Wife (29 years strong),mom of three sons,grandma to the most amazing grandchildren & pharmacist at local indie pharmacy. Trans rights are human rights.
My kids had a bully or two growing up. They knew to tell us and stand up for themselves if needed.
My middle son got cornered in the bathroom and the kid kept taunting him, “your moms are dykes.” My son hit him once, stepped over him, went to the office and said “call my moms.”🧵
The school suspended him and the kid. But then they wanted my son to also sit in on a mediation with the bully. I told the principal to shove that idea. I offered to sit in a mediation with the kid. We did have a talk with his parents though. My son never got bullied again.😂🧵
This story about the boy who killed himself after being bullied just breaks my heart. When I grew up you had to talk shit right to someone’s face. And that usually didn’t go well. But now it can come at a kid from so many directions. I worry about how to deal with that.
All these people driving new F350s and Suburbans etc. What do y’all do for a living? I’m still driving the Volvo I bought 12 years ago. Haven’t had a car payment in 10 years. Went looking recently and the sticker shock just about killed me. Guess I’m keeping the old girl.
@Shaydozer
My MIL was working in her yard when 8 Mesa ,AZ cop cars came screeching up to her house. They made my 76 yo MIL walk towards them with her hands on her head while they all had their guns on her. They had the wrong address.
@TizzyEnt
As a pharmacist, this really pisses me off. The scary part is people with medical/science training can make the most compelling purveyors of misinformation. Most of us pharmacists are just busting our butts trying to get as many people vaxxed as we can.
@clhubes
Especially love the reasoning. “So when I’m in the kitchen I’m not separated from my guests.” Like we are all throwing fabulous dinner parties in our kaftans drinking vodka gimlets.
@AOC
@oliviarodrigo
My mom marched for reproductive rights in 70’s, I marched for gay rights in the 90’s. I’m tired of marching, but you bet your ass I’ll be out there marching. I owe it to my 4 yo granddaughter.
@rgay
The key is to spread these subscriptions over your family network. My parents have Hulu, my BFF has Disney+, my brother has Netflix.
My wife won’t give up cable, she’s a renowned channel surfer.
When I want my kids to call I change my Amazon password.😎
#anxietymakesme
constantly check the alarm on my phone to: 1) make sure it is turned on/volume up and 2) calculate how many hours of sleep I can get if I just fall asleep right now.
@DrEricDing
Got Covid Nov 2020. Took six months to get taste back. Over a year later and many things still don’t smell right. And I smell things that don’t exist, like cooked eggs and gasoline. That may seem mild to some people, but it’s disconcerting to me.
@laurenthehough
When I vaccinate people I try to avoid using terms like side effects and instead call them immune response symptoms. I describe all the reasons they are happening so that maybe people will ascribe a positive mindset to them. It seems trivial, but it really helps.
@RebeccaDRobbins
At my pharmacy, we have a waiting list that we use for when people don’t make their appointment or if we are able to pull extra doses. But if I have extra and time is ticking you can bet I’m putting them in any arm I can find. Haven’t wasted a dose yet, going on 980.
@cmclymer
My best friend participated in roller derby for years after transitioning. She’s not with us anymore, so I can say this now, but she did not give her team any discernible advantage whatsoever.
@dremilyportermd
@cvspharmacy
@BCBSTX
As a local independent pharmacist,we appreciate you.
This in uncharted territory in some states. Our state hasn’t passed any crazy laws, but I’ve still found myself telling providers in indirect language that we are “friendly.”
@AriDrennen
My best friend transitioned around 20 years ago, back when the concepts of FFS were very rudimentary. She is no longer with us, but she is in heaven so pleased at how much improved it has become.
@ContraPoints
@Hbomberguy
The levels this person will go to avoid making an actual pancake is diabolical.
First a piece of halibut passed off as a pancake and now a tortilla? Come on, man!
@ContraPoints
My kids grew up around all of our friend group. Drag queens, leather daddies, dykes on bikes, transgender people, cargo shorts lesbians (okay that was moms).
In spite of our best efforts, they are all straight. And we love and accept them.
@lolacoaster
Hi Kristin! When I was first diagnosed I spent a lot of time trying to figure out where I had gone wrong in my own safety plan. I had to stop beating myself up and just focus on getting better and keeping those around me safe. I wish you a speedy recovery! You strong, lady!
@Lesdoggg
This young persons demeanor change when he heard the teacher say that tells me one thing: he will never forget that for as long as he lives. The stillness in that moment just made my heart break. The mama bear in me is roaring right now.
@travisakers
The mobility bag is part of my childhood memories of my dad. When I graduated college he packed one of his old dop kits full of tools for me for my new apartment. 27 years and 5 moves later, still under my kitchen sink.
Thank you for your service.
@DGlaucomflecken
@bluecrossidaho
It is beyond ridiculous that doctors have to resort to shaming a company on social media to get things done.
I’ll also take this opportunity to say that the
@US_FDA
needs to address the fact that insurance companies have turned “off label” as a weapon to deny coverage.
Got an e-script today. Pt had been on Ketotifen. Rx came over as Ketoprofen. When I called to clarify I got “well, that’s what it says.”
Providers, please educate your staff. If a pharmacist is calling, they know what it fu$&ing says.
#MedTwitter
@AndyOstroy
I’ve already had to vaccinate people who are being required to by their job. I’m glad it’s happening but the consequence for vaccinators are belligerent, aggressive patients. Had a guy try to scare me into just giving him the card. This will happen more. 😟
@rgay
But then you get couples like Dominique Jackson and her partner Edwin. Seeing a black trans woman on House Hunters was awesome. I was completely invested in their search.
@ContraPoints
All of these folks know the age range of their fans. And they know how impressionable kids at that age are. It’s baked right into their business model and it’s sick.
@greendoondoon
In my job, my go to if I’m unsure I say “can you pronounce your name for me? I want to get it right.” 99% of time people smile and tell me. I can usually sound them out, but I like to hear how a person enunciates their name.
@BakeKater
My youngest son said had a classmate in third grade inform him that “you have two moms. That means they are lesbians!”
My sons answer was “I know, right?”
He’s 21 now, but I’ll tell him your kids shark answer. He will be jealous that he didn’t think of it.
@sabarizvimd
You have tons of ways to get an rx to the pharmacy, escribe, fax, voicemail.Doctors who expect instant access to pharmacists aggravate me. But I’m sure that you drop whatever you are doing to take their call too right?
@amyfaithho
I’m a pharmacist. And not a doctor. Just a plain old RPh. Been doing it nearly 30 years.
You are a woman in medicine. Likely experienced some misogynistic crap. Maybe you are deflecting your frustration the wrong direction?
Just a thought, doc.
@DGlaucomflecken
You’ve described my dad perfectly. He called my mom from ER once because he got his hand caught in a skeet trap. She told him she’d be down there to check on him after work to which he replied, “Sounds good, they are taking me up to surgery now.”😳😳😳😳😳
@davidhogg111
I love skeet shooting and my whole family hunts. Guns are part of life in Alaska. But I am also a proponent of better gun legislation.
You can be both.
@NikkiFried
Every person I vaccinated this week felt like they needed to explain why they waited so long. I just told them “well, I’m glad you are here now” with a smile in my eyes. And I meant it every time!
@cmclymer
I lost one of my dearest friends about six years ago now. Her wife and I talk all the time about how much she would have loved watching the trans community blossom. She would been fan girling out over Amy Schneider. But then, aren’t we all?
@ryanstruyk
@gtconway3d
I was one of them. Healthcare worker and I can tell you that I did everything humanly possible to avoid it. Rest of staff and family around me all negative, thank goodness. Worst part for me was beating myself up like I had failed.
Pharmacy is the only business I know of where increasing your patient load and getting busier can actually mean bad news for your bottom line.
I think patients would be shocked at how badly their insurance screws us.
#TwitterRx
Please, please, doctors, I am begging you. Please stop sending patients home with hard to find meds on the weekend . They then have to go all over town looking for it. Todays was Aprepirant 40mg prior to their surgery…..Monday morning. 😡😡😡
@DGlaucomflecken
My wife is 60 and still plays all ages hockey as a goalie. Her team constantly loses to the hotshot teams with 20 something’s. But she says the jokes on them, she can afford to buy beer and Celebrex after the game.🤓
The Walgreens pharmacy across the street from us is closed again today. I am hoping our State Board of Pharmacy will start requiring pharmacies to send reports of closure. These corporate need to be held accountable for this. It is becoming too commonplace.🧵
@donwinslow
@DrEricDing
Such crap. I paid for sick time for employees who even had to stay home to quarantine due to possible exposure. My view was that I needed my employees to not feel compelled to overlook risk for fear of lost wages. Win win.
Every pharmacy student we have had in last year has asked if we are hiring. None of them want to work retail chains. Not because they think it’s beneath them. They are afraid of the unsafe work conditions.
New grads should get to be excited about their career.
@calebsaysthings
I have all of my sons, mother in law, sister in law, niece and nephew on our phone plan. My oldest asked if he should get his own plan & I told him “with what you are saving, I brought you up smarter than that! When you get married you can start a phone family of your own.”
@cmclymer
Took my granddaughter to toy store Sunday. A family of 4 kids was also there, agonizing over choices. The only boy in family told his mom “look, they have boy dolls”in a hopeful tone. Her reply was “we will go to boys toy section next” His disappointment hurt my heart.
@AnniemuMary
We bought our house about 22 years ago in the middle of winter. The owners made a little sketch map of the backyard so we would know where all the perennials were planted come spring.
@MoshuaJoss
@rgay
As a person who wears a mask 10 hours a day at work, it’s not that hard. I got Covid in the before vaccine days, mild case,but it has messed me up. Long Covid is no joke.
I look at it this way, HIV presents as nonspecific flu at first too.
@donwinslow
@CNN
@MSNBC
Going on CNN and MSNBC to make a case is like preaching to the choir. If you really want press, go on Fox or those other channels. I like
@PeteButtigieg
during primaries for his willingness to go on Fox. Make a compelling case and get in there and fight!
@ContraPoints
The scrutiny that women have to endure on social media is scary. Cis or trans, it is terrible. But for trans women, it is on a level of cruelty that is hard for me to fathom.
@ContraPoints
At my last physical my doctor reviewed my labs and said “you look good on paper.” She’s lucky I’m a twisted person because I laughed so hard.
@laurenthehough
Came back from getting a drink and someone had ditched her book for mine. I guess I’m stuck with Steam Train, Dream Train. But you apparently have a new fan.
@kathygriffin
Yes!!!! I marched with Act Up damn it so I need to see my gay brothers out there marching with us.
It really is time to get the Lesbian Avengers restarted.
@detachment_red
I have served as a foster parent and adoptive parent. Even now I serve as an emergency foster home. If you want to help, find out how you can become a foster parent in your area. That’s true direct action.
I love this adorable couple on House Hunters. She thinks any extra space is superfluous and he wants to be “king of the suburbs.” And I love his amazing fanny pack collection.
I mentioned to my wife “I’m gonna tweet this to
@rgay
” and I got the eye roll.
@rgay
The “until he stopped taking my calls” is going to be the biggest bombshell. It should be the conversation about the possibility of Archie having dark skin. There will be racism even in the palace outrage.
@AriDrennen
She emits joy in an affable way that I find refreshing. But that vulnerability seems to make some people want to be so mean.
My grandma side just wants to protect her.
@chasestrangio
As a pharmacist, the fact that the medical aspects of trans youth healthcare has been so misrepresented in these cases is maddening.
As a mom, grandma and queer person, I just want to grab all of these kids in a big hug and let them know I care.
@laurenthehough
@sweetcheetah
I always give me wife a pointed stare at that one. She is afflicted. But the “striking up a conversation in hardware” store hits a little too close to home.
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#NorthCarolina
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@cmclymer
I agree with you, Charlotte. Women knew it’s importance, whether they were pro choice or pro forced birth.
Let me also say that if there isn’t movement to codify Roe, to codify Obergefell, the Dems will have some explaining to do.
@onekade
@3DTruth
Hell yes. My pharmacy getting inundated with calls from seniors struggling to access site. Many do not have smart phones or computers. Even though we are full for this month we still help them find appts somewhere. This needs to be addressed before scale up to general pop.