There's a place called Giovanni's a couple of blocks from my apartment which serves the "Pittsburgh Steel City" Pizza which consists of "Marinated eye of round grilled steak, mushrooms, onions, peppers, provolone, mozzarella, topped with french fries, cole slaw, and tomato sauce."

They're like regular french fries, except with a dusting of spices on them.

I think that every low rent pizza place in Pittsburgh has either a "buffalo" chicken pizza or "ranchero" or something that has fries. For instance, Ephesus Pizza in downtown Pittsburgh has the following:

I meant it literally. The baby did not survive for more than a few minutes. The only saving grace was that the mom was ok physically.

If the mother in question is acurately represented by the doctor's description of being overweight and not paying attention to her health, it is quite possible that she had unrecognized gestational diabetes, which can really increase the size of a baby as well as put his/her health at high risk.

Mine too! It's also on Spotify :)

Record yourself sleeping and see if its a real thing. Then give 'em hell if its not.

That sounds like a really tough slog you've been going through. I went through a similar patch when I was in graduate school. I worked through every spring break, summer break, winter break as an undergraduate and then did the same for a Master's degree without any regard to personal fulfillment. My parents are…

After living in Pittsburgh for almost 8 years, I still haven't found much passable Chinese food. Rose Tea Cafe in Squirrel Hill is probably the best as noted by other commenters. Grit and Grace as well as Soba do the the overpriced Americanized "asian fusion" thing reasonably well. For Vietnamese, Tram's Kitchen in…

Well, we could start throwing poop/bodily fluids at each other. Then, it would be airborne.

Actually, one of the things that makes ebola easier to manage (if there is a sane geopolitical situation) is that it is not contagious unless the patient is having symptoms (not to mention that it is not an airborne pathogen). That makes the infected easy to spot and avoid. That's why diseases that have contagious,…

Based on my medical school experience, the male gynecologists who I worked with wanted to be able to do surgical procedures in the OR without doing a surgical residency. They were either not cut out for general surgery from a personality standpoint or a skill standpoint. It was a frightening experience as a medical…

Cool. I didn't realize Zaditor came in an OTC formulation. Learn something new every day.

I would strongly recommend seeing a physician for these persistent symptoms. The OTC H1 blockers (claritin, allegra, and zyrtec) all basically work the same way and if one isn't giving you much relief, it is unlikely the others will be very helpful (though people sometimes have idiosyncratic preference for one over…

I was wondering whose blood Melisandre threw into a fire...

I'm sorry that you are having to go through all of this and I hope the best for you and your family. I see a lot of liver failure in my line of work, and I was hoping to help a bit with the medical jargon. The TIPS procedure (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt) is done in the setting of cirrhosis of the…

You might want to try putting some patio blocks or 2x4s under the legs of her bed at the head end to elevate the whole bed rather than pillows. Just bending at the upper torso with pillows or a wedge can actually increase the pressure in the stomach and make reflux worse.

Thanks for the support! I'm glad you were able to get such great care.

I am a pulmonologist and ICU specialist. If there's anything about navigating the ICU setting that you want to bounce off a stranger on the internet, feel free. It is a scary environment especially when a loved one is on the ventilator. Best of luck to you both. The flu is very bad this year, and we are seeing a…