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The last resort of the incompetent.

Jazz Jennings has had at least one revision on her vagina because the patchwork quilt they had to build due to her immature penis unravelled. Lucky Jazz! Also, Jazz is what, 20? 21? Way too soon for long term effects. What kind of cardiovascular effects is she going to show up with when she is 35 or 40? What's her bone density going to look like when she's 40? What kind of cancers might early transitioning make one more susceptible to? We just don't know yet. Maybe there'll be nothing long term; for Jazz and all the kids like her, I hope that's the case. But hormones tend to be a double edged sword - the same estrogen tablet that relieves the symptoms of menopause and provides a certain protection from cardiovascular disease can also increase the risk of endometrial cancer and certain breast cancers. But whatever. You believe what you want. I prefer clinical evidence, gathered in an atmosphere of intellectual freedom.

In a kid with precocious puberty, yes, it does - they just go off the med and go on living. But there have been no long term studies on kids who've taken puberty blockers and then gone on masculinizing or feminizing hormone therapy; the process hasn't been around long enough to be evaluated that way.

"I don't know, Kenny. Self-esteem is one of the most dangerous things taught in our schools today. Why, every year more Americans die from baseless self-confidence than bathtubs." (Vic Romano)

There is a silver lining - having adult genitalia is probably going to give you a better outcome on your bottom surgery. Plus, there hasn't been a lot of research done on the long term effects of blocking puberty entirely, so there may be some issues that you avoided. (In fact, there probably are; you can't interrupt a natural process like growth without some consequence. It'll be interesting to see how the kids who've had it suppressed do as they age.)

Are you grounded from DF?

The only time I've ever had a food- born illness was 4 years ago. I got listeriosis from a frozen Chinese dinner that was prepared according to package instructions.

No, no raw chicken, no sushi. Just raw beef.

Some people sky dive. Some people BASE jump. Some people go cave diving. I eat raw beef.

Because it's delicious. (I wish there was an Ethiopian restaurant around here. I can't get the kifto right.)

(shudders at steak) With a nice steak like that, I'd eat it raw. But then again, I prefer that beef be cooked as little as possible. If the burgers are nice and lean, you should make some steak tartar or kifto.

Yeah, or a brontoburger.

An everlasting gobstopper.

Any time I have to wait. Drs offices are torture, and grocery lines have been horrible since The Weekly World News went out of print.

Then you'd better start looking for another doctor, because if you act on this, you're going to completely fracture the physician/patient relationship you now have.

No. She won't. The only time that she's going to think about you between now and January is when your labs show up on her desk, and then for only as long as it takes to address them. Sorry. That's the way it works. You sound like a middle school kid with a crush. Try using your grown up brain - this isn't a Lifetime movie.

As long as you stay away from the brain and spinal cord, you should be fine.

And too much life insurance is a really bad idea.

Get off the lawn, dammit!

Laundry with the grandkids. Woohoo.

The rejection arc begins - one way or another.

Sorry, leftover meatloaf tonight.

That's rough. Both my parents died at home; it's physically as well as emotionally exhausting. Hugs to both of you.

Fishing is only one step. Can you find your own bait? Can you gut a fish and scale or skin it? Are you hungry enough to eat it raw, or do you know how to build and attend a cooking fire? (And I'm being nice and assuming you have fish line and a hook.) Yes, fishing is a survival skill, but being able to drop a hook into water in and of itself isn't going to be enough.

Pfft. Damned city kids.