She's trying to start a rival movement with the intention of examining the structures of patriarchy behind the way many women feel about their bodies, rather than treating the symptoms with more beauty myth crap.

If she does, I'd love to hear about it.

My sister is going off Celexa and will be starting Cymbalta. She is beyond miserable. She doesn't even know why her doctor is making the change. Yeah, she is not much for the questions. She is seeing him today and I encouraged her to let him know how tough the transition has been. It breaks my heart to see her in so much pain.

Bobby news is crazy making. We got his MRI at 5:30 yesterday. It took forever and wow is it loud! It took them 3 sticks to get the contrast flowing. Then she took extra films because she thought they were needed. Both the techs in the office grilled us as to whether he had hit his head. No, not that any of us recall including Bobby. So they changed the order to stat and by the time we left at 8 they said the films had already been read by the radiologist and he was calling my doctor's cell phone.

We were on the phone and texting back and forth with our doctor until about 10. He never got a call and the place wasn't answering their phone. (doctor is a friend) He was saying stuff to worry me like insisting I take Bobby to the ER if he has any problem. He doesn't. He has weakness and headaches, not anything different than he has for a while.

So the reports are received at the practice via email and I am confident if it isn't already there my doctor will be on it first thing. In the meantime, I am trying to maintain my lifelong habit of anticipating the best possible outcome.

In summary, hugs welcome.

She's trying to start a rival movement with the intention of examining the structures of patriarchy behind the way many women feel about their bodies, rather than treating the symptoms with more beauty myth crap.

A lot of the Fat Acceptance movement addresses this idea. [link] [link] [link] Those are links to some of the blogs, but I didn't hunt down particularly relevant posts. [link] That's the BMI project.

In summary, hugs welcome.

This I can do. {{{{{{{Laura and Bobby and Bobby's brain}}}}}}

Laura, how tough that must be for you all. Hope the news comes in quickly this morning.

DH has the films they gave us last night and is on his way to Miami to give them to the doc. I didn't bother to look at them because I wouldn't have a clue what I was looking at.

eta: I also don't know why they gave me films when I asked for a CD.

{{{Laura}}}

A lot of the Fat Acceptance movement addresses this idea.

Thanks for the links! I was telling her to look into fat acceptance, as well as disabled feminist stuff, and feminism in general. Her concern was the size of this Facebook group she was invited to - about a million people signing up to tell all the "girls" they know that they're beautiful, without any critique of the use of the beauty myth as oppression - and so she wanted to set up an alternative and see if it goes anywhere. Which she's done. She's now contacting the press to see if she can get some interest going around this subject, to tie in with Valentine's Day.

Edited to remove a link I put up for a limited time, because of contact details.

{{{{Laura and DH and Bobby and Little Brandon}}}}}

So many hugs and good thoughts for you guys babe.

((Laura & Family))

Omnis, I'm glad you were able to work things out with your boss.

(((Laura))). So much -ma headed your way.

(((Teppy))). Much med trasitioning-ma for you. I hate that feeling.