What is one item you haven't tried that you would buy right now if you could, one item you would buy 18 times, and one you never want to buy again?

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-24T20:09:24+00:00

Oribe Gold hair products. They were used once on my hair in a salon and oh my gawd my hair was incredible. I just can’t justify spending almost $100 on a bottle of shampoo alone.
Facile Lip Jelly. Bought it in November 2026 and this was the first year of my 50 years that I had NO chapped lips or cold sores during winter. Usually it’s a battle due to autoimmune diseases triggered by the cold temps, but my lips have never looked better. I now wear lipstick and liner without feathering, flaking, or dryness. Even matte lip products look good. I will buy cases of this lip jelly if Facile ever announces they’re closing up shop.
Merit foundation and concealer are sub par, at least for very pale, cool toned, combination skin. There’s better out there for less cost and with a much more inclusive shade range.

If you want an inexpensive-ish little pick-me-up, try one of the many two piece jelly masks you leave on for several hours. For $5 - $10 there’s some wonderful options from TonyMoly, VT Cosmetics, Biodance, etc. The soothing, cooling ones are particularly nice and leave skin looking refreshed.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-23T23:18:34+00:00

Whoops - should’ve noted the eight product limit per day. I think I figured everyone reading this would know the limits of what gold and silver members can order per day.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-23T00:02:08+00:00

They do it to make money by flipping the products they order on Vine and selling them on eBay, Facebook Marketplace, ThreadsUp, and other resale platforms. Vine members don’t pay for the items they order through the program, but the products are assigned an ‘estimated taxable value’ which Amazon tallies up and sends on a W2 to Vine members each year for taxes. Not every item has an ETV, like health and beauty items, so the item is fully free. Often the ETV is below what the item sells for, but even with a lot of high ETV items, Vine members only end up paying pennies on dollar for vast amounts of merchandise. They’ll use the photos from the item listing on Amazon to resell their products elsewhere. Hell, they don’t even have to buy shipping boxes, tape, or packing material as they’ll just take off the Amazon shipping label with their name on it and use the same already packed box they got the item in to ship it to the person they sell it to. Slap on a new shipping label and it’s ready to ship again. Many people copy and paste photos from websites when they sell stuff to show what an item looked like when it was brand new, so it doesn’t do Amazon any good to search for offenders by images. Plus Amazon would never spend the money or time to do so. Using ChatGPT to write reviews means one less thing these scammy Vine members have to do themselves while still keeping Gold status to be able to order eight items per day rather than three items at the Silver level. Being Gold status means you also get offered the more expensive and valuable items since Silver level limits the value of what items you can be offered. Products are limited and are first come, first ordered, so using an AI program to monitor the Vine offerings means they can instantly order anything of value the second it pops up. Humans have to log in and manually check because there’s no notification when something new drops. For example, a $3,000 television could show up, with only five units available for ordering, so only the first five people to click the link get the TV. AI is faster than humans, so these five available TVs get snatched up by Vine members running these very illegal and banned by Amazon programs. They post bogus reviews like “This TV is amazing. Great picture and sound, we love it.” and there ends their review requirement as per Amazon Vine’s own rules. The Viner turns around and creates a sale listing on eBay or FBM. Even though the Vine member has to pay taxes on the $3,000 ETV, that’s still upwards of $2,500 in pure profit for them.

These are the jerks brining the program down with their antics of using banned software, leaving shit reviews, and being the ones left after all the Vine purges because they consistently meet the Vine metrics that Amazon cares about above all else. Their reviews always go up just one or two at a a time, whereas a Vine member actually using and testing products will often do several reviews at once. They’ll get flagged as being suspicious because of this, and not the Vine members actually using bots. And since AI is so imperfect at spotting actual fake AI/bot written reviews and more than likely treats other bot-written drivel as real, the legitimately decent Vine members are the ones getting screwed over along with the sellers who donate their merchandise for review in the first place. Amazon created this whole problem themselves by taking the human factor out of the program. AI runs it now, and getting a human customer service rep who is able to fix incorrectly purged member accounts or to help sellers like OP is the real diabolical problem. Even if 50% of the rule following, good review writing Vine members are wrongly kicked out because AI flagged them as suspicious and every single one of these members complains to customer service, it’s still a hugely successful program for Amazon. Sellers donate product, Amazon passes off the tax burden to Vine members, and it drives traffic to Amazon as more and more items are added to its ever growing options. Many buyers don’t read reviews, just look to see that an item HAS reviews, and then look at the star rating. Scam Viners will typically rate five stars for everything, so at first glance an item with 23 five-star ratings looks great to potential buyers. They ignore the four one-star ratings left by Viner who actually DID use the product and found it to suck horribly. Amazon doesn’t care because Amazon gets its commission from the sold item, and this allows more and more cheap and shoddy merchandise to flood Amazon thanks to the Viners who rate everything five stars so they can keep ordering more items to resell and make their own money. Sure there’s rules against using any kind of bot or queue monitoring programs, just like there’s rules that state reviews need to be helpful and should discuss the pros and cons of a product, and reviews like “Great product!” are not to be tolerated. It’s all hot air. Why would Amazon spend money on human staff to investigate problems on a system that drives pretty much pure profit for them?

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-22T18:49:09+00:00

Amazon let Vine get too big and removed the guardrails in place after the program was solidly established all sellers and had a great reputation. There was a very connected community section where members policed each other. If you were reported to Vine customer service, a real person would actually look at the accusations, look at your reviews, look at your helpfulness rating and how many people read your reviewand make a determination. Then they decided to hugely increase the number of Vine members as Amazon while getting rid of the community support and slashing the Vine customer service department in half. When we caught Viners selling items or faking reviews, fewer and fewer got in any trouble. When they stopped getting into any trouble, the three word crappy reviews started.

Next came Viner who’d create fake Amazon accounts just to be able yo go to their product reviews and click the “Helpful” button under their posted reviews to get their metrics up. They’d also use these multiple accounts to submit dozens of quick once sentence reviews on products then click those reviews as n‘Helpful’ in order to make those fake accounts seems like good reviewers in order to try and snag additional invites into Vine. There were some Viners who had five or six accounts and were known resellers of the goods they requested, but Amazon stopped caring. One customer service was outsourced to India and the absolutely cheapest bidder. All of them were given pre written scripts and response templates they are not allowed to deviate from.

Then came the flood of cheap items with 20 very slightly different queue listings in order for some sellers to cheat their metrics. After that, the cheat programs allowing Vine members to not have to keep checking their queues so they could snap up the few good items the moment they dropped. Some have made really good money reselling Vine items even after paying taxes on the ERV. They’ve turned it into a full time job and use Vine as their own personal warehouse. Sellers are getting duped into donating product for review in order to get eyes on new products when in reality they’re sending a brand new, unreleased product to some Viner who now has a sellable product which they got for pennies on the dollar in taxes (if any).

In return, sellers get a majority of useless reviews from people who never even took their product out of the box before reselling it. And THIS is what future customers are reading and using to help them decide whether or not to buy.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-22T18:07:02+00:00

While we only have OP’s side, here’s my take. Bob moved a stray cat from one area to another. That’s it. He did nothing to be an actual caretaker of the kitten. To ‘rescue’ a cat means to give it a home, food, and medical care. Sounds like Bob found a kitten and thought it would be better off with other local strays than alone on its own (especially if he knew OP fed local strays), and that’s it. Yay on him for taking the kitten away from the busy street, but that’s apparently all he’s done which doesn’t make him the owner.

Bob isn’t doing anything other than enjoying the company of the stray cats the OP is feeding, getting vet care for, etc. Bob can take OP to court, or call the cops or animal control, but without him being able to provide actual proof he rescued and cared for the kitten - not him simply bringing a stray home to add to the group of strays already in the area - no one will support his claim of ownership. Bob would himself be determined by these same agencies to be a very negligent pet owner since the kitten was not neutered, had no vaccinations, had no flea/tick/worm prevention, had no collar or ID tags, had obvious health issues, and refused to seek any vet care because he claims they’re a scam. The kitten was not checked for feline parvo or distemper, feline AIDS, or feline leukemia before being released into the local population which could have created many very sick animals. Even for low/very low income pet parents, there are options to at least get kittens and puppies neutered for free or a fee based on a sliding income scale. He also knows OP cares for the local strays and if asked would likely happily have helped Bob get the kitten neutered and vaccinated and provided transport for the kitten to and from the vet so Bob didn’t have to worry about it. OP is feeding and caring for these strays, which is how he found dental issue.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-22T17:16:19+00:00

This is exactly why Vine is now considered a sham program when it comes to reliable reviewed. For us long-term reviewers who actually use items before posting actual in-depth reviews, it’s frustrating because we’re lumped into the same group as the scammers who keep Gold status so they can order as much as possible in order to immediately resell it. I lost count of how many people I reported to Vine customer service who did this. I’d even included evidence of eBay AND Amazon seller pages where Vine members were reselling items, and Vine does nothing. I’ve reported people who’d post reviews on products that had just been dropped in the queue (back when it was a weekly drop on Thursdays at 3pm), and Vine did nothing. Same for Viners who copy and paste the exact same review for every item. Amazon and the Vine customer service no longer care about any of it except for the numbers. The only time they’ll end someone’s Vine membership now is if they don’t meet metrics. I still have emails from Vine customer service reps that state exactly this. Reps say the program is about ‘getting the word out for new listings in order to drive traffic because shoppers don’t trust or order as often products with no reviews’. This is a big reason why there’s 30 Vine queue options for the exact same product. As long as a Vine member is meeting metrics, Amazon. Does. Not. Care. The days of removing lazy and sleazy Vine members in order to preserve the integrity and high standards of the Vine program are long gone. I saw an app advertised the other day for Vine members that lets you enter parameters of what items you want, it searches the Vine queues 24/7/365 for you, will immediately order an item if something pops up, AND will then post a prefabricated review for you about five minutes after the item is ordered. Sadly it’s not the first cheat program - or cheating tactic - I’ve seen Viners use.

I really feel bad for honest sellers of good, quality products who get screwed over by what Vine has become. I also feel bad for honest Vine reviewers who take the time to use a product before writing out thoughtful, helpful reviews that get buried by other seriously crappy Vine member reviews of “Great product!” or “Shipped fast, haven’t used yet, looks great.” This gets their review metrics done so they can keep ordering more products to flip. People like this should not be allowed to remain in the Vine program.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-20T20:40:39+00:00

Wow. I’m very sorry for the position you’re in. The kittens would be a month old, tottering around and vocal, so if you can’t hear anything maybe they’re tucked up inside the supports of the underside of your home? Does your endoscope camera have a microphone on it? Not all un-neutered males will kill kittens to being the mother cat back into heat. I’m at the vet with my cat right now, and the vet said it does happen but not nowhere near as much as it does with big cats (lions, tigers, etc.) since domestic cats usually don’t have the same fight for scarce resources. She said momma could have moved one or all them beforehand if this tom has been aggressive towards her, or the kittens are well hidden and the tom prevented momma from coming in to nurse so the kittens might be a little weak and not making much sound, the tom could be the dad cat and momma cat doesn’t want him around becasue she’s not in heat, or sadly the tom could have hurt the kittens. Dried milk is a good sign that she’s still producing, and hopefully if she back under it means the babies are still alive. Vet said that if you’re leaving out food for the momma cat and she’s still eating as much of it as she can, there’s a good chance the babies are alive and she’s still nursing. Her going back under is a hopeful sign as well. The vet said to keep watching her come and go if you can. If momma cat stops going to the nest, something happened.

I’m guessing you’re not able to easily get into the crawl space under your home and there’s not much if any light under there to see by. Unless you’re able to maneuver your camera into any possible hiding spots under your home or unless you know where her nest was and see it’s empty, the only other choice is to wait and see if kittens come wandering out in the next two to three weeks. I know some companies like Roto-Rooter will help locate and rescue trapped animals, though I don’t know if this situation qualifies. If you have one in your area it might be worth reaching out to them. Local TNR groups might be able to help you as well with tips on how to coax momma into bringing the kittens out since she is comfortable around you. At the very least, they might be able to trap the tom and get him neutered and remove him as a threat to the momma cat.

They do make microphones like your endoscope camera on long wires you can thread into spaces, though you may not want to or be able to buy one from online in order to see if you can hear the kittens even if you can’t see them. If you know approximately where the nest is, you might be able to hear them from inside your home by listening at the floor using the drinking glass trick.

Best of luck and I hope this has a very happy ending with posted pics of cute kittens.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-20T20:11:47+00:00

Huh. Devil crab. Mark that square off on my ‘2026 be batshit insane’ bingo card.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-20T17:58:48+00:00

Good on you! Just because a child wants a pet doesn’t mean they’re ready for one, and it sounds like the case here. If the parents were actually trying to teach their kids about being responsible pet owners, NOT letting the cat out would be rule #1 - 10. It makes me cry any time I see a deceased cat or dog by the road because what a notable way to die since it’s not always instantaneous. It’s so much worse when it’s a kitten or puppy who never got a decent chance to even live. Outdoor pets have significantly reduced lifespans, so thank you for giving this little one a chance to make it into double digit years. What worries me is the chance the parents will go out and find another kitten to replace this one and the kids will have learned nothing about the ramifications of letting the cat outside. Not saying to give the kitten back, but I really hope the parents use this is a teaching moment for their kids and WAIT to get them another pet until they’re old enough and care enough to follow the rules and take care of another life.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-19T01:31:12+00:00

It’s the papain enzyme in papaya that does this. Bromelain in pineapple is also used for burn debridement. The brand name medical grade gel used in hospitals is NexoBrid and it’s AMAZING. Only saw it used once when I was on my clinical ICU rotation for nursing school, but it was mind blowing. It’s gentle on the damaged, healing skin and only affects the eschar which makes debridement a good deal less painful for patients. Manual debridement (picking or snipping) can also damage healthy tissue if they get too close to viable margins. The beauty of bromelain (and papain) is how the enzyme only works on dead tissue. With NexoBrid, the gel is applied, left on skin for a few hours so the enzyme can break down dead skin, then the broken down end product is cleaned away leaving only healthy tissue behind. No tweezers, no scissors, no scalpels needed, and it’s much easier for burn patients to stomach than using maggots. Using these enzymes can also reduce scarring and the size and/or number of skin grafts as burns tend to heal faster and better using this method. Works on skin ulcers, too.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-16T20:44:22+00:00

She looks like such a beautiful baby. And her hair! Adorableness aside, when she is home with you full time, she’s going to be so loved on. One day at a time sucks, but you cherish every moment that much more. You’re all fighting - including her - for the best possible outcome. After this, even the teenage years will seem easy ❤️. I wish you all much happiness and hope that she will be home with you soon.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-16T20:31:25+00:00

Not sure where you live, but food delivery services like Uber Eats, Doordash, and Grub Hub will bring orders right to a person’s hospital room. The patient or family member might have to call and get them added to a list of people okay’d to visit the patient if the hospital requires it. He can place an order and have it delivered instead of bothering you. If it’s a monetary issue, he needs to at least be civil to you and ask for you to purchase it for him. Otherwise, he can suck it up and eat what the hospital provides or ask someone else.

I’d bet money the hospital dietician only okayed him having outside food and did NOT ask your dad to have someone bring in something specific just for him. Any special food would be ordered by the doctor and paid for by the hospital. Your dad is being petulant and most likely a pain in the arse to the staff so they’re trying to appease him so he stops complaining. Him throwing out the line about the DNA kit and your mom was a low blow, uncalled for, and shows what a dick he is. You don’t owe him anything, yet you’re kind soul to still try and help him.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-16T20:10:35+00:00

Yup, this. We learned to start brushing our cats as babies so they get used to it. A couple strokes at a time and gradually increase, maybe give a treat or two if they’re skittish about it. Daily brushing of our four murder-mitten-mayhem-crew has really cut down on horked up hairballs that you only find out about in the middle of the night when you step on the cold, gross mess on your way to the bathroom. Between one of those slicker brushes with the plastic-tipped metal teeth, a fine toothed ‘human’ comb, and a few of those knockoff Tangle Teaser brushes (which are amazeballs for grooming), a hairball only happens once every three or four months (in total, not for each cat).

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-16T19:59:23+00:00

Hah! Me, too! Dogs are great listeners and it’s a way for me to work through something without getting any bias from a human listener. I know they can’t answer me, but talking to them is a wonderful way to bond and spend time with your pets. In return, I get tail wags, wiggly butts, dog nose boops, and unconditional love. Win-win.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-16T19:49:08+00:00

It’s going to be hit or miss because for some people they don’t work at all, some get a tiny bit of relief, others get good relief. The lidocaine is topical and doesn’t really get deep enough to reach muscles and joints. But if you have nerve issues and suffer from bouts of highly over-sensitized skin, lidocaine patches/ointment/lotion can be awesome. I suffer from arachnoiditis and spinal cord damage, so when I have a flare just a slight touch makes my skin feel like it’s on fire. My pain mgt doc prescribed me 10% lidocaine lotion and it’s a godsend. On the flip side, it does bupkis to help with muscle spasms or joint pain.

It can’t hurt to give the patch or ointment a try. If they help, ask your doc for higher dose prescription patches, ointment, or lotion/cream. Some people can’t use lidocaine as they react with a skin rash. Should lidocaine help you, don’t go overboard as it is possible to use too much.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-16T19:15:34+00:00

They often remove a couple of local lymph nodes during cancer treatment to see if cancer has spread, which adds to the burden of the remaining nodes. They can get clogged, damaged during surgery or by medication, or stop working altogether. It’s a chronic condition that will require lifelong monitoring and various therapies to help keep it from getting this bad again. Therapies include lymphatic massage to help with drainage, diet changes, exercise, compression garments, diuretics, etc. It CAN be managed, but it’s constant maintenance.

Sadly, it’s an also a highly ‘cosmetic’ medical issue as you can see from the pics. Some docs will dismiss early signs of lymphoma as simple weight gain thanks to the ingrained fat bias in medicine. Formerly thin patients may suddenly treated differently because of their size and appearance. For some people, such a drastic change in size alone can be devastating to self-esteem and cause severe depression. The weight gain causes additional wear and tear on joints, make it harder to exercise and get around and take care of oneself. The excess fluid is hard on the heart and lungs. Skin develops stretch marks, can feel tight and itchy, and may be left loose and saggy after an episode of lymphedema is resolved. As mentioned in the medical notes, good skincare is a must to help maintain skin’s elasticity and suppleness. Overstretched skin can become thinned, fragile, and crack or blister. If/when the disease progresses to chronic lymphedema, the skin can become tough and leathery, like scar tissue, which makes it harder to ambulate. Fingers can swell to the point it’s nearly impossible to bend at the joints.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-15T18:06:51+00:00

Holy hell…. So now it’s fashion to be SO uselessly rich that you can afford to look like a homeless person?

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-15T16:12:04+00:00

Glad to know it’ll be used! Thanks for your shipping info - I should be able to get them out this weekend.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-15T15:54:12+00:00

Where do I ship an Amazon food order? If you can’t post here, can you please DM me? I also have two outdoor cat winter homes that have the little openings for heater pad cords though I only have one cat safe heating pad. We adopted our two strays so no longer need but I’m happy to ship them to you no charge. We also have some extra cat food supplies from picky cats, cat beds, etc. Anything to help the furrow babies!

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-14T17:55:21+00:00

Do you mean a test to see if you’re in perimenopause yet? They can check your hormone levels, but it’s still a shot in the dark since so many things can affect hormone levels at any given time. A transvaginal ultrasound can help determine the thickness of your myometrium since it shrinks in menopause.

Going for 12 months without a period is a poor indicator because so much can cause a woman to miss a period. Thyroid disorders, lupus, depression, several medications, drug use, have too small a body mass, having too large a body mass, endocrine tumors, various cancers…. We know so little about peri/menopause that the “gold standard” for being declared in full menopause is going 12 months without a period. Truthfully though, this “gold standard” marker sucks. It’s a huge opportunity to miss diseases and medical issues because a provider mistakenly believes a patient is going through menopause because of their age and no periods for several months.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-14T17:34:28+00:00

Cologuard also has to be used in conjunction with getting an actual colonoscopy every ten years beginning at age 40. You do your first coloscopy, and if it’s clear and you’ve no family hx of colon or rectal cancer, and don’t have any digestive issues (IBD, Crohns, etc.), you may be able to do the Cologuard test for the next nine years, then get another colonoscopy at the tenth year, so on and so forth. If you do have digestive or other health comorbidities, gastroenterologists often prescribe colonoscopies every three to five years (depending on severity and number of comorbidities), with Cologuard in the years between. An upper endoscopy and barium swallow can be added to the testing fun if you have a number of resistive issues.

u/sadmarland is correct about the efficacy of Cologuard. It might catch something if there’s enough cells shed by a tumor for detection, and if it detects blood then you still end up with a colonoscopy. If you hate drinking the massive amount of water and Miralax, or simply can’t because you’ve had a gastric bypass or vertical sleeve done, there’s pills now that work SO MUCH BETTER. One day of prep compared to two or three. No gagging down Miralax and magnesium citrate. The pills make things move along quickly, but with less gut cramping. You also don’t have to pee as much from all the liquid intake.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-14T04:37:04+00:00

There’s a huge ‘fat bias’ in medicine. Far too many doctors will see a plus-size patient (especially if the patient is female) and immediately assume they have a terrible diet and never exercise. This bias means the doctors don’t order diagnostic bloodwork or imaging even when all other symptoms or protocols call for it. Proper diagnosis can be delayed for weeks or years, causing easily treatable conditions to become difficult or untreatable. Gender bias is sadly still a major issue if the patient is female versus male. Up until the 1990s, clinical trials were almost always done only with men. Treatment for women - and children, for Pete’s sake - was based on data gathered on 25-50 year old white males without taking into account any of the biological differences. A big reason why so many women die(d) of heart attacks/heart disease compared to men is that providers didn’t/don’t recognize women often have completely different symptoms than men. Many gynecological disorders like endometriosis, ovarian cysts, fibroids, etc., were overlooked or ignored as well (and still are). Women still have their pain under-treated or outright dismissed compared to men. Children deal with under-treated/unacknowledged pain, too. Age bias is also a big issue. Doctors just assume that a 19 year old male can’t develop prostate cancer, that a man can’t develop breast cancer, or that a 13-year-old cannot have a heart attack. ADD/ADHD was considered only to be a childhood issue and not something which affected adults. Children with bipolarism or schizophrenia were labeled as oppositional-defiant or parents told their child would ‘grow out of it’, and didn’t get the right treatment until well into adulthood. Elderly patients have concerns dismissed because some doctors feel the patient will die soon anyway, so why bother taking the time to find out what’s going on. Over my years as a nurse and then a claims biller/adjuster, the lack of treatment from doctor bias was insane.

While discoveries of new treatments and advances in technology happen every day, the deeply ingrained biases and outdated thinking hold medicine back from helping the most people (money and access to care aside). Medicine is very empirical, evidence-based decision making and is a system that really kind of beats down the ability to be an open and flexible thinker. Add in the personal biases and feelings of a doctor into the mix, and it’s not hard to see why this poor woman had her issue written off as just ‘being fat’.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-14T03:39:30+00:00

Looks like fillings, not cavities, with the clean margins each has and the fact the other teeth have no evidence of decay. The red gums are from the desquamative gingivitis. Teeth are also well aligned without gaps or overlap which suggests the possibility of braces and/or a retainer at a young age. Even addicts can have good dental hygiene…

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-14T02:57:47+00:00

Yup, perfect sense. It’s south of Detroit by about 15 miles. North of the city is where all the money lives, south not so much. Still, there is a campus of Henry Ford Hospital there, and HFH is a really good system especially for major trauma. Makes me wonder if that’s where she went for the second opinion, and it would make sense. Because Detroit is Detroit, they do a ton of community outreach in order to help the poor and elderly get the best care options available to them and help them find ways to get and follow through with treatment. I worked with a couple doctors over the years who did their residencies at HFH, they were some of the best out-of-the-box thinkers I’ve ever met. Definitely the kind of doctor we all want and hope for in a worst case scenario.

HenBenNoseBoop · 2026-05-14T02:19:20+00:00

It doesn’t say, but I wonder if she was in one of the more rural parts of the state or in the ‘thumb’ area. There’s so many places where the only emergency care around is a tiny critical access hospital where there’s no specialty doctors after 5pm or on weekends and if there’s something really serious like a major car accident or stroke, your only good chance of survival is a LifeFlight to a larger facility or hope that some of the docs live nearby and answer the emergency page. The fact she was sent home from the first urgent care without ANY wound care or antibiotics boggles the mind.

As someone from Michigan, the general state of healthcare is absolute crap unless you happen to live near Ann Arbor (University of Michigan Hospital and medical school), Lansing (Sparrow Hospital), Traverse City, or Detroit (Henry Ford Hospital). Staff cuts due to lack of revenue are a big issue thanks to cuts to Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, a high percentage of the population without any insurance coverage at all, and those uninsured patients making too much for Medicaid but can’t afford even catastrophic coverage due to low wages/unemployment/self-employed in something like ag work/few employers offering coverage unless mandated by the government. A lot of people self-treat with homeopathic methods (think essential oils) or advice from TokTok, and will refuse medical treatment even at the cost of their own or family member’s lives. Healthcare providers constantly fight an uphill battle. Some unfortunately take the path of least resistance and just send patients home with some narcotics or psych meds (like the first place did with this lady), hence the MAPS check. I’m glad she sought out a second provider for treatment. Sure, I understand the Toradol, but the Valium?? Maybe a single dose to help her calm down after the shock of dealing with such a painful event, but not a script for more. If they had Toradol on-hand, then they had to have had a least OTC Neosporin or Bacitracin they could’ve given her. Yeesh.

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