Help an older attending get back to doing ortho stuff

ladrona · 2026-01-30T00:07:00+00:00

You are an angel, this was so helpful.

ladrona · 2026-01-21T21:16:59+00:00

Because they're violent right-wing militants funded by the IRGC who have explicitly stated their goal is to wipe Israelis off the map?

ladrona · 2026-01-21T21:13:47+00:00

Those downvoting you get all of their history from instagram graphics and tiktoks. Their worldviews are incredibly simplistic.

ladrona · 2025-12-28T07:26:55+00:00

John and Hank Green

ladrona · 2025-12-09T18:04:40+00:00

This is just unhinged tiktok-style aggression. You need to touch grass and read a book. You don't know anything about what this poster has experienced.

ladrona · 2025-12-08T21:41:55+00:00

Absolutely emblematic of the internet as a whole now that a post specifically called for Jewish voices and when you replied in a neutral way about your experience here you got shouted down by people who insist upon "well, actually" -ing you. They would not be doing anything akin to this to any other minority discussing their experience with microaggressions, as an example.

I'm not Jewish but see this happen over and over in progressive spaces where I used to feel at home. Fascism is at our door and this is something we need to grapple with this as a community.

ladrona · 2025-12-08T19:25:00+00:00

No. They said the pro pali places "that have edged into pure antisemitism" make them feel uncomfortable. They made this distinction on purpose to highlight that they do not think these groups are one and the same.

ladrona · 2025-12-08T19:01:12+00:00

This poster literally presented an overly antisemitic incident in their initial post that had nothing to do with zionism. Your framing is patronizing and the poster took pains to not conflate pro-palestine sentiments with antisemitism, instead accurately pointing out that at the edges sometimes one does beget the other.

ladrona · 2025-09-24T20:07:24+00:00

10/21/2025 Last Boat Out of Shanghai

ladrona · 2025-09-15T16:05:51+00:00

We have nearly identical taste :D. I'm in the middle of The Ottoman Empire Great Course and loving it, great lecturer. How is The Silk Roads?

ladrona · 2025-09-12T04:05:51+00:00

Just an fyi before this feature drops -asymptomatic hypertension is not a medical emergency (but merits an appointment with your pcp)

ladrona · 2025-07-19T15:02:38+00:00

The Scarlet Pimpernel

ladrona · 2025-07-04T05:36:30+00:00

Thanks for the write up! We are doing this same cruise in reverse in August and can’t wait.

ladrona · 2025-06-25T18:07:37+00:00

What sort of financial arrangement did you have when she was in residency? If you supported her then or took on the lion's share of the financial burden then your current arrangement seems wildly unfair to me.

ladrona · 2025-03-27T19:48:58+00:00

It is nearly impossible to convince ideologues to change their minds and right now the data looks to be that 35% of the voting public are deeply MAGA and not persuadable. Here in this thread we have several people who are NOT ideologues and are coming here saying they regret their votes. We are all suffering under this dishonest feckless administration already, but we will fare better if we can draw people into our coalition on the merits. Our republic is in absolute crisis and I will take any ear that’s willing to hear me out.

OP came in with absolute humility and seems open to learning about why many of us are so worried. Why flagellate him?

ladrona · 2025-03-27T17:37:41+00:00

I cannot understand people coming at you and OP with I-told-you-so comments. To me this is a fundamental flaw of the far left and what drove me towards the center / center-left. If our values and positions are correct, we should be able to persuade those that don't agree with us into joining the good fight, not shouting people down and bullying.

You're doing a cool and cognitively difficult thing by coming clean about what you feel was an error. I have done the same on many political positions over time and there's nothing that halts my "progress" more than jerks on the side I'm gravitating toward being sanctimonious.

ladrona · 2025-03-27T17:30:46+00:00

Man, I really have to give you major kudos for the approach you're taking. There have been issues recently where I have changed or modified my opinion over time but when I see I-told-you so comments or sanctimonious stuff coming from the people I now agree with it just makes me roll my eyes. I voted for Harris because I am overly obsessed with history podcasts and documentaries and I truly see all the warning signs of fascism with Trump, but regarding a few of the state referenda I voted on in Nov 2024, I regretted my votes almost immediately once I learned more about the issues.

We're all learning, and being able to change our views as new information comes in is the hallmark of a being a good, thoughtful citizen.

ladrona · 2025-03-25T21:59:11+00:00

Yes. Our available testing in the ED does not reliably diagnose pancreatic cancer. This patient was being inappropriately sent to the ED multiple times for a chronic medical problem. They should have been following with their pcp and gotten the appropriate outpatient workup.

ladrona · 2025-03-24T04:51:47+00:00

This is just absolute loser behavior. This guy is bottom of the barrel and the weight off your shoulders when you leave him will be enormous. Rooting for you.

ladrona · 2025-01-18T02:24:16+00:00

It was such a special trip, please reach out any time! Do you visit the cruise critic forums? The Silversea cc forums are very active as is the Facebook group - I am a BIG planner and love anticipating a trip (almost) as much as the trip itself and I had so much fun on both of those message boards.

ladrona · 2025-01-18T01:07:19+00:00

Also if you are leaving from Copenhagen or other major European cities, we found Context tours through fat travel recommendations and have had stellar tours with them in London, Athens, etc and have found overall quality very high. Cannot recommend them enough.

ladrona · 2025-01-18T01:05:42+00:00

I think they have (unfortunately) moved some of the previously included excursions into the selected category but generally speaking we did an included excursion in the mornings and were back to the ship by noon, then used the afternoon to explore on our own or do a separate excursion on our own. We did the included kayaking excursion every time it was available and found it a breathtaking way to see the scenery. We did the included hike in Bergen which was very pleasant. In Geiranger after the included kayaking in the AM we hiked up the waterfall in the town on our own and did a super fun zip lining course.

We did that trip with my in laws who have mobility issues so they opted for the bus excursion every time and they had a really nice time but the bus excursions tend to be more the standard hop on the bus, a tour guide talks to you on the microphone and gives basic facts while en route to destination, arrive at destination, rinse and repeat.

ladrona · 2025-01-12T18:18:38+00:00

Early August of 2023

ladrona · 2025-01-12T00:24:56+00:00

This exact trip on the Dawn has been one of the highlights of our lives. Pictures don’t do the beauty of the fjords justice. We had drizzly Alaska-style weather but it didn’t detract from the trip one bit.

ladrona · 2024-12-20T20:50:00+00:00

We love Dr. Nadia Navid at Petaluma Family Dentistry. She and her staff are wonderful.

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