Pouting after he found out that dogs aren’t allowed at Top of the Park.

Today is the day! After Shock by @ranaawdish.bsky.social is finally out in the world and Cosmo couldn’t recommend it more highly.

Tomorrow is a BIG day for me. My second book, After Shock: learning to reinhabit my body after illness, will be released. I am so beyond grateful for the support of family, friends and colleagues who turned up in support of the launch. I can’t wait for it to find the readers who truly need it. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

WFH.

I love this so much and not just because Rock Chalk Jayhawk may have been some of my earliest words. From @adamkinzinger.substack.com www.facebook.com/share/1cWVM4...

Sending 10 off to sleepaway camp today after attending a graduation party last night for our oldest nephew has me feeling all the feelings.

Last image from tonight (short film in the morning): this brother out here with his Singer sewing machine, gifting people a custom embroidery on their jerseys and hats with the name and the date, was more artistic than anything at Burning Man and ad gorgeous as a Caravaggio. Magic! Goodnight.

Listened to an NPR story this morning about mass child starvation in Senegal without a single mention of Elon Musk, the guy who gleefully created the conditions for the mass starvation

“Why’s it taking so long to take down the name when they put it up so fast?” yeah, undoing every single thing he’s done is gonna be exactly like that, get used to it

The Hemophilia A Research Program (HARP) is studying how hemophilia A affects mothers and babies. Mothers may be eligible if they are pregnant and their future child could be at risk for hemophilia A. For more information visit harpf8.org. To join the study visit harpf8.org/join-the-study.

Paint me like one of your French girls.

Each year on the last day my kids elementary school has all the grades sing rainbow connection together and these kids out there singing with their whole chest about lovers and dreamers are what we all need right now.

Y'all really should look into getting the HPV vaccine. I have been trying to make sure I'm healthy enough to get it since the upper range is 45 yo. I really don't want to be dragging the strain that causes cancer as an STI, right? The messed up part is AMAB ppl aren't tested AT ALL. And AFAB ppl…

"Insurers understand that there is a benefit there to people being vaccinated...and know that it will cost them a heck of a lot more to treat kids with measles who are hospitalized than it is to pay for vaccines” - Thx @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The American Diabetes Association still doesn‘t get it. And hiding behind your 501c3 status doesn’t work. You’re not prohibited from criticizing government policies under this status you cowards. diabetes.org/newsroom/pre...

Get your HPV vaccine. I did my series of 3 and I'm happy I can at least rest assured I'm not a part of the problem.

I’m proud to say that my girls got it as soon as it came out, and they have thanked me as they got older. The thought I could give my girls a vaccination series that would prevent cancer? I thought the heavens opened. Loving your kids means harm prevention. Thank you science 🧬🧫🔬🧪😘

The HPV vaccine, along with the Hepatitis B vaccine, literally prevents cancer. It’s a miracle and EVERYONE who can get it should get it.

A New Study for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Needs Your Help. Can vagal nerve stimulation decrease menstrual blood loss? The biology is plausible. Thanks to @shematologist.medsky.social for the headsup open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...

We are having a half birthday party for our puppy because what better excuse for a party and the girls have already started planning. It’s going to be a banger

For my US based menstruating followers with heavy periods, take a look at this clinical trial!

If you’re between 14-45 years old and experience heavy menstrual bleeding, this is an exciting new trial investigating transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation. Early results are promising with ~50% decrease in blood loss. QR code below. Please repost/share!

We need to make sure this editorial goes viral Misguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now! diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

staying awake and normal blood glucose? When my iron tanked, my blood sugar tanked and I started falling asleep without warning...Finished my iron infusions and both straightened out.

Yentl syndrome at its worst. Though it is a great example of value-dependent realism. Diseases are real, but which states get carved out as diagnostic entities depends on values. The diagnostic categories themselves carry the residue of whose bodies were studied in their construction.

Anemia is LATE STAGE iron deficiency. Our bodies preferentially use iron to make red blood cells over everything else so all these other functions are affected before your hemoglobin drops.

IV iron makes people feel shockingly better long before their bone marrow can replete their hematocrit.

A short list of things that your body needs iron for outside of erythropoiesis (making red blood cells) or why iron deficiency without anemia matters: DNA replication DNA repair Epigenetic regulation Transcription MRNA processing and translation Mitochondrial function 1/

Women have to prove a diagnosis is real or that things are abnormal to get anyone to care. Meanwhile erectile dysfunction in 90 year old men is presumably normal and yet we spend billions each year fixing it.

Glasses are one of the easiest examples to get people to understand accessibility and normalization. Can you imagine how fucked the world would be if corrective lenses did not exist? I was a -3 power in 4th grade!

One of my favorite arguments about iron deficiency in women is “if it affects so many of them, isn’t it just normal?” Yes Chad. You’re right. Anything that affects tons of people must be normal. So take your glasses off, stop your BP & cholesterol meds, and don’t worry your BMI of 40 is fine.

Since January 2025, 2 MILLION fewer children are enrolled in Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Not sure how not insuring our youngest people is making America healthy again. www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/g...

Study participation is 5 months long (wearing device for 3 if 5 cycles) and all study activity can be completed in the comfort of your home. Pads and tampons are provided at no cost and you can earn up to $400.

Link to more info and eligibility check for anyone using screen readers www.lindushealth.com/study-landin...

In addition to a significant decrease in blood loss, participants also had improvements in pain, quality of life, and spent 30-50% less extra time in bed due to menstruation. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

If you’re between 14-45 years old and experience heavy menstrual bleeding, this is an exciting new trial investigating transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation. Early results are promising with ~50% decrease in blood loss. QR code below. Please repost/share!

Today I read the stupidest article I’ve ever read and I’m trying to decide whether it’s even worth my time to respond/refute but also don’t want to give it any traffic/traction whatsoever.

Gotta say, I’ve been more diligent lately about screening for iron deficiency in anyone who describes heavy or prolonged menses. I know the evidence supports this but it still surprises me… Most of my patients are young women and probably half are iron deficient. So many PCPs are missing this!

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.

No matter what anyone tells you a ferritin in the single digits is not normal for anyone.

Thankful for @shematologist.medsky.social as her advocacy on iron deficiency provided me the guidance to know that a teen with ferritin level of 12 is not normal, despite one of our doctors saying it was fine.

Health Lab is celebrating 10 years! Check out this story from 2023 on our #iron study and how 4 out of 10 teen girls/young women have low enough iron levels to cause low energy & dizziness. michmed.org/PPdkx #HealthLab10 #GoBlue

I wrap up all my clinic visits with my very healthiest patients by congratulating them on acing all of their tests!

MAHA: Vitamins and supplements are the key to health and longevity. Also MAHA: No, no, not the evidence based prevent your infant from bleeding in their brain one.

My work buddy is sleeping on the job again.

If having a beautiful, smart, and funny daughter turns you into a supervillain, perhaps you contained within you the seeds of a supervillain all along

Nadine and the Butterflight of Fancy

Nobody sees the 4:00 am works outs. Nobody sees the hours of meal prepping. Nobody sees the time spent in meditation bettering myself. Nobody sees any of this. Because I don’t do these things.

My new goal is to become Prue from the Great British Bake-off but I’m not rich enough so I found www.zeelool.com Ordered 4 pairs of prescription lens & frames for ~$50 & I’m obsessed. I’ve only had them for 3 days so can’t vouch for long term quality but they’re so cuuute for the $ #notanad

So excited to see @ranaawdish.bsky.social tonight with @karazivan.bsky.social at @literatibookstore.bsky.social Support all three by getting your copies today. And join us at 630 if you’re local. literatibookstore.com/book/9781250...