Shematologist, MD

10 is now calling RFK Jr KFC Jr and I am here for it.

I’m apparently now on TikTok posting about iron 🤦‍♀️

I’m so happy that the @ash.hematology.org guidelines are getting a lot of attention but all these influencers who don’t actually understand iron deficiency posting about it is making me CRAZY.

Worth spreading far and wide, and adding to one's personal file of "health basics for women" to keep an eye on.

Our lab’s lower limit of normal for ferritin for adult women is um much much much lower than this

Landmark paper, with new iron deficiency diagnosis guidelines. Studies found that 27% of women have iron deficiency. Associated conditions (celiac, inflammatory conditions, kidney disease, heart failure) may be investigated and caught much sooner as a result. #anemia @shematologist.medsky.social

So excited to share our new @ash.hematology.org iron deficiency diagnosis guidelines TLDR: Adults 🩸ferritin < 30 diagnostic of ID 🩸ferritin < 50 w/symptoms or risk factors diagnostic of ID Kids 🩸ferritin <20 diagnostic of ID Get your lab intervals updated! tinyurl.com/ASHirondx

It’s that time of year.

That sky tho

Goodnight y’all.

And here I thought a marshmallow couldn’t possibly be too big.

Another perfect day.

How it started. How it’s going.

Just heard @abdulelsayed.bsky.social call Mike Rogers Temu Trump and I’m 💀

👀

Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."

Wow

Even when RFK Jr shows up dying and absolutely no one is excited to take care of him, hospitals still aren’t going to lie about being full.

I will always love you @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social

Donated to @abdulelsayed.bsky.social campaign again today. Vote, donate, canvas, do what you can. Michigan deserves better.

I hope all the people cheering on this insanity of vilifying Fauci are ready to face all of the coming pandemics alone. Who in the world would want to help next time?

Voted today for @abdulelsayed.bsky.social And here is just some of my why -Medicare for all. This isn’t a pipe dream. Literally every other developed country in the world has some version of this. And it works. 1/

A physician I know would spend their entire day in 2020 tending to people dying from COVID, then go home and have their parents tell them to their face that it was a hoax. When the doctor would try to share what they were seeing, they were dismissed and told they're just confused.

Back in 2020, as a pediatric hematologist married to a physician, we signed up to volunteer in a field hospital for patients with COVID. We wrote our wills and worried about getting our kids sick. I posted about terrifying outcomes in kids and received death threats. Fauci is a goddamn hero.

Wearing my Fauci shirt today (also wore it when I got my first Covid vaccine!) and still wondering when we are going to prosecute the people in the Epstein files.

Dear insurance companies, If you don’t cover super important medications, the patient more times than not will end up in the ER and then the hospital and I’m pretty sure those stays cost a lot more than the medication you wouldn’t pay for. Sincerely, Your biggest hater

So very embarrassing Do better my fellow pasty peeps

Not me as a physician getting jealous every time a union secures a better contract for their members* (*which they absolutely deserve)

Well rounded day of 3 meals and a snack

The best: coming out of the shower to a warm towel The worst: forgetting to turn on the towel warmer, expecting a warm towel that is anything but

Wolfers: For nine out of the last 10 presidencies, if you’d said, “How much should we blame the president for what’s going on with the economy right now?” I would have said that the president is just one factor among many. That’s what I would have said nine out of 10 times. This is the 10th time.

My type of math question: if I eat Chantilly cake for every meal, how many days until I need to buy another?

Happy first day of my new year breakfast to me

Donate blood to local and regional blood banks so your donation stays local! Ask is you are a candidate for platelet donation! (Not plasma, PLATELETS.)

As an AML patient, I appreciate everyone who donates.

PSA: Summer is a tough time for the blood supply as regular donors are traveling and schools (where drives occur) are out. At the same time, accidents requiring massive transfusion are more common. Only 3% of the population donates yet any of us could be in need someday. Donate if you can!

PSA: Many patients are waiting long times to see physicians, especially specialists. If you no show your appointment or cancel at the last minute, you are part of the problem. Things come up but it is oh so helpful for the whole system if you can cancel ahead of time or at the very least call.

Every week I see people who’ve had multiple visits, innumerable tests, failed medication trials & no one checked a ferritin. They’re always deficient & drastically better once deficit corrected. Iron deficiency screening in people who menstruate would be cost saving. And the right thing to do.

Here’s the truth about Medicare-for-all: You will pay less overall for better coverage. You won’t have to deal with a middleman company with a financial incentivize to deny as much care as possible. Your doctor won’t have to fight with that company to get you the care you need. It’s better.