I thought I'd do a search of my name and see who turns up. Overwhelmingly, search results yield information on a roman catholic, ex-pornstar who has starred in over 2000 movies with such titles as "naughty nursies". That's ok. I can have respect for this woman, afterall she now has an MA and a PhD and is involved in a good many causes.
What does tick me off is another woman, a novelist. The first book of hers I discovered (not the first she's written) begins with a woman trying to concieve (and all the cheap thrills that go with it). She is terrified she wont be able to - and here's the kicker - because she has problems with her estrogen production EXACTLY LIKE ME!!! This is one of my greatest fears. That I will never be able to have a baby because quite frankly I've never had normal hormone levels.
Why I'm pissed off is because she get's so close to my circumstance, shares my name, and then talks about her thyroid..WTF?!? The thyroid has nothing to do with it. What kind of a bloomin' writer does zero research into the FIRST page of her novels?
Here I am having bone density scans because I might be developing osteoporosis at the age of 24, having to take time off from hanging out with my friends to provide 24 hour urine samples for testing, having responsibilites to run sunday school at church knowing I might be unable to concieve, studying the f*ckin endocrine system as part of my medical science degree, and here's this novelist with not enough respect to at least doing a bloody google search to see which gland(s) to hold responsible for estrogen and FSH etc.
Seriously, I just think that's so messed up.
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