I sympathize with your pain. That being said, you had what is called an ex lap, or exploratory laparotomy. By definition the surgery was exploratory. Because the cause of your pain was cryptogenic and no definitive cause could be identified, the removal of your appendix was to ensure that any future episodes could not…

I credit this doctor with saving my life.

I had several large fibroids, and my surgeon did not believe in morcellation because of the risks of spreading cancer that this doctor publicized. I had no symptoms of cancer, but my surgeon was only willing to do an abdominal hysterectomy.

I agree that Reed’s stated goal of a total ban on the morcellator was too simplistic. But it seems uncharitable to the point of insult to direct resentment at Reed for campaigning against the tool that *literally killed her,* instead of resenting the largely cis male population of doctors whose carelessness caused the…

fwiw I think people really should only use the word “bully” when referring to an ongoing campaign of harassment against a person or group by another person or group. Anyone who was bullied can tell you it’s not just a single incident, but something that happens with enough frequency that it has a significant impact on…

Brings to mind the episode of 40 Rock where Liz (who thought she was bullied by everyone in high school) finds out everyone else thought SHE was the bully. (And I think I maybe remember Tina Fey describing this happening in her real life too in her book?)

This list is seriously lacking and devoid of women:
https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior

Jia was right.

Old person driving = terrorist.

Feelings are running high today, the takes will be scorching and rightly so. Everyone is bringing their own baggage and experiences to their analysis of this fucked up situation. With that said, I read Jezebel quite a bit and never saw anything like what you’re describing and if someone did post something like that…

“wears the pants” Muscle him out.”

Gross.

Multiple brain injuries, you say?

Other than it looks like he’s marrying his daughter?

Even if someone buys a plan with newborn care and their infant gets this surgery - that infant still has a pre-existing condition that will mean either they will be completely unable to get insurance coverage when they are adults (like it was before the ACA) or they will be unable to afford insurance because insurance…

Even Republicans will have problems telling babies to fuck off while on camera.

We elected a black president - twice.

The white backlash to having a black man running the country the past 8 years was all but inevitable to be honest.

I got the feeling when she announced Tim Kaine as her VP. This was the time to pick a firebrand pro-labor, anti-free trade person and she didn’t. At that moment, my “Oh Shit” alarm went off.

It felt like every Trump gaffe, all 11,0000 of them, barely moved the needle, while any time Clinton stumbled a little bit, it was a huge swing in Trump’s direction. Almost as if voters just needed a reason, any reason, not to vote for her.

This may just be my existential despair talking, but most of the time I feel like nothing she could have done would have made a difference. We still would have ended up with the Cheeto in Chief because everybody is sexist and racist and life is terrible and we’re all going to die.