Imogene Cancellare, PhD

Imogene Cancellare, PhD

@biologistimogene.bsky.social

Conservation biologist, scicomm, wild cat research. Views my own. She/her.

5,895 Followers 145 Following 240 Posts Joined Jul 2023
1 month ago

This is insane. ICE is out of control here, still. They must leave.

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1 month ago

Murder looks like murder from every angle, which is why the Trump regime is telling you your eyes are wrong.

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1 month ago

Shooting a man, who didn’t attack you, who was on hands and knees, in the back 5+ times… and you’re the victim?

What Bovino is saying is that Border Patrol have complete immunity to act however they want and anyone who inconveniences them slightly has victimized them and can be executed. Madness

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2 months ago

Phenomenal

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2 months ago
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Wow, it’s been a really long year. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in February. I completed 5 rounds of egg retrieval, had my tumor removed, was laid off from my federal research contract, had 5 weeks of radiation, got shingles 2x, started 5 years of endocrine therapy, and am now in remission.

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11 months ago
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My thoughts on the whole dire wolf thing: www.instagram.com/reel/DISYNJP...

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1 year ago

It’s been a terribly difficult time for me, and I’m quite scared- and sad- to go thru this, I’m thankful for the community who rallied around me as soon as I got the diagnosis.

I’ve felt every emotion. This is extremely unfair, but biology never is.

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1 year ago

I found the lump over Christmas, two weeks after my miscarriage. I had scans and a biopsy.

In the 3 weeks since being diagnosed, I’ve had close to 2 dozen appointments for surgery, fertility, reconstruction, and genetic testing.

I don’t have all the answers yet, but we think I caught it early.

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1 year ago
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Well, here goes everything: I have breast cancer.

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1 year ago
Postdoctoral Researcher – Bobcat Ecology and Conservation | Natural Resources Job Board

My PhD lab is hiring a postdoctoral researcher on bobcat ecology! Great location, project, and community. Highly recommend for those working in quantitative ecology: jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...

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1 year ago

Y’all I am STRESSED.

Just in general. And also specifically.

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1 year ago

Wait I want to do this, there’s a free mini library across the street from me!

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1 year ago

Love it

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1 year ago
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Brianna Keilar: Do you think that calling Elon Musk a dick is effective messaging?

Congressman Robert Garcia: Well, he is a dick.

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1 year ago
a picture of 4 insect valentines cards, including the cards up front with the rosy maple moth and the praying mantis. The rosy maple says "Are you a lamp because I wanna be around you" and the mantis says "You look good enough to eat". The image is superimposed with the words "Love bugs valentines" and then on the bottom, Skype a Scientist's logo and Michele's Logo and "Sales support Skype a Scientist"

I think we can all agree the vibes are *not* wonderful.

You know what always makes my day better? Getting a cute card in the mail from a friend.

I propose that we send valentines this year for vibe enhancement. Skype a Scientist has got *just* the pack.

Get 'em at squidfacts.bigcartel.com

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1 year ago

I won’t respond to any arguments to this thread. My post is to highlight how miscarriage is awful enough without religious zealots inserting themselves into something they know nothing about. A national abortion can could kill me. It will be the fault of pro-lifers.

Mind your own fucking business.

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1 year ago

If you don’t like abortions, don’t have them. If you think the problem is doctors misinterpreting the law and not that lawmakers have no medical knowledge, you are the problem. Access to medical care is private, and it’s a civil right. 14/n

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1 year ago

Miscarriage is one of those weird underbellies of society. It’s so common, yet rarely talked about. We can’t legislate medicine and then blame folks who experience the consequences of a problem -created by someone else -for not finding a solution. The solution is always access to care. 13/n

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1 year ago

Making doctors verify a patient is an exception to a rule wastes critical time that has resulted in trauma, permanent damage, and death of patients. Telling me I’m the exception does no good if my doctor has to wait for confirmation that we won’t go to jail if they save my life via surgery. 12/n

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1 year ago

Abortion bans criminalize pregnancy complications as much as they criminalize the right to choose. Unless you assume a patient is a criminal, and act accordingly, there really isn’t an easy way to know if someone is having a miscarriage, or has attempted to abort themselves. 11/n

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1 year ago

I wasn’t made to wait for care. I didn’t have to wait for sepsis, I wasn’t asked if I’d taken anything to stop fetal development. Had this been the case, I could have become very ill. The simple point is that not legislating my body allowed me to help my body during a difficult time. 10/n

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1 year ago

I don’t need to explain the trauma of this. A miscarriage alone is a profoundly awful experience, but mine felt especially horrible, if that’s even possible. It was no one’s fault. I had access to prompt medical care that didn’t require ruling out criminal activity. I was treated with respect. 9/n

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1 year ago

My doctor immediately scheduled me for a second D&C and confirmed via camera the surgery was successful (camera-led is not standard, this was not the result of poor care). Having retained products of conception is not common, but it happens. Why is this important info to share? 8/n

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1 year ago

I took the medication the next night. Misoprostol causes uterine contractions to expel pregnancy tissue. It sort of mimics early labor regardless of how far along you are. I had about 12 hours of contractions, but the medication did not work. 7/n

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1 year ago

I could wait to see if my body expelled it naturally, try the medication route, or repeat the D&C. The idea of a second surgery horrified me, and I was so overwhelmed with the trauma and decision paralysis that I decided to try the medication. I wish I hadn’t. 6/n

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1 year ago

Two weeks later, I knew something was wrong. I was having a lot of pelvic pain, I was still bleeding, so my doc brought me in for an ultrasound. I had retained pregnancy tissue, meaning some of it was still adhered to my uterus. That’s a problem. I had 3 options. 5/n

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1 year ago

Plus, because of my endometriosis, my doctor was concerned the medication route would be more painful than it already is. So, I had a D&C. I had a great medical team. I love my doctor. It was still horrible. Recovery time varies, but I bled a lot. 4/n

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1 year ago

The news was horrific, and it happened so fast. I chose surgery because after ~8 weeks gestation, medication to expel pregnancy tissue isn’t always 100% effective, and many women require surgery anyway. The medication-induced process can also be very long. I didnt want that. 3/n

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1 year ago

A missed miscarriage is when the fetus dies, but the body doesn’t realize it. You can carry a fetus that has stopped developing for MANY weeks before the body realizes and tries to expel it. As a result, I opted to have surgery to remove the tissue. 2/n

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1 year ago

I’m a big fan of sharing experiences so others feel less alone. TW: pregnancy loss.

I had a missed miscarriage 2 months ago. I was 10 weeks pregnant. I’d just seen feral heart activity 2 weeks prior, so the news that the fetal heart had stopped was a surprise, because I wasn’t bleeding. 1/n

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