k-statearmywife

Actually it's from Psychology of Women, Sociology of Women, and the Social Construction of Sex (among many other relevant courses I've taken). They are mostly 500-600 level courses, god knows I haven't taken an introductory 200 level course in years!

Nonviolent Studies aims to combat: Domestic Violence (for ALL PEOPLE) Stalking Violence in Schools (school shootings, bullying, etc.) Discrimination (based on race or ethnicity, gender, sexual preference, etc.) and Sexual Abuse (for children as well as adults) And yes, Nonviolent Studies are also feminist because feminists believe that ALL PEOPLE (young, old, men, women, intersexed, gays, lesbians, *I could go on forever) have a basic human right to feel safe and free from harm.

I'd love to know what your intention was to provide an "other" category in the poll. Were you being facetious or genuinely being considerate?

First let's start with some basics. *Sex - biological characteristics (XX=female, XY=male) *Gender - socially constructed ideals about males and females *Transgender - an individual who feels that they are neither male or female OR a male who subscribes to stereotypical female gendered scripts OR a female who identifies with male gender roles *Transexual - an individual who has reconstructive surgery to alter their reproductive organs to identify with a male or female *Intersexual - an individual who has intermingled male/female sex characteristics (previously "hermaphroditism") - This occurs in 1.7% of live human births (Almost 2 out of every 100 babies born) -How? Typically when a baby is born the genitalia clearly identify the baby as either a male or female, but there are measurements that a doctor can do to check as well. Believe it or not, the clitoris is the equvalent of the penis (external genitalia) (I can explain this too if you'd like). .5-1cm external genitalia is considered a clitoris (female) 2.5-4.5cm external genitalia is considered a penis (male) So what about the gap in between?? = INTERSEXUALITY Many things can cause this to happen: Turner Syndrome (XO chromosomes) =1 in 2,500 female births (the uterus and ovaries are missing) Klinefelter Syndrome (XXY chromosomes) 1 in 600 births (small penis/testes, feminized hips, small breasts) XYY Syndrome = 1 in 1,000 births (males are taller than average) Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) = adrenal glands produce abnormally high amounts of androgens (male hormones) (the individual has a uterus and either a large clitoris or small penis) Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) = genetic males cannot utilize androgen (they don't have internal reproductive organs, but they do have a small penis) 5 Alpha-Reductase Deficiency = prevents prenatal differentiation of the external genetalia tissue into a penis (there is no penis but the individual has facial hair, deep voice, broad shoulders) Many times when there is any speculation as to a baby's sex, the doctors perform a surgery that shapes the genitalia into a clitoris, whether or not that baby had ovaries or not....leaving many males with clitorises. So as you can see, it IS possible for an individual to be neither a male or a female. And who's to say they have to choose? Please be respectful of these individuals because 1-2 out of every 100 people that you know could be intersexed! *This information was typed by myself from a feminist course taught at Kansas State University in 2009. I am a Psychology major and a Women's Studies minor, as well as a minor in Nonviolent Studies. If you have any more questions or would like to know more about anything that I discussed, I will answer them with the training that I have recieved.

I just wanted to say thank you for providing an "other" category for individuals who identify with a gender other than male or female. I hope people take it seriously because it is respectful to recognize that not everyone is either a man or a woman. High-five for you lol.

I agree. My surgeon also required a Pulminology exam. And I think there was one or two more that I can't think of. I spent literally an entire day at the hospital doing testing, only to come back the next week and get my Upper G.I. (you have to go under anesthesia for this).

I'm still new...just got my first fill. I have not PBed yet..ever, but I definetly got stuck this morning....it was Peanut Butter toast, which I was able to eat fine before my fill. It was so painful...my eyes started watering, it hurt to inhale...etc...I just wanted it to come up or go down! What have you done to imediately relieve the stuck feeling? If you PB, how do you do it?

I just got my first fill yesterday and my dr. does NOT use the xray thing to do it. I got some lidocane which STUNG! and didn't feel the gigantic needle that he filled me with. P.S. I got my first 1cc!

Skim. It has all the same nutrients and protein that whole milk has, just less fat...and that's why we're all here, right...less fat?

Thanks for your reply. I actually havn't vomited or PB since I was banded. I am however still learning what I can and can't eat, and things do get stuck or go down painfully sometimes when I'm not paying attention to chewing a billion times. I just wanted to know which situation could cause more complications - I was told that repeatedly getting stuck can cause stretching of the pouch, and vomiting can cause slippage...so in terms of complications, which one was worse.

Yeah, I don't think Minime was refering to my reply to you as being "flame." Maybe you should read my original post, and see the way you replied to it. "Vomiting is bad. period" was not an answer to my question....it was stating the obvious. Both of my senarios are not good for you or your band, everybody should know this. What I was asking was which was worse than the other....so stating that one of my senarios is bad is quite obvious. And so is your attitude.

I never implied that PBing was the same thing as vommiting...hence the "or" in my original post. And thanks for not answering my question.

PBing or vomiting several times a week OR eating a little too much/fast and getting stuck once a day Which is worse in terms of risk for band complications?

I had my surgery as a Junior on a Wednesday, and my butt was in those seats on Monday morning! It was hard to stay awake because the pain meds made me sleepy, and I definetly walked slower to my classes. The desk tops in lecture kinda rubbed my belly, and it was also difficult to bend over and pick anything off the floor or out of my bag from a sitting position. All of my professors were very cool about the whole experience. So even having my surgery in the middle of a 15 credit hour semster, I still made all As in my classes and am holding a 3.6GPA at Kansas State University!

You should get rid of meat altogether and try a leaner alternative that is better for you AND the environment! Try Morningstar Crumbles, Texturized Vegetable Protien (TVP), or TOFU in place of ground beef or turkey in nearly any recipie! Seriously...think about what's healthiest for you and the planet.

LBT NAME: k-statearmywife Height: 5' 7'' Surgery Date: Nov. 4th Don't know this info...just know I've lost about 28lbs. Starting Weight (preop diet) Surgery Weight Current Weight

My pre-op testing was over $300 but my surgery was only $23.00 and I still have $400+ left on my deductable. I say it truly depends on who gets your file/paperwork at the tricare place. It's never the same for two people.

Um, how long ago did you have your surgery?

In MOST places in America it is not quite normal for every customer to bring their own bags. It's still catching on, but not all grocery stores give you a discount yet. And as for taking the groceries to the car, I live near a military base and at the commissary the local teenagers do it for a tip because they don't get paid hourly. Even though I don't need the help, I know they do with the money. And the only store I know of that you have to pay for a shopping cart is Aldi which is a very limited, but cheap store.

I've lost 28lbs (had surgery early November), and have gone down 3 jean sizes. From a 24 to a 18 or 20 depending on the brand. I'm only 6 weeks post op and I have a PILE of jeans and shirts that are way too big for me now.

YIkes! I thought everyone knew better than to use Splenda! Looks like there are still some people who are clueless! Splenda is different from other sweeteners in that it claims to be ‘made from sugar,’ and ‘natural,’ because Splenda is the trade name for sucralose. Sucralose is a synthetic compound, which — without going into too much scientific detail –is basically sugar modified by adding chlorine atoms. Sucralose, incidentally, was discovered in the 1970s by researchers looking to create a new pesticide. Chlorine is added to many products – drinking Water, for example – and does not necessarily render the product dangerous. On the other hand, you are ingesting chlorine, which is not advised in large amounts. The reason Splenda produces no calories, is that the majority passes through the body without being digested. Most studies show that only around 15% of Splenda is actually digested. The worrisome fact for some researchers is that people with healthier GI systems, will absorb more of the Splenda, and thus more of the dangerous chlorine. So, is Splenda safe? The truth is we just don’t know yet. There are no long-term studies of the side effects of Splenda in humans. The manufacturer’s own short-term studies showed that very high doses of sucralose (far beyond what would be expected in an ordinary diet) caused shrunken thymus glands, enlarged livers, and kidney disorders in rodents. (A more recent study also shows that Splenda significantly decreases beneficial gut flora.) But in this case, the FDA decided that because these studies weren’t based on human test animals, they were not conclusive. Of course, rats had been chosen for the testing specifically because they metabolize sucralose more like humans than any other animal used for testing. In other words, the FDA has tried to have it both ways — they accepted the manufacturer’s studies on rats because the manufacturer had shown that rats and humans metabolize the sweetener in similar ways, but shrugged off the safety concerns on the grounds that rats and humans are different. In our view, determining that something is safe (or not) in laboratory rats isn’t a definitive answer, as we’ve seen countless examples of foods and drugs that have proved dangerous to humans that were first found to be safe in laboratory rats, both in short- and long-term studies Side Effects:Evidence that there are side effects of Splenda is accumulating little by little. Sucralose has been implicated as a possible migraine trigger, for example. Self-reported adverse reactions to Splenda or sucralose collected by the Sucralose Toxicity Information Center include skin rashes/flushing, panic-like agitation, dizziness and numbness, diarrhea, swelling, muscle aches, headaches, intestinal cramping, bladder issues, and stomach pain. These show up at one end of the spectrum — in the people who have an allergy or sensitivity to the sucralose molecule. But no one can say to what degree consuming Splenda affects the rest of us, and there are no long-term studies in humans with large numbers of subjects to say one way or the other if it’s safe for everyone. If this sounds familiar, it should: we went down the same path with aspartame, the main ingredient in Equal and NutraSweet. Almost all of the independent research into aspartame found dangerous side effects in rodents. The FDA chose not to take these findings into account when it approved aspartame for public use. Over the course of 15 years, those same side effects increasingly appeared in humans. Not in everyone, of course — but in those who were vulnerable to the chemical structure of aspartame. As food additives, artificial sweeteners are not subject to the same gauntlet of FDA safety trials as pharmaceuticals. Most of the testing is funded by the food industry, which has a vested interest in the outcome. This can lead to misleading claims on both sides. But one thing is certain: some of the chemicals that comprise artificial sweeteners are known hazards — the degree to which you experience side effects just depends on your individual biochemistry. Manufacturers are banking on the fact that our bodies won’t absorb very much of these compounds at any one time. And many of us don’t. But what happens when we are ingesting a combination of artificial sweeteners like Splenda dozens of times a week through many different “low–sugar” or “sugar–free” products? Sugar substitutes and the potential danger of Splenda

I find it hard to believe that someone can have major sugery and have no discomfort or mild pain whatsoever. Being psychology major, one year from my degree, I would say a more plausable explanation would be that you've simply forgotten the pain that you had post-op because other feelings or events were more important to you at the time. People don't just get 5 inscisions and an artificial band placed around one of their major internal organs and have no discomfort after the operation. Just saying...use common sense...of course it's going to cause pain.

You're going to get people that are going to fib and say that nothing ever hurt, ever, but you're also going to get answers from the other end of the spectrum saying that the gas pains were pretty bad, definetly worse than the insicsions. They will give you pain medicine both in the hospital, and when you leave, so provided that you take it, your pain will be managable.

Actually Tricare Standard is an option for active duty families as well. It's what most people switch to when the servicemember deploys and the rest of the family moves back home (away from the base) where there isn't military providers. Active duty can switch to Standard at any time.