Dragana Skokovic-Sunjic

Clinical Pharmacist, BScPhm NCMP; Author of Clinical Guide to Probiotic Products (Canada and US)
(Dr stands for Dragana...not doctor...)

[John Damianos, M.D. @john_damianosMD]

⭐️We found that the @Visbiome 8-strain probiotic taken 3 times daily for 3 weeks improved bile acid profile and intestinal permeability in patients with chronic diarrhea from bile acid malabsorption.

Come to our poster today to learn more!

@DDWMeeting #DDW2026

[John Damianos, M.D. @john_damianosMD]

More evidence that stool microbiome testing is not ready for prime time yet!

[Dr. Alice Cheng @AliceYYCheng]

To register: https://t.co/1ayO9c6lDx

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces.
But I see everything.

Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments.

One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?"
"6:15," he said, confused.
"Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it."
He blinked. "You... you can do that?"
"I can now," I said.

Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?"
"Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing."
He cried. Right there in the parking lot.

Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic.
But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!"

"Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel."

He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us."

The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over."

Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it.

But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note,

"Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends"
People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket.
I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece."

So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones.

Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees.
It's not glamorous. But it's everything."

Let this story reach more hearts....

Credit: Mary Nelson

[Dragana Skokovic-Sunjic @ProbioticDr]

@LindsayDixonFP5 @glenpyle @CWHHAlliance @CIHRIGH @HeartandStroke @WomensResearch @CWHHC Thank you for your vote of confidence @LindsayDixonFP5 !
There is so much chatter about #menopause these days, our patients are getting lost in the 'information pollution'.
#evidence-based clinicians should lead the way, educate and provide the guidance.

[Lindsay Dixon @LindsayDixonFP5]

@glenpyle @CWHHAlliance @CIHRIGH @HeartandStroke @WomensResearch @CWHHC @ProbioticDr is a Pharmacist and Certified Menopause Practitioner working on a family health team in Ontario. Excellent person to follow.

[UK Health Radio™ @ukhealthradio]

Show Premiere on @ukhealthradio today: 'Healthy Gut, Healthy Kids' presented by Nora Cavani - What should parents know before giving kids probiotics? Pharmacist Dragana Skokovic-Sunjic @ProbioticDr shares what works, when to use it, and why strain matters.

👉🏼 🎧 https://t.co/RMuaDd9Baz #wellbeingpodcast #ukhealthradio #probiotics.

[Dragana Skokovic-Sunjic @ProbioticDr]

https://t.co/8pyEsrud3y

[Dragana Skokovic-Sunjic @ProbioticDr]

@dom_lucre Oh she is promoting her own product! Hmmm.....
Yet another scammer is taking advantage of #menopause sufferers.

[Dragana Skokovic-Sunjic @ProbioticDr]

@john_damianosMD @h_sokol True!
As @DCharabaty discussed earlier 👇
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#DDW2025

[Dragana Skokovic-Sunjic @ProbioticDr]

As I am not planning to stay on this platform much longer, here is one of my last posts.
Nothing to do with #probiotics.
Everything to do with sovereign #Canada .
Everything to do with #commonsense #humanity

https://t.co/rIAV6a3Yje

[Dragana Skokovic-Sunjic @ProbioticDr]

Living through some of the scenes here... It never gets easier to watch.
Sharing it here and now as a reminder and a plea: never, never again!

[SniperAlley.Photo @SniperAlleyPhot]

'Sarajevo Crazy' by Seal

For a long time I believed this music video was made for us, I though it was about us, about the Siege of Sarajevo and our suffering.

Maybe in the mid 2000s I realized it wasn't, I was so disappointed because it was so fitting and timely.

#SarajevoSiege

[John Damianos, M.D. @john_damianosMD]

Juicing is often considered healthy & a “detox” but only 3 days of a juice cleanse causes detrimental shifts in the #microbiome featuring ⬆️ inflammation and ⬆️ intestinal permeability. A ⬆️ fiber whole food plant-based diet has a more favorable microbiome
https://t.co/3EUYNgXSYk

[John Damianos, M.D. @john_damianosMD]

Water beads, common in sensory toys, can cause bowel obstruction and neurotoxicity from acrylamide if ingested.

#MedTwitter #GITwitter

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[John Damianos, M.D. @john_damianosMD]

Regular cannabis use Is associated with ⬆️ risk of multiple adverse cardiovascular outcomes, including myocardial infarction, arrhythmias and cardiomyopathy.

#MedTwitter

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[Dragana Skokovic-Sunjic @ProbioticDr]

@john_damianosMD Yes! ☕