it would be silly if i didn't ask kiwi (or kai if you don't want to do kiwi)

ahh i’m so sorry this took so long 😭😭 finally got a chance to give kiwi his flowers!!

favorite thing about them

the way he speaks in interviews, which sounds so sadistic to say lol. his shyness is just so endearing to me!! also his smile with his teeth omd he’s just the cutest i’ll leave it at that 💗💗

least favorite thing about them

his lack of interactions with literally anyone. kiwi please i am working with crumbs here.

favorite line

not a direct line but him being asked what he eats for lunch and him responding with 100% sincerity ‘doughnuts with jam’ lmaoo

brOTP

rambo and kiwi has a special place in my heart, so probably them (jury’s out on if it’s platonic or romantic).

OTP

the one and only tomi/kiwi. was there any other option? cutest guys ever.

nOTP

this would be so much easier if he spoke to anyone but kiwi/saliba remind me too much of two siblings where one cannot stop talking and the other is dead silent lol so ig them

random headcanon

is not a morning person whatsoever. absolutely loves the sea and loves swimming (terrified of crabs though). gets stressed out by big cities, prefers small towns that he knows well. was doted on so much by grandmothers when he was younger (and still now tbh). honestly i could keep going.

unpopular opinion

put him up front. please. for just one match mikel i’m acc begging you. i’m so convinced (delusion) that he would solve all our striker problems if he had a little bit of confidence and actually started for once. or just shove him in lcm honestly at least he’s played there. am i being just as bad as arteta by putting him in literally any other position than the one he wants? maybe! 

song i associate with them

bags by clairo, i don’t smoke + i bet on losing dogs by mitski (ballad by a homeschooled girl is such a shout btw)

favorite picture of them

has to be between these two

he just looks so happy!! i have never changed a layout so fast in my life lmao

he looks both so confused and so concerned i laughed so hard the first time i saw it 😭😭

Diabetes Awareness Month Blog-A-Day 1: Diagnosis story

I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 22. I was just finishing up my first semester as a senior at my university, but I had been experiencing strange issues for the last few months—since at least summer break, if not that whole year. I had lost a significant amount of weight since that January (which I had attributed to stopping birth control, and there still may be some truth to that); I was becoming disoriented when I got drunk; I was excruciatingly thirsty and hungry all the time, chugging gallons of orange juice like nobody’s business; I was going to the water fountain and the bathroom so often it was cutting into my time spent in my classes; I was having brutal middle-of-the-night leg cramps; and I developed dry sores at the corners of my lips and uncomfortable dry skin in general.

One major event that convinced me I needed to see the doctor was when I couldn’t complete an oral exam for my Spanish class because I was blanking on and stumbling over my words. This was unusual for me, and my professor at the time knew it. She stopped me mid-bumble and said she was giving me an A, explaining that it was because she knew I was capable, but that I was clearly in distress, or something was otherwise wrong with me, and she urged me to seek help for whatever it was. I had also become disoriented celebrating my birthday party that semester and had popped all the blood vessels under one of my eyes from a resulting fall (which was also a major red flag about my health), so this professor was clearly seeing this pattern that I don’t think I would have seen myself. (And bless her for being so compassionate!)

I chalked that exam snafu up to having been hungover and the vocabulary being hard (ironically I believe it was medical vocabulary – inyecciones and such), and the drinking incidents to, well, drinking, and so the urgency that took me to the Urgent Care where I was diagnosed was little more than chronic inconvenience. My mom took me and my brother there when we came home for Christmas break, essentially just a check-up. She was in the other room with my brother when the medical assistant who did my blood work came back in and told me I had diabetes.

Honestly, most of that experience is a blur. I know my blood sugar at diagnosis was 555, and I know the medical assistant who announced my diagnosis said something to the effect of, “She doesn’t look that sick.” I know my mom and my brother came into the room with me while the staff at the UC tried to explain what this meant and how things would have to change for me, but I was in information overload. (I am extremely thankful they were there, because I don’t think I retained any of that information myself.) They told us we could go get something to eat and then come back for them to get me insulin pens and teach me how to use them. In hindsight maybe they should have gotten us squared away with the insulin part before unleashing me on food… alas.

I remember being frustrated that I was diagnosed on December 16, because I thought it would have been better on the 15th, but the 16th that year was a Friday and the 15th being a Thursday I would not have liked that either. It’s possible I chose that aspect of the day I was diagnosed to be annoyed by, instead of the actual diagnosis itself or the way it was handled. I was referred to an endocrinologist there in M-burg and later back at the university, but I learned most of my diabetes management from Dr. Google. That said, I am grateful that it did not result in a hospital visit of any kind, and despite that rough first year after diagnosis I have done a decent job managing my diabetes with little outside help. That 555 is still the highest my blood sugar has ever been in the nearly 9 years that I’ve dealt with T1.

Daniel Wank DDS is the worst dentist in NYC

My mission is to share my story on as many platforms as possible and contact my local Dental Society in order to prevent Dr. Wank from performing malpractice and ruining the teeth of his trusting patients. I want to ensure that no one has to go through this time-consuming, painful and expensive experience as I had.

Below I copied-pasted some other stories from Yelp and Google users. That’s many, but can you imagine how many people just didn’t find the time to tell their stories?

Yelp Users:

– Bad experience! Daniel Wank is an unprofessional dentist who instead of fixing my root canal started working on a crown without my confirmation. So I went to another dentist who is going to remove Daniel Wank’s “work” and fix my root canal. Extra work and insurance investigation – this is my experience with Dr. Daniel Wank.

– 21st Century Dental of Canarsie, LLC This use to be Dr Gary Levine office who sold his practice to Dr. Daniel Wank, whose staff is very rude, the women jasmine who claims to be the office manager, works as a hygienist; the staff is trained to accept all insurance whereas Dr. Daniel Wank is not covered on all Insurance; after treatment, they would ask for copayment, when there is none. (Government Insurance / Medicaid) Please be on look out or call your insurance carrier to find a doctor on your plan. This Dr. is a rip off….be careful, call 311 and make a report or write to me, I have numbers in Albany where you can lodge a complaint.

– While putting in a bottom crown he drilled through a top crown to make the bottom one fit. The top crown fell out. Dr. Wank would not take responsibility. I ended up going to a second dentist. It cost me $3000 to fix what he broke. Worked without mask and gloves. Kept leaving my mouth to answer phones and look at files not related to my case. Not focused. He is very nice but nice doesn’t cut it.

– Friendly, sure, but not a great dentist. I hate dentists, terrified of them, I informed Dr. Wank of that. . But as tooth problems go…. They have to be taken care of at some point. So I went. .. For a tooth extraction and a root canal and a filling. He would waste my time trying to convince me to get things done that I repeatedly said I had zero interest in doing, and also decided to work on my teeth without applying any numbing agents. After I complained about the pain he said that he “assumed I wouldn’t want to be numb for 3 hours for just a small procedure. ” No, dr. Wank, I’m not paying you hundreds of dollars to ‘assume’ I prefer to feel pain. I’ve since switched to a new dentist in Queens, and she has truly made me realize how terrible he really was.

– Dr. Wank seems to care enough for a NYC physician, however I’ve had two terrible experiences with his hygienist and will never be returning to his office again. She’s extremely rough, with no perception of my being in pain. The second time I went, to give it another ‘go’, not only did she waltz in almost 20 minutes late, for one of the first appointments of the day, she actually dropped a dental tool in my mouth and caused it to bleed. I pushed back in pain and she throws back her tools, gets up and leaves and says, “We’re finished here.” She said she would go get the dentist. After several minutes of no activity, I got up out of my chair and found her in another room with Dr. Wank bending over and fixing a part on one of his chairs. He said, “Oh, she didn’t tell me you were ready.” I told him about her actions and he said he would speak with her. He called me the next day to see if I was OK, though I’m thinking it’s only so that I wouldn’t sue him. The first time I went, he also made sarcastic comments about what my insurance would or wouldn’t cover. Overall not impressed. With the plethora of dentists available, he’s unfortunately lost this patient to someone else!

– Please do not go to this dentist. When I moved to NYC 2 years ago, I began seeing Dr. Wank. There was a tooth that needed a crown and he convinced me that the route canal needed to be re-done and that he could rightly fix a crown on there. I trusted him. Then while doing a filling on another tooth, he hit the nerve causing me to get another route canal. I just received a cleaning 3 weeks ago where Dr. Wank’s report was that I was all good. No cavities and no need for work. Just last week, an abscess appeared on my gum. I went to another dentist only to find that the 2 route canals are infected and I am now on antibiotics and have to get the 2 crowns redone. I may not be able to save one tooth. Aside from this treatment all having to be redone, less than 2 years later, he also has very poor and unprofessional manners. He tries to get more work done for you just because you have coverage left on your insurance. He also has fell asleep before while doing work and has taken personal phone calls in the exam room with his son.

– I have to agree with the other poor reviews of unecessary surgery. Please go elsewhere before settling on Dr. Wank. I have been going to the same dentist in my hometown since I was young enough to see a dentist. Since that dentist is not in the city, it was hard for me to commit to regular appointments, due to convenience and proximity. Finally (after years of saying I would find a local dentist), I was referred to Dr. Wank (by someone I don’t know that well, in hindsight). I saw him and really liked him and his receptionist at first- friendly, etc. Looking back I should’ve gone with my gut from the first appointment. He claimed he needed to take care of some “POTENTIAL” problem areas before they turned into cavities, and picked 4 teeth he had to do work on. My entire life, I’ve had good teeth, have only had 1 or 2 cavities in total, and never have issues on my annual visits with my former dentist- always regular, routine, “you have good teeth” check ups. I should’ve suspected something now that all of a sudden some new Dr tells me he has to do all this work. He proceeded to bring me back 3 different times (which I’m convinced is some insurance ploy to get him paid more, as the work could’ve all been done in one visit). Fast forward about 6 months, and all the teeth he did work on are sore, sensitive to hot and cold, hurt terribly when I chew on crunchy things, etc. I started using sensodyne for the first time in my life to no avail. I’m afraid he may have done some serious nerve damage at this point… and will be going back to my old, trustworthy, dentist to get this checked out. PLEASE avoid him!!!!!!

– I was going to let this matter go and not comment on the substandard treatment I have received from Dr. Wank over the last few years. I believe I’ve received nothing more than a ‘patchwork” approach to my dental problems. Work that had to be done over, gum and bone problems not treated well plus a total lack of preventative dentistry. Dr. Wank’s uncertainty and your inability to see upcoming problems has caused me many problems. Thankfully, after waiting way too long, I am now being treated by a wonderful Periodontist and a highly professional General Dentist. They have planned a fine overall plan to save my teeth, gums and bone loss. This, of course, will be expensive, but I am secure that at the end of the day my dental health will be fine. To think of the time and money I wasted having Dr. Wank treat me and to have most of this work re-done makes me realize that 25 years of feeling friendly ( he is a nice guy) had blinded me to incompetence.

– Had some oral surgery done with Dr. Wank. At first, seems like a nice guy. But, instead of fixing the problem areas, he performed surgery on unnecessary areas. When I asked him about it, he said that he couldn’t fix the areas that had problems because they were already damaged. I ended up needlessly paying hundreds for painful surgery that I didn’t need. Don’t be fooled. If you go, make sure he clearly explains what he is going to do and GET A SECOND OPINION from another periodontist.

– Dirty dentist, manner is very condescending. Left used equipment on the sink and proceeded to check my teeth without using gloves. this place needs to be shut down!

Google Users:

– Rude receptionist, unprofessional dentist. worst experience ever! – After time I realized that yes he was personable and friendly wasn’t worth all the pain. Vicky is amazing and the dentist is a nice guy but I realized that some of his practices were lazy and he wants to cut corners to get the most buck. I went to him for 6 years and now I will never step back in his office again. I had to have oral surgery to fix what he did.

– Bad experience. Daniel Wank is an unprofessional dentist who instead of fixing my root canal started working on a crown without my confirmation. So I went to another dentist who is going to remove Daniel Wank’s “work” and fix my root canal. Extra work and insurance investigation – this is my experience with Dr. Daniel Wank. p.s. Rude receptionist, the doctor is too aggressive to make money!

– He should not have started working on a crown before he is done with my root canal. So I need to retreat my tooth because of his unprofessional approach.

Read more:

http://ppcorn.com/us/2016/11/26/save-your-teeth-do-not-go-to-dr-daniel-wank-dds/#ixzz4W5N1z2gw