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Dr. J’s completely made-up alphabet of birth control options:
A doctor's advice on birth control options
Jeanette Thomas
Apr 2, 20244 min read
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If you give your house a cookie...
It will know you got some money, somewhere, and entropy will ensue. In residency, we were paid every 2 weeks. This meant that a few times...
Jeanette Thomas
Mar 28, 20244 min read
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we interrupt your regularly scheduled programming...
Elegy for my generation: I’m no poet, so that’s a lie. But I’m not ready for my generation to be the one dying, to contemplate our...
Jeanette Thomas
Mar 15, 20243 min read
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Progesterone only pills, AKA mini-pill, AKA now approved for OTC use:
Great news. As women in the US lose more bodily autonomy, this is a step forward. Nothing is perfect. Some links below to help, both...
Jeanette Thomas
Mar 5, 20242 min read
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Retreats and Cabins
Minnesota has > 10,000 lakes. The Minnesota dream for many is a cabin getaway. When you are semi-comfortable in life, you find a lake...
Jeanette Thomas
Feb 28, 20244 min read
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Not your mom’s gyno visit—a Top 10 guide:
Bonus: 11 items in the top 10 guide. My title isn’t meant to be a trigger, and I’m sorry if it is for you. I know that not everyone has...
Jeanette Thomas
Feb 22, 20247 min read
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Not your mom's gyno visit
—queer and curious edition: First of all, my title isn’t meant to be a trigger, and I’m sorry if it is for you. I know that not everyone...
Jeanette Thomas
Feb 13, 20248 min read
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Sorry for the delay, I had to #GJWW5...
Dear B: Congratulations!!! You’re pre-med. I hated it when I told doctors that I wanted to be one of them, and all I heard were negative...
Jeanette Thomas
Feb 2, 20246 min read
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The futile discourse between opinion and fact:
Kid one: “did you hear Mom’s super awkward conversation?” Kid two: “what now?” Me: “I was at a Covid superspreader event, but...
Jeanette Thomas
Jan 12, 20244 min read
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Streaks and Recents vs Resolutions
All of Gen Z, prepare to cringe as I butcher the use of these terms. You’ve been warned. I still don’t understand the concept of streaks...
Jeanette Thomas
Jan 3, 20243 min read
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Advent calendars and the Problem of Patiently Waiting:
It started with Legos. That’s a lie. It started with Playmobil, given to me by a dear friend. It was used, but that didn’t matter. The...
Jeanette Thomas
Dec 19, 20234 min read
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Medication lamentations, in three parts:
Part three: lifesaving injections: I’m thinking of two different injectable medications that can be lifesaving. Anyone can give...
Jeanette Thomas
Dec 6, 20232 min read
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Medication lamentations, in three parts:
Part two: Controlled substances and contingency plans: https://www.epilepsy.com/volunteer/spreading-awareness/national-epilepsy-awareness...
Jeanette Thomas
Nov 16, 20235 min read
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Medication lamentations, in three parts:
Part one: Vivid dreams are not a troublesome side effect of this medication: ...Unless you are the one who had the brain tumor.
Jeanette Thomas
Nov 14, 20231 min read
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How to break up with Costco::
OR : The Fallacy of Volume Price Discounting when cooking for two instead of a Nordic ski team. Let me remind you that I am not...
Jeanette Thomas
Oct 31, 20234 min read
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Because I can:
I take the stairs when it’s feasible. I park further away from the door. I notice details that I was too busy to see before. The blue of...
Jeanette Thomas
Oct 17, 20231 min read
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Training wheels are off—and updates:
Wow. I just finished making this presentable and searchable yesterday (thank you to Business Tech BFF) and WHAM! Larissa shares it on...
Jeanette Thomas
Oct 5, 20232 min read
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To the impatient woman in the jeep who lost her shit on me today:
At the ridiculously packed street by the soccer field, on a sunny Saturday morning. For 5-year-old soccer. And then rolled down your...
Jeanette Thomas
May 15, 20222 min read
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The Quick and Dirty (SBAR* version):
The Quick and Dirty (SBAR* version): My wife and I have been together for more than 20 years. We met in training, and have been...
Jeanette Thomas
Mar 15, 20221 min read
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Healing Is Hard:
Healing is hard. I wrote that over and over again in my notes for this. It is hard like meditation is hard. It takes time, you have to...
Jeanette Thomas
Mar 6, 20225 min read
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