The core criticism of this is that it disadvantages women for no good reason.

I don’t think it is religion that tells these men that women are so dangerous they cannot be left alone with them ever. That is plain sexism.

There is an organization that will take surgically removed tissue that is left over from what the pathologist needs and make sure it gets to researchers who need it. There is never enough human tissue for research.

They are quite nice and, in my case, reached out to find researchers looking into a genetic disorder I…

One big thing being left out of the “hey, SF, build lots more housing” is where the infrastructure to support all those new people is going to come from. There has been 5 years of deep drought already. Where is the water for all the cooking, bathing, and flushing for these new people coming from?

We are 49 sq miles of…

Ood-heads (Dr. Who reference)!  Had them for my mastectomies. Gross, but also funny looking if one does not have them in the groin.

Have they tested you for Ehlers-Danlos? It can create a CRPS and all sorts of lovely crap with loose joints and an increased pain response.

Give ‘em hell.

The patella alta for me is sporadic and caused by the genetic collagen disorder. Just ugly. Nothing like that feeling of “nope, there’s no knee there” when you try to stand on it.

Ehlers-danlos?

Not nearly as awful, but while giving birth to my son, he was doing corkscrews -- rolling so that he would start to crown then go back in and so on. I kept telling them that the kid was coming, but the residents could not grasp what was going on, but the heart monitor was showing stress. One idiot resident tried to…

Even worse is to mix bleach (which is a mild acid) and ammonia, which is a strong base. Much heavier release of fumes. There is ammonia in urine, so be careful what you bleach!

When I was in my 20s, finished with college, on my own and paying my own way, my mother called and screamed at me for not answering the phone or calling back in 20 minutes. The reason? There could have been an emergency. I was living 300 miles away and there was no emergency. (This was pre-cell phone). I hung up and…

Not all implants are for augmentation. These may be the only reason I would replace my post-mastectomy, partly folded, uncomfortable saline implants.

It is so very difficult to manage the exhaustion and the fear of messing something else up. The woman I am working with is pretty expensive, but we spent the first 10 sessions just getting form down. There was a moment when she reasonably blurted “you’re doing pilates!” I did dislocate my shoulder (gently) when doing…

EDS here. Am amazed that pilates with a good individual trainer (not a group session on mats) is helping enormously. Doc recommended for upper back and shoulders and beginning kyphosis and it has significantly reduced the pain.

That times a million. The daily effort of remembering and planning what needs to be done is only exceeded by the effort it takes to pick up after that work not being done or mistakes being made.

I had the roach thing happen with a microwave — only they were all inside the electronic and display parts. Tried for about a day to drive them out, then realized that out would be in my kitchen and just wrapped the thing in a garbage bag and took it to the dump. It being SF, three people working at the dump asked me…

Hah! Speaking as someone whose ex nearly burned down the house, I think deep frying can be scary. It takes very little for that hot oil to get out of control.

It is also cat spit that triggers allergies. There are wipes that remove the spit and dander and seems to help (a friend used it with the maine coon mix that dripped loose fur wherever he went).

The way the apologists for the officer are saying the young woman, and, in fact, all students at that school should behave sounds exactly like how women are told to respond to a violent partner — since you know the violent person is likely to go off, do what they say and keep your head down. In other words, you take…

I am very happy for you. I am mostly in good shape, but have a genetic condition (which, in the general population, is extremely underdiagnosed) that makes it entirely possible that I will damage my back doing basic exercises wrong. Mostly, more than one or two squats and oooops, back to PT for my knees.

So, yeah, few…

No. One starts corn in cold water, taking it out just at the boiling point. It is much more tender and much less starchy that way.