Heather, Dice Goblin

...that was an abuser right there. Especially given how they tried to talk me in circles and trick me into saying if they did X, Y, or Z, they could have the records.

This is why HIPAA and medical privacy are so important.

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I'm sure some of these seem far-fetched. When I was doing release of records for a hospital, we semi-regularly had people try to get others' records. Including a parent whose adult child hadn't contacted them in 10 years and who didn't know where that child was. I would bet money...

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But what it comes down to is this: it's YOUR private medical information. No one should get to share it with anyone except you. I don't care if you were seen for an ingrown toenail or a sore throat--that's no one's business but yours.

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8. Simply knowing what facility a person is having a procedure in could allow someone to track them down (think childbirth).

9. Authorities could use your info against you.

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6. You could be humiliated or embarrassed among your family, peers, or colleagues.

7. You could have to listen to all sorts of unsolicited and unwanted advice from people who aren't your medical providers.

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4. A teen who gets an abortion or receives contraception could be kicked out of their home or even harmed or killed by their parents or guardians.

5. A stalker/abuser could use medical records to get their victim's address and other contact information.

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Some people don't understand why every last detail of private medical information should stay private. So here are some reasons.

1. Your employer could fire you because of a condition you have.

2. You could be denied life insurance.

3. You could be socially ostracized (HIV anyone?).

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I'm so glad he's home and hope he feels better soon!!!!!

I mean, the ED is good for a hell of a lot of issues short of a stroke, so I don't see why you shouldn't do this.

And good lord yes the wait times. I need to see a neuropsychiatrist there and their voice mail says they're scheduling into second quarter 2026 now.

Nothing bad happens to the pets in my book because I am so tired of bad things happening to them in real life. Buy a book, pay a vet bill. 😭

Wait, what's going on with Shawn? Is he going to be okay? 🫂

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Most likely lymphoma. At least Susan's research is saying there are some new chemo drugs that actually work pretty effectively and that could potentially give him a few more years.

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

A Snowshoe cat sitting on the tile kitchen floor with one malformed leg out to the side.

Boy do I wish Dax had hyperthyroidism. Looks like it's probably either IBD or small-cell lymphoma. I know which one I'm hoping for.

The biggest problem is he see-saws between wanting to eat everythng and wanting to eat nothing, and ending up on the side of now weighing only 6lb (he should be more like 8). Anyway, tomorrow he gets an xray and ultrasound,, so we'll see...

I'm just incredibly lucky that my job will let me adjust my schedule as necessary.

Same here!!

We have the exact same popular-cultural hole in our lives, apparently!

You have SO MUCH time left. I'm in my 50s and recently switched to a whole new career field, got a degree, and started with a new employer. It isn't too late to start anew!

We're completely flummoxed. All the symptoms line up with hyperthyroidism, but it isn't that.

About £350 to go, thank you everyone sharing and helping out. <3

(I have re-opened my Etsy but I can't rely on that until I know if payments will be processed right away etc, and rent is coming up quick. But I'm doing everything I can.)

100% human-made by a Global South author.

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It's so confusing.

For some reason delivery people also keep mixing up two digits of our unit number, so they leave our things outside a unit on the opposite side of the building.

Asking my academic advisor about the possibility of a leave of absence. The tremors aren't debilitating (they intermittently interfere with typing), but treatment will take up way too much of my time to be doing full-time work *and* school. (Physical and occupational therapy, CBT, neuro appts.)

Yay! Congratulations!

Now Susan (my roommate) and I are "reminiscing" about times when drivers have done the same to us.

Uber driver: "I'm here."

Susan: "No, you're one street over."

Uber driver: "No, I'm where you told me to be!"

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Hopefully so! I do have some of the factors that can make it harder for treatment to work, but that's balanced by the fact that this is basically the only neurological disorder that is capable of going into full remission!