Lori Alexander 37: Practicing Medicine Without a License

[Chocolatedefrauded]

4 hours ago, slp said:

I've heard stories about doctors demanding the parent leave etc with a teen, but my doctor doesn't bat an eyelash about it. 

This is interesting. I'm always in the room with my 13 yr old. No one ever asks me to leave but we mostly see our family doctor. My kid does have to answer all the questions. I assume doctors will want me to leave if they are asking her about sex but that's years in the future, I hope. I'm ok with that because privacy with sexual matters is nice. But I'm pretty open talking with her and plan to help her get birth control when the time comes.

bottom line - doctors should respect the wishes of patients to have someone with them, unless it interferes with the exam.

[Jellybean]

I recently had an assessment for disability payments and had my husband with me. It's relatively common for the report to contain inaccuracies so I wanted a reliable witness. I generally don't have people come into appointments with me unless they're scary (eg Complex Spine Surgery appointment last month at which there were 17 surgeons and other specialists in addition to me and Mr Bean) but I have 2 appointments many weeks, which is too many to ask for company/support.

[lilwriter85]

7 hours ago, lilith said:

What I found interesting about Steven’s bio was that the young dentist listed below him was mentioned as being active in his local church, but nothing was mentioned regarding Steven’s church or faith (or godly mentor of a mother. Who went viral! And wrote a book!).

Also, the older partner doesn’t mention a wife or children. He also gives a vibe of possible being a confirmed bachelor. Which wouldn’t suprise me - Ken has shown he’ll always put profits before his proclaimed beliefs.

Whats with the Internet cafe, entertainment room, and complimentary ice cream though? I know Ken recommends that crap, but if I saw it at a doctor or dentist I would assume they were overcharging me to cover silly bells and whistles I don’t want or need at a medical appointment.

Yeah, Ken probably has no issue with the older partner being single and childfree. Lori might bitch about Ken and Steven's partnership with him.

I thought the same thing about the Internet cafe, entertainment room, and ice cream. It all seemed a bit much. I looked through that Google 360 tour thing of the office. There is an arcade room and a couple of reviews on yelp referenced it. From what I saw there seemed to be two pinball machines, one of those games set up with console controls, and a couple of other arcade games. Now, there might be a chance that all those games are rented and maybe they are coin-operated and most of the profits go to the company renting out them to the practice.

One of the yelp reviewers said that the complimentary ice cream was a summer only thing at the office. Then again, things could have changed they are giving out ice cream year around. It's likely that the older partner has had the arcade room, entertainment room, and other things around just to appeal to his children and teen patients. Maybe, Ken influenced that. But, it's funny because Lori has gone on rants about advertising going after kids, yet Ken, Steven, and their partners are pretty much doing the same thing in a different format.

[Koala]

Reader:

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Even our women's Bible study submits to our pastor on what teaching we should study. This fosters unity and I feel protected under his guidance.

Lori:

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that’s great. What denomination is your church?

Umm, Lori?  You have that at your church as well.  Your pastor(s) at at least two churches told you that you weren't allowed to preach the Gospel of Lori on their grounds.  

Instead of submitting to your church leadership and feeling "protected under their guidance", you ran to your blog to trash your church and complain.  You certainly didn't think it was "great" then.

 

[quiversR4hunting]

@Koala what happens if the reader says they are Catholic? What do you predict Lori will say? And what difference does it make which denomination? I assume she is just being nosy.

[Frog99]

I would love an explanation from one of those nuts about what constant teaching on Titus 2 entails. 

I love my husband. I love my children. I’m fairly certain I’m more modest than Lori- not just in dress but in the way I carry myself. My husband doesn’t mind me working, he doesn’t want me to defer to him for every single decision, and he certainly doesn’t want me to be meek at home or quiet in church. Our home is managed quite well. 

I don’t get what is taught in those forums. 

And another thought- why can’t women study the rest of the Bible? And why do some women accept the view that they aren’t smart enough to pick an appropriate study? My (female) pastor delivers a relevant sermon every week that includes principles for life application. And she and her husband (who has a pretty high profile job in our community) manage their household and are raising two incredible kids. 

[freealljs]

There's something sad  about Lori's IG story.  I would feel bad for her, if she weren't such a hateful, vain shrew.

[louisa05]

Way back in the dark ages, my orthodontist gave vouchers for free milkshakes at a nearby Dairy Queen after you had brackets put on or some other long procedure that meant you couldn’t have solid food for awhile or if they did something that caused a lot of immediate pain. So I don’t feel like the ice cream thing is that different or odd or unnecessary.

[Frog99]

24 minutes ago, louisa05 said:

Way back in the dark ages, my orthodontist gave vouchers for free milkshakes at a nearby Dairy Queen after you had brackets put on or some other long procedure that meant you couldn’t have solid food for awhile or if they did something that caused a lot of immediate pain. So I don’t feel like the ice cream thing is that different or odd or unnecessary.

My 8 year old had a palate stretcher put in at the beginning of December. Our dentist said that it would make eating/swallowing difficult while he got used to it. She suggested a milkshake on the way home to get him used to and comfortable with drinking and swallowing and that we do soft foods for the first few days. 

[PennySycamore]

About having someone in the exam room with you during medical appointments,  some docs like to be able to talk to a teen or woman privately (sans parents) if they want to talk about sex/sexuality or about possible abuse.

[SongRed7]

2 hours ago, Koala said:

Umm, Lori?  You have that at your church as well.  Your pastor(s) at at least two churches told you that you weren't allowed to preach the Gospel of Lori on their grounds.  

Instead of submitting to your church leadership and feeling "protected under their guidance", you ran to your blog to trash your church and complain.  You certainly didn't think it was "great" then.

Sorry I'm playing catch up...  I'm interested in what happened here. She was rebuked by the leadership of her church?

 

[AuntKrazy]

9 hours ago, slp said:

My teenagers (remember we have been through a traumatic situation with their father in recent years) still want me in the room with them at the doctors.  I've heard stories about doctors demanding the parent leave etc with a teen, but my doctor doesn't bat an eyelash about it. My teens answer all the questions and I add things if I feel they've left anything pertinent out.

There's nothing wrong with needing someone with you if you have some anxiety about it, and as pointed out above, a witness is always a good thing.

 

I completely understand this; however, as the daughter of overly controlling parents, I wish I had had the opportunity to talk to a doctor alone during my teen years, as there were questions I would have liked to have discussed that I could not with a parent in the room.  (anxiety/depression related questions).  When I was an adult on my own and finally got to ask my questions is when my doctor ran tests on my thyroid - and my life and health has been so much better since it was diagnosed.  But I felt like I could not talk about those particular symptoms with a parent in the room because of their beliefs that mental health issues were not real/legitimate.

I think the important thing is to try to give teens a choice on this one.

[quiversR4hunting]

AuntKrazy your name reminds me of Aunt Ginny who, in the past, commented on Lori's stuff and call her out. She was either Ken or Lori's real life aunt. Anyone know what happened to Aunt Ginny? I would love to read what she really thinks of all Lori's "mentoring".

[older than allosaurs]

11 hours ago, Curious said:

I learned that breast size plays a part in how much pain from squishing you get.  The larger the breasts the less pain.  Naturally, I have very small breasts so get to enjoy a full-on flattening smashing at my mammograms.   I don't start to get anxious until I'm actually in the room and then I remember how much it hurts (which probably makes it hurt worse).
 

I dunno. I have big ones and the tech told me that can mean extra pain as there is so much to compress to get at areas on the chest wall. Our imaging center now has 3-D though, and my fancy insurance covers it. Those seem to hurt less, so far. Good news for me since I have lots of risk factors and am on a six-month schedule to monitor a little blip they don't think needs a biopsy, yet.

"No one should be embarrassed or feel like a child because they have someone in the exam room with them."

I completely agree. I usually go to my husband's appointments to take notes because he gets anxious and also has hearing loss. I'm generally pretty calm about medical stuff, so he hasn't come to mine. But if/when something scary comes up, I will be grateful to have him there.

[luv2laugh]

IF Loony Lori was truly happy with her life, she wouldn't create an entire "ministry" tearing others down. Her blogging has taken a twisted, dark turn over the past two years. Instead of writing consistently about whackadoodle submission like she used to, she daily writes about how other women who work, raise their children a certain way, dress a certain way, what food they buy etc. are wrong, sinful, and not enlightened like Queen Lori.

Queen Lori must be a pain in the rear to live with. Erin, Cassi, Emily, and Alyssa all go out of their way to avoid her. The real question is how can Ken put up with Lori? Living with Lori sounds like the equivalent of being in a North Korean prison work camp. Ken always writes in the comments to try to backpeddle whatever Loony Lori says that starts a shitstorm. He always shows up in shitstorm aftermaths cleaning up her messes. 

Lori's "ministry" seems like it serves as a pathological release for her.  She's very bitter, maybe even ill, and blogging is a way for her to release her toxic thoughts instead of trying to get therapy for why she's so bitter in the first place.

Another thing: Lori does this 24/7. Every single hour of the day, she is deleting comments, posting on FB, writing nasty doodles, editing her blog, etc. She is not busy doing anything else. 24/7 she is obsessively focused on criticizing other women. What about focusing on the good and lovely, as Queen Loony Lori always writes about? She doesn't do it. She lives a miserable life and has to make herself feel better by knocking everyone else down, every second of the day.  In fact, it's actually scary that she is so obsessive about this. 

[Carol]

41 minutes ago, quiversR4hunting said:

AuntKrazy your name reminds me of Aunt Ginny who, in the past, commented on Lori's stuff and call her out. She was either Ken or Lori's real life aunt. Anyone know what happened to Aunt Ginny? I would love to read what she really thinks of all Lori's "mentoring".

Check the field behind Lori's house.

[AuntKrazy]

@quiversR4hunting Thank you!

No relation to Lori, thank goodness.  It's a favorite nickname one of my nieces gave me when she was 3 years old because I did things like went to the park with her in the middle of winter if it was sunny (and would swing on the swings with her since kids weren't waiting). :-) I didn't "act like a normal grown up". I've been "aunt krazy" to the nieces&nephews ever since. (she is now a freshman in college).

[smittykins]

I’m the proud(?) owner of 44Ds, and trust me, it doesn’t ease the pain any.  However, I take some ibuprofen about an hour before the appointment, and it does seem to help.

[Workingmom]

23 hours ago, Koala said:

mammograms are high radiation and are proven to cause breast cancer.

OMG, this is so wrong.  I make mammograms on a daily basis ( because it's my job) . We don't use high radiaton,  because your boobs are soft tissue, no bones.  You are exposed to more radiaton  if you fly from Europe to the US. Or if you are sunbathing a lot . A thermogram isn't reliable because you can't find the early indicators of cancer (DCIS) and the small tumors can't be detected through thermograms. 

Please get yourself  informed. Ask a real doctor, read reliable sources.  Make a decission.

The procedure can be painfull in lady's with large or small breast.  Size doesn't matter. Your amount of glandtissue does. (The ibuprofen is a great tip)

[fundamentallyfearless]

22 hours ago, AlwaysDiscerning said:

Lori, 

Remember pain is good!! We learn from pain. So what  if you have some breast smashing. Reminds me of how she didn't like her nipple bitten during breastfeeding so she flicked the babies cheek. 

I’m sure husbands LOVE watching wives get their boobs smashed. She should submit to that. After all, smashed boobs are modest. Godly men have told me. *evil giggle*

[fundamentallyfearless]

Not sure if anyone else caught these IG comments but here they are:

[Loveday]

I need some translating help for this latest Kenspew on Lori's 'true and noble wife' post:

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WOW... well said. Certainly the Christian husband must also be of noble of character seeking to be to give to his wife the same love, respect and care he gave to her on their weeding day. A good reminder for us all to be all about the life and work of Jesus, and such a life and work must begin with our spouse and family first. For what does it profit a man to gain the world, but lose his wife and family.

That first bolded sentence makes no sense. And the second one...tsk, tsk, Ken, that's not how that verse actually reads, and you know it.

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" (KJV, of course)

@fundamentallyfearless are those comments still there? 

[delphinium65]

6 minutes ago, Loveday said:

... their weeding day...

So did they meet in a garden?  Do either of them know the difference between a weed and a good plant?  Flower or vegetable garden?  Inquiring minds want to know!  

[usmcmom]

9 minutes ago, delphinium65 said:

So did they meet in a garden?  Do either of them know the difference between a weed and a good plant?  Flower or vegetable garden?  Inquiring minds want to know!  

I'm pretty sure that Ken and Lori are so holy that they did, indeed, meet in The Garden of Eden. 

They are very aware that their marriage is a weed, which is why they spend so much time presenting it as an exotic flower. 

[SongRed7]

19 hours ago, Carol said:

And, wow, what's it like traveling with famous orthodontists in Europe??  Is it kind of like traveling with famous dentists in Peru??  Famous podiatrists in Russia?  

I literally spit out my tea.....hahahahahahahahahahahaha...i was wondering about that myself. Does Amazon sell books "Famous Orthodontists in Europe"   soon to be a major motion picture coming to a theater near you!  I tell you, it has "blockbuster" written all over it!