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@Kelly

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🐕❤️ |🎙🎸🥁 | 🐑 🧶 | 🏳️‍🌈 LibtardInternautSpinnerWeaverMusicMakerShepherdCoderMom Adding context for the reality we’re in🌴 #IVapeIVote #interop #SheepIsLife

Cascadia, Turtle Island
Joined May 2008
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Kelly (she/they)
3 months
If good runs when evil rises, then the People have no chance at all. #VoteBlue2024ProtectDemocracy
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5 years
@DanteLima115 @Crystaaal_J @the918diva @ewarren These fools somehow think that if they take sides with billionaires someday one of them will come down from heaven and make them one too. Meanwhile said billionaires are ROFLMAOing at how effectively they’ve duped their minions
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
5 years
@headdock I don’t want pain clinics at all. None of that crazy BS. Just want my regular family doctor to treat my pain, the same way I was successfully treated for 17 years before I was abandoned. So my life can go back to normal (but manageable) again.
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
6 years
@ThomasKlineMD @BuzzFeedNews “Fear of Addiction” is so irrational in the context of chronic pain. Are diabetics “addicted” to insulin? Heart attack patients “addicted” to beta-blockers? In all cases, there is physical dependence if you need a med to function. True for ALL meds. Why are #cpp ’s treated diff?
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Kelly (she/they)
6 years
@ThomasKlineMD @BuzzFeedNews This article fails to close the link between chronic pain and depression. People are depressed BECAUSE they’re in chronic pain, not bc they’re on painkillers. When treated w/opioids at effective doses, depression eases. Antidepressants are no sub for effective pain treatment
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
11 months
*EVERYONE PLEASE SHARE!*
@ElevenFilms
Eleven Films
11 months
🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 On Nov. 5, 2024, American democracy will be in imminent danger if we don't unite. Democracy needs you 🇺🇸 #TomorrowIsTooLate
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
5 years
@Ada_Palmer Not to mention waulking, which is the fulling (slightly felting) of a woven blanket necessary prior to use.
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
6 years
@TonyTtonyff @DeniseGeltman @ThomasKlineMD This issue doesn’t belong to a political party. Pls don’t make it that way. Those of us who suffer from chronic pain don’t need this. And Mayo, believe me, isn’t broken from liberalness. It’s broken from greed and BigPharma / MedTech lies.
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
6 years
@DanBoon63784314 As they point out at the end of the article, this program is great for the insurance company’s bottom line and for the physicians. Who cares what’s best for the patient, right? #opioidhysteria #CripTheVote
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
6 years
@ERshitmagnet @Tia_Steffen Does it even occur to you that patients know best what they’ve been taking, which dosage etc WORKS for them and has been effectively Rx for them in past? Do px not have a right to insist they be given what WORKS? ESP when the medical ERRORS are 3rd leading cause of death in US!
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
7 years
@mashable If it was only the sides it would be way cooler. Then it would actually still function as an, um, table
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
6 years
@ERshitmagnet Don’t worry - YOU are the reason many of us would rather die at home than seek perfectly treatable* care at an ER. YOU are a DISGRACE to the medical profession * note I said treatABLE. I know better than to blv I’ll actually b TREATED properly at ER w #opioidhysteria ppl like u
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
14 days
Huge recommendation for this must-read book and also read the terrific interview with @gregolear
@gareth_gore
Gareth Gore
17 days
My new book OPUS is now ON SALE in the United States and Canada! Please help spread the word....
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Kelly (she/they)
6 years
@ThomasKlineMD @BuzzFeedNews The article also fails to acknowledge that all the “alternative treatments” in the world aren’t as effective as opioids for many. Marijuana doesn’t help pain for everyone, for ex, even if legal. Chronic pain patients aren’t out there getting high - their pain eats any euphoria
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
5 years
@JoeyMulinaro @GillianHTurner @yashar We have no idea because cats refused to cooperate with the study. Per usual.
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Kelly (she/they)
6 years
@ThomasKlineMD That’s certainly been my experience. But why is that? Why do so many doctors and other medical professionals feel this way, instead of an appropriate degree of empathy? I’m so puzzled by this. I really would like to know the answer.
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Kelly (she/they)
5 years
@DessiF3 NOT AGAINST THE LAW!
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
6 years
@Usefulnotes_ @kasie @PhilipRucker Not to mention, the #USAFSC has that siqqq shoutout to #StarTrek in its awesome logo, masquerading as a paper ✈️ 💥 💥 💥
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
3 years
@PainPtFightBack @Lindsay_Cor @LelenaPeacock @aander1987 @Amy_L_Partridge @ibdgirl76 @life_is_art___ @purplemamabear @BethDarnall @speakingabtpain @AmerMedicalAssn @IASPpain I just want my primary doc to be back in charge of my pain management. I don’t want specialists (sure, consult as/if needed) and the govt and cops to mind their own biz. The way it was for 20+ stable years, before their meddling eventually caused me to be abandoned w/out care!
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
5 years
coolness abounds! #THEEXPANSE : Screaming Firehawks Collection via @Amazon
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
6 years
This article gives me so much #hope . Get it, @JamesThompsonKS !!!
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
2 years
@GrimmGreen I’m Kelly and I quit a 20 year 2.5 pack a day habit in a single day thanks to Strawberry flavored nicotine liquid and vaping. I’ve been 100% smoke free for 7 years and feel better than ever! #WeVapeWeVote @SaveVape
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
5 years
@HowardA_Esq @Enough212 I would add, don’t tell ppl what they can or can’t do with their bodies, FULL STOP. This includes sex, abortion AND recreational or self-medicating drug use. Just butt TF out of ppl’s life choices mmk? Easy peasy!
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Kelly (she/they)
6 years
@LelenaPeacock @Enough212 All CPP/IPP - addicts are NOT OUR ENEMIES! Pls don’t buy into > divisiveness! As Lelena said, #harmreduction is a 👍🏼 strategy (as is #decrim , #legalization ). We dont have to tear down addicts to advocate for ourselves! Think both/and not either/or: health is not a zero sum game!
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
2 years
@GrimmGreen @TeamYouTube @YouTube @YouTubeCreators @YouTube you are making a massive mistake banning @GrimmGreen . I wouldn’t be a non-smoker today (6 years tobacco free!) if it weren’t for him and his channel!
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
5 years
@StopBadDocs NO f’in WAY! The very fact we’ve reached the pt we’d make ppl stick electrodes in their brains out of unfounded fears of centuries-old drug w/ wide safety margins rather thn create possible drug dependency (when we blithely create other drug dependencies on the reg) = horrifying!
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Kelly (she/they)
2 years
MUST READ @doctorow white paper & slideshow w/ @EFF #interoperability
@doctorow
Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK
2 years
That hypothetical "interoperable Facebook" is the subject of a new white paper and narrated slideshow I've just launched with @EFF , called "How to Ditch Facebook Without Losing Friends." 16/
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Kelly (she/they)
6 years
@artofstyle @ThomasKlineMD I had one doc say to me, “but you don’t look like you’re in that much pain”. I said, without even thinking, “no, I’m at a 4 rn bc I’m taking my pain meds as prescribed, and they work”. They looked at me like I was an alien. What was the “right answer” there?
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
6 years
@ravensspirit68 Oh. My. God. This article is so irresponsible... I do my very best to focus on everything BUT my pain on the daily. But I can only DO that when I have sufficient pain meds to get it down to a level where I CAN kinda ignore it (around 4-5). But now we HAVE to talk bc nobody cares!
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
5 years
And how exactly is that going to help those many thousands of us already abandoned and suffering daily, whose docs have abandoned us & retired in droves bc of your negligence? Are you going to find us docs to renew our Tx/Rx? #opioidhysteria
@CDCInjury
CDC Injury Center
5 years
Abrupt tapering or sudden discontinuation of #opioids can result in severe opioid withdrawal symptoms, incl. pain and psychological distress. Read the #OpioidGuideline authors’ commentary @NEJM for more info:
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
5 months
@CMerandi As another poster said, we need ranked choice voting (RCV) today! If Trump is elected, he’ll have his “Project 2025”, and that will be the end of our nation of laws (in America)
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Kelly (she/they)
6 years
@nuII_dog @webchick Many (not just upper body strength)! I find men to be honorable by nature - a sense of fair play seems more baked-in than with girls. There are all the lovely aesthetics, of course. Better bosses imho Sacrifice, loyalty, the warrior ways... who knows culture / bio but still
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
9 years
@osparty so how do I join? I'm an open source coder, and apply OS principles in my whole life. OS + GOVT = perfect fit. Sign me up!
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
6 years
@ThomasKlineMD The very idea that #cpp ’s are abusing their meds is ridiculous even at face value. The pain sucks up all meds’ relief - there’s no “getting high”. The ideas are mutually incompatible: how can we stay stable on our Rx for many years and simultaneously be “drug-seeking junkies”?
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
6 years
@AnnaWhateley @_MTAnderson My son carried his Pygmy hedgehog (Omelette) everywhere for years, pockets galore; flying on plane was most entertaining. I used to hog-sit her sometimes and enjoyed her very much. Miss her! #omelette
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8 months
@SpellmakerJacey @ibdgirl76 Sadly alcohol is a shit pain control treatment and also destroys your body and your mind super fast 😞 I’m a alcohol widow
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@Kelly
Kelly (she/they)
6 years
@Donnaal39068592 @ThomasKlineMD @BuzzFeedNews Also, while ibuprofen (aleve) is a miracle drug in its own right, its side effects are more dangerous than opioids for long-term continual use. Serious GI problems and higher risk of heart attack are well-documented. If we are talking safety for chronic pain, opioids win for many
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@Katamac1967 Unbelievable! Institutionalized torture, FFS!
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Kelly (she/they)
5 years
@ShadiBartsch @Ada_Palmer Now THAT’s recycling!
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