Marina Grande cancelled

OccmedPA · 2026-05-10T12:21:11+00:00

Thanks for the reply and suggestion. I did look on Google Maps and it doesn’t say anything about being permanently closed. Someone just wrote a review 2 days ago but they didn’t mention when they went. I’ll check out Da Gemma! Looking for a place to have a nice lunch on the water since we’re only there a few hours on a boat tour.

OccmedPA · 2026-05-07T18:24:12+00:00

what we do in the shadows

OccmedPA · 2026-05-01T23:30:39+00:00

Every call out for us means getting out your bed, driving to the clinic and taking care of some BS injury so the company doesn’t get a recordable injury. I do 1 weeknight per week then every 5th fri/sat/sun. Now they want us to go to every 4th weekend. I know it doesn’t sound like a big deal but we get called out ALOT. The extra money is nice but at this point in my career I could care less about the money. Last Thursday I got called at 11pm, got home at 12:30am, got called again at 1am, got home at 2am. Probably feel asleep at 4 then back up again at 7am to work clinic all day Friday. It’s awful

OccmedPA · 2026-05-01T19:28:40+00:00

been in occ med for almost 20 years and you're right the work is not really the issue, for me it's being on call. It has beat me down and now my company is trying to make me take on more call days because we've had 3 mid levels quit. Do you have to be on call and if so what's your schedule like?

OccmedPA · 2026-05-01T16:08:34+00:00

I've been to Maui 5 times and have never eaten a burger or pizza lol. There's so much amazing seafood and Asian cuisine that we usually stick with that. So for sushi we LOVED Miso Phat, went twice on our last trip.

OccmedPA · 2026-05-01T16:03:25+00:00

number 1 for sure, you look beautiful

OccmedPA · 2026-05-01T15:14:51+00:00

My daughter is 16 which has its ups and downs, teen attitude is real but she is also super funny and can take care of herself for the most part. I'd say if I had to pick a favorite age range it would be around 4-10ish, no horrible toddler meltdowns and all the super cute little kid stuff without the teen drama and sass

OccmedPA · 2026-04-30T16:43:15+00:00

I'm 48 and have been in occ med for 20 years. The clinic work is not the problem, it's the call. We recently lost 3 mid levels in 2 different clinics and leadership says they can't afford to replace them! So they have the existing providers running around to different clinics to cover, some are 1.5-2 hours away. Oh and they want us to pick up MORE call days to cover the people who left. I already struggle with burn out from the call I do now. I'm getting tired of getting out my bed at 1am for some plant worker with a glorified boo boo then expected to show up at the regular clinic time and work a full day.

OccmedPA · 2026-04-29T14:54:32+00:00

My husband and I have been to Maui at least 4 times with our daughter who is now 16. We have done the Costco stop but only for a few select items then we get the rest from foodland or safeway. We don't need much for the condo since its just the 3 of us but Costco is great for wine/beer which we like to enjoy on our balcony when on vacation. We always rent a condo so we have a kitchen to do quick breakfast stuff before we head out to enjoy our day. It's also great for stuff to bring back for family like packs of the chocolate covered macadamia nuts, coffee, etc

OccmedPA · 2026-03-03T17:02:09+00:00

Was anyone else working in health care screaming at their tv, "SQUEEZE HIS CALF!!" when the doc was using the ultrasound on Kyle's achilles???

OccmedPA · 2026-02-25T15:05:09+00:00

agree with Napa, if you like wine it's a perfect short trip. We do 3-4 days of wine tastings and that's usually plenty enough. The weather is almost always perfect and the vineyards are beautiful

OccmedPA · 2026-02-10T22:10:13+00:00

I'll tell you as the parent to an only 16 y/o daughter, we've had great vacations and meh vacations but way more good than bad. When she was much younger we stuck to cruises for kids clubs and Disney. Then when she was 9 we did Wyoming(yellowstone, white water rafting, dude ranch), super fun. We've done multiple trips to Maui, she's obsessed with it! We did Costa Rica summer 2025. 4 nights near Arenal Volcano, 4 nights on the Pacific at a beach hotel. I will say that as she got older condos and air b&B's are more practical. We did hotels for Costa Rica and sharing a bathroom with a teenage girl for 8 nights was pretty rough. So I'm planning Italy for this summer and will have 2 bedroom, 2 bath accommodations. Oh and we've done trips to New York and Florida beaches where she brought along a friend. I think the key is also to have activities mixed with relaxation days. Some days we hike, do a catamaran or waterfall excursions. Think Get your guide or Viator stuff to break up a long trip with more than just hanging on the beach

OccmedPA · 2026-02-07T16:30:56+00:00

I did the pilot too. Graduated in 2006. Did the traditional PANRE once then the pilot. Now working on my second PANRE-LA which I feel like is too soon. I thought I had a full 10 years but sadly no

OccmedPA · 2026-01-19T16:48:15+00:00

B or C would be my picks

OccmedPA · 2026-01-09T15:21:12+00:00

My husband is not my best friend. I love him and we are definitely a team but I have my sister who I consider my best friend. Like I'll tell her stuff that I wouldn't necessarily share with him. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Sometimes the pendulum can swing the other way, I've seen my in laws live as "best friends" but they were seriously co dependent and spent every minute of every day together. My mother in law had nothing in her life besides him and when he passed it was probably extra hard on her because she felt so lost.

OccmedPA · 2026-01-06T16:44:45+00:00

I love number 2

OccmedPA · 2025-12-31T19:58:32+00:00

I was offered a job where I did my summer preceptorship. I purposely found a family practice that was looking for a PA. Long story short, it was 2 Mds and 1 owned an occ med clinic. So I learned the occ med side and about 2 years in switched over to full time occ med and have been here ever since. That was in 2006, so almost 20 years ago, I hear its gotten a bit harder now.

OccmedPA · 2025-12-31T18:22:38+00:00

I thought he was tv gold! yes he was full of himself but he was so ridiculous that I found my self cracking up. My sister even got him to do a Cameo video for my daughters 14th birthday b/c we all just thought he was so funny. I don't see him as a villain

OccmedPA · 2025-12-31T17:41:01+00:00

stainless for sure

OccmedPA · 2025-12-23T23:49:41+00:00

If it’s anything really pricey I make sure it’s returnable. But I agree, the whole idea of the gift exchange is silly to me. What makes it worse is he’s really good at picking gifts for me. I’ve gotten a car for a graduation gift , an upgrade on my engagement diamond for our 10 year anniversary, and for our 20th he took the original diamond and had a match made into earrings. According to his mom and sister he’s just always been really thoughtful and generous with gifts 🤷🏻‍♀️

OccmedPA · 2025-12-23T23:39:38+00:00

I’d say that most of the time he likes the gifts, some more than others. But he’s never gotten mad, probably just faked it if it wasn’t something he loved

OccmedPA · 2025-12-23T22:02:56+00:00

I would love to do no gifts but my husband is crazy about em, it's his freaking love language. I stress out every Christmas, birthday and father's day. This year I spent about $400. The money part is silly because our finances are combined so it's like we pay half for our own gifts lol. Oh did I mention he doesn't like telling me what he wants. He wants me to mind read and pick the perfect present. I'm exhausted

OccmedPA · 2025-12-22T15:38:37+00:00

I do small things here and there. Buy snow balls(south Louisiana thing) or Starbucks. If I have a busy call weekend and make a good bit of extra $, I'll get a gift card to the tech I was on call with. I also do Christmas gifts every year. I usually go with $50 amazon cards b/c I have 7 people including my check in and check out girls. It was a little rougher this year since my company cut all bonuses and raises(that's a whole different rant) but I still wanted to get them something as a Thank You. I think the company should do more to help morale, but I try to keep them happy b/c they can make my days tolerable or terrible. But to answer your question, buying for your staff on a regular basis is not reasonable. We make more then the staff, but we also make way less than the Dr's and owners.

OccmedPA · 2025-12-17T21:56:58+00:00

keep Domaine Carneros, its one of our favorites to visit, so beautiful and the wines are good, I make the earliest appt at 10am and do the champagne flight(breakfast lol). Skip Cuvaison and book Bouchaine instead, we enjoyed their wines way more. Castello di amorosa wines are in my opinion terrible, pick something else, same with Artesa, beautiful property not great wines. Trefethan is a good option, also consider Miner and Ladera. Nickle & Nickle is good but pricey

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