herself to sleep
me:
p:
me:
p: she gets a whole day off
Yes, children can get migraines. Yes, they really can be that bad. No, they aren't faking it. No, a migraine day does not count as a day off.
xoxo,
that brain doctor who's had migraine with aura since she was 11