In the great hard drive /server crash of 2006, we lost of lot of data.
http://www.elainemiller.com/blog/geekery/2006/arghh-my-tech-world-hates-me/
But thanks to the magic of Google’s cache, I managed to fish the missing posts out of the aether, and re-post ‘em for Spike. The comment format is a bit wonky on the retrieved posts, but everything should be here.
-Elaine
Hi, this is Elaine posting.
The most recent server crash last week hosed the list entirely (and the backups went down the chute as well), so if you were once on the announce-only list for Spike saying she’s updated this blog, you gotta subscribe again. Geekily sorry.
http://spikeharris.com/mailman/listinfo/spikebroadcast_spikeharris.com
ps: I’ve moved from the old hosting company to an entirely different one.
-Elaine
Thankfully, it’s not your tax dollars at work. It’s your toothpaste dollars.
http://www.patientlinx.com/healthday/20060317/H531363.cfm
Hysterectomy Can Lower Sexual Desire
FRIDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) — Hysterectomy involving ovary removal (oophorectomy) increases a woman’s likelihood of experiencing low sexual desire, and decreased pleasure and orgasm, researchers report.
The effect was stronger than that seen in women who underwent natural menopause, the researchers add.
“This extensive, well-conducted study shows that women who undergo hysterectomy with removal of both ovaries are more likely to have low sexual desire and also more likely to be distressed about this,” study author Dr. Lorraine Dennerstein, director of the Office for Gender and Health in the department of psychiatry at the University of Melbourne, Australia, said in a prepared statement.
The study appears in the March issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
The study of 1,685 European women, aged 20 to 70, found that women who’d had a surgical menopause were much less likely than premenopausal women, or naturally menopausal women, to engage in sexual activity. They were also significantly more likely to be dissatisfied with their sex life and their partner relationship.
“There is marked variation in prevalence of this type of surgery (hysterectomy and oophorectomy) throughout the world. The USA has a higher prevalence than, for example, France. Doctors and patients need to be aware that there may be detrimental effects on sexual function as a result of the surgery. The findings suggest hormonal causation for the lowered sexual desire,” Dennerstein said.
The study was funded by Proctor and Gamble Pharmaceuticals.Hysterectomy Can Lower Sexual Desire
FRIDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) — Hysterectomy involving ovary removal (oophorectomy) increases a woman’s likelihood of experiencing low sexual desire, and decreased pleasure and orgasm, researchers report.
The effect was stronger than that seen in women who underwent natural menopause, the researchers add.
“This extensive, well-conducted study shows that women who undergo hysterectomy with removal of both ovaries are more likely to have low sexual desire and also more likely to be distressed about this,” study author Dr. Lorraine Dennerstein, director of the Office for Gender and Health in the department of psychiatry at the University of Melbourne, Australia, said in a prepared statement.
The study appears in the March issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
The study of 1,685 European women, aged 20 to 70, found that women who’d had a surgical menopause were much less likely than premenopausal women, or naturally menopausal women, to engage in sexual activity. They were also significantly more likely to be dissatisfied with their sex life and their partner relationship.
“There is marked variation in prevalence of this type of surgery (hysterectomy and oophorectomy) throughout the world. The USA has a higher prevalence than, for example, France. Doctors and patients need to be aware that there may be detrimental effects on sexual function as a result of the surgery. The findings suggest hormonal causation for the lowered sexual desire,” Dennerstein said.
The study was funded by Proctor and Gamble Pharmaceuticals.
I just popped by Cancerbaby’s site. There is a post up there from CBF (Cancerbaby’s friend), saying they are going to take the site down on July 15th. Thankfully, they are running a bit behind schedule, because it was still up a few minutes ago. But it is going to come down and she was a great writer, and if you haven’t read her blog, you should. She was an amazing writer, and I continue to miss her and her brilliant posts that cut through all the confusion and laid the painful details out in the light of day. And, she was funny. And biting, and did I say brilliant? Go read her blog. If you read it before, go read it again. You usually have to pay money to read something this well-crafted and stunning and witty and bitter and funny and smart as anything.
Y’all should also know that I had one of those 3 month check-in visits with my oncologist, well, actually his boss because my oncologist is on vacation, and all my deets are good, beautiful and wonderful.
The old CA-125 comes in at a respectably low 8. And, as they say, I can live with that.
Beyond that, summer is moving too quickly. School is taking too much of my time. My sights are set on the wide open opportunities for hedonism in August, when my only hurdle will be hedonizing around my work life.
School is the classic balancing act of one course I really enjoy and one course that I despise. It will all be over in a few weeks.
I feel like things are improving, in little baby steps. Which is probably best because if they got absolutely great overnight, I may have been whiplashed.
There are more deep thoughts brewing. Unfortunately, you folks have to come second to my fascinating homework.
But don’t go very far. I’ll be back just as soon as I get this school work dealt with.
I hope everyone is having a lovely summer.