The Trench Reynolds Report

  • You can’t control it

    I have a question for the ladies. what do you think of this woman? Do you think her body type is obtainable and realistic? Would you do just about anything to get a body like that? If you said yes then you’re an idiot. The picture is of model Ana Carolina Reston, and she’s dead.…

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  • The Pro-Anorexia sites

    The Vanishing Act: This isn’t the first time I’ve taken on the topic of pro-eating disorder websites. With the explosion of sites like MySpace, Xanga, and LiveJournal and their refusal to do anything about it, this “movement” is growing… Faced with recrimination from the outside world, the pro-ana girls went underground. There are currently hundreds…

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  • Accutane

    Accutane restrictions creating problems: Dermatologists are complaining because restrictions have been put on the drug Accutane because of possible birth defects to babies if the drug is taken by pregnant women. They should be lucky that the drug is on the market at all. I was on this drug for years and let me tell…

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  • The Pro-Ana Cult

    Cult-Like Lure of ‘Ana’ Attracts Anorexics: This is sort of a follow-up to the entry I did about the scourge that are pro-anorexia websites. It’s a really good article that shows the cult-like zealotry of the pro-ana movement. I mention it because the author of the article, Martha Irvine, contacted me when she was researching…

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  • Trench’s Health Insurance Tips: Pre-Existing Condition

    Today we’re going to discuss pre-existing conditions and how all health insurance companies are run by soulless scum sucking bastards who deserve to rot in hell. A pre-existing condition is defined as a recurring condition that you were treated for or diagnosed with 6 months prior to receiving health insurance coverage. That could be anything.…

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  • Pro-Anorexia Websites

    No, That’s Sick: (Log in info) I couldn’t agree more with a headline. I actually heard about this before from a fellow blogger (Joanne, where did you go?) but I kept forgetting about it. Which is a great disservice to people because it is a problem that people need to know about. Basically what the…

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  • Trench’s Health Insurance Tips: Diagnosis Coding

    Today’s healthcare pet peeve du jour is diagnoses and the coding of your medical claim. A lot of our patients come in just for a routine check-up, a cancer screening, or they have a family history of some disease. In all 3 of those cases, an office visit or procedure are considered “routine” because an…

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  • Trench’s Health Insurance Tips: Deductibles

    Here’s a little health insurance tip from me to you. It will make my life easier and make you look like less of an assclown. Say your health insurance policy has a $500 deductible. And say that you have a condition that requires you to see multiple practices (i.e. primary care, specialist, and hospital). This…

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  • United Healthcare, making their Indian employees ashamed

    There’s an insurance company that I have to deal with on a daily basis. I won’t tell you its name but its initials are United Healthcare. I have to call their customer service unit every day. Guess what kids. They outsourced a lot of their customer service work to India. I have done research on…

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