Yeah, I’ve been in a similar situation. It was fucking horrible. It is so depressing to think that you may never be able to be intimate with anyone ever again, or that you’ll never be “carefree” or “spontaneous” again. I’m haunted by the thought that in the interim between being told that I had herpes and confirming…

Hey, stop writing me messages and I’ll stop writing you messages. You’re not being harassed here. You’re in the wrong here, you castigated first, you made a whole cascading series of wrong interpretations of what was being said to you so I’ll leave you with this:

when I say “so what”- I mean like... why are you acting like that means that I’ve transgressed against you? It obviously comes from a place of you thinking you’re being tut-tutted for not having the resources to get medical care that you need. That’s simply not what was going on. What was happening was someone…

Okay, let’s again look at the record of what actually happened here. You said that you couldn’t afford it. Then you responded again (sorta obnoxiously btw) asking if I could pay for the medical care for all people that couldn’t afford to get their testing done. My response was actually to say... yeah, I could quite…

lol, right? Like...what? No good deed!

Your lack of reading of comprehension seems to be making you act like a real asshole right now.

Like I said... you posted your tale of woe, and I offered you helpful information and offered to PAY for it. You’ve managed to turn this into you being mistreated.... because you have other medical needs that are a higher priority? Because you’ve obviously already determined that it isn’t possible for you to get a fee…

uh, I did just put in the plug for the test. You responded by saying that it wasn’t possible for you due to your financial/insurance situation. To that I feel like I have two options, A)Offer to just pay for your testing myself or B) point you in the direction of possibly getting your fees waived. Both of which I…

lol, called out for what? This is what happened, step by step.

Hey, I have a question, what the fuck is wrong with you?

UW’s financial counseling department can be reached at 206-598-4320.  They may be able to help or at least clarify what the situation is.

I realize that this is expensive, unlikely to be covered by insurance, out of reach for many and I’m lucky to have been able to get it done. I’m putting out a plug for getting the WB done not because I think it is accessible, but because people and even their doctors don’t seem to know much/anything about it, and it…

I highly recommend getting the Western Blot done. It can offer you clarity and it might just tell you that you don’t have herpes. Well worth the cost and the investment of time and effort.  This is how I got it done:

“verified Reagan Battalion account”

Folks, if you get a low positive on whatever test you get from your general practitioner or an equivocal finding on your herpes IGG, get the WESTERN BLOT follow up testing. It is considered the gold standard, and you may find that you do not have actually have herpes at all. I got referred to an infectious disease…

I think that it is pretty clear that being a woman in terms of competing in elite professional sports is not the same thing as just being a woman. We have a separate category for women because of Y-chromosomes and testosterone. Without that, we don’t have women in elite sport.

The levels are arbitrary, but I’m not sure it will ever be possible to come up with a precise answer as to what the perfect or “fair” level would be. While the level is arbitrary, all of the upper limits that would be applied to Semenya are generous in the sense that they are well outside the “normal” upper level in…

I’ve read all of Diana’s writing on the issue. She makes many good points. This entire saga has been clearly targeted at Semenya, because of her androgynous appearance, and perhaps also because of her skin color. The data the IAAF came up with to try to justify the rule is flawed and inaccurate. The entire history of…

If you want me or anyone else that is reading to be aware of specifics pointed out by some other reporter, feel free to share them. I’ve read everything deadspin has published on this matter, so I’d be very surprised if it changed my mind but I’d be happy to try to understand whatever it is that makes you think what…

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