Comments | peace_cory: Not a fan of bio-meds...

peace_cory

Not a fan of bio-meds...

May 06, 2006 01:35

...really, I'm not. I think that pharmaceutical companies are a scam - I feel like they are there to take our money and dismiss us as human beings. Chris Rock pointed out that the commercials we see that say "Ask your doctor about..." are no better than going to the crack dealer: you are making your own prescription. I don't think that this is ( Read more... )

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griffjon May 6 2006, 14:24:41 UTC

Whoa! Short hair! Crazy. Although I've heard mixed reviews about Locks of Love, sadly.

Well... peace_cory May 6 2006, 19:04:49 UTC

So, I went to check out Locks of Love and found that they do not typically have wigs for children in chemo because they consider it a "temporary" situation... they have wigs for children with long-term or permanent hair-loss. Also, they do sell some of the donations they get because the hair is not suitable for their process and to make a wig is pretty expensive. They do give some of their wigs away, but they work on a sliding scale based on income, so most families do pay some price.

Unfortunately, there is only one other organization in the States that makes wigs for people in these situations, but they sell every wig for $1500... Everything else I could find was outside of the States... Maybe I'll talk to Mom before we mail off the hair and see if she would rather it go to Canada...

griffjon May 6 2006, 14:50:49 UTC

Oh, and for Big Pharma; they behave damned well in the US. And that's not a compliment to 'em. They got what's nicely called "Test Data Exclusivity" pushed into CAFTA-DR, which really cripples the ability for more-advanced developing nations (like Brazil) to legally research, not even make, generic forms of drugs. GRrrrrrrrr.

moiety_tx May 6 2006, 15:11:38 UTC

Hmm...I too have had some Serious Baby Urges, but going on or off the pill has never mattered for them. Maybe it's that I never ran into a large gathering of babies and small kids when off the pill! (BTW, I loooove my NuvaRing. Serious recommendation.)

What really kicked my baby-longing up a notch was turning 27. Setting a timeframe for trying to conceive has actually sort of calmed it down.

Unfortunately, I've heard the same sorts of things about Locks of Love. Most of that hair is actually sold for commercial wigs.

peace_cory May 6 2006, 19:29:19 UTC

I'm not so worried about the whole Baby Urges... those are normal and I've been putting up with them since I was about 14! What I worry about is my utter lack of judgment when hormones and alcohol mix - my brain wants absolutely NOTHING to do with men (asshole MFs that they are) but my ovaries want sperm! I don't understand how I can be so repulsed by the whole sex and still want to jump most of them!!! It really is the stupidest thing EVER!

It will be O.K., though - I am about to turn 29 and have been through the gamut of Shitty Men (never dated a hitter, though - good thing or else I would be in jail for murder) and have just learned to STAY AWAY!!! So, the brain can yell at the ovaries to "SHUT UP" until I go back on the Pill to make the urge subside some. (I have had some weird cervical issues in the past just with tampons, making me fearful of putting anything on it for 3 weeks straight - but I love to recommend the NuvaRing to the women I counsel... I'm glad to get good feedback about it ( ... )

nfnitperplexity May 6 2006, 17:19:32 UTC

And yet if someone struggles with depression for a lifetime and then finds that pills offer them the chance to lead a normal life, what then?

peace_cory May 6 2006, 17:36:31 UTC

Take pills for a while to learn what it is that feels good - the place each person chooses for themselves that feels "normal". But, be in counseling, go to group meetings, learn to skydive or whatever it is that will bring you to that place of "good" once you stop taking the medication. Or, look at the herbal remedies that you can grow in your backyard! Everyone has problems and everyone needs help with those problems - and that's fine. I just believe people should be finding solutions to these problems instead of crutches to live with them forever.

However, I was also a Peace Corps Volunteer and now work for Planned Parenthood - my whole life is about finding solutions that will accomplish change. Maybe that makes me naive, weird, a "dreamer", or just plain stupid. But, I watched a very sweet kid who had every right to cry be put on meds that would not allow the tears - so he turned to violence and rage. Talking about the thoughts in our heads is much more productive than just trying to change the chemicals in there and move