Medic Kim

Just when you thought drug policy couldn’t get any stupider…

“Manitoba introduced a bill that would allow authorities to detain people “intoxicated on drugs other than alcohol” for up to 72 hours, and is aimed at dealing with the longer-lasting effects of methamphetamines and some other substances”

Health insurance shouldn't exist, and healthcare is what you provide to anyone needing healthcare... WTF is hard about any of this 🤷‍♂️

Ditto my love. All caps DITTO 💜💜💜

Lord let a MFer say this to my face or within earshot and I WILL catch a charge.

It’s never lost on me that I was one of the lucky ones.

My assault was METICULOUSLY documented. I was believed from the get go by everyone in my chain of command and allowed & encouraged to get support.

It still took 6 years to get my Disability
Rating.

And I am one of the lucky ones.

Free this man he did nothing wrong.

All credit to @emkultra64.com whom I believe is the originator of that saying. It means a lot to me and my son who is trans 💜

Amy Klobuchar #@amykl...6h S . The President prides himself on "The Art of the Deal." Well, now's the time for him to make a deal. Lower health care costs for working families—don't shut down the government. Matt Van Swol @matt va...3h g. Just received my Voter Registration Card in the mail. I am officially a Republican voter!

i can’t explain it but somehow these are spiritually the same tweet

*hits vape*

I know the kindest, best people on Earth. Because this absolutely helped 💜

Sexual assault leaves a mark that periodically rears its ugly head even after 21 years, therapy, & a loving partner.

If you’re not okay after listening to Hegseth, hear me now- that’s okay. I got so mad I threw up in a public trash can.

Get mad, cry, do WHATEVER you gotta do. Just don’t give up 💜

Some days you’re gonna hang on by hope.

Some days you’ll exist out of pure spite.

Some days you’ll live for revenge.

Whatever it is that keeps your feet planted on this Earth in this minute/hour/day you hold onto it with everything you have.

Live to see them die.

Understanding the Coming Premium Apocalypse Why health insurance is about to become unaffordable

Understanding the Coming Premium Apocalypse

Why health insurance is about to become unaffordable

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The enhanced subsidies are about to expire, and the financial hit to many Americans will be apocalyptic, @charlesgaba.com estimates

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I still think it’s backwards that every mass shooter owning an AR-15 is considered a right while their victims’ healthcare is considered a privilege.

Yeah, reading his earlier lawsuit documents & available medical records this was entirely predictable given a marginally functional medical system. Which explains why he was able to do it.

I keep begging ppl to take TBIs seriously, to make MH a priority before it spirals. This is why.

If nothing else we can always turn a catastrophe into a befuddlement.

Southport, NC. A veteran pulled up to waterfront cafe on boat and opened fire with an assault rifle. 3 dead, multiple injured, and his story is…weird. Allegedly the LDS Michigan shooter is a right wing veteran as well.

When I said that gun violence in America is so repetitive we’ve become desensitized that wasn’t an invitation to invent boat-bys.

I'm so fucking tired, like curl up in a ball & fucking cry tired, that I couldn't find the energy to buy ingredients & make a drink. But honestly, not bad for pre-made booze.
Before y'all ask, & I love you for it, I'm OK. @medickimw.bsky.social knows I'm a little off & is taking great care of me.

We all kvetch jokingly about HIPAA in a "oh no boogeyman" way sometimes but it turns out an uncaring "if you fuck with the privacy of someone who is vulnerable and trusts you, you're fucked" system is good actually.

Black vans transporting solid phase water in Calvert County. Highway 4 to 301.

HIPAA is probably one of the single most important pieces of health legislation we actually got right. Patient privacy & confidentiality SHOULD be sacrosanct and if I can’t even trust a nurse with that no fukn way would I trust her with so much as a tongue depressor.

There’s debate on whether she simply illegally accessed and passed on that info OR a more serious charge of drawing the blood for testing against the patient’s expressed permission- the former is a privacy violation, the latter is assault.

Possible jail time for a cop??? Insane behavior.

There’s bodycam video of a nurse giving BAC info to a cop despite the patient refusing and no warrant obtained.

She’s on the hook criminally and civilly now & is going to lose her job (definitely) & her license (probably) while the cop faces zero consequences.

Stop playing cop as a HCP.

It's all fun and games until a cop handles a Tylenol gelcap with no gloves and within seconds their socks are bothering them.

My incarcerated patient used someone else’s minutes to check on me.

“You was crying on Monday and that got me fucked up. In 5 years I ain’t never heard you cry. You good?”

I’m good bud. Play chess, breathe the fresh air in the yard, plan your “when I’m out” life.

That will always bring me peace.

Grateful for my (primarily) Black & Indigenous patients who educated me over the years 💜

I have to read studies and compile information for them to have. Because how fucking audacious would it be for me to say “Just trust me” to them???

When I say this feels like death by 1000 cuts this is what I mean.

I am SOOOO tired.

Part of what sucks about the Grifterceutical & Trump Anti-Science Administration is that I can’t just ignore it. I serve communities with deep, justified mistrust of the medical establishment.

Which means I have to be on my A game to answer my patient’s questions & concerns about this shit.