I've heard that claim too, but I also thought I'd heard that the evidence was scant. Which is why I went looking for the rebuttal.
Honestly, you meet the most appalling sort of people....
Giles ,'Chosen'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
bon bon - Sep 21, 2005 3:06:37 pm PDT #9763 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
quester - Sep 21, 2005 3:09:26 pm PDT #9764 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Are we discussing Lost here, tonight or in Boxed Set?
ETA: d'oh! Yean, the Lost thread, stupid!
DavidS - Sep 21, 2005 3:10:05 pm PDT #9765 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Are we discussing Lost here, tonight or in Boxed Set?
Probably in the Lost thread.
DavidS - Sep 21, 2005 3:11:04 pm PDT #9766 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Steph L. - Sep 21, 2005 3:12:07 pm PDT #9767 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
t trying not to be nervous about the pill now that my NP and I just agreed today I should go back on it for a few months in hopes of convincing my body to stop having stupidly short cycles
Susan, the BCPs of today are so low-dose, compared with the early days of BCPs, that you have to be in a high-risk category for there to be a statistical chance of an adverse event. You don't smoke, you're under 35, and your BP is good. Trust me, you and your heart are going to be fine.
(You know how in the F2F thread you said you dig statistics, even of catastrophes? Think of this in that light. Statistically, you're golden.)
Burrell - Sep 21, 2005 3:12:37 pm PDT #9768 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh, bon, I revised a bit after you replied.
I've heard that claim too, but I also thought I'd heard that the evidence was scant.
Interesting. I know that one treatment for breast cancer is to suppress all the estrogen production. That would be pretty drastic, especially if they don't have strong evidence linking estrogen with breast cancer. However I think it's a WILD leap to go from suppressing estrogen in women with breast cancer to suppressing it in healthy women.
Susan W. - Sep 21, 2005 3:15:04 pm PDT #9769 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
You don't smoke, you're under 35, and your BP is good. Trust me, you and your heart are going to be fine.
Even if I'm 34 3/4 and my BP runs in the 130/70 range?
DavidS - Sep 21, 2005 3:16:23 pm PDT #9770 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Even if I'm 34 3/4 and my BP runs in the 130/70 range?
::waits patiently while Teppy looks up 911 in Seattle:
Steph L. - Sep 21, 2005 3:17:35 pm PDT #9771 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Even if I'm 34 3/4 and my BP runs in the 130/70 range?
My god, you're a ticking time bomb! (Sorry; just trying a little levity.) t edit Heh. x-post with Smart-Ass Hecubus.
My feeling is, when you go to the grocery/Target/pharmacy, check your BP at the machines that are in the pharmacy section. If your BP stays at that level, you're still golden.
billytea - Sep 21, 2005 3:21:41 pm PDT #9772 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
My god, you're a ticking time bomb!
I want to wire up a time bomb to the speaking clock. "At the third stroke, it will be Three. Minutes. To Doomsday. Precisely. Dooot--Dooot--Dooot."