@manoflamatzah.bsky.social
Card carrying member of the Radical Middle. Dษfษndษr of thษ schwa, gรผardian of รผmlauts, preserver of the Oxford comma, and protector of the ellipsis...
Took a break while tying up loose ends, officially now retired, hanging up the olโ stethoscope. Itโs been a good 30 year run, and iI feel I have made the world a little better place
07.01.2025 21:18 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Iโm glad you feel youโre getting good care. As a Vet, you DESERVE it. However, the VA is a bloated, expensive bureaucratic mess. I have had too many bad tales to tellโฆ obvious missed diagnoses, pharmacists changing meds on their own incorrectly, arbitrarily discontinuing medsโฆ etc.. IM x >30 yrs
30.11.2024 18:13 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Iโve been in the business 35 years and have seen outright dumb things from the VA over and over and overโฆ it ainโt pretty. I know what I am taking about.
30.11.2024 18:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0No surprise. Hopefully Bluesky will be better about enforcing their own rules than Twitter
24.11.2024 00:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Surprise, surprise ๐๐๐
24.11.2024 00:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Dr โKerleyโโฆ dang autocorrect!
24.11.2024 00:19 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0True story - my actual first name is Lawrence. I was a medical resident in Massachusetts, doing a nephrology rotation for 6 weeks. The attendingโs name was Dr. Kelley, and he had a fellow named Mohammed. So, for 6 weeks, we were Larry, Mo, and Kerley!
23.11.2024 22:07 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0True story - my actual first name is Lawrence. I was a medical resident in Massachusetts, doing a nephrology rotation for 6 weeks. His name was Dr. Kelley, and he had a fellow named Mohammed. So, for 6 weeks, we were Larry, Mo, and Kerley!
23.11.2024 22:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Just for you - my favorite medical joke:
Q: How do you circumcise a whale?
A: With 4 skin divers
We value you, especially in the next 4 years. We are living in that alternate universe
23.11.2024 22:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This is why we need to continue to support Ukraine - make it not worth their whileโฆ but the orange idiot will save them
23.11.2024 21:57 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Internist here (about to retire) - just joined as well - keep up the good work!
23.11.2024 21:54 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yah, I have seen them for a while here in coastal central California. Ugly. I have no interest in any of Tesla products
23.11.2024 20:11 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Heโs great when it comes down k israel, doesnโt pull punches
21.11.2024 06:05 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Well, yah.. theyโre a country
20.11.2024 07:21 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Good. putin started this, has now dragged in iran and north koreaโฆ wtf did they expect?
20.11.2024 07:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My #1 movie!
20.11.2024 02:12 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Or, better yet โฆ were they still holding the pagers?
19.11.2024 08:33 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0How about legs? ๐
19.11.2024 08:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Hmmmm โฆ if you can get it to YouTube, you could send the liink
19.11.2024 08:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Iโve been an internist for over 30 years. My nickname for the VA is โThe Vayโ, as in โOyโ. So many bad things I have seen through the years. Bureaucratic mess. Our vets deserve better. Pay for Cadillac insurance for them, will be much cheaper.. VA just for PTSD, hearing aides, prosthetics
19.11.2024 08:23 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Especially the quick brown ones, which can be easily located jumping over lazy dogs
19.11.2024 08:03 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Linking it to Facebook was a killer, I think
19.11.2024 07:48 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Iโm here nowโฆ.
19.11.2024 07:08 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I mean, yeah, itโs in our prayers!
19.11.2024 07:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0