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[pandemic-info]

Until recently, doctors didn’t think it made a difference which arm patients got their COVID-19 vaccine in. But a new study from Oregon Health & Science University shows that switching arms between doses could lead to as much as a fourfold increase in immune response. Though further studies are necessary, researchers suspect the improvement has to do with how the body learns to protect itself against viruses, meaning the results could be replicated in other multidose vaccine regimens.

The study: https://www.jci.org/articles/view/176411

Contralateral second dose improves antibody responses to a 2-dose mRNA vaccination regimen

More from the article:

Miller:  What did you find?

Curlin: If you switch arms and get your first dose in the right arm and then come back and get your second dose in the left arm, you have about a one-and-a-half to two times higher antibody response over time, compared to people that got it in the same arm. And we’re talking about antibodies specifically directed at the type of virus that the vaccine was made from.

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Miller:  And so we’re imagining how this would actually benefit people. So let’s say that you had the booster and the initial COVID vaccine in just one arm. Then you go to a party. You breathe in some COVID virus particles and they go into your system. And then they eventually hit both sides, but only say your right arm has been trained to make these antibodies?

Curlin:  Well, the immune response is general. So regardless of which arms you got, once you’re immunized in some way, by vaccination or previous exposure, you have an immune response. And it doesn’t matter. The arm part is now no longer particularly relevant. It’s how big that immune response is and how broad it is. How able is it to cope with slightly different incoming threats? So if you got your vaccination in the opposite arm and you go to that party, you have a slightly higher level of antibodies.

[ghoulpoole]

open letter to OHSU urology

permanent hair removal for bottom surgery is unnecessary, expensive, and painful. it is an arbitrary barrier to care. if you seek bottom surgery and your surgeon expects you to do this, push back. they will only give us the care we deserve if we demand it.

[emptyliqourbottles]

[the-mira-life-project-mtf]

Gender Reassignment Surgery Finally Scheduled!

It has been almost 17 months since the last time that I visited the OHSU clinic in Portland Oregon to see if I was a candidate for GRS.

There have been many times that my hope had fallen through. Days when I wondered if something outside of my control had ruined my plans to finally feel ‘complete’.

To compound the mental pain during the process, my experience with OHSU has been somewhat ‘complicated’. I am used to medical departments keeping their patients up to date...however, this is just a fantasy that I strongly urge others to avoid.

First off, let me say that my encounter with Dr. Dy, at OHSU was a pleasant experience. Unlike other physicians who only see the physical treatment and outcome, I was greatly appreciative that Dr. Dy also took into consideration my emotions and feelings regarding this sensitive topic that I would rarely speak in public.

It was because of my trust in her, her medical background, and willingness to understand ‘my own’ situation that I committed my care at OHSU. As for the urology department, my experience wasn’t all too great. Hopefully this will change in the following appointments.

One topic that I wish to cover in this blog post is:

Do not be afraid to reach out!

I have reached out three times to OHSU regarding my surgery status, and each time, I have received a different response.

I left OHSU in January 2022 knowing that the surgery would most possibly not occur that calendar year, thanks to COVID. Dr. Dy mentioned in clinic that due to the virus, their patients were backed up. She gave a timeline of ten months upwards to a year.

Yet, as time went on, I never heard a word regarding the status of my surgery. I would check the Portal monthly to see if any messages were sent, but as always, there was nothing to report.

By August of 2022, I finally reached out to the clinic and asked for an update. I was given the timeframe of January 2023 to May 2023 to hear a response for surgery scheduling (but not the offical surgery date).

Yet, by May 1st of 2023, I had yet to hear from them.

So, I sent another message after talking to my PCP and therapist regarding my communication with OHSU. I had expected a prompt reply within 3 days as the Portal promises, yet something ‘anxiety-producing’ had happened that I wish to discuss:

The Portal allows you to see if your messages have been opened, and by May 2nd, my message had been marked as ‘Seen’. Yet, day after day, I recieved no reply from the department of urology.

By May 3rd, I expected to finally have my reply so that I could make plans for the future: like lodging, psychology papers for surgery, saving money, arranging caregivers, and preparing my family to live without me at home

Yet once again, no reply came.

May 4th & 5th, I began to wonder if the clinic was trying to receive an answer to my question...so I gave them the benefit of the doubt.

May 6th & 7th was the weekend, so I did not expect any reply from OHSU. But I was almost certain that a decent person would at least say something by Monday, May 8th.

During the weekend, I wondered what was the reason as to why no one wrote a reply. I came up with many thoughts at night that made me worry and despair. Thoughts like: ‘Are they angry with me?’ | ‘Am I no longer a patient?’ | ‘Did I send the message to the wrong person?’ | ‘Is this something to do with my insurance?’ | ‘Maybe this is a sign that I should not be having surgery!’

By May 8th, my reply had never come.

I began to think that maybe this was a universal sign that I should not be having this surgery after all. And I began wondering if I should wait for an eternity, or look elsewhere for surgery and begin the whole process all over again.

That night, I thought of sending a reminder message to the department: ‘Maybe they forgot?’ Yet, if they cannot answer a simple question regarding scheduling and paperwork...then is it a really good idea to entrust my future care with their department? Especially if I have an urgent question in post-op!

‘Well, the last message did say ‘at the end of Spring’, and Spring officially is over on June 21st. Maybe I should just be patient?”

May 9th -- like before, I waited for a reply -- but no reply came.

Today, my mother brought up my ‘lack’ of swimming and I told her that the last time I went to swim at the YMCA, I had a terrible experience that has kept me away from the pool for almost one year.

Without GRS, my life has been in a painful standstill.

I cannot use any public restroom or locker room because of my strict morals. Everyone is different, but my morals prevent me from using a women’s restroom if I still have a penis. This is because I would never want to encounter a man in a women’s restroom...even if that individual is a transwoman who hasn’t undergone GRS.

I can no longer use a male’s restroom or locker room...because I now ‘appear’ too much as a female. Not to mention that this would create a terrible experience of abuse and even possible sexual harassment.

Even without GRS, I cannot face going to the ER for emergencies due to a bad experience in 2019 when I had to reveal that I was transgender. Even my time in the ocean had suffered because of fear of getting wet and things revealing too much...it is a painful existence!

With a long drive to Bainbridge Island, I had plenty of time to think of my next move. I sent a second message to OHSU...but instead of placing blame...I apologized and asked once more.

I honestly did not expect anything to come out of it.

Around 3:10PST I finally recieved a reply from OHSU. In communications with Mr. Skelton who asked if I would like to have surgery on July 12th 2023 with Dr. Dy being my attending physician.

I was thrilled!

I quickly checked my calandar to see that surgery will be a week after my vacation. Perfect timing!

So, with one step closer to finalizing my new life as a female...I can only dream of returning back to the pool to swim! Play in the ocean and clam dig! Not be afraid to use the restroom when I really need it. No fear in violating my morals bathing amongst other women in onsen and locker rooms.

I can finally focus on my health instead of jeopardizing it. Even possibly enter a relationship without having a panic attack.

For most of my life, I felt neither male or female...but both at the same time. I can only wonder how my future will change after this surgery...for the best and for the worse.

Only time will tell; though the path will be long.

[wildbeimwild]

Steuergeldverschwendung an Universitäten?

In den USA führte die Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Experimente an Präriemäusen durch, um herauszufinden, ob Alkohol einen Einfluss auf deren Partnerwahl hat. In den absurden Experimenten wurden weibliche und männliche Präriemäuse eine Woche lang zusammen in Plastikkisten gesperrt. Dann wurden die Tiere gezielt mit Alkohol vergiftet. Den Mäusen wurden vergleichbare Mengen von bis zu…

[coochiequeens]

A patient said something she thought was in confidence and he (the doctor) shared it with staff? And now TRAs are harassing a woman fighting breast cancer? That doctor needs to lose his license for violating patient confidentiality

A woman in Oregon receiving treatment for breast cancer has been dropped by her health clinic of 12 years because she expressed views critical of gender ideology.

Marlene Barbera, who is scheduled for a mastectomy later this month, told Reduxx that she had commented on the presence of a transgender pride flag that was hanging in the waiting room of the Richmond Family Medical Clinic in Portland last year.

Barbera explained that she had written a message to her doctor on MyChart, a website where patients can access their personal health information, describing that she found the inclusion of “political messaging in a healthcare setting” as “offensive.”

She, like a growing number of women, has “gender critical” views, rejecting modern ideologies that conflate biological sex and “gender identity.” Barbera mentioned she had faced rape and death threats from trans activists on X (formerly Twitter), many of whom would have identified with that same flag.

Initially, the Doctor, who she revealed had been her primary care provider for over ten years, said that he would not take the flag down. But while Barbera had initially believed their correspondence to be private, she later discovered that the note to her physician had been viewed and shared by other staff at the clinic.

This June, while attempting to leave a message for her doctor regarding blood test results, the issue continued to escalate. A receptionist at the clinic, who Barbera speculated was transgender, did not permit her to be patched through to her doctor.

“The person insisted I make an appointment. I have breast cancer and consequently an abundance of medical appointments so I did not want to do that. They got frustrated with my ‘non-compliance’ and hung up on me,” Barbera told Reduxx.

“Thinking it might have been in error, I called back. I was told I was ‘not allowed’ and that I must speak to the previous person who had hung up on me. I declined as things hadn’t gone well the first time.”

She then questioned whether the refusal from the first receptionist was due to her previous complaint about the trans pride flag in the lobby.

“I asked, guessing ‘did I hurt the trans person’s feelings?’ And the receptionist took offense to the question, asking ‘what did you say‘ slowly and with great emphasis.”

Weeks later, Barbera received an email from Oregon Health Science University’s (OHSU) Stein Berger, informing her that she had been “discharged from receiving medical care at the Richmond Family Medicine Clinic,” effective immediately, with services to be cut off from all OHSU Family Medicine Clinics, including immediate care clinics, from July 29th. The email did in fact specify that she was being removed “because of ongoing disrespectful and hurtful remarks about our LGBTQ community and staff.”

Barbera told Reduxx that the incident had sent her “anxiety through the roof” and that she was struggling with her mental health as a result of the stress.

“I have severe chronic agitated depression since teen years,” Barbera explains. “Now I have no primary care doctor and nowhere else to go. I have been made to feel like a worthless nothing.”

This is not the first time a woman has lost access to critical medical services due to her “gender critical” views.

In October of last year, a woman identified as Emma by the UK’s Daily Mail was banned from having an operation in London’s Princess Grace Hospital because she requested single sex accommodation. The woman, who had been scheduled for a complex colorectal operation, also expressed that she did not want to “use pronouns or engage with such manifestations of gender ideology.”

Despite having experience being the victim of sexual assault, Emma was banned from having her procedure at the facility for requesting single-sex care.

[loki-zen]

it shouldn’t be allowed to be this cold i should live in california or something 😞

[vincaminor42]

YES!! 

I literally stopped going to my weekly medical thing cause they stopped requiring masks in the *16 story building full of sick people* - I’d rather scratch all my skin off into bloody rags than put up with that

am i insane or should masks be mandated for hospitals as a permanent installation. a forever institution. always. covid is an irrelevant factor when hospitals are always full of both very sick and very immunocompromised people..?

[topmychart]

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[thymefraym]

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[concretepuppy]

how much did you pay for your phalloplasty, all things considered? i think i want one but the idea of the cost is daunting

for electrolysis, surgery, and hospital stays, nothing. I live in Oregon where Medicaid covers bottom surgery. I can even schedule free rides to/from OHSU, which is about 2 hours from where I live. I’ve only had to pay for medical supplies (probably ~$200-$300 for all three stages), hotel rooms bc for stage 1 they required I get there a day early, and for stages 2 & 3 I chose to get there a day early bc my surgeries were early in the morning, and any non-hospital food. so all in all probably less than $1,000.

[360nw]

Portland Streetcar NS Line at OHSU Commons - Portland Oregon - February 2011

[thotsoflore]

So I know this is just a shot in the dark but if there's anybody that's had any kind of experience with Toby Meltzer in Arizona for vaginoplasty would you be willing to DM me with your experience and whether or not he's worth going to? I'm just having very little luck finding accounts online and given how long he's been in the business I'm kind of concerned.

I've been planning to go to OHSU for GRS but it's getting to the point where I'm getting very concerned about how far out they're scheduled and their tendency to reschedule appointments with little notice. So I'm doing my best to find alternatives just in case.

[pishifuzul]

you only paid $2k for your boobs? Mine was like 5.5k at OHSU once the dust settled, I'm still on a payment plan for mine...

did your surgeon go for the underboob incisions or periareolar?

how are the implants settling in?

i guess I lucked out with my particular student health insurance 😭 big oof for urs I'm sorry

surgeon did underboob (will be revealed soon!) and I got 250ml each side

they're settling slowly but steadily. still a bit perkier than looks entirely "natural" but it's only been three weeks. I've been taking pictures daily bc I wanna compile them into a little montage after like a couple months

[t4t4t]

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