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@joneslillycal Prayers for her, you and family.

Prayers please 🙏. Daughter attempted suicide this morning. EMS took her.

@jasonryanmd Simple understanding; Books will prep you, teachers will guide you, but experience is the greatest teacher of all.

When I was a 3rd year resident already matched into cardiology we had an EKG conference. I was asked to interpret an EKG that was classic for pericarditis but I didn’t recognize any of the findings. I just hadn’t seen much pericarditis in training. I was embarrassed to miss this when I was headed for a career in cards. Fast forward a couple of years to when I was a fellow and an ED attending showed me an EKG and asked me what I thought it showed. It took me about 2 seconds to recognize it was pericarditis because I had seen it so many times before. A huge change in my skills had occurred from experience. One of the cool things about medicine is mastering that which once seemed confusing or difficult. As you move along in training things that were challenging or even overwhelming will become so easy they are almost second nature. It’s a cool journey. If you’re in the middle of it, enjoy the ride.

@Rick_Pescatore Been there, 10 pm to 8 am, excruciating pain, got lucky at 8 am a dentist gave me penicillin, pain gone in 45 minutes. I am a aspirin for everything type person, aspirin did not touch it, vanilla extract did not touch it, clove oil did not touch it, pain meds probably would.

I woke up last night to the kind of pain that makes you sweat, cry, and curse yourself for ever taking a single second of health for granted. Dental pain. Unrelenting. Excruciating. I emptied every medicine cabinet and drawer. Nothing helped until....

🧵 THREAD: The Cruel Reality of Opioid "Reduction" in 2025. Woke up to the following messages: 1. 86 y/o woman Stable on 120mg oxycodone for 20 YEARS. Her doctor takes a vacation. Covering doc says: "You don't need that." Cut off. No taper. No discussion. Just... nope. Medical ethics? Never heard of 'em.

The current attack against Dr Anand. This is what the prosecutors do?! Are you kidding me! Many of these arrest cases say “the Doctor was prescribing dangerous drugs like acetaminophen” I showed that here months back! Are you serious?! This is over the counter cream like Voltaran Gel

Hands down, the manufactured opioid epidemic There was never a prescription crisis This was created to fast track opioid lawsuits

This whole was situation was a CON since day 1. Shame on ALL OF YOU who did this to Disabled people and people post op or just people in pain. Shame on all of you

This is a great start. Thank you for speaking up.

Omg This video broke my heart. Listen to this eight year old scream and cry while the doctors withhold pain medication. This is a great way to create trauma, and that kid will probably avoid going to the doctor tiktok.com/t/ZP82tpwkq/

Because we as Patients, Patient Advocates been doing the most we can do to remove the DEA from Healthcare and nothing has worked. Drastic moves will need to be made to make the changes needed. Every Doctor, PA etc will need to do a national strike. You all need to just push back in the most drastic way. Things will get worse, you all allowed them in and they will eventually have FULL CONTROL. It needs to be done. It’s the only solution to the mess that has been created.

Doctors we have offered to help, nothing will change without you! The DEA and Bureaucrats should not be dictating your medical decisions you make for your patients.

@LelenaPeacock I've always been upfront about the fact that I have a limit of pain that I can tolerate and still consider my life to have QUALITY over quantity. I've had the Dignitas paperwork filled out for over a decade now. It's simply realistic at this point.

@phantomtransy Please don't ever feel badly. On the other hand, please DO be careful, if possible. We'd like to keep you around. 🙏🙏🙏❤️

@LelenaPeacock I'll never let them make me feel bad for just turning to the street bc they created the whole damn situation not me.

@SpartanRyan13 I understand. 💔

@LelenaPeacock I've bargained for 1 pain free day. I've contemplated suicide. I used to be ashamed of it, now I'm indifferent. I am living for my animals & I know how precarious that can be. Going peacefully wouldn't be my style 😆 I am sorry that so many others have to even think about this

This is one of my chosen alternate endings. I don't want to choose this option, but it's a definite possibility, always lurking in the shadows of my mind. Eventually, unchecked suffering becomes a #LivingDeath. It's no surprise that patients sometimes choose to opt out.

STATE-SANCTIONED PAIN PATIENT TORTURE AND MASS MURDER PROGRAM STILL IN PROGRESS @DOGE_HHS @HHSGov @AGPamBondi

I have treated ~10,000 US patients, and I have seen medicine change from a compassion-based profession into a corporate greed-driven business.