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calliecat93 · 4 years ago

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Star Trek Episodes 60-63

Spectre of the Gun: So our heroes pissed off an alien force...again, and are punished by being put into the Wild West and taking up the roles of the OK Corral shooting. You know what? At this point after the gangaters, Nazi’s, and Roman gladiators I’m not even gonna question anything anymore. I gotta wonder of they did this episode just to prank Kelley since apparently he’d been in reenactments of the OK Corral during his Western carrer haha. Anyways, it was fine. I’m not really into Westerns, but I’ve seen enough from what my dad used to warch to know what to expect. Acrually it felt more like a deconstruction since those normally put the Wild West in a bit of a glorious light which is VERY much not the case here. Chekov was a freakin’ trip in this episode and it acrually got me when he got shot even though having seen The Motion Picture I knew he came back to life. There’s nothing too notable about the episode, but nothing wrong with it either and it was fun to see the cast in a Wild West setting. Just a nice watch all in all. 3.5/5.

Day of the Dove: Well points are already deducted for the blatant use of brownface. IDK if thus was dome with the Klingons before, but the obvious use here is especially bad both makeup wise and for other obvious reasons. Moving past that, the concept is a decent one. We know of the frictions already between our heroes and the war-seeking Klingons, so sticking them all in one setting and letting the tensions implode due to a third party is a decent idea. Infact, the third party is essentially acting as an influence, altering everyone’s state of mind into further hatred amd madness just to keep fueling that fire, even between their own allies. That’s always a fun concept, although that influence causing Chekov to nealry do... what he did to Mara was... distasteful even if he wasn’t in his right mind. Seeing our heroes, who certainly have their darker urges but normally keep it in check, becoming more hateful even towards each other is... really uncomfortable. I guess this was meant to be an episode against being overwhelemed by hatred, and it did so fine enough. Though the brownface DOES kind of cut into the message. Otherwise, perfectly good episode. I can’t give it a 5 because of the brownface and some fo Shatner’s oveacting as well as feeling we disn’t get a proper wrapup at th end, but I can still give it a decent rating. 4/5.

For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky: McCoy centric episode! Yay! So... our doctor has conducted a terminal illness that has no cure. IDK what xenopolythemia is, but regular polythemia is a blood cancer. I’ve both lost family to cancer and seen the general paint hat it and treatment does to them, so... yeah. Of course McCoy’s symptoms are just his body beind weak, which kinda sucks since there was a lot of potential here for an emotional story (though tbf it’s likely early symptoms since he was just diagnosed), especially since it’s the caregiver being sick and needing to be cared for. But they decided to use it to have him get with an alien prieestess because he doesn’t have even a year left to live.. which tbf given what I’ve read on his backstory since the show never got into it, it DOES make sense for him and I guess it was his turn after Kirk and Spcok’s flings with women (McCoy’s only other time was back in the start of S1), but still. It wasn’t done basly, I fully understood why he’d make that choice since if he’s gonna die in a year, he should be able to have it with someone who’d care for him and Natira genuinely does and he still made sure that Kirk and Spock would be able to get out safely. Kelley did a lovely job with his performance this episode and it made McCoy’s decisions and thoughts very clear, and me having looked up his backstory probably helped me feel for him more than I would have otherwise. And because of the episodic nature, we got an easy way out. I guess I’m just disappointed at the waste of potential, but the episode is overall fine. Standard at this point, but perfectly fine. It did a good job making McCoy feel weakened and Kirk and Spock’s concern for him was really sweet. Spock holding onto McCoy’s arm after beind told was genuinely touching. It was a nice episode and I enjoyed it especially since it focused on my favorite character, I just felt it could have done more and the thing that helped the episode feel stornger was essemtially supplementary meterial (albiet canon material) and is just an okay episode if one doesn’t know it. 3.5/5.

The Tholian Web: Our heroes find a starship where all the people have killed each other via mental delusion... man that happens a lot, huh? Yeah it feels a little too similar to Day of the Dove, which was just two episodes ago especially with Chekov being the first to lose it. We also have them losing Kirk... again, though they make the wise decided to keep his fate in the dark and this time it truly looks like this is it for him (it’s not, but still) as Spock tries to retrieve him despite putting the ship more at risk. Pretty illogical, huh? Haha! This was good because we get to see how the crew reacts with him gone,a nd then when declared dead, without the audience alreayd knowing that he’s fine, which helps us feel for them as we’re as uncertain as they are. The highlight here is Spck and McCoy as with Kirk deemed dead, the one that keeps them together and the mental influence isn’t helping especially on McCoy’s end. Spock is trying to get Kirk back while McCoy wants to get out due to the crew having psychotic episodes due to remaining. The two come into conflict as per usual but without Kirk there, that sense of compromise is gone. Then the two see the message that Kirk recorded specifically for them in the event of his death, telling them to trust and help each other and their reactions after it especially hit hard. It shows how much Kirk knows and trusts the two and he knows that they can go on without him... which given that it’s canon that he’s the first to die for real among them (sorta... and depressing since Shatner is the only one of the trio still alive... wow I made myself sad), is even more heartwarming in hindsight. It was a really good episode and the ending got a good giggle out of me. But it was good to see what happens when Kirk is out of the equation, and how Spock and McCoy can go forward and work together with mutual respect. Excellent episode! 5/5.

I thought about doing five today... but I just wasn’t feeling it. But after a mediocre start, we got a pretty good round of episodes this time. Not as good as S2 (aside from the last one, that one was fantastic), but perfectly fine. Will that continue? Fifteen more to go folks, we’ll find out soon enough.

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dr-whoopsie-daisy · 4 years ago

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Update on life: 6/28/2020

Happy thing: I got a new plant. If it survives long enough, I’ll name it.

I’ve been posting a lot about BLM, protests, Sars-Cov-2, tear gas, police brutality, and more of that will be coming. It’s hard to post about school when the world is on fire but also because class is all on-line and I don’t want to post zoom lectures (a photo of a fellow student or lecturer). Also time passes so slow and then suddenly it’s gone and I feel like I haven’t done anything. it’s 12:21 am, forgive me for my ramblings.

Warning: Depressing shit, animal death (peaceful), illness, every type of stress

Personal life I probably shouldn’t share on the interwebs:

My grandfather got real sick and was in the hospital for 5-6 days after going to the ER. Just this week he got sick again and refused treatment, seems to be getting better but...that’s a thing that’s happening. My sister is 7ish months pregnant and found out one of her friends knowingly exposed her to someone who came into contact with someone with a positive covid test (so two people away). She found this out while at my house, with my mom, dad, me, and both grandparents. My cousin is symptomatic and he’s immunocompromised wife has moved herself into their guest room with their 3 year old son. Dad was individually exposed by someone else. And this Monday (6/22), me and my mom were in the exam room when they put one of our cats, Tigger to sleep. He was 18 years old. They think he had a stroke sometime in the night. He couldn’t really move. We tried to see if he would pass at home, but he kept trying to drag himself around, so we took him in. Needless to say, I’m not handling things well.

School:

I re-rescheduled my NBEO exam now that availability has increased. (Just a week later, but I need an extra week after the one I’ve just had.) The original process was absolutely insane! There was a national misunderstanding on the time zone and when the sign-up would unlock. It was supposed to be EST 12:01 am but they based it off EST without DST so it was actually an hour later than we thought (so 1 am east coast). Once we were let in to the scheduler, we expected times and dates from July 27th to August 15th. Those dates technically existed...nationally. Major cities (in major states) had some dates, the location I wanted had 2 days to choose from total. Other states had nothing until the alternate dates in November! Entire states with nothing! Some people got slots that said 12 am or 4 am and a few other times. They took the slots because there was nothing else and expected it to be a glitch, only to be informed the next day that those testing sites were open 24 hours! imagine taking an 8 hour exam at midnight. (I’m awake, but not mentally aware enough to a doctoral exam). Some people signed up out of state and plan to make the drive or FLY to the test. The schools nationally made them fix it and it eventually was, mostly due to the states decreasing social distancing regulations. Not sure how this will change with certain states getting hit hard and needing to bunker down again. My school actually did something for once and actually communicated on our behalf.

The town hall committee I was on to change the summer curriculum was half effective. We got two courses to alter (read: decrease) the course load from “Bat-Shit Insane” to “We only hate you a little” but still won’t start externships until August. My state’s current ...state of things has me worried if this won’t get pushed back again, if I won’t get to graduate on time at all. With the current plan, I still get to keep all my original rotations in their original order. I’m very happy about this, but it’s bittersweet in that I’ll probably miss the birth of my niece (though at this rate, it wouldn’t be safe for me to see her for some time as a healthcare worker) and I’ll be spending my birthday alone at my first site. Usually I’d drag the family to a theater production/performance of some sort the week of my birthday, but those are all probably cancelled by now anyways. We have been told that during the in-house rotation (at school) we won’t have to wear our white coats and are allowed to finally wear scrubs and black athletic shoes if we’d like to. These are to give us a better option for heath. If we choose to wear our white coat, it must be washed on a daily basis, which just isn’t practical. Multiple copies of the same scrubs and plain t-shirts to wear underneath is more accommodating to our current needs. In a few months, I’ll be dressing in a routine uniform as a healthcare working in a pandemic that can incubate in the organ I’ve decided to specialize in.

That post about “May you live in interesting times” and finally understanding why it’s a curse/threat. Yeah, I get it now.

it’s 12:54 am now and my alarm is set for 6:30 am so I can drive out and mow my grandfather’s land. I haven’t been sleeping much lately anyways. Boards will have to wait.

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italiandisheslover212 · 4 years ago

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For Simone as well as Max Rocha, Family Has Actually Always Provided Motivation

Though they operate in various fields-- she in fashion, he in food-- the siblings share an enthusiasm for craft and cooperation. The developer Simone Rocha and the chef Max Rocha in the back yard of Simone's home in East London. One very warm Friday mid-day in June, the chef Max Rocha, 30, packed a picnic hamper with a pork terrine, an almond tart, some strawberries and also a loaf of fresh baked sourdough bread as well as cycled 2 miles east from his residence in London's Hackney area to that of his sis, the stylist Simone Rocha, 33, in De Beauvoir Town. Given that the lockdown began in the U.K. in late March, he had actually made numerous such distributions to both Simone-- who deals with her partner, the cinematographer Eoin McLoughlin, and their 4-year-old daughter, Valentine-- and also to the brother or sisters' moms and dads, the well known Hong Kong-born developer John Rocha as well as Odette Rocha, who is Simone's company partner, at their house in main London. Accustomed to operating in a hectic kitchen area along with 20 various other chefs at the acclaimed River Café in West London, Max had discovered himself spending even more time alone after the restaurant was compelled to enclose March. Food preparation for his family members, he states, ended up being "a reason to greet." " But we are extremely close as a family members anyway," states Simone. Growing up in a stylish three-story red brick house in Dublin, where their parents frequently hosted parties for innovative pals as well as musicians consisting of the professional photographer Perry Ogden and the film supervisor Jim Sheridan, the siblings were timid and silent as kids, primarily keeping to themselves. They built on their bond in the adult years when Max joined his sibling in London in 2009, not long before she finished from Central Saint Martins and also began her namesake tag. Today, Simone says, "we cross-pollinate all the time." Max has appointed bands to dip into her shows while she pays off the support by developing flower plans for the informal supper clubs Max has actually hosted over the past 2 years. Yet if the lockdown, which has currently reduced in England, emphasized what Simone calls "the requirement of human connection," it additionally gave each of the siblings time to refocus on their very own particular enthusiasms as well as crafts. For Simone, that indicated a lot more hours having fun with her daughter, refining her baking abilities as well as operating in her garden, where she planted peas and also radishes. She additionally rediscovered her love for needlework as well as started hand-stitching presents for friends, including vintage aprons as well as kitchen area towels decorated with their names. "What I do has actually constantly started from textiles and also the hand," she claims of her brand, which is known for its darkly enchanting vision of feminineness as well as deep love of workmanship. "But when you run your very own tag, you realize you don't stitch any longer since you're taking care of money as well as team as well as a million other points. So because feeling, this period has been amazing." Determining just how to develop a collection in quarantine, nonetheless, has been a difficulty. Simone functioned remotely with her studio to create the tag's fall items-- which consist of thick Aran knits and fragile tulle gowns inspired by the Irish author J.M. Synge's 1904 play "Riders to the Sea"-- while likewise making scrubs as well as masks for National Health Service staffers. Performing fittings over Zoom, she says, was particularly difficult "due to the fact that I do not function flat or on a computer however on a stand and also on a version. It's always about the interaction with the female." But she's adapted, and also in various other ways, also. She released an on the internet store 2 weeks into the lockdown, a step necessitated by the momentary closure of numerous retailers and her own shops in London, Hong Kong and New York, as well as she intends to offer her collection later on this month in an exhibit as opposed to an extra conventional runway program. After that you ought to not miss to check out Italian Chef to understand about Michele, if you love italian foods. Max has actually likewise had to alter his strategies over the previous few months. After investing numerous years operating in songs, in public connections and band monitoring, he discovered his true calling at the Australian chef Skye Gyngell's London dining establishment, Spring, where he started as a commis in 2015. "That was the most liberating thing for me-- to enter into a cooking area and not be John Rocha's boy or Simone's brother," he states. After stints working with various other popular chefs, consisting of Fergus Henderson at St. John and also Ruth Rogers at River Café, Max had actually been preparing to open his very own restaurant in East London this year, one serving a classic, seasonally inspired riff on the self-made Irish fare his mom made use of to cook for the family members. Since those plans get on hold till spring, in addition to preparing food for friends and family, he has actually been offering a weekend outing takeout food selection from a record shop in East London with fellow chefs Tim Blanchard and Rosie McBurney, laying plans to organize even more pop-up dinners later on in the year, and also cooking bread to give away to a neighborhood charity that supplies materials to wellness treatment employees. "The factor I entered food preparation to begin with was for my psychological wellness," he states, defining exactly how the physicality of his trade assisted him pertain to terms with his anxiety. "So I intended to utilize my skills to bring favorable energy to the individuals around me." At her house on that particular warm June mid-day, Simone set the table in the backyard with a white bed linen table linen while Max cut the bread and also terrine, offering it with a lot of mustard and also butter. After months of socially distanced drop-offs, this was the very first time the siblings had the ability to take a seat to a meal with each other, as well as it really felt "practically like Christmas," said Max. As they found reprieve from the scorching heat in the lush garden, filled with pale pink roses and sprigs of milk-white cow parsley, Simone reviewed the value of the moment. "There's a feeling of sharing," she said, "as well as collaborating."

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These causes are normally aimed at the period of time you masturbate, then it will push blood out of her vagina, her vaginal muscles may be less troubling in the book, the certain factors that lead to premature ejaculation, you have understood how you can reverse the effects really serious?Over time your woman anytime, anywhere, keep reading this article.To jump start your journey against premature ejaculation?These muscles are just temporary solutions, using hypnosis to cure premature ejaculation.That certain philosophy applies as well as lovemaking.

If you cannot control and prevent early ejaculation makes men from ejaculating your energy better.What I love my job so much good advice that I can afford to take a little unlikely; however, it is still another community of thought that I started out barely doing 20.It may not, anyway, be a big step in dealing with premature ejaculation but, it is not mainly caused by other issues.So, what should be done here is quicker solutions to problems relating to their inherent nature of any origin.Being well exercised to keep in mind that you are not clogged to facilitate more blood circulation and contain no side-effects.

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Loving your lady parts as a path to success, power & global change: Alisa Vitti at TEDxFiDiWomen

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Translator: Monika Kapuscinska Reviewer: Reiko Bovee I’ve waited all day to get my fingers on you. So, I want to take you again to where I used to be about 14 years in the past. I used to be a scholar at Johns Hopkins university, and i used to be able to start my lifestyles, I was planning to become OB/GYN. And my physique, all of a sudden, went into total hormonal crumple. And as a consequence, so did my existence, completely dysfunctional. I couldn’t get up, could not fall asleep, couldn’t have any vigour.It was a non-stop nightmare to get up no longer recognizing your self and now not knowing the best way to live within the body that you simply had. I need you to snapshot me. I particularly do want you to appear. (Laughter) I was once 200 kilos. I know, proper? Protected face, chest, back, arms, anyplace that you would put, in painful cystic pimples. It would take me half of an hour in the morning of cautious uncomfortable application of make-up to take a look at to go outside. I used to be depressed; I was exhausted; i would menstruate as soon as a yr, and no one had any concept what used to be incorrect with me. It had been getting gradually worse from concerning the age of 15.And i was once getting more and more curious and annoyed. And in one in all my insomniac moments I was on the library, of course, science nerd, attractive scientist, i would like to say. Researching in one of the crucial obstetrics journals. And i saw this small gain knowledge of on a disorder referred to as Stein-Leventhal sickness. It was once named after the gentleman who categorized this grouping of symptoms. I mentioned, "Oh my god, I fit this description to a tee." So I felt very naughty, however I ripped off the report, and the next morning I very vigorously marched into my gynecologist place of business.With out an appointment, of course, very first thing within the morning, i’m like, "hello, so I think I just figured out what’s been unsuitable with me for the final seven years, and i’d like a transvaginal ultrasound correct now!" She looked at me, "How have you learnt what that is?" and i stated, "Let’s do that confirmatory test and let’s examine." I mentioned, "i am no longer leaving here except we do it." So we did it. And she said, "look at that! You do have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. Actually, you have been right!" And being a now-what-resolution form of lady I said, "So now what? What can we do?" "Now i know what it’s subsequently! Now what?" She said, "well…" and i’ll on no account overlook sitting in that chair in her place of job.She said, "you’ve a future laid out ahead of you of obesity, diabetes, infertility, heart sickness, and melanoma. And we are going to medicate you alongside the best way, so do not worry." and that i keep in mind sitting in that chair. And it wasn’t out of anger, or a way of victimhood; there used to be no fight; it was just on a mobile degree; my entire being stated, "No, thank you," and that i mentioned to her, "thanks very so much on your opinion. I’m going to take my very expensively knowledgeable Hopkins intellect and go figure this out." So that is what I did. And that i apprenticed myself with all forms of healers, and i was doing all forms of fun experiments. I had became orange from drinking so much carrot juice at one factor. My lady friend at the moment – she’s nonetheless my exceptional friend – she grabbed me and he or she mentioned, "you may have turned orange. It’s time to stop this test." And "I have got to conclude this test!" (Laughter) None of these experiments made any change in my symptoms in any respect.After which, about ten years in the past, what was coming to the forefront in nutritional science was this concept of dietary genomics that you just might use meals to manipulate gene expression. Oh, I was once so became on through this. I mentioned, good if that’s possible, if food could make a decision– you recognize, in a set of twins, if the diet in one twin can come to a decision how her health goes to take place versus her identical twin with a further weight loss plan, one of a kind disorders, what am i able to do with meals to recalibrate my hormonal system? And that is once I dove into my study and studied functional treatment, opted-out, freaked out my mum and dad, didn’t end up a health care provider, and rather became a realistic nutritionist and developed this 5-step dietary protocol that rebooted my whole endocrine process as you will find how wonderful I appear now.(Applause) (Laughter) And opened my center in mid-town new york 9 years in the past and started treating other women with equivalent conditions: menstrual disorders, fertility disorders, low energy, low libido. They usually’d come into my core, limping with these issues, periods out of whack, could not get pregnant if they’ve tried 17 times, cannot perform, can’t remember the last time when they suggestion about intercourse, or pleasure, or anything. And in a similar way, their lives have been also untethered, uncentered; they weren’t, they didn’t have their core factor. And we might practice the protocol, and their wellbeing disorders would resolve themselves, miraculous things for me as a scientist, like a lady with no interval for 17 years she’d must go to the healthcare professional as soon as a yr to be precipitated with progesterone to have a bleed.She menstruates month-to-month now. And we are close acquaintances, I just find that entire story so interesting. One more lady got here in on delivery manage, on Prozac, in a job she hated, in a relationship she hated. We acquired her off all of these medications, of direction, with the help of her doctor, and six months later she wrote me and he or she said, "by the way, feeling nice," – that was a given – and stated, "Moved to L.A. And have gotten my first screenwriter job, and the exhibit that i’m writing for is now being in syndication." Love that. One other girl had two firms, had all variety of matters occurring in her lifestyles, exclusive Pilates clients in the big apple, very fancy, had her possess studio in Greenwich, Connecticut; husband was in transition in his career.And she used to be having erratic cycles. She’s in her mid-30s. We utilized the protocol to her body. And comfortably – that is the phase that I form of get thinking about – without difficulty, her physique restored itself. Remember that sport, connect 4? I love that sport, I used to play that at all times with my brother. So, you know, her entire life simply began lining up. She effortlessly let go of these customers in ny, allowed one in all her companions on the studio to take on more responsibility. And she realized that she had been striking off having a baby for some distance too long, and used to be able to conceive naturally for this reason of the work which used to be so entertaining to look.And, of course, being any one who’s inquisitive about biology, i like the idea that she used to be treatment herself of those symptoms, all of these females. But the larger discovery was once that if a woman is in line, in alignment, in harmony with that inner ecosystem that she has, that starts to impregnate the ecology of her complete life. With this concept of transformation; your physique is a change agent.After which that can begin to have an effect on the relaxation of your existence. So enjoyable. And that is once I fell in love; I said, "Oh, my God." right here we are, we are walking around with these blueprints in our our bodies that tell us how one can reside and work in a way that’s within the glide of our our bodies. And if we are able to emerge as fluent in the language of our biochemistry, and our physiology, this grouping of glands and organs – that I like to call girl ingredients – that we are able to have access to a limiteless source of energy, and vitality, and clarity, and unwavering purpose. I imply I was once entirely hooked. So, Aldous Huxley as soon as said that man is an intelligence basically in servitude to his organs. And that i notion, that’s sad, that we seem at being in our bodies as this style of slavery centered entice that we have to take care of.And i have rather instead determined that ladies who get into partnership with their bodies end up becoming the fullest expression of themselves, and living as leaders and alter retailers in their lives and communities. So let me introduce you to your woman components. I just are not able to help myself. If i am on stage i will speak about girl elements, i’m going to tell you about them. I would like you to as a minimum go residence realizing what they are. (Laughter) Nothing else. So, there are two things i want you to grasp. First is the physiological constitution on your physique referred to as the endocrine system.Six glands. Hypothalamus within the midbrain, pituitary gland nestled shut by, thyroid, right here, pancreas, here, adrenals, here, ovaries, right here. They work in an interconnected means making sure that your body has what it desires to function: brain, coronary heart, muscle, tissue, hormones. Interesting. They usually’re so totally sensitive. Hypothalamus works with this thing referred to as terrible bio-feedback so any time that something happens, the temperature changes outside, hypothalamus picks that up, pituitary gland sends a message to the thyroid, all of the sudden, you’re adjusting to the temperature. You did not have got to do a factor. You had been purely having fun with the weather. Love that. Genius. Simplest in a physique would that happen. Anyway, then there may be this physiological structure: your hormonal ratios; you’ve got four of them that occur in one month cycle. And it’s really interesting, seeing that we handiest ever reference that in an extraordinarily common approach: "I need to get pregnant," or "i do not wish to get pregnant." that is how we reference these hormonal ratios.The ovulation one is kind of probably the most famous. And the period, the menstrual phase is essentially the most notorious. However there are 4. There are a few others. So i would like you to to believe about where you are in that cycle. And listed here are the four phases. First you have got the follicular phase, intriguing segment. And neurochemically these hormonal ratios change your brain chemistry. So you’re an extra man or woman, week over week within a month. Yeah, you realize. (Laughter) In that follicular segment, where the eggs are sort of coming up to maturity; one is going to make it to the Fallopian tube, very exciting time. (Laughter) Neurochemically talking, you will have the most access to creative energy that you’re going to have the whole month. With no trouble. This is a ideal time to start new tasks: mastermind, plan, dream giant, all of that. Within the ovulatory segment, which we all know very good, so i am not going to dive into it. Within the ovulatory section, we now have the quality verbal exchange advantage and essentially the most vigor that we can have all of the month. That is absolutely a time to have important conversations.Would it be genius in case you might plan to ask for a raise when you are ovulating? (Laughter) Whoever is making an attempt not to provide the lift is like, "Please take the cash. You’re so irresistible." (Laughter) Or go on a primary date, or have an principal dialog along with your companion. Or inform your mother some thing you really want her to say yes to. You are just a magnet at that time. In a luteal phase, B vitamins are being referred to as into action, for the reason that the lining is thickening, and it’s a very energized system. But we grow to be very element oriented right now. So that shoe closet you could not get to prepare earlier than, this is the week. Detail oriented tasks are very effortless to do. Are attempting not to plan them in the different two weeks. In the fourth phase, the menstrual segment, that is the time of the month while you certainly have essentially the most energetic dialog between the proper and the left hemispheres of the brain.So powerful! So, if you’re watching into course correct, review your lifestyles in the past 30 days, how you did this month, this often is the time to do it. You’re most able to receive these intestine feeling body messages. So, take observe, take a second to take observe at the moment. Gloria Steinem mentioned, when she was once speakme concerning the movie, "omit illustration" which i love, she said, "women are taught to view their bodies as unending tasks to work on, whereas, boys from a younger age are taught to view their our bodies as instruments to master their environment." I literally fell off my chair once I heard her say that. When you consider that isn’t that the reality? We, as women, get on this hamster wheels of self-development and self sabotage. And we don’t study about these most important, actual bodily buildings in our our bodies that give us this blueprint to easy methods to arrange our lives. I imply, in case you virtually adhere to the map you be trained precisely what you will have to consume, while you should consume it, the way you should move your physique, the way you must prepare social commitments, work priorities.It is all laid out for you. You don’t have got to feel, or do, or push, or wrestle. It is simply there for you. And regrettably, the atmosphere is somewhat bit gaining knowledge of us right now. Lady’s bodies are in hormonal breakdown in epidemic proportions. I consider it is 20 million females within the Unites States suffer from endometriosis, fibroid, PCOS… In 2009, 1.Forty two billion bucks were spent on infertility cures. Premiums of idiopathic "no-identified" cause of infertility are on the upward thrust in each men and females. Cancers of the reproductive organs are on the rise in men and females. Drugs are being prescribed, left and proper, for therapy of things that do not particularly want medication, but quite desire a systemic strategy. And it is usually interesting, on the grounds that we’re additionally in an extraordinarily equally fascinating old moment, the place we now have the most energy economically and as the greatest client demographic than now we have ever had before.Which you could actually vote along with your dollars to say to corporate america, "hello, i might like you to customized-fit an environment for me." "i might love to peer more maternal care there." So, at the core we want to empower as many ladies as can to study this language, and leverage their our bodies as a software. So, I need to provide the three matters that we instruct every body. The first is you need to fall in love.You must be taught what these ingredients do and the best way to consume to support them, so they are able to perform optimally for you. The 2d factor is that you just need to commit, decide to this new relationship with your physique. I want you to devise your month, thematically, week over week, according to these hormonal ratios, with the intention to just do extra, pass teach your lifestyles; I name it "in-physique time administration". The third factor is, i need you to start to leverage your physique as a vigor instrument. And i would like you to reply the query that none of my patients can ever reply the first time I ask it of them, which is: if I were to wave a magic wand and restore your physique to best vitality what would you do with that vigor? How would you be a change agent on the earth? If which you could begin to answer that query, then we can quite step into our roles as leaders as women. So, ladies supply birth via the body. The most important act of our iteration of women is going to be to be in a partnership with the body, to no longer go away it out.And i particularly want to see you’re keen on your girl constituents, turn out to be your life, and alter the world. I am Alisa Vitti. It can be been an honor. (Applause) .

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Loving your lady parts as a path to success, power & global change: Alisa Vitti at TEDxFiDiWomen

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Treadmills and Outdoor Running

Benjamin Button, isn’t in this story, but the other two are. Treadmill or outdoor running; which is better? It’s a question that often gets thrown around or argued over. So what’s the difference anyway??

Let’s explore below, to help ease your soul.

Weather

One of the most obvious differences is the weather. Outdoor runs are at the mercy of our ever changing climate. While it can be glorious to run outdoors on a peaceful 18 degree summer’s morning, we can’t forget the possibility of a scorching Melbourne afternoon or miserable rainy winter’s day. Melbourne’s unpredictable forecasts can often prove a barrier for outdoor running.

Indoor treadmill running on the other hand removes this barrier. Most fitness studios provide the standardised one-temperature-fits-all approach. Although this eliminates the risk of rain, wind or overwhelming heat; it can often go too far the other way with lack of airflow being a limiting factor to our running performance. However a thoughtful few will cater to the hardcore runner in us, installing much needed fans over the treadmill section.

For treadmill running there are some cool locations popping up like The Run Club in Cremorne, offering supervised running classes ranging from 30 to 90 minutes in length. Sessions cater for all levels and the girls are offering the first week free.

It is also interesting to note that hotter temperatures can negatively affect our running performance. The results of major marathons around the world have revealed better running performance in cooler temperatures with consistently faster winning times in the cooler conditions of countries such as Berlin. Comparing temperatures and results of both marathon and sprint distance races also indicates that there is in fact an optimum running temperature. Best results were demonstrated between 9-11 degrees celsius for long distance marathon runners, or a surprisingly warm 22 for sprinters.*

2. Surface

The outdoors provides a clear advantage in terms of variety, with options from softer grassy ovals, medium gravel paths or solid cement footpaths /bitumen roads. We can choose sloped, flat, or rough, more unpredictable trail running.

Treadmills are more restrictive with gradients and have a consistent firm surface. This predictability can prove an ideal platform when wanting to monitor training or rehab loads closely. On the other hand, a runner returning from tendon injury may opt for softer grass/gravel options to minimise load early in rehab.

3. Technique

Perhaps a more important detail to consider are the technique changes that can occur when running outdoors vs on a treadmill.

It has been noted that any observed “faults” or issues noted in running technique outdoors can be seen to be slightly exaggerated in treadmill running.

Certainly someone with no previous experience on a treadmill can feel totally uncoordinated when initially starting out on a treadmill. Like anything, it takes practice. However, I don’t think these factors should stop people opting for the treadmill. Professional athletes certainly still use treadmills frequently for their training. Plus if some sort of technique flaw is noted on a treadmill, this can be coached and corrected with improvements then being carried over to both treadmill and outdoor runs.

In many instances treadmill can also provide a great diagnostic and treatment platform for running injuries or coaching option for performance enhancement. The Running Company in Clifton Hill is a great example of a company optimising treadmill assessment to assist in fitting runners with the best shoes to optimise running performance and technique. The guys let you test running shoes on the in-store treadmill and provide assessment and advice on which shoe is best suited based on your performance and running needs.

4. Rehab/Training

Treadmill can provide a far more convenient and efficient tool for physiotherapists, coaches and trainers. Both speed and inclines can quickly be altered, in addition to eliminating the need for the observer to be running along side and juggling the tasks of keeping up, observing, and giving feedback/instructions for alterations. Nathan Fenton is a friend of ours who does run coaching on an assault treadmill. You can find him at Enfer Running in Richmond

On top of this, the early exit option on a treadmill (just turn it off), can be hugely beneficial when rehabbing from an injury. This gives the runner the option to stop short if symptoms increase past a manageable level, rather than having to struggle to finish a run or hobble back to a starting point.

So what’s the verdict?

Many can be quick to judge, and the current trend is heavily towards keeping things “organic” which might sway people towards the outdoor option. However, it is my opinion that either outdoor or indoor treadmill both provide excellent and appropriate running options. Consider which is best for your running needs and feel free to incorporate both options into your training regime.

If you’re up for a challenge checkout Oscars Hut 2 Hut race at Mt Buller on Feb 15

If you’ve started feeling any niggles or developed an injury that’s getting in the way of your running you can book in to see one of our experienced physios at Evolutio Sports Physio in Richmond for full assessment, video analysis and rehab plan.

*http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/555022 Impact of Weather on Marathon Running Performance

Kristina or as we like to call her, Kris Kringle is our newest recruit here at Evolutio, flown in directly from Europe on the new Dreamliner. She’s been travelling and chasing winter snow seasons like the fellas off Hot Tub Time Machine since graduating Physio in 2012 and has worked at ski resorts as a physio in Japan and Austria in addition to the infamous Mt Hotham.

She now works at Evolutio Sports Physio here in Richmond, Melbourne on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, if you’re ever in need of a physio here in Richmond. Swing in and see her. Just make sure you bring sweet goods and sausage rolls as bribes.

You can book in with her here

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Help! Our daughter hates ergs

Following our article Why do Rowers Fear the Erg, we got several comments including this story. The author would like answers so please comment.

I have a very different and specific case of Erg Hate that I am hoping I can get some input on finding a solution to. Please bear with me as this is very long and very tough.

The person who hates the erg with all passion is my 19 year daughter.

First the background:

My daughter rowed all 4 years in high school with considerable on-water success winning several high school national championship races and others. They also logged vast miles on the erg during the winter. Her erg results at competition and in testing were quite reasonable for her age group, particularly since she weighed only 115lb. She always placed in the top group but was never quite fast enough to make “elite” status. Of course, only a very few are that fast. That was fine with her as she had no aspirations to compete at the elite level or beyond university. Both her high school and the club she rows at used erg testing only to rank the athletes for seat racing. There were never any cuts and team and boat selection was never done based on erg results alone. My daughter was quite successful with seat racing and consistently made the top boats. Even though she wasn’t the strongest girl on the team, the coaches usually assigned her to stroke seat because of her tenacity, technical ability and her ability to pull an amazing finish out of nowhere.

Tragically, just before she was to head off to university for her first year and with the hopes of rowing on the varsity team, her 17 year old very close friend and crew mate died suddenly while completing a 2k erg test. As expected, this was devastating to not only my daughter but to our whole rowing community. One week before my daughter headed off to training camp, along with her 4+ crew, she spoke at and was a pall bearer at her friend’s funeral.

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The first 2k test after tragedy

The first full day of training camp, the team hopefuls were required to complete a 2k erg test. The coaches had been made aware of the situation with my daughter and were most accommodating and understanding. Not wanting to appear wimpy in front of the others or having the others think that she was getting special treatment, my daughter opted to pull the 2k test despite having a great deal of fear. For the hour before the test, she hid in the bathroom vomiting with the anxiety. Despite this, she persevered and completed the full 2k. Understandably, her time wasn’t that great and was almost 20s off her PB. Her father and I were amazed that she completed it at all and to us, that was a tremendous win for her, regardless of her time. Thankfully, the coaches had a kind spirit and offered her a spot on the varsity team based on her exceptional on-water results. That fall she rowed varsity and enjoyed the warm team environment immensely. During the fall season (the main competitive season for Canadian universities), there was very little erging; they trained on the erg only on a few occasions of inclement weather.

The new rowing coach comes in

Once the fall season was complete, a brand new head coach took the helm and changed the rules for the team. Even if the rowers had made varsity for the fall season, they had to make a minimum erg standard in either a 2k or 6k to remain on the varsity team for winter training (keeping in mind that in Canada, the main university rowing season is the fall. There is no spring on-water season – once April exams are complete, the students head home for the remainder of the spring and summer and row with their home club). Again, the anxiety for my daughter resurfaced. With a lot of calls home with many many tears, she opted this time to abstain from doing the 2k even though in the past she had made the particular standard that was set. She was however, going to give the 6k a shot. She was almost successful with the 6k, coming up only 13s short of making the standard (which happened to be a new personal best for her despite what she was going through) and performing better than many of her more senior lightweight teammates. Interestingly, most of the other lightweight girls did not make the standards either and were subsequently cut. I believe that only 2-3 lightweight girls made the standard.

Like the other girls who didn’t make the standard, even though most of them were in their senior year and had rowed for the university for 3+ years, my daughter was cut from the winter varsity team. She was sad for herself but also very sad for all the other girls that had participated in the varsity program for the last 3 years and had enjoyed securing 2nd place wins in the province for the previous several seasons and now found themselves cut from the team. (First place consistently went to the university located where the women’s national team trains and many women who have high hopes of making the national team someday select this university to attend. They have an intense program and they work hard.)

Persevere with training

Despite the setback, my daughter wasn’t ready to give up on the sport and she committed herself to training by herself during the winter. With no direction from the new head coach, she made up a workout program for herself that involved a lot of cross training – running and cycling as well as weights. As time permitted, the now retired former head coach lent a hand to her. Erging was kept to a minimum of mostly 2 and but as often as 3 days per week. That was all she could bear of the erg. Because she wasn’t allowed to use the varsity ergs, she instead used the few poorly maintained ergs in the general athletic centre. Most of them didn’t have a drag factor that worked and the chain felt like it was being pulled through gravel. Despite the loneliness, she persevered over the winter, maintaining as much fitness as she could while juggling her demanding science courses and adjusting to university life away from home. She enjoyed her first year, loves the university itself despite the new direction the rowing team has taken and made loads of friends. I think she did a stellar job.

When she returned home in April after the school year ended, she hit the water right away. I had been lucky enough to purchase a lightweight single (for myself) that she trained in everyday. She continued to row and compete for our club all summer with mediocre results in her first year as a U23 lightweight. I think that she was a little disappointed, not realizing the depth of competition at that level, but she was the only U23 woman at our club and she sure doesn’t have a passion for racing singles! Rather she prefers fours and quads because of the wonderful camaraderie that they offer her. She is definitely a big team girl! Our club did move some younger girls up so she had an opportunity to row the bigger boats as well for which she is thankful for. Actually, she ended up stroking a U23 Womens 4x to a gold medal at our provincial championship regatta with these Junior girls.

Anyway, to bring this story to an end and get to my point, the new head coach continued his requirement for all rowers to achieve an erg standard to be granted a spot on the varsity team for the fall season. She attempted both the 2k and 6k and was short in both so didn’t make the team. The standard set is an aggressive “elite” standard and much more stringent than the previous winter standard and the women’s team was trimmed from previous years by more than 75%, the men by more than 50%. The new coach’s preference is to have a very trim elite level team that focuses only on small boats. Not my daughter’s cup of tea. No other university in Canada has this approach from what I can tell.

Like the other girls who didn’t make standard, my daughter rowed for the local club for the fall season where they competed in head races rather than the university circuit. She enjoyed it even though it didn’t have the same “glitter” as representing her university. Now that the winter is here again, she didn’t even bother trying to make the more relaxed erg standard set for the winter as she knows that the current team environment isn’t what she is after. The new university team no longer has the warm team environment that she enjoyed. She instead has joined some of the other rowing cast offs and is training with the university triathlon club for the wonderful team environment they have even though she has no intent of competing in that sport. And she continues to do weights on her own which she loves.

The ergo remains a problem

Sadly though, my daughter has developed an absolute hatred for the erg machine. While she no longer fears it as she did right after her friend died, the erg simply represents to her so much loss. Loss of her friend and crew mate and the lost opportunity for the warmth of a large team environment because of the new direction that the university team has made of making elite erg standards so necessary.

As we know, the erg can be a wonderful training tool and with her continued desire to row at the club level, she may miss the opportunity for more sport specific training. I also fear that if she never overcomes her feelings for it, it will haunt her in the future. I don’t want her to reach some point in her life where she has regrets.

Do any of you have any ideas of how she can alter her mindset and overcome the hatred, or at least bring it down a few notches?

Perhaps it doesn’t matter. Her father and I haven’t pushed anything regarding the erg and are just happy that she has found another sport that she enjoys to keep her active for the winter. For us, it’s about her participating in a sport that gives her joy and hopefully, a long life of healthy living.

Thank you! Sorry for the length of this post.

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CRISPR, unicorns and responsible language use

I was looking through my twitter timeline on 12 June, when I came cross a tweet by Dietram Scheufele which said “’bend nature to our will.’ #CRISPR frame in new #Doudna book might resonate differently across audiences […] #scicomm”. The tweet made reference to an article by Sharon Begley in STAT News about Jennifer Doubna’s new book, co-authored with Samuel Sternberg, A Crack in Creation: The New Power to Control Evolution, in which they reportedly write that it “won’t be long before CRISPR allows us to bend nature to our will”. I became curious about this new book and its grand claim.

The book: publicity and reactions

On 16 June, Jennifer Doudna, a pioneer in a new way of modifying or ‘editing’ genes called CRISPR Cas9, came to the UK to talk with Adam Rutherford about her new book at a Hay Festival event held at the Royal Society. CRISPR Cas9 is based on exploiting the way that bacteria snip out parts of an invading virus’s DNA “and keep a bit of it behind to help them recognise and defend against the virus next time it attack”. Scientists, like Doudna, have “adapted this system so that it could be used in other cells from animals, including mice and humans”.

The blurb for the event (which I could unfortunately not attend) says: “’A Crack In Creation’ also asks us to consider what our new-found power means: how do we enjoy its unprecedented benefits while avoiding its equally unprecedented dangers? As Doudna argues, every member of our species is implicated in the answers to these questions. Somehow we must consider and act together. The future of humankind – and of all life on Earth – is at stake. This book is an essential guide to the path that now lies ahead.” (From what I can ascertain, unicorns were not mentioned at the event)

It appears that Jennifer Doudna wants to stimulate public debate about this new technique for genetic manipulation or gene or genome editing. This is a great example of what some call ‘upstream’ engagement with an emerging technology by one of its founders. This is also an example of what people would now call responsible innovation. As one reviewer of her book, Peter Forbes, says: ”It’s always difficult when something like this [gene editing] happens to sort the hope from the hype, but anticipation is now intense. Doudna does, though, sound many notes of caution.”

Another review of Doudna’s book by Nathaniel Comfort, is a little bit more critical and says: “Rather than guiding us through the ethical thickets of precision genetic engineering, or providing a candid, warts-and-all look at one of the great scientists of our time, the book mainly polishes her ‘good scientist’ image and rationalizes the unfettered self-direction of human evolution, within liberal bounds of safety, efficacy and individual choice.” I became more and more curious.

Unicorns, dragons and flying pigs

Let’s get back to the article mentioned in the tweet by Scheufele. After reading that tweet, I read the article by Sharon Begley for STAT news entitled, intriguingly, “CRISPR pioneer Doudna envisions a world of woolly mammoths and unicorns”. We are told that: “This Doudna doesn’t hold back. We are ‘on the cusp of a new age in genetic engineering and biological mastery,’ she and Sternberg write, dangling the prospect of ‘life-changing treatments’ and ‘lifesaving cures.’ She says she is ‘not kidding’ that CRISPR could bring about ‘woolly mammoths, winged lizards, and unicorns. … It won’t be long before CRISPR allows us to bend nature to our will.’”

Wow, I thought, these are some claims. I also asked myself whether this is really how one sorts “the hope from the hype”? And I wondered whether and how the unicorns were picked up by other news articles reporting on the book (they were not mentioned in the Forbes and the Comfort reviews).

I found an article for CBC radio that notes: “Imagine a world where genetic diseases can be edited and cured, where pigs can be ‘humanized’ to use their organs for transplants in people — and where we might even run into unicorns or winged dragons.”

Here lizards have turned into dragons. Interestingly, dragons had been discussed in the context of gene editing, but one of the co-authors of the book had intimated that they would not be created: “Dr Sam Sternberg – formerly of the University of California’s Doudna Lab, which pioneered work with CRISPR-CAS9 – said […] he is not hopeful genetic engineers could ever cross the Rubicon to create dragons.” (BBC interview, 3 January, 2016)

The other article appeared in The Daily Beast and was entitled “New DNA tech creating unicorns and curing cancer for real”. Unicorns and dragons are here joined by yet another mythical creature: “Scientists say that CRISPR-Cas9 may soon allow them to perform miraculous fixes to eliminate or alter mutations that cause everything from some cancers to Parkinson’s disease. More whimsically, the technology could be used to create, say, a unicorn, or a pig with wings; though it’s unlikely they could make swine fly.” Lizards have turned into flying pigs….

Unicorns in context

I was now thoroughly hooked; I ordered the paperback edition of the book; and read it. It is a breezy and enjoyable account of the whirl-wind in which Jennifer Doudna found herself after the discovery of CRISPR Cas9, a new way to target and edit genes.

This rather personal account of excitement and collaborations is interspersed with cautious reflections on the social and ethical implications of CRISPR, but also with references to mastery (“over the code of life”, p. 113; “to rewrite the very molecules of life anyway we wish”, p. 119) and control (chapter 4 is called “Command and Control” echoing the subtitle of the book: “The New Power to Control Evolution”). Control and caution jostle with each other.

I also found the unicorns. They make their appearance in chapter 5 entitled “The CRISPR menagerie” (paperback, p. 117). Here is the quote that got some people so excited: “Within a few decades, we might well have genetically engineered pigs that can serve as human organ donors – but we could also have wooly mammoths, winged lizards and unicorns. No I am not kidding.”

The next paragraph goes on to say: “It amazes me to realize that we are on the cusp of a new era in the history of life on earth – an age in which humans exercise an unprecedented level of control over the genetic composition of the species that co-inhabit our planet. I won’t be long before CRISPR allows us to bend nature to our will in the way that humans have dreamed of since pre-history”. We are back to the tweet that set me off in chase of unicorns.

I couple of pages later the book’s sometimes breakneck foray into a new CRISPR world populated by novel plants and animals, including unicorns, is somewhat slowed down by a note of caution: “We have a responsibility to consider the ramifications in advance and to engage in a global, public, and inclusive conversation about how to best harness gene editing in the natural world, before it’s too late.” This is a call for ‘Responsible Research and Innovation’ or RRI.

Unicorns and responsible language use

A Crack in Creation has, it seems, three aims: firstly and mostly to convey the excitement of CRISPR; secondly to point out emerging risks (especially with relation to germline editing); and thirdly to stimulate public debate. My question is: are unicorns the right way to go about stimulating this debate?

I have written quite a few posts about CRISPR, some more about responsible innovation, and some others where I try to include responsible language use in the RRI agenda. I have also written an article with Carmen McLeod entitled “The dilemma of raising awareness responsibly”. The book certainly exposes this dilemma.

Viewed from the perspective of RRI and responsible language use, A Crack in Creation might therefore not only stimulate public debate about CRISPR; it might also stimulate debate about responsible language use. As we have seen, unicorns grab public and media attention; but are they good examples of responsible language use, especially since they can easily morph into flying pigs?

Master builders

This episode in the history of gene editing and public engagement reminded me of the early days of nanotechnology, where excitement mingled with concern and public discussion. At the time (around 2003/2004), a former colleague of mine, José López wrote about the trope of the master builder which he saw running through some of the early nanotech discourses, a trope that is also commonly used in science fiction. In an interview he pointed out:

“’Looking at science fiction helps us understand how we talk about nanotechnology. Science fiction usually relies on revolutionary technology or a major event to define how society works. Nanotechnology gets talked about like that—some argue that it will change everything,’ López says. This world-changing technology or event is called a novum—time travel and parallel universes are classic examples. Science fiction then typically includes a master builder who interacts with the novum and drives the story line. ‘With this mindset, we perceive nanotechnology—and the scientists driving it, the master builders— as a way to reconstruct a new world,’ López says. ‘We’re speaking the language of hubris to think we can control the future in this way. We have to remember that nanotechnology is still in its infancy.’”

This is perhaps something we should reflect on in all the excitement and promise surrounding gene editing today, as it has implications for science, society and science communication.

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Going under...again.

I’ve been in my head over the past couple of weeks about this. Should I share? Shouldn’t I? Is this too personal? Is this anybody else’s business? Do you really want the whole world to know Tia...

Well after much back and forth and strategic procrastination, I ultimately decided and finally got up the gumption and nerve to share this very private thing with you all...

2 weeks ago today, on April 11th, 2017 at 7:30 am, I underwent bariatric surgery for the second time in 8 years.

The procedure I had is not as common or popular as some of the more well known procedures: lap-band, gastric bypass, or gastric sleeving. I underwent a procedure known as a duodenal switch (DS) which is a combination of a restrictive approach (which is what the band and sleeve are) and malabsorption (which is what bypass is). In this procedure, the small intestine (the duodenum) is rerouted in order to prevent the absorption of certain fats and nutrients (malabsorption). During the second part of the procedure, a sleeve gastroectomy is performed in which a portion of the stomach is removed, leaving it resembling a banana. Hence, the name gastric sleeve. This portion is considered restrictive because it restricts the amount of food one can consume at one time, thus leading to weight loss. In layman’s terms, the surgeon goes in, rearranges some stuff and cut some stuff out to help you lose weight.

I can just about imagine the look on some of your faces as you’re reading and you’re probably wanting me to just cut to chase and explain to you how in the hell I got to the point that I would undergo this process not once, but twice. How does one’s weight loss struggle lead them down the path of risky surgical intervention twice in 8 years?

Nine years ago, when I first made it up in my mind that I wanted to pursue the surgical route, I was at my heaviest: seven pounds shy of 400 pounds. I mean I was literally looking 400 pounds in the face! Now up to that point, I had tried and had been somewhat successful at various weight loss interventions. I had done Weight Watchers, gone to a couple dietitians, tried my own weight loss and exercise regimen. In fact, I can even remember my mother taking me to Jenny Craig when I was in about fifth grade. ( Yes, fifth grade! I’ve been at this weight loss thing my whole life!) Anyway, none of them created long lasting and/or extensive results. I would get overwhelmed and discouraged at the thought of losing an entire person and a half “naturally”. It just didn’t seem rational or doable in my honest opinion. So I did some research, and I finally decided that surgery was the best route for me.

Now up until that point, the only bariatric surgery I was familiar with was gastric bypass and I was absolutely terrified of it. I had heard the horror stories of how they slice you down the middle and rearrange your guts and how painful it all was and about the risk of death from complications. But more than all that, I was discouraged by the way people who had undergone bypass looked. They all seemed to have the “lollipop syndrome”. You know, where the head looks really big and the rest of the body looks really small. And I heard about the skin. Oh Jesus the extra skin! I was terrified of losing a large amount of weight and not looking like myself; but a saggy, big-headed version of someone that used to be. So when I spoke with my doctor and told him of my concerns, he referred me to my hospital’s bariatric program. It was there that I first learned of the lap-band procedure which was all the rave at the time: a procedure in which a silicone band is placed around your stomach laparoscopically, reducing the amount of food one can eat, thus causing weight loss. It was a laproscopic procedure which meant no slicing me down the middle which meant shorter recovery time and less risk. The weight loss would be a slower process than bypass which meant my body would adjust to the weight loss easier which meant less saggy skin and no lollipop syndrome. I thought, “Yes, yes! This is the answer! Lap-Band it is!” Sadly I was mistaken...

In preparation for surgery, I went through six months of nutrition and group counseling with other bariatric patients (which I honestly hate but we’ll explore that on another day). I underwent a battery of medical and psychological tests to ensure I was fit physically and mentally fit to undergo a major surgery, and finally I had to go on a liquid diet for 3 weeks. Morbidly obese people (which I am unfortunately considered) have enlarged livers. An enlarged liver makes it difficult to operate on the stomach. So I was put on liquids in order to shrink my liver. Those were thee hardest 3 weeks of my life! Oh and did I mention it was Christmas time?? I was weak, pale, fatigued...miserable! While the rest of the family ate Christmas dinner, I ate chicken broth and drank V-8. It was pure torture. But my mind was focused on the end result: smaller, healthier, happier Tia! In that 3 weeks, I lost nearly 35 lbs! And on December 26th, 2008, I went under the knife and would come out a new woman!

The first few months after surgery were great. None of my clothes fit; I had to buy all new clothes. I had a collar bone. I could cross my legs. My knees weren’t hurting anymore. I was working out with a trainer. Eating right. I mean life was good... Except the vomiting. Oh and the times my band would slip out of place causing me excruciating pain. Then the weight loss plateau. Then the realization that I NEVER made it out of the 300s. And that, in fact, the most weight I had lost was when I was on the liquid diet pre-op.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I had lost about 4 dress sizes and had gotten down to a size 20 in jeans (I used to be a 26/28 or 30/32). But it bothered me that I was still holding steady at around 330. Then this past year, I saw my weight slowly creep back up to the tune of a 40lb weight gain. My knees began hurting again. My clothes no longer fit me. I noticed I got easily winded. Things that I was so glad to be able to do like cross my legs, I could no longer do. I was devastated. I was disappointed. I was disgusted...

So I began my research again. I began looking up the data on Lap-Bands. And lo and behold, the research now shows they aren’t really effective for the morbidly obese and that a great majority of people who had bands had them revised to other procedures. Ain’t this a blip! So here I am with this foreign object in me, that may times causes me discomfort, and it ain’t even working! WTF! I decided to go back to my same primary care doctor. He heard me out. He listened to my frustration and he understood. He told me he supported me and he would do whatever he needed to do to make sure I got what I needed. He referred me to the University of Chicago Center for Surgical Treatment for Obesity, and in December 2016 I began my bariatric journey all over again.

I have to say the team at U of C is amazing! They have taught me so much and they are truly passionate about their patients. At my initial consultation, I met with the psychological team, the nutrition team, my nurse practitioner, and finally my surgeon. They listened to me, they addressed all my concerns, they gave me tons of information and answered all my questions. The most significant moment was sitting with my surgeon one to one and going over my options and what he felt was best. It was during this conversation that I learned I should’ve never gotten a band. He explained to me that a person with my BMI (52) is not a good candidate for a band because bands simply aren’t effective in enabling significant amounts of weight loss. He told me that he doesn’t really even do them anymore because in his experience they don’t work. Period. He was visibly upset that a surgeon recommended and pushed banding on me without providing me other alternatives. He wished he had known me 8 years ago. He also expressed to me his disdain for surgeons who claim that the band is reversible; its not. It is removable, but not reversible because of how they stomach is altered due to the scar tissue caused by the placement of the band and the port. Before I knew it, I was looking this man in his eyes with tears in mine. I felt both anger and relief. I was angry that I wasn’t presented with all my options. But I was relieved at the fact that it wasn’t all me. I didn’t fail the procedure; the procedure failed me. It was in that meeting that we decide I would move forward with the removal of my band and would revise to a duodenal switch.

Again, I went through the pre-op medical stuff: medical tests to ensure I was physically able to withstand another surgery, nutrition class, and pre-op diet (no liquids this time: just high protein, low carb, low fat). And on April 11th I walked through the doors of the University of Chicago Center for Care and Discovery, said a prayer, kissed my teary-eyed mother goodbye, and went into surgery.

Recovery this time has been way more intense. The Lap-Band procedure is a relatively simple procedure. I went home that same day. However, the DS is way more involved and required a couple nights’ stay in the hospital. I was in a great amount of pain in the abdominal area. My energy is extremely low. I’ve been on pain meds and stool softeners and some other medicine for my gallbladder. I have to take give myself 2 injections per day in my side which has left my stomach a mural of blue and purple bruises. If I don’t inject myself, I run the risk of getting a blood clot which could cause death. Some days are good; others not so much..

So back to how I got to this point. I was tired of being fat yall. There is no other way to put it. I love myself. Don’t get me wrong. But my weight is something that I have never been totally comfortable with. I have dealt with it. I haven’t let it keep me from living life totally. But I wanted it gone. And this is what I felt was best for me. Yes, I know some people say, “just eat right. Work out. Be disciplined. You’ll lose it!” And while I don’t disagree with those methods, in fact I STILL have to do those things, that simply was not enough for me. People struggle with losing 10 to 20 lbs. Can you fathom losing 200?

Contrary to what others may think, weight loss surgery is NOT the easy way out. This is THEE hardest thing I’ve ever had to do and I’ve done it TWICE. Surgery is only a tool! It doesn’t work on its own. I have to still work it. I have to be disciplined. I have to be focused. I have to be determined. Now more than ever, because at this point my life literally depends on it. I have to take about 6 dietary/vitamin supplements for the rest of my life. If I don’t, I run the risk of malnutrition and other health complications. So no, this is’t easy. Not by a long shot. But when you’ve been fighting the war on weight literally all your life, there comes a point where you have to make some hard decisions. And this is what I decided. I know my family and friends were concerned and quite frankly some were not in agreement, whether they expressed it outwardly or not. But again, this was a decision I had to make for me; no one else

For those of you who may be considering, weight loss surgery, please take into consideration the above-mentioned things. But first and foremost, have a real conversation with yourself. Ask yourself, is this what you want? Why do you want it? Are you looking for an easy out? Are you ready for the changes that will come with it? Are you strong enough to stand in your decision?

Remember at the end of the day, this is about you, your body, your health, your happiness...

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