The whole idea that a bunch of small weakling women are trying to lower their standards to get in is so insulting. There are a lot strong woman out there who deserve the chance to at least prove themselves. It’s also sad that these men think sheer brute strength is the only skill set that matters. I’m pretty sure I…

Seems like men think most woman weigh 130 lbs. I haven’t weighed that since like, 9th grade. I have a problem with authority and conforming, so the military is not for me. But I’m 5”9 and weigh about 150. I can lift and carry 100lbs like its nothing. If I was in training, I could carry or drag much more than that. I…

No it’s fine. I’m not angry with you. I’m just constantly having to talk about my Lyme disease and remind people that it’s all not crazy middle aged hypochondriacs. That’s more what I wanted to convey. Contracting Lyme ruined my life, some people get treated and recover and move on. We don’t really know why. But the…

Yes, one of my doctors and me had it out! She lectured me for 20 minutes on mental illness instead of accepting that she didn’t know what was wrong with me. I’m a challenging patient because I read e dry thing.

There is a difference between not feeling perfect all the time and suffering from Lyme. Having Lyme disease has been compared to the pain that people dying from cancer experience. I’m just wondering what amount of pain you *think* she is suffering from in order to make a comment like that. I literally could not move…

Also, p.s I do agree that some of her treatments might not be good, she’s kind of a Guinea pig. My doctor told me she would never recommend stem cell treatments on a person who might be that sick with Lyme. Though, I do know a girl who underwent the same hyperthermia treatment in Germany and it cured her physical…

No offense taken. I know what you are saying because I’ve been to rheumatologists. They like to slap you with a made up diagnosis like fibromyalgia and CFS and tell you you can just expect to manage your illness, get use to the new normal, and here is some drugs. But none of that tells you WHY you are sick. They don’t…

I saw some of the “best” infectious disease specialists in Boston, they told me chronic Lyme was not a thing either. Instead, they told me I had psychological problems and mental illness. I did therapy for a year and allowed them to drug me with all manor of psychological Meds because I believed them. I developed…

I have Lyme disease. I am 33. I was in bed for 8 months. A year later I still feel like shit. I haven't held a job in over a year, I'm completely dependent on the generosity of my parents and their gel paying for my doctors. If I was Yolanda, I would never accept feeling this sick and I would do anything to feel…

I just called out a bunch on my Facebook. They have been posting Syrian refugee pictures with comments like ‘future terrorist’ and ‘go back home’ and also “ I don’t see many woman and children.” Then they comment on the ungrateful ones who were upset that the Netherlands but them in small jail like rooms....on and on.…

I think the term OCD has changed in how people view it. When they hear OCD, the don’t think debilitating illness but mild anxiety and repetitive motions. It’s become a phrase, “ that is so OCD.” I have mild OCD and PTSD, and I’m not really bothered by this. I think it’s lame and in poor taste..but I’m tired of the…

I don’t think men have specialized care quite the same way woman do. A man would go to any primary care provider. As a woman, I have a primary care provider who will do basic breast exams and pap smears, but like many woman I see a gynogologist instead. So essentially I have TWO yearly annual exams, one for general…

You know that planned parenthood is more than just pregnancy? Reproductive health care is so much more than pregnancy and birth control pills.

That's not true. I have my own gynecologist, but had an emergency one Saturday. My option was wait till Monday for my doctor, or go to PP. I went to PP and they were wonderful. They examined me, explained everything (apparently some yeast infections don't respond to over the counter Meds) and I paid $4 for my…

Any primary care office that takes Medicare/Medicaid patients has government funding. What you are implying is that the gov should have the right to tell woman they can’t choose PP because some politicians don’t like them.

I think going as Bill Cosby would fall under scary, funny-scary if he’s in a jumpsuit. Going as his rape victim? Not funny

I’m confused. Was her costume not ‘sexy’ enough for people? Seems like that is what are the naysaying is about. She looks fabulously creepy as a human with cartoon proportions. I though that's what Halloween was about? I guess she just should have dressed like slutty Jessica rabbit and everyone would talk about how…

Being born and raised in Rhody, I take exception to this. We are like the much cooler part of Massachusetts. We had religious freedom first, thanks roger Williams.

Chaffee was a great senator, he voted with his conscious not the party line, the glass-seagul vote the one poor cast vote. As gov of Rhode Island, he had a tough time leading. I think he did well in congress but it didn’t transfer well to the governorship nor as a presidet. He def has akward speech moments.

I love how she called her trip to Bermuda a business trip. She's like a sea glass speculator.