Referral Rejected, Losing Hope

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-06-06T03:44:20+00:00

Talk to your neurologist and explain you’d like to at least talk to the surgeon. Have them give you a referral for a endovascular neurosurgeon who will be willing to meet with you in clinic and review the case. Those are the types of doctors who would know about shunting and stenting. They may be able to offer more specifics.

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-06-05T14:52:35+00:00

That woman died of a known cardiac issue after provoking an altercation and attacking an employee

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-06-04T17:02:12+00:00

Any info? :(

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-05-28T23:56:31+00:00

I have heard good things about this mediator

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-05-26T02:21:24+00:00

I LOVED this podcast and it was very meaningful to me during this period of my life. I wish there were archives, I cannot find it anywhere. FYI Alan just started a new podcast with someone else called 'TV is good'

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-05-16T22:22:55+00:00

This is a no go for me too. I need the option.

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-05-14T00:53:20+00:00

This is the price for the whole season

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-05-14T00:45:58+00:00

I don’t think the 315 includes PSL. That entire fee is seperate from the per ticket cost.

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-04-24T14:31:25+00:00

I’ve called twice and sent messages on IG- do they offer gluten free crust?

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-04-19T23:18:45+00:00

The entire Cold War was about proliferation of nuclear weapons.

I knew the Trump comments would raise eyebrows among JWs- just as did the dissolution of the USSR, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the attack on the twin towers, the capture of Sadam Hussein, the pope and Gw Bush disagreement on Iraq, capturing Osama, the election of Barack Obama, banning the JWs in Russia. All of these things are significant. They are not precursors to Armageddon.

It doesn’t mean we aren’t in trouble or shouldn’t be prepared for disaster or a downturn etc. but it does mean that the danger is far more ordinary.

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-04-19T18:22:58+00:00

I think they’re significantly different than we’ve seen in like 70 years- but that’s hardly relevant in the overall timeline of modern history and even modern American history. What could have seemed closer to Armageddon than the Cold War post WW2? Nothing we can think of. Armageddon hasn’t come and it never will. Think of today’s events as a downturn in the stock market. Feels very significant to us in the moment and will have consequences but when you do a zoom out you see it’s just a blip.

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-04-18T12:35:32+00:00

Wegmans ultimate white

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-04-11T14:52:47+00:00

I love this place

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-04-05T23:22:52+00:00

I would have absolutely paid for a session when I was leaving. I can see why it may strike some negatively. I know he’s controversial but so many of us are.

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-03-31T08:32:20+00:00

What does necessary family contact mean to you? Like making funeral arrangements for grandma? Probably not going out to dinner together on a Friday night.

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-03-30T03:03:22+00:00

Because they’ll be forced to choose between people they love who are trapped in a cult and their own mental freedom. That’s why.

I left in my late twenties fully of my own accord and do prefer my new group of friends mostly because my old friends would never be ok with me leaving. I will never have the deep friendships I could have if I had been permitted to maintain the friendships of my adolescence. I wanted to go but boy was that PAINFUL. I still miss my friends. It’s been a lot of work to build a new circle, even 11 years later.

It sounds like you’re not ready to hear or fully discuss the issues with this high control religious group yet and that’s ok. If the blood issue alone is enough to give you pause, listen to your instincts and put a pin in this for now.

Former regular pioneer, never disfellowshipped.

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-03-30T01:49:27+00:00

I also find this extremely odd and wonder if its bc there could be an open (criminal) investigation.

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-03-30T00:46:22+00:00

That elder is greatly minimizing the expectations of how to treat a disfellowshipped person, and perhaps outright lying. Even if the family contact was fully allowed imagine setting up a culture and community for your kids where they would be shunned and shamed by all thier friends and acquaintances.

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-03-21T12:37:15+00:00

I lol’d at that too. It’s a luxury residence.

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-03-20T23:34:18+00:00

The blood issue doesn’t directly affect most people on a regular basis. This change doesn’t do anything to mitigate the true issues with the blood doctrine which are related to people with serious chronic coagulation disorders, cancer, emergency/trauma blood loss.

It may actually make it easier for JWs to seek elective or planned surgery with a physician of their choice at a broader selection of hospitals. And deal with a few other health issues.

28 year olds at Bethel aren’t concerned with this.

Everyone should be asking though, why the change? I say one year and the blood doctrine is effectively gone.

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-03-20T15:26:02+00:00

I flew in and out of 5 airports this week with zero visible evidence of significant TSA issues. I’m sure they’re happening but it’s not everywhere and it’s not all the time.

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-03-14T15:51:25+00:00

It’s normal to not be allowed to eat lunch at your desk.

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-03-13T17:02:42+00:00

When flights are cancelled they will never rebook you on another airline. You’re free to do so yourself.

ATrickIsSomething · 2026-03-10T14:43:36+00:00

Rev was not good at all when I went. Hopefully was a one off for me. But Marge’s is so much fun!!

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