The story of a boy from Hardscrabble, Illinois, and his courageous mother.
Wimpy Guy’s Guide To Getting A Vasectomy
January 15, 2013 By 20 Comments
Jay Palter wants you to know that getting snipped is really not a big deal.
Guts
October 10, 2012 By 6 Comments
Seth Dombach looks fine, but he has suffered since birth with nearly constant pain from Short Bowel Syndrome.
My Body Is a Temple
October 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Kyle Carpenter’s body remains unaltered until he can embrace the permanence of the experience.
Suck It Up
September 3, 2012 By 2 Comments
Greg White learns the hard way after liposuction: Quick, painless solutions to long festering problems are the stuff of campaign promises, not physical reality.
Dear John: “Guys Weekend” Had More Girls, Fewer Clothes
September 2, 2012 By 6 Comments
This week Dear John addresses a skinny-dipping party, concern for an alienated friend, and cosmetic surgery.
Men, Strength, and Death
August 23, 2012 By 3 Comments
True strength does not require denial of reality, but suppleness in meeting it.
On Intersex Surgery
August 15, 2012 By 22 Comments
Commenting note: this is about intersex surgery. This is not about male or female circumcision. Please keep your comments to the topic of intersex surgery. We talk a lot about female and male genital circumcision, but a topic that is sadly undercovered, in my experience, is the surgery performed on children with intersex genitalia. An [...]
Perchance to Dream: My First Colonoscopy
June 22, 2012 By 16 Comments
Don’t worry, Geoffrey Philp says. His first colonoscopy was like a day at the beach.
Coming Clean About My Chronic Illness
April 30, 2012 By 5 Comments
“I think it may be time to bring my story of RA into my blog and my writing. It feels like the time has come to start embracing that saga.” – @austingunter
Science: New Googles Make Anybody An Expert Surgeon [@SpoDaChozn1]
February 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I Was Haunted By Fear That I’d Never Wake Up
December 26, 2011 By 2 Comments
Merv Kaufman confronts his worst fear while lying on a gurney.
The Choice
November 3, 2011 By 14 Comments
For Max Novak, a lifetime of illness and surgeries wasn’t reconciled by a single choice, but because he had a choice at all.
The Pain of Indescribable Pain
October 10, 2011 By 6 Comments
Elijah Oberman can’t find a way to describe his pain, but it feels good in a confusing way.
“So then the morbidly obese would be best since they die off quicker? People living longer costs more money.”
These are comments by Mike L and Archy on the post “I Don’t Need to Explain My Fat to You”.