I was really, really skeptical when they first announced that Ray Romano would be on the show. However, he's totally blown me away with his acting and the character's storylines (basically a romantic storyline with one of the main characters, branching out into the slow discovery that he's on the ASD spectrum and how…

Completely off topic from the cheating matter, but i feel so relieved to know I'm not the only person to have horrible pregnancy dreams about getting totally soused by accident.

Not at all! That's always the way it happens, though, isn't it?

It means a rich and deeply saturated color, and usually a more "pure"color like emerald green, topaz yellow, ruby red, etc. They're generally suggestive of a certain wealthy lushness.

Thank you so much for all the information! Are you an anesthesiologist? Real question, I have great respect for that work.

Yes, exactly. I'm much more aware of what I'm touching during food prep when I DON'T use gloves. It's easier to forget when using them.

Ahh, thanks for clarifying! I've only ever had novocaine so I'm not wise to the ways of other kinds of sedation. But yeah, general anesthesia without the benefit of hospital staff and equipment is terrifying. Never never never. Perfectly healthy young people can have a bad reaction in no time. Obviously it's rare, but…

Excuse me, I raise angora goats on organic alfalfa and knit those Irish fisherman sweaters from their soft, soft wool. Then I barter them for artisan lavender honey.

Full anesthesia is much riskier, yes. I will never be put out for a dental procedure after reading stuff like this. The risk just isn't worth it. If it was jaw reconstruction or something that would be one thing, but for wisdom teeth? Hell no. This poor woman.

I don't understand that mentality at all. When I was pregnant I couldn't wait to see all the new interests and hobbies this child would introduce me to as he grew.

I had a friend who definitely experienced some changes in his sex drive and aggressive feelings when he started taking T to transition. However, exactly as you stated, he did not actually become some kind of crazed rapist. Instead, he adjusted to the new normal after a time (six months or so IIRC). So, y'know, anyone…

Yes, thank you! I am addicted to the steamer bags for frozen vegetables. They really make awesome-tasting, perfectly-cooked veggies. I just add small amounts of butter, salt, and pepper and I have warm veggies to go with dinner. Or just to devour on their own.

As much as I love toaster ovens, they can't handle those cool microwave steamer bags for frozen veggies. Those things are delicious and keep my hate-to-cook self eating healthy veggies on a regular basis.

Just wanted to clarify! I admire you being open to learning about this stuff; so many people just jump to conclusions where these things are concerned.

There are hand pumps, but most people I know use the machine pumps. I rented one from the hospital and it was about 9 lbs and was, oh...maybe around the size of a small boombox? I can't think of a good size comparison unfortunately. But they do vary a lot, I think.

I wouldn't say they're necessarily extremely slow, it could be my boobs were extremely slow, lol. It took FOREVER to empty them of milk. It might be more like 5-10 minutes for some person with a more functional pair of breasts. Also Affordable Care Act requires insurance to cover breast pump rental now, so I think a…

Well pumping takes like 20-40 minutes (at least in my experience). So that's 20-40 minutes of precariously sitting atop a toilet lid if you're lucky and the office toilet has a lid. It's also a large, very expensive machine so you need some kind of stable, flat surface to place it on. So where exactly would this be…

Well vaccines aren't 100% effective for every single individual which is one of the many reasons that herd immunity is so important. So there very well could have been only a few unvaccinated folks incubating it and then spreading it to those who didn't have fully effective antibodies.

Vaccines are pretty widely available and frequently free/very cheap. Between local health departments and free vaccine clinics, they are very available. This is one issue we actually have covered pretty damn well in this country.

You're definitely gonna want the DTaP booster. They are recommending getting it every 5-10 years because unfortunately that's a vaccine that just doesn't last very long, and between people not vaccinating their kids and adults not getting the boosters, it's creating pertussis outbreaks in some areas. I'm not sure…