When the wrecking ball comes for Scripps Green, I want to sign my fucking name on it.

"It's not a safe time to be a woman," said one of my patients. "With someone like that in power, abusers can basically do whatever they want to us." #medsky

Since AI tools are working behind the scenes, not only will a patient not know about it, but they are also not accountable to a licensing board, institution, or any legal action. A major benefit, no doubt!

The fact that living in San Diego again means I have to constantly navigate emotional landmines is a sure sign that I can’t be here. And I wonder why I can’t get any work done and I’m so tired all the time!

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

Patient burnout is a real thing. #MedSky #CanSky

this is critical to what we mean when we say laws are fake. it’s not that they won’t be enforced, it’s that they’ll be enforced unevenly and vindictively because laws are just manifestations of state power.

Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough

Here's hoping!

Like finding dark chocolate peanut butter cups that fell out of the bag in the back of the freezer!

i respect how every tribute to robert redford is at least a little bit horny

The type of speech most punished in this society is that which consists of telling the truth about how the powerful have harmed you

I can't sleeeeeeeeeeep. My estrogen has plummeted again. I'm going to pay out of pocket to see the GYN who put me on HRT. I know it will likely take 6 months for me to see one at my new hospital. I'm already on a 5 month wait for Endo & I am going to run out of Levoxyl in 3 months.

I have two professor colleagues who have faced threats and harassment due to the organization Charlie Kirk built, and they were not alone. We can denounce and loathe political violence without hagiography for its victims. This is dangerous nonsense.

I think it is always worth mentioning that Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed with their beloved dog Gilbert: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.

It's the missing limbs for me. That's some real "Boxing Helena" shit, except the nightmare is real and never ends.

Look, I don’t know why this is so complicated for people When a man says violence against women isn’t a crime, they told you who they are, and you can believe it or you can explain it away, but then you know who you are, too The misogyny was always a core point

The intrusive thoughts I’ve been having from the 08 medical trauma over the last month, have been completely overwhelming. I’m going to reach out to my old therapist tomorrow. I can’t do this alone. I also have an appointment with my PCP to ask for a different surgeon in a different hospital.

Gross.

Still haven't scheduled the surgery. A few days ago, I had a dream that my surgeon abandoned me, like the one did in 2008. So that's going great! I can feel my symptoms escalating. I am in pain most days & now occasionally feel it in my left side. I have no plan & am no closer to saying yes.

Chicago forever

Women healthcare workers demeaning patients. How totally not shocking to this woman. Glad these cunts were all fired, but believe me, it barely scratches the surface. No respect for my humanity & dignity is another reason I am not having surgery I'm told I need.

Anyone else planned for the disposal of their remains? I'm working on it. I want my ashes interred at Hollywood Forever and it's not as much $ as I thought for a niche. I need to visit and pick a location. They have a lot of choices!

How REFRESHING to read about someone suffering a medical error during cancer treatment (among other omissions)! I have a responsibility as a cancer survivor to repeat until I am dead that many of us are harmed, to an irreparable degree, by mistakes & carelessness. It's not a fairy tale! #CanSky

Sporadic update on the books I’m reading. I had been reading “No More Tears,” an encyclopedic accounting of the evil that is Johnson & Johnson. I had to dip out because it was triggering my medical trauma. Now I’m reading, “Yoko: A Biography.” It is illuminating and much more enjoyable.

Remembering Fred Hampton born Aug. 30, 1948, assassinated Dec. 4, 1969 by Chicago police and the FBI

I cried when I read this article. American Experience is a great series.

I thought this con artist died years ago. Another one of North County's fine congressional representatives!

NEW: More than two decades after victims and families of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the Saudi government responsible for aiding the Qaida terrorists who carried out the plot, a judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the kingdom can go to trial.

Are vaccines safe? Let's ask this guy who sounds like a dying refrigerator compressor

I swear to god until just new I thought Patricia Lockwood was an old lady with a gray bun.

There is a lot going on in the world, but I am popping back in this space to share a yearlong investigation we published today about a hospital on Chicago's Northwest Side that some call the "Death Hospital." Here's why: blockclubchicago.org/2025/08/27/s...

Doing my physical therapy exercises, cha cha cha! Patient harm is fun! I get countless appointments, imaging studies, and now physical therapy. While UCSD suffers no consequences .

So should we try to get the last booster again? It’s obvious this is where this has been headed! Other vaccines will follow.

They gaslit you all throughout the election.

For the first time in three months, I had no pain in my idiot doctor injured left arm yesterday. A tiny, so tiny, little victory. Because today it hurts again.

I watched "Fit for TV," the doc about The Biggest Loser. I thought it was weaksauce. Maybe they are in fear of legal action. I'd like to see another streaming service make a doc about this show too. Question: why do the Dr. & the producer look embalmed? Is it Botox? The Dr. always had that look!

I call Gavin the GILF for a reason. He's hella problematic but his socials have been amusing this week. I appreciate the chuckle when everything sucks.

I start physical therapy on Monday for my IV-injured arm. It took me almost 3 months from the day it happened to get a proper evaluation. I've had 2 ultrasounds, 1 CT scan, 1 ortho appointment, & EMG is pending. UCSD weaponized my PTSD & labeled me "overly sensitive." So I had to switch med groups.

The surgeon says I need to my gallbladder removed imminently because a gallstone is stuck in the gallbladder neck. I reviewed my medical records. There’s been a gallstone stuck in my gallbladder neck since at least 2015. I’ve been fine. I can’t lose any more pieces of myself to medical trauma.

It's incredible to watch one mistake cascade into many problems. Moved back to SD-->Arm injured by UCSD Health/denied me care for it-->Return to Scripps for help/w arm -->Need gallbladder removed ASAP but it will be done at hospital that botched my anesthesia when I had cancer surgery 17 yrs ago. 1/

Man oh man I just had to go to the health care facility where I was sexually assaulted & endured medical error 17 years ago. Hadn't been inside in 15 years. Surgeon told me what I already know: that waiting for this to become an emergency will be much worse for me psychologically.

I'm so tired of the tools of patriarchy and gender-based violence.

My essay is up at @literaryhub.bsky.social about the late, great Lana Clarkson and other promising young women whose lives have been derailed or destroyed by men. It’s also about my childhood sexual abuse and how I have tried, and failed, to reckon with it. lithub.com/on-promising...

We should eliminate the male vote until we can figure out why men are so emotional and easily fooled by this con man.

If you're dead in the morgue because your physicians fucked up and you were afraid to question them, they still get to go home at night. There will be no consequences for them. They don't care about you, no matter how "nice" they are. It's a business transaction: fee for service. Treat it like one.

Railroad Daddy!!!!!!!!!