tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post1310552514667892476..comments2024-03-26T08:06:19.661-04:00Comments on The Road Less Travelled: Lena Dunham & making tough reproductive choices loribethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-73935064591285132032018-02-27T04:42:11.839-05:002018-02-27T04:42:11.839-05:00I read her article too - I think thanks to Inferti...I read her article too - I think thanks to Infertile Phoenix. And my exact thoughts were that every celebrity who speaks out about their story helps.<br />And yes, it's so disgusting that women's reproductive health issues are still so ignored. I'm off to read the second article now.Malihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-7754318613269169502018-02-25T09:54:24.747-05:002018-02-25T09:54:24.747-05:00Wow. Just... wow! I’m so glad you shared! Wow. Just... wow! I’m so glad you shared! Mr. Thompson and Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11880133826959537883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-5917983041406625922018-02-24T16:38:35.000-05:002018-02-24T16:38:35.000-05:00Oh, wow. I will have to read the articles in their...Oh, wow. I will have to read the articles in their entirety another day as I suspect it will make me more than a little sad, but how freaking empowering for her to be able to make her decisions in the face of all the hope peddling when she KNEW it wasn't right. And I so agree with Cristy -- that's a HUGE list of problems that they found when they removed it -- what the eff is up with women's health when the best way to diagnose a multitude of uterine abnormalities is apparently an organ post-mortem? So messed up. Did no one give her an HSG or SSG or any of those tests beyond ultrasound? Seems crazy that she suffered for so long and her doctors were in the dark about so much. Jeezum. I can't imagine (well, I guess I can) how people could judge her for such a decision. I loved what she said, that she gave up on pain and gave up on uncertainty. Those sound like giving up cigarettes, or heroin -- definitely things worth giving up! Thank you for sharing, and thanks to Lena Dunham for once again putting it all out there, I hope it helps to quiet some of the "you never know" and "but have you tried" bilk that makes a body question their decisions when their decision is absolutely the right one. FOR THEM. And how freeing that statement that we can hope, but we can't expect, to have a clear path with biology. Makes me feel a little better about my own dysfunctional reproductive system. Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868505568965284742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-81617012216209017002018-02-22T22:08:35.784-05:002018-02-22T22:08:35.784-05:00I just read it. I had to run to the bathroom to hi...I just read it. I had to run to the bathroom to hide my tears.Claire Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534901535382709980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-8709940749131853902018-02-22T17:11:47.605-05:002018-02-22T17:11:47.605-05:00I read Lena Durham’s article and wanted to scream ...I read Lena Durham’s article and wanted to scream while reading the paragraph of everyone telling her she was right. How did every single one of her doctors miss that her uterus was deformed?!?!? How did they miss the retrograde bleeding?!?!? I guarantee if this was happening in her brain or her heart, lawyers would be lining up for the pending malpractice lawsuit, but because it’s her reproductive organs they all encouraged her to reconsider until they had her uterus stating them in the face.<br /><br />How is this even right?<br /><br />I agree with you: there’s this assumption we have control over biology. From planning pregnancies to having birth plans, people tend to forget that biology is the ultimate decider. And I think that scares many because it means we really aren’t in control. Cristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317873211902543387noreply@blogger.com