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Class and Money and Me
I have always maintained that my family is rich. My father is a tenured professor at a large university (and has been since I was a toddler- he became tenure track there shortly before I was born). He additionally has authored a textbook and gets research grants. My mother has worked for money intermittently during my life, but the money she did ( Read more... ) -
I Guess I Forgot That I am Transsexual, or, I'm Not Going to the Wedding
I told people at work that when I found out when my brother was getting married, I would be requesting the time off. I guess I forgot that I am transsexual ( Read more... ) -
Pumping
After more than 10,000 injections of insulin, I decided to give an insulin pump a try ( Read more... ) -
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6 things for 6 months since I last posted
I joined yahoo answers. My favorite questions are about rare diseases or genetics, no surprises there. I have a best answer rating that fluxuates from 74 to 75 percent ( Read more... ) -
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A few days ago I went to an event that was advertised as being for gay and lesbian folk with a particular interest. I am not gay or lesbian but was invited by a friend and decided to go. It turned out there were no lesbians. Just a room full of gay men plus me (and I am assuming I was read as a gay man because I am generally read as a man and I ( Read more... ) -
Pain Management
My general practitioner that I had a good working relationship with is moving a thousand miles away. In two weeks I'm going in to see her replacement; I need bloodwork then anyways. I've been agonizing over how to introduce myself, thinking about what I want a medical provider to know about me, particularly one who might be my primary care provider ( Read more... ) -
Zine Launch
Tomorrow I am mailing out the first few copies of the first issue of my diabetes zine. Anybody interested in more details can send me a private message, or email me. First issue is free ( Read more... ) -
Why You Might Not Want to Supplement With Vitamin D
When I clicked that I wanted to write a new post, it brought up what I was apparently working on posting some months ago- a review of what interesting questions got asked at my hormone presentation. So you can guess it went well and I think I won't post those questions ( Read more... ) -
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I offered, about two months ago, to do a presentation for a local transgender youth group, on the topic of how sex hormones affect the human body through the lifespan, from conception (which is an exaggeration, they don't matter until about a month after conception) to old age, with special consideration of issues and conditions affecting ( Read more... )