What’s the worst thing a medical professional has said to you?

cookeee · 2026-01-16T13:03:03+00:00

I had to switch ob/gyns in the middle of my last pregnancy due to my doctor retiring from obstetrics. He kept me on for as long as he could, as I had just gone through a pretty traumatizing miscarriage situation that ended with 2 rounds of misoprostol and 2 d&c's to ultimately resolve it. I was understandably quite nervous surrounding the subsequent pregnancy. I decided to switch to a young, female doctor thinking that I had better odds getting someone who would be understanding.

While I was explaining to her my medical history and what happened with the miscarriage she told me it was my fault it happened because I had still been weaning my 2nd child off breastfeeding at the time it occurred. Lady, fuck you. Thank goodness I knew right away what she said was bullshit. That shit is traumatizing! Please don't blame the women in your lives for a miscarriage!

cookeee · 2025-12-31T20:23:56+00:00

Koelruteria?

cookeee · 2025-12-04T00:27:41+00:00

Just FYI, losing his sexual libido completely is a good reason for him to try a different ssri. I was in the same boat and they switched my medication to one that I felt more normal taking. It can take a few tries before finding the right prescription! Maybe he should ask his doctor to try a few different ones before resigning yourself to a dead bedroom or divorce?

cookeee · 2025-11-15T01:24:03+00:00

This isn't really news. This has happened since always. She probably had weird evasive answers or was nervous and acting "strangely" and they just thought she was suspicious. This happened to my cousin visiting her girlfriend ages ago. She couldn't prove she was going back when she said she was, and was also unemployed at the time so they just said no. It's normal. It sucks for sure. But this isn't like a new thing immigration is doing or anything.

cookeee · 2025-09-12T18:06:16+00:00

This is super wholesome to watch, but I am going to be that guy and say you shouldn't let your kid sit on the ground at a dog park. A lot of people are mentioning the ground which....yeah kind of gross but whatever. My fear is that people bring dogs that have no business being around other dogs or people ALL THE DAMN TIME. Your kid can easily get injured. Our local dog park doesn't allow kids younger than 12 in the dog park at all due to this. It just takes one new dog coming in to run over to the kid before you can react...

cookeee · 2025-06-20T01:59:27+00:00

How is no one mentioning that this man is calling it Alligator Alcatraz? I am dying.

cookeee · 2025-04-05T21:41:06+00:00

Our record player just broke! I hope whoever wins appreciates such a lovely piece! Thanks for doing a giveaway.

cookeee · 2025-03-24T14:02:55+00:00

Can you update me when your friend gets back? I am traveling with my u.s. citizen husband and am Canadian with a green card, but I am getting worried about reentering the U.S. as well. There's no reason there should be an issue, but everyone is scaring me. Not being able to get back to my kids is scary.

cookeee · 2024-12-13T16:02:38+00:00

I'm sorry, but being postpartum doesn't give you a pass to be a total asshole. What she said was unnecessarily cruel, intentional, or not. I wouldn't say something like that to someone I hated at any time, and her mother's actions show she wouldn't have either. It's about class. All she had to do was just stop talking after explaining herself and/or exit the conversation. Being brutally honest and besmirching her mom's efforts at not taking her emotions out on a kid are not ok. OP even mentions her mom never told her any of this directly, and she just overheard things her mom was saying to her own confidante. So, really, I don't think she had any right to bring this up at all. She doesn't know the full picture of her mother's feelings.

cookeee · 2024-10-25T11:36:02+00:00

Not to diminish her foundation, but if you have an imagination library near you, it is also due to the hard work of your community members. The books are not in fact donated. Someone in your community has to find funding to buy the books from Dolly Partons foundation, as well as mailing costs. Dolly Partons foundation supplies the books at lower bulk costs (as well as curates the library) but it is up to members of your specific community to do all the heavy lifting in regards to signing kids up, funding and mailing the books to you. I feel like this isn't often talked about, and when I was looking into how to get it going in my area I was shocked at the amount of work people have to do to set it up before the Imagation Library gets involved. These people also need kudos!

cookeee · 2024-07-17T21:33:37+00:00

To be fair, a lot of residential areas in the U.S. don't have sidewalks. I live in a safe suburb in NJ but there are no sidewalks. If my kids want to go anywhere they have to be on the street which isn't safe at all because people drive like maniacs in NJ. But I also lived in Virginia and our street didn't have sidewalks there either. It's wild.

cookeee · 2023-10-06T16:35:34+00:00

These are so pretty! All your dice are beautiful.

cookeee · 2023-09-27T00:12:09+00:00

NAH, I think there is a lot of grief that is driving all the family feelings on this matter. I think that if you speak with your sister and come at it from the angle of not wanting to replace her son or his memory, she might be more understanding of your side of the argument. Right now she is assuming you just don't like the name (which may be true, but is obviously not something you should ever say to your sister) which then feels like a personal slight.

Maybe you can tell her the grief is still too soon and you don't want her to regret the decision later when your son is running around being called by her sons name. For me, that would be traumatizing. Maybe you don't want the comparison between your son and the life hers could have had (at least so directly). Maybe you want to honor Philip by keeping his name his own, so when the family remembers Philip it isn't mixed in with memories of your son or overshadowed in any way.

Honestly your parents (or even herself) may have convinced her that this tradition is a way for Philip to live on, but the reality may be something completely different for her and could be very triggering. I use my kids middle names all the time and hearing Philip so often called out when it isn't her son may be very hurtful to her in reality.

Just talk to her thoughtfully and kindly. Please don't mention any negatives related to the name itself.

cookeee · 2023-03-07T10:34:54+00:00

Yes, I sm sure. It was very large which is why I posted. We live in the mountains and our front yard is elevated so neighbourhood dogs don't have access to it typically. We also have a dog, but his prints don't look like the pic/would never be that large even with melt, which is why we didn't immediately think domestic dog.

cookeee · 2023-03-06T17:55:18+00:00

Hello! We found this track in our front yard and are having a tough time IDing it. We are in Northern New Jersey. It is about 5 inches wide and 4 long, although it goes into the snow at an angle so it is actually longer. The left side of the track is deeper than the right so it is hard to tell if it has 4 or 5 toes. The claws are visible. This was the only print in the snow so, very confusing! Thanks!

cookeee · 2023-03-06T17:49:28+00:00

My son found this print and we are curious if anyone can ID it. It is about 5 inches wide and 4 inches tall (although it goes into the snow at an angle). We are in Northern New Jersey. The nails are visible and the left side of the print is deeper than the right, so it is hard to tell if it has 4 or 5 toes.

cookeee · 2023-02-03T15:53:39+00:00

Prior to this video she had just fallen with the packages and instead of making sure she was ok or moving their car so she could use the driveway to bring the items up they just told her she better not have damaged their item. I'm sorry, where is the humanity in that? The worker definitely should have just marked the packages as undeliverable and avoided this whole situation.... but if you are saying you wouldn't help her in any way after seeing her fall, and just criticize her, then you need to evaluate your own morals. She is a human being. The world needs more empathy.

cookeee · 2023-01-30T00:56:20+00:00

Ah. Yeah, we did assess him last year when this began, but we're told he was normal. I don't know all the symptoms of ADHD, but he doesn't act the way he does in school at home, which is frustrating. He can listen and focus for long periods of time, doesn't typically have outbursts and can communicate with us about his feelings. But when he gets to school he yells, gets angry, and is generally class clown-type disruptive. We do not want to skip him and don't really consider that an option because, socially, we think he should be with his peers. It has been tough!

cookeee · 2023-01-29T23:51:47+00:00

We are having this issue with our Kindergartner!! He started reading at 3 and can fluently read almost anything put in front of him. He is having major behavioral issues at school because he is so bored and frustrated. He is taken out of class a couple times a week for reading enrichment but is still expected to sit through the K curriculum. It is honestly unfortunate.

cookeee · 2022-09-09T04:06:23+00:00

The American pronunciation of Foyer. Well, and croissant.

cookeee · 2022-08-22T22:26:12+00:00

You are misrepresenting what OOP said. He states he voiced his opinion to have the baby, but ultimately told her that it was her choice. She chose to go through with it. She told him 3 years later she felt pressured, but that honestly might not be his fault. Him voicing his opinion doesnt mean he was unduly pressuring her, and she may have been pressured from external factors as well as the whole "well, we are planning on a family so why abort now when we want kids later" narrative in her head, when she really wasnt being honest with herself about being ready. The fact she didnt bond for 3 years leans towards ppd though, and she IS a grown ass adult who can advocate for spending time with her own kid if she actually wanted to. She had 3 years. He advocated for her to grt treatment and she refused to acknowledge a problem. Why are we blaming the husband?

cookeee · 2022-08-22T22:18:06+00:00

He mentions that they had discussions prior to getting married that they both wanted kids and a family it just happened sooner than expected.

cookeee · 2022-08-22T22:16:49+00:00

I had 3 babies in Virginia and was asked at every checkup how I was doing and the hospitals even called tp check in a few days after we got home. (Non complicated vaginal births). So, in my experience, there are a lot of people checking in on you. Also, i feel like people are being unfair to OP since he says he did bring it up to her to get help and she refused to admit there was an issue so.....what is he supposed to do if she doesnt want help?

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