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PharmHeydayy retweeted
Be honest,
Have you used this before? What did you use it for?, and did it work?
PharmHeydayy retweeted
I’d like to know what all the fuss is about. Is it the name or the quality? You can name a product whatever you want, as long as it represents your company’s brand. What we should be more concerned about is the quality of the product and the integrity of the manufacturers.
I’d like to know what all the fuss is about. Is it the name or the quality? You can name a product whatever you want, as long as it represents your company’s brand. What we should be more concerned about is the quality of the product and the integrity of the manufacturers.
So that when things go sour tomorrow, you can collect the wig back 😂😂. If you meet a hustler, help them organise their time to create room for other things, but don’t ask them to stop what they’re already doing.
If I’m talking to you, and I ask why you left your ex and you say “irreconcilable differences”, You’re not ready for a new relationship 😂😂.
PharmHeydayy retweeted
Empathy should never come at the expense of clinical facts.
It’s like agreeing with a hypertensive patient who tells you they don’t always check their blood pressure because they can tell when it’s high. They feel a sensation at the back of their head or around their ears, so they only take their medications when they experience it.
As a professional, would you say, “Tell me more,” or would you correct that misconception?
Or a diabetic patient who tells you they rarely check their blood sugar because they can tell when it’s high. They start experiencing a burning sensation in their feet, and that’s when they take their medications.
Because I’m an understanding professional, should I simply agree and say, “Tell me more,” or should I debunk that belief?
Empathy and understanding do not require you to validate a misconception. You can listen to a patient’s experience, acknowledge how they feel, and still correct the misinformation. Being professional means knowing when to listen, when to ask questions, and when to educate.
It’s like agreeing with a hypertensive patient who tells you they don’t always check their blood pressure because they can tell when it’s high. They feel a sensation at the back of their head or around their ears, so they only take their medications when they experience it.
As a professional, would you say, “Tell me more,” or would you correct that misconception?
Or a diabetic patient who tells you they rarely check their blood sugar because they can tell when it’s high. They start experiencing a burning sensation in their feet, and that’s when they take their medications.
Because I’m an understanding professional, should I simply agree and say, “Tell me more,” or should I debunk that belief?
Empathy and understanding do not require you to validate a misconception. You can listen to a patient’s experience, acknowledge how they feel, and still correct the misinformation. Being professional means knowing when to listen, when to ask questions, and when to educate.
PharmHeydayy retweeted
It couldn't have been worded better.
Doc, I’ve seen a lot of takes on the TL, and I think some women advocating on this issue are mixing up two different things.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but “pregnancy is a death sentence” is different from “pregnancy feels like a death sentence.” One is a statement about an outcome; the other is an expression of how someone experiences it.
A feeling is often shaped by personal experience. It doesn’t automatically mean the same thing will happen to everyone. Even a woman who says pregnancy feels like a death sentence may not actually expect to die from it. She is expressing the physical, emotional and psychological toll it takes on her, not making a literal prediction about the outcome.
Let me use another example. If I say, “Cancer is a death sentence,” that is an entirely different claim. It suggests an inevitable or near-certain outcome, not merely how someone feels about the diagnosis. Someone can feel fine at point of cancer diagnosis but know the outcome is nearly inevitable. That statement is not an expression of what the person is going through. It’s more of an expected outcome.
Pregnancy is different. Some women experience it as traumatic and frightening, while others genuinely enjoy being pregnant and having children. Nobody should have to pretend that pregnancy and childbirth are easy, but neither should we confuse an expression of suffering with a statement that death is inevitable.
This, to me, is what @osemagnum is trying to correct. He is not necessarily downplaying what women go through or dictating how they should feel. Those are two entirely different arguments. A woman can have an extremely difficult pregnancy, describe the experience as a death sentence and still want to have another child. That tells you something about the difference between describing an experience and predicting an outcome.
You also argued that, for women who died from pregnancy-related complications, pregnancy was a death sentence.
Let me ask you a question: malaria kills people too. Is malaria a death sentence? Should we say, “For those who died from malaria, it was a death sentence,” and then conclude that malaria itself is a death sentence for everyone?
Of course not. We recognise that a disease can be potentially fatal without every case resulting in death. The same distinction matters when discussing pregnancy and childbirth.
Nobody should downplay what women go through during pregnancy and childbirth, especially childbirth itself. The pain, complications, psychological burden and risk to life are real. Women deserve to be heard, supported and given access to quality healthcare.
Nigeria’s maternal mortality burden is particularly alarming. However, the high number of maternal deaths is not proof that pregnancy is inherently a death sentence. Maternal deaths are influenced by several factors, including preventable complications, delays in seeking or receiving care, and weaknesses in the health system’s ability to provide timely, effective treatment.
The point is not to minimise the risks of pregnancy. It is to distinguish between the risks themselves, the experiences of individual women and the claim that death is an inevitable outcome.
We can acknowledge the suffering, take maternal mortality seriously and demand better healthcare without describing pregnancy as a death sentence.
Acknowledging the danger is not the same as declaring the outcome inevitable. That distinction is what I believe this conversation needs.
PharmHeydayy retweeted
This topic didn’t start today. It’s been debated for years, from time to time. Saying nobody has called pregnancy a death sentence is being intentionally dishonest. A quick search will show you tweets from women who have said exactly that.
My point is simple. If you believe pregnancy is a death sentence, so be it. If you don’t, so be it. There’s no need to keep going back and forth over it.
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You read my mind.
The whole discourse is gradually turning into a gender battle, and that’s taking attention away from the actual issue.
PharmHeydayy retweeted
What is genuinely amazing me is you guys thinking people do not understand the whole thing from get go😅
Again Emotion >>>>> logic 💯😂
Doc, I’ve seen a lot of takes on the TL, and I think some women advocating on this issue are mixing up two different things.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but “pregnancy is a death sentence” is different from “pregnancy feels like a death sentence.” One is a statement about an outcome; the other is an expression of how someone experiences it.
A feeling is often shaped by personal experience. It doesn’t automatically mean the same thing will happen to everyone. Even a woman who says pregnancy feels like a death sentence may not actually expect to die from it. She is expressing the physical, emotional and psychological toll it takes on her, not making a literal prediction about the outcome.
Let me use another example. If I say, “Cancer is a death sentence,” that is an entirely different claim. It suggests an inevitable or near-certain outcome, not merely how someone feels about the diagnosis. Someone can feel fine at point of cancer diagnosis but know the outcome is nearly inevitable. That statement is not an expression of what the person is going through. It’s more of an expected outcome.
Pregnancy is different. Some women experience it as traumatic and frightening, while others genuinely enjoy being pregnant and having children. Nobody should have to pretend that pregnancy and childbirth are easy, but neither should we confuse an expression of suffering with a statement that death is inevitable.
This, to me, is what @osemagnum is trying to correct. He is not necessarily downplaying what women go through or dictating how they should feel. Those are two entirely different arguments. A woman can have an extremely difficult pregnancy, describe the experience as a death sentence and still want to have another child. That tells you something about the difference between describing an experience and predicting an outcome.
You also argued that, for women who died from pregnancy-related complications, pregnancy was a death sentence.
Let me ask you a question: malaria kills people too. Is malaria a death sentence? Should we say, “For those who died from malaria, it was a death sentence,” and then conclude that malaria itself is a death sentence for everyone?
Of course not. We recognise that a disease can be potentially fatal without every case resulting in death. The same distinction matters when discussing pregnancy and childbirth.
Nobody should downplay what women go through during pregnancy and childbirth, especially childbirth itself. The pain, complications, psychological burden and risk to life are real. Women deserve to be heard, supported and given access to quality healthcare.
Nigeria’s maternal mortality burden is particularly alarming. However, the high number of maternal deaths is not proof that pregnancy is inherently a death sentence. Maternal deaths are influenced by several factors, including preventable complications, delays in seeking or receiving care, and weaknesses in the health system’s ability to provide timely, effective treatment.
The point is not to minimise the risks of pregnancy. It is to distinguish between the risks themselves, the experiences of individual women and the claim that death is an inevitable outcome.
We can acknowledge the suffering, take maternal mortality seriously and demand better healthcare without describing pregnancy as a death sentence.
Acknowledging the danger is not the same as declaring the outcome inevitable. That distinction is what I believe this conversation needs.
