Rant0/10 stars: a review of my recent three-week hospital stay.
Unruly blood pressure, dramatic sinuses, and a checkout that kept getting rescheduled.
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RantThe referral olympics: a sport nobody trained for.
First your insurance, then your patience, then your will to fax.
RantThe waiting room is a time warp. Nobody warned me.
Time enters. Time does not exit. Science is baffled.
RantOne to ten? My pain does not do numbers.
The pain scale was designed by someone who has never met my pain.
EssayBring a binder to the fight.
Paper trails, pointed questions, and politely refusing to be shuffled along.
EssayThe art of doing absolutely nothing. Badly.
Somewhere along the way, even relaxing became a task to be exceptionally good at.
EssayThis meeting could have been a thought.
A small investigation into the calendar invite that somehow became a lifestyle.
RantA brief word with the reply-all button.
With great clicking power comes absolutely no discernible responsibility.
EssayYour hobby does not need a business plan.
Permission to be delightfully mediocre at something you actually enjoy.
RantThe decorative pillow situation has gone too far.
A sofa should be somewhere to sit, not a puzzle you have to solve.
RantThe cookie banner would like a word. Several, actually.
I came to read one sentence. Apparently we need to negotiate first.
Rant“You don’t look sick” is not a diagnosis.
A field guide to comments that should come with a refund policy.
EssayA second opinion is not a breakup.
Getting another look is sensible, normal, and long overdue as a compliment.
EssayBe the squeaky wheel. Politely. Relentlessly.
Persistence is a skill, a strategy, and occasionally a full-time job.