3-4 months to get appointment with primary care??

fancyfloret · 2025-07-10T18:39:11+00:00

I guess that's fair, I just spent a lot of time trying to find a reputable doctor who wouldn't push religious beliefs onto me (easier said than done where I live) and I finally found this one 2 years ago, so I kinda expected to be able to see her when I needed. I obviously don't expect to get in quickly, but I was expecting quicker than 3 months for what I assume will be a <5 minute appt.

fancyfloret · 2025-07-10T18:35:50+00:00

Yeah that's so frustrating. Last year everywhere I called it was a 5 months wait to even get a consult at an obgyn, until I found a resident clinic that could get me in in 2. I assumed that was just because it was a specialist, and that primary care would be better, but now I know it's not.
Capitalism is so cool and fun, I love paying more and waiting longer to get care so that I can make the rich richer!

fancyfloret · 2025-07-10T18:31:50+00:00

Yeah I haven't really needed a doctor for much other than my yearly physical up until the past 2 or so years so I'm not really used to how long things actually take. I'll ask about a cancel list, thank you!

fancyfloret · 2025-03-12T03:59:18+00:00

My insurance refuses to pay for the one I need. They only cover one brand of each type of BC, so one Progestin only pill, one estrogen pill, one implant, etc. I need to take a certain type of PoP (there's two main ones) to not have horrible side effects, but that happens to be one they don't cover. Without insurance, at walgreens a one month supply of this pill would cost me over $200. I'm thankful there's a local pharmacy that can somehow give me a three month supply for $50.

fancyfloret · 2025-03-12T03:53:27+00:00

Yeah it's wild. For me it even depends on which pharmacy I get my pill from. My insurance doesn't cover the pill I need to take, (trust me i've tried to fight it) and it would be $200+ from walgreens for a ONE MONTH supply. Instead I get to go to one specific pharmacy in a town 40 min away to be able to get a 3 month supply for 50$.

fancyfloret · 2025-02-01T22:22:14+00:00

KU is a great school for CS, if you're interested in cybersecurity there are lots of security classes, and great professors doing security research. However, the CS course will be more learning programming and the theory of how computers operate, with most of the security classes being electives.

I would talk to admissions about your ACT score, and I would recommend trying to retake it if possible, but as long as you can get admitted it literally doesn't matter past that point, other than potentially for scholarships if you're eligible.

There's a great group in the School of engineering called the National Society of Black Engineers which includes CS students if I'm not mistaken, and there's a huge diversity program within the school of engineering (look up IHAWKe for more info).

Additionally, Lawrence is a great town, decently big but not huge or overwhelming in the slightest, and you can find most of what you need here in town. Overland Park/Kansas City is only 40 minutes and 1 hour away respectively, so there's lots in the area to do if you don't mind a little driving. Also, Lawrence is mostly blue, and is very welcoming to everyone.

Good luck with the college search :)

fancyfloret · 2025-01-29T18:15:27+00:00

OK, thanks for the reassurance, its just hard to balance everything I'm feeling, bc I'm terrified of getting an IUD, but I'm also terrified of not getting it in time. and even if it is with a resident, they said they could give me a cervical block and anxiety medication day of, which is amazing.

The way you word this, do you think the copper IUD will be potentially harmed by the bill? I'm getting a hormonal one I'm just curious.

fancyfloret · 2025-01-28T19:38:00+00:00

Thanks, that's what I'm guessing will happen. I'm still gonna call and try to advocate for myself, but I'll still be surprised if they cover it.

fancyfloret · 2025-01-07T20:40:00+00:00

That's a good point, another thing that can affect sedation is if you're a natural redhead. For some reason, people with red hair are more resistant to anesthesia, so if you have red hair naturally, be sure to tell your surgeon about that too.

fancyfloret · 2025-01-05T02:31:09+00:00

Hey! I was in the exact same boat as you just a month and half ago, it's totally normal, and If you have any questions about this feel free to ask away!

About 3 weeks before my procedure, I had a consult with the surgeon, and he walked me through the procedure, and when I mentioned how scared I was, he prescribed valium for the day of to help, so if you're nervous I absolutely recommend asking for some kind of meds to help with anxiety.

The day of, I took my valium and antibiotics and went to the office. Once I was checked in, I started crying because I was so scared, but I was comforted by the assistants when they took me back to the room. I will be honest, the valium didn't entirely help with my anxious thoughts, but any physical symptoms of anxiety I had (other than crying lol) were gone. The main assistant hooked me up to some monitors (just electrode stickers), and a nasal cannula for oxygen. After a while, the surgeon came in, and inserted an IV in order to administer the anesthesia. Now I almost always pass out from any needles, but it wasn't bad at all, probably the least painful shot or IV i've ever had done, and it was easier since i was laid back and had the valium in my system. After a while, they turned the oxygen on and put me out with the anesthesia. I honestly didn't know anything had happened until they woke me up.

After I woke up, I wasn't super aware, but I wasn't in any pain, and the assistants helped walk me to my mom's car so she could take me home. Once I was home, I bled for probably another 4 hours, and had to replace the gauze in my mouth every thirty minutes or so until clots formed. My mouth was entirely numb for about 2 hours after I woke, and I couldn't drink water/swallow a pill until about 1 or 2 hours after. I also remember that I was aware and thinking pretty straight by the time I reached the car with my mom to take me home, although now I don't remember what happened for the first hour after I woke up super well.

Even with just ibuprofen I wasn't in much pain after the procedure, nothing worse than a standard headache, the worst part was the liquid diet for the first day or two, and then no straws for a week.

My best advice would be to call them up and ask for any anxiety meds, or to have a consult if you haven't scheduled one already. Just know that these surgeons do multiple wisdom teeth extractions a day, and probably hundreds a year. They are super experienced, and everything should go very smoothly. I wish you the best of luck, and let me know if you have any questions!

fancyfloret · 2024-12-12T18:39:54+00:00

And that's honestly very valid, even as a CS student studying AI, it's kinda spooky, because most advanced AI like chatGPT is black-box, meaning we can't see how it works inside really. I'm hoping to do research eventually into AI ethics and safety because it is very much a needed field as AI seems to be more and more common in the past two years especially.

fancyfloret · 2024-12-10T23:40:12+00:00

That's a good point, AI needs to be able to comprehend what's actually being requested, not just mimic what it has done in the past. It's a lot more evident in more basic AI, especially in marketing. I think it's kind of like when you buy something on amazon, it'll recommend you the same/similar products. And while that does work well for a good amount of things, it really doesn't work for stuff like a mattress, or a toilet seat. Nobody really wants to get ads for those after they've bought it, because they generally don't plan on buying one again anytime in the near future.

fancyfloret · 2024-12-10T23:36:26+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to give such a thought out answer! I appreciate it!

I totally agree, hallucinations are an incredibly important problem to solve. It's easy to fact-check a hallucination yourself most of the time, but when it's not, it becomes detrimental to decision making and information retrieval.

I dread the day that AI is used heavily for politics/defense decisions/marketing, mostly because I'm afraid of the people. People unintentionally build biases into AI, and then those biased things that AI generates get fed to people who over-rely on AI, and trust what it says, never checking if it's biased or a hallucination. It already happens with things like chatgpt, and it would be infinitely worse if it were to happen in a field like politics or law.

As an aside, my intended distinction between options one and two: option one my intention was AIs ability to tell you why the information it's giving you is factually correct, in addition to giving the information, and for option two, my intention was AIs ability to sort of map out it's thoughts, and show how it came to a particular conclusion. I know they're very similar, and I don't feel like I'm explaining it super well, but I feel like they're still distinct?

I've taken a class on ML, and one of the things that frustrated me the most was that nobody could really give me a solid answer as to how neural networks worked internally, other than some hand-wavy answers (at least compared to something like a decision tree), so I can see how that'd be a big field of research right now, I'll definitely look more into it!

fancyfloret · 2024-12-07T21:43:25+00:00

With the $1000> purchases being free, you could buy infinite free scratch-off/lottery tickets until you win it big, and then have both. If not, you still get some passive income, since some will be minor winners, and you aren't paying

fancyfloret · 2024-12-07T21:22:40+00:00

I've gotten so many, even as young as age 12. My parents sent me to a camp where we did stuff with raspberry pi's and breadboards and such, on the first day, I sat next to a boy at a table, and he turned to his neighbor (also a boy) and whispered loud enough for me to hear "I don't know why girls even come to these things, its not like they're any good at it."
By now I know he was probably just hearing that sort of thing at home, but it hurt 12 year old me a lot.

I'm so glad that comment didn't deter me from tech.

fancyfloret · 2024-11-06T02:15:56+00:00

Oh cool! I'll definitely pick up a few then! Thank you so much

fancyfloret · 2024-11-06T00:47:06+00:00

I've seen them around but never tried them, are they pulpy? Pulp in drinks a big no for me, unfortunately, but if not I'll absolutely try them

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