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I was listening to NPR on the way to work this morning (and my drive takes all of five minutes, so this was rather awesome timing), and they did a piece on the Iron Editor Challenge at Otakon, which was pretty cool. You can listen to it here.

As for the girly stuff, I'm hiding it behind a cut. There's no descriptive detail or anything, (if you don't click the link) but I figure it's basic courtesy not to whine about one's medical problems in "public".

I have been bleeding more or less nonstop since April. The progestin the doctor gave me a month ago only managed to stop it for about three days. I'm going in for a d&c. This is a bigger deal than I thought it would be - they're going to put me under completely instead of just local, which makes me very nervous, as I am overweight and have asthma. Also, I am highly anemic, which is entirely the fault of my reproductive system. On a somewhat more positive note, I have finally found an iron supplement that doesn't tear my GI tract up - SlowFE seems to be pretty good stuff, And the pills are tiny compared with the Repliva, which were enormous. (In a grand dose of coincidence, I actually have a pile of paperwork from SlowFE's manufacturer on my desk, at the moment).

I'd say "I wish I were a boy," except I'd probably have prostate problems or something if I were.

ETA: STFU eljay, "girly" is so a word. As is "progestin"