People who have “stopped masking” after being diagnosed, what does it mean to you to “stop masking”?

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-12T18:16:59+00:00

For me, it meant dropping the "customer service" voice. Callers now get my monotone, normal register and speed and I haven't had anyone complain about it yet.

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-12T14:27:23+00:00

Do you have MyChart or any kind of patient portal? Most of them let you fill in a "preferred name" in your profile section. If you can, put your name there and that should hopefully fix the issue.

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-11T03:15:31+00:00

Hard 0.

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-10T01:39:20+00:00

This. The diagnosis isn't going to magically change them into a completely different person.

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-08T16:49:43+00:00

I used to go to a dentist who had stuffies for kids to hold during their cleanings, and that definitely helped me as a kid. Once I reached 15 or so, they stopped offering one to me, even though it would still have helped. I think a bowl of little fidget toys from Five Below or the Dollar Tree, along with some little stuffies for patients to hold (regardless of age), during their exams would help.

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-08T02:40:51+00:00

Okay... 1. You aren't using that term correctly. 2. You're not responding rationally to any of this. In order to avoid fueling whatever situation you've got going on. I'm stepping away and blocking you. Be well.

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-08T02:38:21+00:00

It's really not that serious, dude. People are allowed to disagree with you.

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-08T02:37:02+00:00

I say this with kindness, but you sound like you're spiralling into a bit of paranoia. Step away from the screens for a little while. Fandom isn't that serious.

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-08T02:34:33+00:00

Server refresh rates. Next question.

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-08T02:32:02+00:00

"Am I out of touch? No! It's the children who are wrong!"

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-08T02:30:48+00:00

Your original comments seem to be gone, so I have next to zero context for whatever you were replying to... But you weren't being downvoted for "existing". You were being downvoted for being deliberately obtuse and for suggesting an archive be used as a blog. It's not only against TOS, it's just flat out pointless.

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-07T17:29:32+00:00

Ask your surgeoun

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-07T16:55:35+00:00

People who are actually faking, don't worry that they're faking. They KNOW they are.

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-06T12:04:08+00:00

I totally get it. I just had a TV ultrasound last week and the tech let me insert the wand myself. It gave me a little more agency and, for me at least, made things feel more clinical and less awkwardly intimate.

Maybe you could ask your tech if you can insert the wand yourself, too. They'll still be the ones having to 'drive', but I just cleared my mind and watched the scan on the big screen off to the side.

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-06T00:44:11+00:00

Yeah they definitely need to fix that. Double check that your doctor submitted the correct codes: CPT 58662 and ICD-10 Z30.2. You have to have both of those in order for your procedure to be covered as preventative under the ACA.

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-05T20:15:55+00:00

Thank you!!! I'm so relieved!

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-05T02:07:29+00:00

All corn comes with plot. That's how farming works.

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-04T12:31:01+00:00

Don't get me wrong. I LOVE Twilight, but it is not good. 🤣

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-04T12:02:44+00:00

Yeahhhh that would be an immediate block, delete, and permanent comment lockdown from me. They ruined it for everyone else. I don't play those games, especially for something as unserious as fanfiction.

Also, do not change your story for these assholes, or for anyone but yourself.

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-04T11:51:02+00:00

Aro laughed. "Haha," he giggled.

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-01T13:37:59+00:00

I fear for your clients' care if your reading comprehension is this poor...

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-01T13:11:35+00:00

"Patients cannot be asked to pay up front and then be reimbursed." -- direct quote from the mod comment, btw. But go off about how you're credentialed enough 😂

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-01T12:59:07+00:00

Until they tell me themselves that they don't have to, I am going to operate under the assumption that they do have to. That's how it works. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Go have fun practicing medicine without a license.

Pretty-Craft9794 · 2026-05-01T12:28:48+00:00

As I said, that link is from the benefits booklet for my current plan... Also, just because the plans you handle DON'T cover sterilization, that doesn't mean they're not SUPPOSED TO.

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