The surgery restricts food intake even further than what she can do by "diet and exercise" alone. Surgery also affects satiety so she will not be tortured by constant cravings for food.

I was an EMT for 5 years and the shit that you see in the homes of community members is...unreal. My mom kept an immaculate home and I guess I just thought that was "normal".

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or newer treatment modalities like DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) or ACT (Action & Commitment Therapy) have been proven to be more effective than benzos, because they keep working. DBT/ACT are even more effective than CBT. I had scripts for Xanax, Ativan, and Klonopin and I took them…

That's self-preservation, not being a shitty son.

Being ravenously hungry has to do with being malnourished (lack of appropriate nutrients) as well as toxin load, as well as gut flora. It is possible to be overweight and malnourished. The French (as a nation, not every single individual) tend to observe regular mealtimes that consist of real food. They don't eat…

These are insane. I mean, we don't need 700 Jennifers per class, but come on.

That happened to me in a small town. I tried to get Plan B a second time, and the shitty shit P.A. gave me the worst guilt trip. She was Catholic. Then she tried to tell me I would have to get on the Implant since I probably wasn't responsible enough to take The Pill every day. I was 26 at the time, had taken the Pill…

The surgeon TOLD you? What an asshole. I thought they gave enemas before surgery?

I don't know, I am not really down with general anesthesia so this sounds like NBD to me. I had a tumor taken off my back with local only. I had both of my wisdom teeth impacted and completely under the gums, and the oral surgeon respected my wishes for no gas and no general. He went under the gums, cracked all four…

They used the term "gyno exam" instead of "body cavity search" for some reason. It is not done for medical purposes, it is a way to humiliate and control inmates. Read Assata Shakur's autobiography sometime, they did it to her CONSTANTLY.

Are you KIDDING? Yes, they do body cavity searches if you're in max security. Every time you leave, when you go to court, when you have visitors, everything.

This isn't a despondent father taking his own life. He murdered his son to punish his wife. That is unforgivable.

All you have to do is telephone the bank and explain that you need to make a large purchase and verify your identity. They will release the hold for that purchase

My bank assured me that I had ZERO liability for fraudulent debit or credit purchases as long as I notified them early on.

"It's other men". That is called the Patriarchy. It hurts men, too.

HAHAHAHAH oh god I almost peed myself laughing at the photos on his IMDB page. What a fuckin loser.

It's an outpatient procedure, you sit at home with a bag of frozen peas on your junk, and watch basketball on TV. There is very little pain, especially if you go with lasers. it is incredibly easy and the healing time is much, MUCH faster and less invasive than a tubal ligation for women.

I have never seen a study where the rhythm method was ANYWHERE close to the Pill. That's absurd.

As someone who spent a lot of time in a large US port that is a cornerstone of commerce, containership traffic, and fishing, I will personally vouch to Camille Paglia that women are indeed involved in all of those professions. Not like 50/50, but I personally know women are longshoremen who load containerships, women…

People with normal immune systems can handle things like listeria on lunchmeat or pathogens in raw milk/cheese or sushi, but a fetus cannot. If the mother consumes foods with these pathogens she is at risk of miscarriage, that's why they tell pregnant women to avoid that stuff. Just because it's unsafe during…