Lisa MD
@gardeninglisa.bsky.social
Family Doctor with focus on obstetrics, HIV primary care & addictions. Gardener, orchid enthusiast, 🌱plant nerd. 🇨🇦
Shout out to Canada Strong, who now sells the combo flu and covid rapid tests. Got to use mine the day it arrived in the mail. canadastrongmasks.ca/products/wel...
October 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Shout out to Canada Strong, who now sells the combo flu and covid rapid tests. Got to use mine the day it arrived in the mail. canadastrongmasks.ca/products/wel...
Seems very much like eugenics if “you don’t need vaccines if you’re healthy”. The young, old, and pregnant are vulnerable to bad outcomes of respiratory infection. For shame!
September 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Seems very much like eugenics if “you don’t need vaccines if you’re healthy”. The young, old, and pregnant are vulnerable to bad outcomes of respiratory infection. For shame!
Online chatbot refusing my address to ship an expensive electronic item I want to buy from them
September 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Online chatbot refusing my address to ship an expensive electronic item I want to buy from them
Knowing the humans of the internet, I'm worried people (head of HHS?) will try licking the dying sea stars that are dying from the sea star version of cholera.
August 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Knowing the humans of the internet, I'm worried people (head of HHS?) will try licking the dying sea stars that are dying from the sea star version of cholera.
Didn’t need AI, could have just used this guy, who has more charisma than Elon. i.pinimg.com/474x/8b/4b/5...
July 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Didn’t need AI, could have just used this guy, who has more charisma than Elon. i.pinimg.com/474x/8b/4b/5...
AI summary reminds us that a good number of Harvard students that are also Nobel laureates were foreigners.
May 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
AI summary reminds us that a good number of Harvard students that are also Nobel laureates were foreigners.
Best wishes for him. Our guy had dental surgery last month. My kid took undignified pictures of him at home, still dopey. The vet office enjoyed his chillness.
May 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Best wishes for him. Our guy had dental surgery last month. My kid took undignified pictures of him at home, still dopey. The vet office enjoyed his chillness.
This is mine. A tree peony too.
May 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is mine. A tree peony too.
And Bondi says that they will not send the Sinaloa cartel fentanyl dealer in Oregon back to Mexico, but instead to a US national park site.
May 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
And Bondi says that they will not send the Sinaloa cartel fentanyl dealer in Oregon back to Mexico, but instead to a US national park site.
Important time to remember that people with HIV and CD4<200 should not get measles vaccine, as it can cause fatal infection. If CD4 >200, the vaccine can be given safely.
May 6, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Important time to remember that people with HIV and CD4<200 should not get measles vaccine, as it can cause fatal infection. If CD4 >200, the vaccine can be given safely.
I think it would be fair and helpful to see the added tariff costs. Is the White House allowed to control private businesses like this?
April 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I think it would be fair and helpful to see the added tariff costs. Is the White House allowed to control private businesses like this?
So in a way, SCV2 could be gifting us with more “King Tut’s curse”. 🫤
April 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
So in a way, SCV2 could be gifting us with more “King Tut’s curse”. 🫤
Ontario guidelines still say to NOT use metformin, despite several positive studies now.
April 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Ontario guidelines still say to NOT use metformin, despite several positive studies now.
I wish the podcasters (you know which ones) also discussed their opinions on the origins of all the other coronaviruses that have floated around for years prior to any SARS-CoV2 (Nature paper from 2018; www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
April 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I wish the podcasters (you know which ones) also discussed their opinions on the origins of all the other coronaviruses that have floated around for years prior to any SARS-CoV2 (Nature paper from 2018; www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
I’m disappointed by the Loblaws stores not highlighting locally-produced food. You can nearly see the fruit orchards and production factory from this Superstore location. Other products have a protruding red tag. This gets a puny yellow leaf.
March 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I’m disappointed by the Loblaws stores not highlighting locally-produced food. You can nearly see the fruit orchards and production factory from this Superstore location. Other products have a protruding red tag. This gets a puny yellow leaf.
This is my first bloom for this Epicyclia “Serena O’Neill” orchid. It has a lovely lemon-floral scent. Flowers are not large but intricate and unique.
March 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is my first bloom for this Epicyclia “Serena O’Neill” orchid. It has a lovely lemon-floral scent. Flowers are not large but intricate and unique.
I’ve been growing this very fragrant Dendrobium nobile “Angel Smile” orchid species for 20+ years now. I shared some baby plants of this orchid with medical students years ago-they are experienced docs by now!
March 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I’ve been growing this very fragrant Dendrobium nobile “Angel Smile” orchid species for 20+ years now. I shared some baby plants of this orchid with medical students years ago-they are experienced docs by now!
My big passion outside of healthcare is orchids. Here is some type of Brassia that came without a proper name. I’ve had this one for about a year, now on its second bloom.
March 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
My big passion outside of healthcare is orchids. Here is some type of Brassia that came without a proper name. I’ve had this one for about a year, now on its second bloom.
I remember my 12 year old self using methylene blue in my aquarium for tropical fish diseases. Never once thought of drinking it,
March 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I remember my 12 year old self using methylene blue in my aquarium for tropical fish diseases. Never once thought of drinking it,
Here’s just some of the drug interactions with methylene blue.
March 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Here’s just some of the drug interactions with methylene blue.
Methylene blue acts as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, which means it has all the same drug interactions as MAOIs, which is a lot.
March 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Methylene blue acts as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, which means it has all the same drug interactions as MAOIs, which is a lot.
If you are in an international airport or Walmart and/or Target in Texas.
February 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
If you are in an international airport or Walmart and/or Target in Texas.
Research question: has Lactrodectus spider 🕷️ venom ☠️ever been found to have beneficial medical uses? We have so many of these spiders here that we don’t bother removing them anymore. This one at least murders the other insects in our garage, like the cat manages the 🐀.
February 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Research question: has Lactrodectus spider 🕷️ venom ☠️ever been found to have beneficial medical uses? We have so many of these spiders here that we don’t bother removing them anymore. This one at least murders the other insects in our garage, like the cat manages the 🐀.
Time for “consumptive chic” influencers to do their thing.
February 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Time for “consumptive chic” influencers to do their thing.