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I like saying "I'll allow it" only in contexts where I have no power or authority
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“Stop scrolling and please help me spread the word, because if I’ve landed on your page you’re most likely either a black woman or someone who cares about black women and the simple phrase I’m about to share could help save a black woman’s life.
Doctors are to black women what police officers are to black men. That may seem controversial but I believe it to be true and I speak from personal experience.
If you’ve seen this TikTok you know that a 2016 study showed that 50% of medical students and residents thought that black people couldn’t feel pain the same as white people.
And we learned from this video that because of a 1999 study, to this day, there’s a black correction factor for the creatinin levels in black people’s kidneys, meaning we’re less likely to recieve a kidney transplant if needed.
So if you go to a doctor, feel you aren’t getting proper treatment or they refuse the treatment you’ve requested, say to them the following:
I will need you to document on record that you are refusing the treatment (or medicine) I’ve requested, and the reason you are doing so.”
This works. I have used it in other situations. If medical staff have to document and take responsibility and be on the hook legally for doing shady shit they behave much differently.
If you weren’t already going to spread this advice because black women are at risk, then spread it because it’s applicable to everyone else as well, including you reading this.
But particularly women, and especially black women.
and watch them document it, then request a copy at the end of your appointment (should be official looking: letterhead, dated, signature, ect)
then they can’t be shady about their record keeping and if they are you have an official document and not just your word
As someone who has used this repeatedly to good effect:
- Be specific. “I need you to document in your notes for this visit that I brought up the possibility of celiac disease and you declined to order screening tests.”
- Bring an advocate or witness. In many locations this is permitted by law as a patient’s right. (For example, in Oregon, disabled patients are permitted 3 “support persons” in the hospital, and must be permitted to have one person with them at all times during an emergency visit or hospital stay.) If you are not physically permitted to have a witness present, bring someone in by FaceTime. Doctors act differently when you have a witness.
- You are, in the US, legally entitled to the entirety of your patient record, unredacted. A provider may not deny you a copy of your records bc you owe them money for other things. A provider may charge you a reasonable fee for copying or mailing your records but may not charge you for research or retrieval.
- The only exception to the above is therapy notes. You aren’t entitled to that, at least not by federal law. You may have different rights under state law.
- You are also entitled to correct your medical record in the US. If your doctor doesn’t put that note in your records, you have the right to add a Statement of Disagreement. “During this visit, I brought up the possibility of my symptoms indicating celiac disease and asked for a blood test to investigate this possibility. Dr. Butthead declined to order the standard celiac screening blood test. I asked for Dr. Butthead to document this in my record. Dr. Butthead did not do so.”
- Many places now will give you an after visit summary or upload them to an electronic records app. Read it. You might catch errors (I have - doctors and nurses are people, they make mistakes). If they don’t give you a record or summary to take with you, request one.
- If you are in the hospital without support and are being mistreated, ask for a patient advocate. If they don’t send you one promptly for whatever reason, ask to see a chaplain, or call your religious leader to ask for help. Having a witness changes how doctors act. Many chaplains are used to being asked to support patients who are not receiving proper care and will not be surprised if you explain “I asked for an advocate and they haven’t sent one; I’m not being listened to and I need your help.” This won’t always work but it’s worked often enough that I feel confident in recommending it.
I am white; I have never experienced medical racism. These steps and methods have helped me a lot in facing medical misogyny, fatphobia and transphobia, so I hope they help others. I am not a lawyer, this isn’t legal advice.
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what if… JFM was the one who taught JYL how to cook?
While JC is clearly his mother’s son- JYL is clearly her father’s daughter and that got me thinking about their other similarities.
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Wei Changze used charm! Lan Wangji is weakened.
Wei Wuxian used “LAN ZHAN”! Lan Wangji takes a critical hit.
Wei Changze used head pat! Lan Wangji is KO-ed!
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bears…kinda look like dogs don’t they?
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i love it when im rereading a story and i find these little breadcrumbs of foreshadowing the author left. everytime im like “ohoho!!!! i wouldve gotten that before if i had the big picture!!! and now i do!!! delightful!!!” and idk i just love being able to read the same story twice but have two different experiences. i like when a story has so many layers that it can keep you entertained for a long time as you unravel all its secret nooks and crannies. thats a good story.
you just summed up my post in one meme and im in love with you for it
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NOOO
we must imagine sisyphus as a dumb fucking turtle
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Anthem
by Leonard Cohen
The birds, they sang at the break of day, Start again I heard them say. Don’t dwell on what has passed away or what is yet to be. Ah, the wars, they will be fought again, The holy dove– She will be caught again, bought and sold and bought again; the dove is never free. Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything– That’s how the light gets in We asked for signs, the signs were sent: the birth betrayed, the marriage spent, the widowhood of every government– signs for all to see. I can’t run no more with that lawless crowd while the killers in high places say their prayers out loud. But they’ve summoned, they’ve summoned up a thundercloud, and they’re going to hear from me. You can add up the parts, but you won’t have the sum You can strike up the march, there is no drum. Every heart, every heart to love will come, but like a refugee. Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything– That’s how the light gets in
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Have bad case of "loves characters so so so so much disease" terminal i'm afraid
Terminal for the character, that is.
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Hello, followers. It is time to hibernate. Please join me in sleeping for the next few months. If we all hibernate together, none of us can be held individually responsible. Society will just have to adjust.
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the oldest married couple
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obsessed. also makes sense when you remember than butterflies drink blood
concept: your vampire lover cannot be with you during the daytime, so they follow you in the shape of a butterfly through the day
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Unmute !