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    Indian Sex Workers Learn Martial Arts For Self Defense • High Schooler Diagnoses Her Own Disease

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    Image of femputer femputer
    06/11/09

    In reply to Indian Sex Workers Learn Martial Arts For Self Defense • High Schooler Diagnoses Her Own Disease
    atrial fibrillation: let me practice your pronunciation for when my husband jokes about me keeping the couch from hitting the ceiling all day (it's a married with children joke...we both aspire to such marital happiness and are well on our way!)
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    06/11/09

    In reply to Indian Sex Workers Learn Martial Arts For Self Defense • High Schooler Diagnoses Her Own Disease
    Le Tigre is the bee knee's! "We like the cars, the cars that go Boom!"
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    Image of peperony and chease peperony and chease
    06/11/09

    @zsazsa6: I think that's L'Trimm?
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    Image of CoalMineCanary CoalMineCanary
    06/11/09

    In reply to Indian Sex Workers Learn Martial Arts For Self Defense • High Schooler Diagnoses Her Own Disease
    After seeing two different neurologists, none of whom could figure out why I was in horrendous, screaming, suicidal pain that painkillers couldn't touch, my mom Googled my symptoms and figured out that I was leaking spinal fluid.
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    Image of RisaPlata RisaPlata
    06/11/09

    @CoalMineCanary: Holy crap! That sounds worse than mine- two different ER visits diagnosed me with an ulcer, despite NONE of the symptoms fitting. I sent my test results to an aunt who's a nurse and she came back with pericarditis - an infection of the lining of the heart. My doctor had said he tested for it, but not according to any of the paperwork he gave me. Also, I had a CT but the doctor made it very clear she was only looking for pulmonary embolisms. Fortunately, it went away without treatment.
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    06/11/09

    In reply to Indian Sex Workers Learn Martial Arts For Self Defense • High Schooler Diagnoses Her Own Disease
    Kathleen Hanna collaborating with Christina Aguilera? I can't believe I just typed that sentence. Excuse me, I'm gonna go put on "Deceptacon" and "Hot Topic" and cry into my whiskey.
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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    06/11/09

    In reply to Indian Sex Workers Learn Martial Arts For Self Defense • High Schooler Diagnoses Her Own Disease
    Christina Aguilera is working with Le Tigre, Ladytron, Goldfrapp, and Sia? X-Tina has some good taste.
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    Image of MarissaExplainsItAll MarissaExplainsItAll
    06/11/09

    In reply to Indian Sex Workers Learn Martial Arts For Self Defense • High Schooler Diagnoses Her Own Disease
    The best part about that guy in the lady swimsuit is that he obviously stuffed the breast area. He was truly dedicated!
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    06/11/09

    In reply to Indian Sex Workers Learn Martial Arts For Self Defense • High Schooler Diagnoses Her Own Disease
    Wow..getting a sample of your own intentinal issue? I want to pass out if I have to pop a zit.
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    Image of mommy_dearest mommy_dearest
    06/11/09

    @TheUptightMidwesterner: She didn't get her OWN sample, silly. Her doctors got one and let her keep them.
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    Image of thesciencegirl thesciencegirl
    06/11/09

    In reply to Indian Sex Workers Learn Martial Arts For Self Defense • High Schooler Diagnoses Her Own Disease
    That's unbelievable that Jessica's doctors didn't test her for Crohn's. When I hear that she's a teenager with those symptoms, Crohn's is immediately at the top of my list (and I'm only a lowly med student). She sounds like an awesomely smart girl!
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    06/11/09

    @thesciencegirl: and now that I read the article, it seems that her pathologist gave her the slides to keep after telling her they looked normal.
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    Image of Ailanthus-altissima Ailanthus-altissima
    06/11/09

    @thesciencegirl: The discomfort of being tested is why I haven't yet. Good for her for analyzing her slides like that!
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    06/11/09

    @Ailanthus-altissima: Man, that is a lot of non sequitur.
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    Image of msAnthrope msAnthrope
    06/11/09

    In reply to Indian Sex Workers Learn Martial Arts For Self Defense • High Schooler Diagnoses Her Own Disease
    i can already hear the bigPharma research labs humming as they concoct a patented pill based off metoclopramide so they can market it as a 3X more expensive alternative to the generic.
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    06/11/09

    In reply to Indian Sex Workers Learn Martial Arts For Self Defense • High Schooler Diagnoses Her Own Disease
    PS: Is the woman on the left wearing a luchador mask?
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    Image of MarissaExplainsItAll MarissaExplainsItAll
    06/11/09

    @LaComtesse: La Bombay Sapphira
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    Image of ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox) ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox)
    06/11/09

    In reply to Indian Sex Workers Learn Martial Arts For Self Defense • High Schooler Diagnoses Her Own Disease
    Way to go Jessica! I always remember in my intro to abnormal psych class the professor saying how we would all be likely to diagnose ourselves at some point but that it should be taken with a grain of salt.


    Now I think I have seasonal affective disorder because I work indoors, catatonic episodes upon awakening and a mania for Luke Wilson.


    (read with "grain of salt" tone please)

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    06/11/09

    In reply to Indian Sex Workers Learn Martial Arts For Self Defense • High Schooler Diagnoses Her Own Disease
    "The Pregnant Women Support Act, which aims to reduce abortions by offering more assistance to women who feel they cannot afford a child, may be gaining congressional support."


    Interesting. Is it common for women to want to keep a child but abort because they don't have the money? I definitely think a lot of women are pressured to have their child adopted when they would make a great mother if they had the money.

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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    06/11/09

    @Kate2.18: Sounds like the Israeli foundation "Friends of Efrat" which works to prevent Jewish women from getting abortions by providing diapers and food and stuff. Frankly, it freaks the shit out of me.
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    Image of deeemer deeemer
    06/11/09

    @Kate2.18: I haven't reviewed the bill, but the Pregnancy Support Act sounds like a step in the right direction. I can imagine that some women do want to keep their baby, but are unable to afford it.


    In general, our country is so stingy and difficult with mothers and children that I'm willing to take anything we can get at this point.

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    Image of Dancingfrog Dancingfrog
    06/11/09

    @deeemer: Yes, exactly. Helping people, especially children, is a good idea.


    I think it's very worrisome that the reaction to "let's help mothers out" is often "but they could be getting an abortion instead". This is about choice, people. Some women will choose abortion. For others it's adoption. For some women the choice is keeping the pregnancy. It would be better to see more focus on prevention, but helping struggling moms out isn't a bad idea.

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    Image of SunburnedCounsel SunburnedCounsel
    06/11/09

    @Dancingfrog: While I agree with you, you have to recognise that the reason people react suspiciously is because so many "lets help mothers out" programs have been run by disingenuous religious groups who blow smoke up the woman's ass until the moment she cannot terminate or gives birth- at which point their supplies and diapers and support dry up completely and they are demonised in the press and the check-out line as welfare mothers.
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    06/11/09

    In reply to Indian Sex Workers Learn Martial Arts For Self Defense • High Schooler Diagnoses Her Own Disease
    "120 young ballet dancers began competing today in a prestigious international competition in Moscow."


    So: they think they can dance...


    (In a completely related note, I discovered "So You Think You Can Dance" a couple weeks ago and my life has forever changed.)

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    Image of MiloandTock MiloandTock
    06/11/09

    @LaComtesse:
    I have an unjustifiably large crush on Evan, the Broadway dancer.
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    Image of CordeliaShirley CordeliaShirley
    06/11/09

    @MiloandTock: he is charming.
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    Image of thatlush thatlush
    06/11/09

    @LaComtesse: Welcome, latecomer. Welcome to the SYTYCD family. Welcome to the obsession.


    Seriously, Cat Deely (sp?) the host is practically the best part. She's so fab.

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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    06/12/09

    @thatlush: After seeing my first episode I spent hours on YouTube looking up routines from old seasons. AMAZING!


    And yes, Cat is DARLING. I described her tonight as "Amateurish in a completely endearing way."

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    06/11/09

    In reply to Indian Sex Workers Learn Martial Arts For Self Defense • High Schooler Diagnoses Her Own Disease
    "High school student Jessica Terry had been sick for eight years with vomiting and diarrhea, but doctors could not seem to figure out what was wrong with her. One day, during her AP science class, Terry solved the mystery herself: she diagnosed herself with Crohn's disease after examining a slide of her intestinal tissue."


    Damn, now I can't use the whole 'this stuff is useless' excuse to not study for my finals. Bleargh.

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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    06/11/09

    @karmasutra: I wanna know how she got the intestinal tissue sample.
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    Image of thesciencegirl thesciencegirl
    06/11/09

    @LaComtesse: Her pathologist took samples for a biopsy, pronounced in normal, and gave them the slides to her.
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    Image of jemandtheholograms jemandtheholograms
    06/11/09

    @thesciencegirl: Aren't biopsy samples usually disposed of as biohazard, not given out to take home as a consolation prize for a non-diagnosis?
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    Image of thesciencegirl thesciencegirl
    06/11/09

    @jemandtheholograms: My understanding is that pathologists often give the extra slides to the patient. There's nothing particularly hazardous about fixed sections of intestinal tissue.
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    06/11/09

    @thesciencegirl: I'm hoping she requested them. I'd be a little sketched out if, after giving a bodily sample of any kind, my doctor said "Well, looks good, so here's that back."
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    Image of thesciencegirl thesciencegirl
    06/11/09

    @LaComtesse: I'm not sure if it's standard procotol or just on request, but I have heard of patients keeping slides to get a 2nd opinion.
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