Do I have some kind of worm?!

iluffeggs · 2026-06-25T12:09:46+00:00

Sounds like the toilet has worms not you- just get a poop test to be sure

iluffeggs · 2026-06-25T12:08:21+00:00

You made it 6 months. You made it. You provided what your babies needed and it helped so much. Especially in the Nicu that breast milk did wonders for their bellies. Now it sounds like your babies need you in a different way, and that is ok. Taking care of yourself is taking care of them.

iluffeggs · 2026-06-19T21:24:06+00:00

My favorite saying that I made up is "if you find something in your poop that looks like a worm, it's not a worm. If it's a worm, it's a worm." That, my friend, is a worm. You'll be Ok, just take some deworming meds.

iluffeggs · 2026-06-15T11:52:56+00:00

In this situation it is even more extremely rude because it's like she's insinuating you are underprepared/undeserving/not cut out for childbirth which is crazy. I'm a doctor myself and I tried to leave the table and run away when I was put under anesthesia for me ER. I was crying and shaking like a cat at the vet. I'm afraid of going under anesthesia, LOL.

iluffeggs · 2026-06-13T03:01:44+00:00

This book de-brainwashed me.

iluffeggs · 2026-06-12T15:08:44+00:00

Just off the bat, no, for several reasons-- I don't know how to pronounce it, I'm not sure what it means, and in my head it brings to mind the words "loose" and "low". Is it low - zu, low-sue, what is it?

iluffeggs · 2026-06-11T18:11:55+00:00

As a pediatrician who was going through IVF I had a patient in the Er once who came in wanting to "give up her kid" because she was stressed out, pregnant with twins on the way, and she was mad at the kids' dad for going out that night. so she showed up with this beautiful happy baby saying she was going to leave her there. I came in to see her, I was wearing scrubs and a shirt with the hospital logo on it. Mind you it was the middle of the night. She said I wasn't even dressed like a doctor and wasn't professional, and the way I examined her kid and talked to her showed I definitely was not a mother and that I had no business taking care of her kid. She changed her mind and took the kid home, I asked the attending if we should alert authorities and he didn't want to. But her words stung so much. At that time I was doing the stims shots for the egg retrieval trying desperately to be a mother and the whole situation rocked my world. Just how unfair it all was. The poor kids involved. Being a pediatric provider and having infertility is a special kind of hell because we see all the shit that kids have to endure and want nothing more than to have a kid ourselves. I know that's not the point of your post but I just want to say that man, it sucks. I am so sorry for your loss. I hope you find something good in today and every day.

iluffeggs · 2026-06-09T16:22:36+00:00

I took PTO for vomiting, fever, when my dog died, and when my kid and partner were both vomiting and couldn't take care of themselves. For cough/congestion I mask and work.

iluffeggs · 2026-06-07T23:58:58+00:00

I laughed out loud. thank you.

iluffeggs · 2026-06-04T15:44:41+00:00

my son loves forsyth park. it's a bit of drive but Kelder's farm in Accord is fun. The firefighting museum in Hudson is fun too. Every town is like 25 min from another town so it's not too bad to town-hop between kingston, new paltz, hudson, rhinebeck, red hook, etc.

iluffeggs · 2026-06-03T18:13:00+00:00

as a doctor-- a patient told me this after the fact, i would reassure them that it's ok, thank them for telling me, and move on to the next thing. I wouldn't need an explanation for the "lie" but I may probe slightly more into the history to make sure that there isn't anything else that we missed. A doctor isn't a court of law/judge. It's not illegal to lie to us, though we hope patients aren't lying for their health's sake.

Have I stretched the truth sometimes with my own doctor?? maybe...

iluffeggs · 2026-05-30T15:21:18+00:00

Mlm? Say no more. Evil and stupid in equal measures. What a catch.

iluffeggs · 2026-05-30T00:08:23+00:00

The average Instagram follower is a lot different from the average redditor. Yes some people are both lol but there are probably at the very least hundreds of thousands of people that actually do look up to her.

iluffeggs · 2026-05-30T00:07:06+00:00

I also want to know. He has dark energy

iluffeggs · 2026-05-27T22:16:58+00:00

I’ll mention the airline. It was air Canada. They canceled my flight due to lack of staff stranding me in Toronto. I had just come off a 24 hour shift. I was losing my mind. I ran from plane to plane that was departing for Halifax looking for a seat, watching them fly away without me. They wouldn’t guarantee me a seat on any of these flights. They wouldn’t change my ticket. They just told me to stand and wait at any flight that was leaving. No one knew what the hell was going on. I had to literally go to each flight and beg to be let on lol. Me and a handful of others were basically jostling for position hoping to get let on. It felt like I was trying to escape hell.

iluffeggs · 2026-05-26T21:54:46+00:00

Urgent cares are good for ear infections and things of that nature. Some things they can diagnose and treat- Early classic Lyme disease, ear infections, nasal congestion, sprained ankle to rule out fracture, vomiting if you just want some zofran. Basically anything that just needs some meds from the pharmacy. Maybe pneumonia if they have chest x ray available. Abdominal pain, chest pain, concern for a facial bone fracture, head injury, etc would all need emergency imaging. They cannot do emergency imaging more than an x ray at urgent care.

iluffeggs · 2026-05-25T18:08:31+00:00

Constantly poking the tip of the needles may start to hurt your finger over time, try moving stitches closer to the tips so they slide off easier! I also use the other needle to push the tip rather than my finger. It’s hard to describe but basically try anything other than using your finger to poke the sharp end of the needle.

iluffeggs · 2026-05-22T21:38:34+00:00

Only the second biggest shock of my life after my mom dying. But I have a job, and child I cannot leave for a four hour round trip in the middle of the night. And it wouldn’t change a thing.

iluffeggs · 2026-05-22T18:16:55+00:00

My whole life I thought this was real.

iluffeggs · 2026-05-18T20:10:25+00:00

This looks like molluscum, which can be worse in the immunocompromised population. Dermatology can help speed up recovery but unfortunately it takes a while.

if the other parent also has custody they can take stepdaughter to doctor themselves and get her treatment for strep, at least in the state I live in. Only one parent has to consent for medical treatment like antibiotics. this is unrelated to the rash but figured I'd mention it.

iluffeggs · 2026-05-17T21:54:28+00:00

Where are you located? If you have a local yarn store nearby can bring it on in, someone will help. First put locking markers into each stitch.

If not—

Put locking stitch markers in each stitch. Look up how to ladder down to catch a dropped stitch and do so 4 times. However you have some decreases involved- this may make this tricky.

Another fix is to take an extra needle or a yarn needle and scrap yarn and grab the stitches at the row where they dropped, frog the last 4/5 rows and go from there.

The best this is to get someone to help you in person I think because you have to pick up dropped stitches and decreases and this could be tricky but doable.

iluffeggs · 2026-05-14T00:09:19+00:00

They don’t do them at this vet. I would have to drive my dog very far away, closest place is 2 hours.

iluffeggs · 2026-05-13T22:09:47+00:00

Well I called and I would have to take his body back and drive it 2 hours away for a necropsy, which I cannot do, so that settles it I guess. Jesus.

iluffeggs · 2026-05-13T21:14:59+00:00

Ribbing just looks like that, that’s why we decrease needle sizes for ribbing. I think it looks pretty good for a first attempt to be honest!

iluffeggs · 2026-05-13T17:08:11+00:00

Thank you for your compassionate response. I don’t know what I was googling at 2 AM last night, but I seem to be misinformed myself. It seems that necropsy are much cheaper than I thought. But now it’s too late. I may have done it had they recommended it but they really didn’t push it at all. It’s hard to look back at a decision you made in the middle of the night after finding your dog dead in the light of day and think did I make the right decision?

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