અરવલ્લી – ઇસરી ગામ પાસે મેડિકલ વેસ્ટ જોવા મળ્યો, લોકમાંગે તપાસ અને કાયદેસરની કાર્યવાહી #arvalli #isari #medicalwaste

#arvalli #isari #medicalwaste - અરવલ્લી – ઇસરી ગામ પાસે મેડિકલ વેસ્ટ જોવા મળ્યો અરવલ્લી જિલ્લાના ઇસરી ગામ પાસે કચરામાં મેડિકલ વેસ્ટ મળતા ચકચાર. તંત્રની તપાસ, વેસ્ટનો નાશ અને જવાબદાર સામે કાર્યવાહી માટે લોકમાંગ. અરવલ્લી જિલ્લાના ઇસરી ગામ પાસે મેડિકલ વેસ્ટ મળતાં ચકચાર : તંત્ર સામે ગંભીર સવાલો, લોકમાંગ ઉઠી કે જવાબદાર સામે થાય કડક કાર્યવાહી અરવલ્લી જિલ્લાના…

https://vrlivegujarat.com/arvalli-isari-gaam-pase-medical-vest-no-jaththoa/

As #coal dust #pollution from #CSX railroad terminal plagues health of local residents in #SouthBaltimore, enraged and beleaguered citizens, including largely low income residents and people of color, recently marched on the #Maryland state capitol, demanding action from Gov. Moore, the state's first African-American governor.

CSX , whose permitted polluting began in 2009, and eventually caused an explosion at the coal pier in December of 2021, is not the only urban polluter in South #Baltimore. The industrial areas near the #CurtisBay site also host #wastewater treatment, toxic chemical plants, open air landfills, and the country’s largest #MedicalWaste incinerator.

https://therealnews.com/csx-coal-terminal-curtis-bay-baltimore-residents-capitol

https://youtu.be/JJ8g9-0SzMo #RealNews #Environment #FossilFuels

The global rise in #cancer cases has led to an increased use of #CancerDrugs, which are vital for treating the disease. However, these drugs, particularly #cytostatics, are now emerging as a significant #environmental threat. Cytostatics, which slow or stop the growth of cancer cells, are not fully removed by #wastewater treatment plants & can enter aquatic #ecosystems, posing risks to #wildlife & potentially humans.

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/global-growing-concern-over-cancer-drug-pollution-affect-on-wildlife-and-environment/

#MedicalWaste #HealthHazard #EcoNews

How My Sleep Specialists Screwed Me

Good news: I solved my insomnia problem. Bad news: my sleep specialists screwed me.

This article was originally published elsewhere in November 2022. I’m republishing it here with minimal editing. I’ll note that my insomnia problem is not fully fixed. It is definitely better. I now sleep five to height hours per night instead of two to three.

Here I am again with my slogan:

ADABe: All Doctors Are Bastards, eventually.

The “eventually” part of this slogan can play out in various ways. Sometimes a doctor is genuinely good at the start, and then drops the ball later. However, sometimes, unbeknownst to you, a doctor who appears to have your best interest at heart from the start, turns out later to have been a bastard from the get go.

It is the latter case that interests me here.

See, I’ve been suffering from insomnia for years. Yes, I’ve had cancer. Yes, I’ve had chemo. Yes, I’ve had a stem cell transplant. None of this made any difference. I was suffering from insomnia before all of those events. They were not triggered by my treatment.

My case was peculiar. I can fall asleep very easily. However, when I suffered from insomnia, I’d wake up very early, and I wouldn’t be able to go back to sleep. This is the most difficult form of insomnia to treat.

Towards the start of this year, I decided that I needed medical help for my insomnia. In retrospect, what can I say about that decision other than “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! You fucking idiot!”

Not one, but two sleep specialists were put onto my case. I also eventually obtained a third specialist, but she did not last very long. Now, when you go see a sleep specialist, one of the things they do tell you is to change beds if your bed is past its prime. They did tell me this, but not forcefully enough. It was the equivalent of a footnote in a pamphlet.

My first visit with a sleep specialist, a neurologist, was on February 2nd, 2022. As far as I can tell, I’ve seen my neurologist three times. She referred me to a psychologist who was also a sleep specialist, for cognitive behavioral therapy, that I’ve seen seven times. It is a bit hard to tell what is a visit and what isn’t in the way it is recorded in the patient portal. I’ve had two sleep studies. One was in a lab. The other one at home.

My third sleep specialist was a dentist. She wanted to sell me a dental appliance, but the price was steep. I had tried a dental appliance bought on Amazon before, and it did not make any difference. I doubted that her appliance would make any difference, so I pulled the plug on this. I don’t want to spend money on devices that won’t make any difference.

The bed I was sleeping on was over 40-year-old. That’s way way past its prime. Ten years is when you should start thinking about replacing your bed. My doctors knew the age of my bed. Mind you, I cannot point to my old bed as being a “bad bed.” It did not hurt me. I felt fine on it. Yet, I suppose the effect of a bed on your sleep can be subtle, and my own story here is a case in point.

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When my doctors learned that my bed was 40-year-old, what they should have done is say, “Change your bed. Sleep on a new bed for a while, and if you still have insomnia, come back.” I would have seen one sleep specialist, once. I would have changed my bed, and then my problem would be gone.

That’s not what they did. What they did was to put me through a number of tests, and have multiple neurological and psychological sessions with me.

This was all a waste that my insurance had to pay for.

The inference you should be making right this moment is that the very doctors that are supposed to care for you, instead engage in self-serving behavior that increases the cost of healthcare for everyone.

Let me remind you that we hire doctors because they are specialists. It is not my job to figure out whether my doctor is doing their job right, or not. I’m not a doctor. I’m not a specialist in health. It is not my job to second-guess my doctor. Yet, here we are!

I think doctors should be thorough in their examination of you. If you say you have a 40-year-old bed, the first thing they should do is ask you to change beds. At the same time, I recognize that mistakes can be made.

However, I’ve seen those doctors multiple times. My sleep improvement was modest at best, and at some point the bed situation should have been revisited. “Get a new bed, then we’ll talk.” They did not do this. Instead, they sold me services that I did not need!

How do I know my new bed fixed my issue? Let’s backtrack for a bit. Besides the dental appliance that I bought on Amazon, I also bought a wedge pillow. I don’t think it helped my sleep. It does help with reflux, but I’m having less and less reflux these days. The reflux was definitely a side effect of my stem cell transplant, but it seems to be dissipating.

(Funny note here: the doctor who did my transplant told me that he was on reflux medicine permanently. I’m wondering if he’s taking that needlessly now. I do know that if you take reflux medicine for a while and stop suddenly, you’re going to have rebound. So having reflux right after stopping is not a sign that you should be on it. You have to push past the rebound.)

I know my bed fixed my issue for multiple reasons. First, I did sleep in other beds recently, and I had better nights of sleep. That was my first clue. Second, as soon as I got the new bed, I managed to be able to fall back asleep in the middle of the night. That’s another clue.

Yet another clue is that when I slept away from home, or when I sleep in the new bed I have now, I’m not sleeping in a room that was optimized for sleep. See, with the psychologist I mentioned above, she did give me tips and tricks to optimize my bedroom for sleep. However, I do get better sleep now in rooms that are not optimized for sleep at all!

Oh, and I should mention that I’ve moved out of my house, and into an apartment. My wife and I have separated, and this is why I have a new bed. This is also why my bedroom is not optimized for sleep, whereas my old bedroom was.

However, the evidence that clinched it for me was last night. I went to be completely exhausted at around 8:30pm. I woke up at 11:30pm because one of my neighbors was playing music too loud. It was quiet enough though that putting in earplugs and asking Google for white noise covered it. I tossed and turned for a while, but I did go back to sleep.

This was inconceivable a few months ago. Back then, if I had been woken up by music in the middle of the night, then my night would have been over. End of story. Oftentimes, I did wake up in the middle of the night, for no reason whatsoever, and my night was over. I’d get up and work.

So, again, ADABe. All Doctors Are Bastards, eventually. This entire experience with the doctors was a complete waste of time, and of money, except maybe for my very first appointment, where my doctor should have said “Get a new bed!”

I was supposed to have another appointment with the sleep specialist who is also a neurologist, but I cancelled it. I’m tired of pissing money away.

#ADABe #AutisticWriters #beds #doctors #healthcare #HealthInsurance #insomnia #MedicalWaste #PhysicalHealth #sleep #SleepSpecialists #USHealthcare #USHealthInsurance #YourAutisticLife

https://www.yourautisticlife.com/2024/01/25/how-my-sleep-specialists-screwed-me/

[Audio] #MedicalPlastic Linked to #BreastCancer Relapse

Air Date: Week of December 10, 2021

"Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women worldwide, and #endocrine disrupting chemicals are partly to blame. One such chemical is #DEHP, a #phthalate chemical commonly used in plastic hospital #IntravenousBags and #MedicalTubing, and a recent study finds that it’s interfering with breast cancer treatment and augmenting the odds of relapse. Pete Myers, the founder and chief scientist of Environmental Health Sciences, talks with Host Steve Curwood about the study findings and how to protect patients from harm caused by endocrine disrupting chemicals."

Link to audio and transcript:
https://loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=21-P13-00050&segmentID=2

#MedicalWaste #MedicalPlastics #IVBags #Health #Plastic #Toxic #ToxicChemicals

#MedicalWaste Tip
Obviously tossing #Syringes & #Needle tips in the trash is bad. Gotta use a hard plastic #SharpsContainer.

Pharmacies sell <2qt ones, price might include mail-back disposal. Trash pickup likely accepts em, or a detergent bottle (3/4 full, label, tape shut). Call to check.

Call your local health department. Mine offers free 5qt containers & accepts em for disposal. Not advertised on their website.

Holds a LOT of uncapped detachable tips. A shame caps aren't recyclable.

We had several years' worth of expired Epi-Pens around the apartment. Turns our most hospitals in New York will accept sharps for disposal, including Mount Sinai Queens!

I brought this bag to the front desk, and then a guard escorted me to a basement window where I handed them off to a staff member…

#sharps #medicalWaste