Jesse Fredeen's discussions

Barry, this is a good post.

Thank you!

Thank you! And sure, I’ll certainly try.

Literally tons of possible reasons for this. Get in touch with your primary care doc or OB and find out though.

I could write a whole entire article on this as well...some evidence says yes...some says no one should do self exams. Ask your doctor, but a commonly held opinion is no, you are not doing yourself a disservice by skipping self exams (assuming you regularly see your OB and they do clinical exams). But again...this… Read more

My advice is you should never take specific medical advice from anyone in an internet comment section, even if they wrote an article about your specific question. Ask your doctor and plan exactly what you need to ask beforehand so you get the answers you need.

Sorry if you were looking for something more specific but this should be a case-by-case decision and it would be grossly unethical for me to say, via comment section or even in person without knowing all your history, THIS is what you should do.

It sounds like you’ve got good doctors who are explaining their reasoning to you...I’d figure out exactly what questions you want to ask about the screening before seeing your doc, write them down and bring them with so you don’t find yourself at home thinking, “Damn, I panicked and felt rushed and didn’t ask what I… Read more

Hello! I wrote all this and am having kind of a slow day this afternoon, so I’ll try and answer questions if you’ve got them. Read more

How great is Dave McKenna?

I'm just glad everyone agrees it was Daniel's fault.

Gregg Doyel blocked me for this: Read more

Even the phrase "mental illness" suffers from an unfair stigma.

It won't make them autistic, and it will prevent them from going around and giving everyone whooping cough. Read more

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Does Kyle not return anyone's emails, or is that just me?

I hadn't seen this before, that is really, really great.