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That is so helpful to know they offer that injection. I had one placed at Jefferson in 2017, and my OB/GYN just told me to take a few Motrin beforehand, then laughed and said "that's what a contraction feels like!" while I'm white as a ghost and almost puking after her 3rd attempt to place it....I definitely want more than Motrin next time.

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> I'm not fully understanding the logic here.

Let me help you: vehicles shouldn't be allowed to park on sidewalks.

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Nah. Too many Philadelphians park like this too.

Haha 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️ too late lol

What the fuck is flawed about "this guy is a fucking asshole and making shit needlessly dangerous by parking on the sidewalk"? Because that's the larger point, not whatever the you're trying to shoehorn in here.

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> “I know city officials say the tap water is safe, but Gritty kept on holding up an ice skate and trying to slit his own throat. They’ve got him on oxygen and an IV drip now, but I’m definitely sticking to bottled water from here on out.”

Lmao

No I understand the “larger point” and its inherently flawed logic. You cross the street in actual traffic at a stop sign and still risk being hit. You’re crossing the street in non-existent traffic to get around a parked car with a risk of being hit. These are no different situations besides a posted sign. Pedestrians always have a right of way granted lawful circumstances.

I would check with Irma Yehuda at Penn’s 800 Walnut location. She is one of the kindest, most knowledgeable providers that I’ve been a patient of in 15+ years. Any requests I’ve had regarding pain or concerns were accommodated.

Penn OB

Ignoring that you're missing the larger point, 23rd is a one-way southbound — you could step into an empty street going south to get around this jagoff and have someone turn off Cuthbert and hit you from behind without you ever seeing them.

Are you saying you’ll go into the street into MOVING traffic? Still not comprehending the logic. I suppose crossing the street at a stop sign is equally as dangerous?

I go to Jefferson OBGYN (at their nice and free ample parking Navy Yard office) and have had a cervical block (lidocaine injection to cervix) before my most recent mirena was placed last summer. I think they only have a few docs that do it though so you’d have to specify that when making an appointment, the NP I usually see could not do it herself. I (45 yr old, nulliparous) had a previous iud put in with no block/gel and it literally was the most painful pain I have ever felt in my life and I have decent pain tolerance at baseline. So even tho lidocaine injection sounds painful or scary it reduced my insertion pain by about 1 million percent.

I would bet that rittenhouse women's wellness does, but you'd have to double check.

This thing is the width of the sidewalk, and construction on the other side of 23rd has closed a full lane and the sidewalk on the other side. Literally the only way around this motherfucker is going in the street.

It's funny how this type of stuff isn't ticketed, but my license plate was off by 1 number in the parkmobile app and I got a parking ticket in less than an hour.

They do perfectly fine in this region. I installed one at my mountain cabin where it's colder than here and it works great. It sits in a mostly-unheated basement so I think I'll be seeing much greater savings in the summer when it's all a bit warmer down there. But for my scenario I was replacing a resistive electric heater and literally any savings is better than what I had.

Even with it being around 50 degrees in the basement it runs in heat-pump mode most of the time, though the resistive coils definitely kick in.

Yes! The Penn Medicine PEACE clinic provide local anesthetic (lidocaine) upon request, and were extremely kind to me during insertion, after a previously very painful experience. If you look them up there is a phone number— if that sends you to general Penn Med, just ask to speak with the PEACE clinic. I was able to get an appt last March within ~2 weeks.

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Wow, I never knew that was a thing. They put in the couple I've had with no pain medicine or anything. It doesn't feel good, but I didn't think it was overly painful. I'm interested to see others responses.