Dear Readers:
I think my life experience is what qualifies me to write this column. I made every mistake imaginable. But have learned from them. Most important I still remember what it was like to be 12, 13, 14, 15, and so on. Currently I am a single mom, I have two wonderful boys. One in college. We are all happy emotionally. We love life, and know that you can too. I try to be the kind of parent that understands. I know that I can help you to understand where you parents are coming from, and help you get over the difficulties of being young. You can even have your parents write to me and I will help them to get over their fears and at least respect you and your feelings. I have been married and divorced twice, so I have experience in that field also. But now I own my own home, and my own business and am successful. Lots of luck to you! Hope to hear from you.
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ok i wasn't sure what to put this under but i have bad vision and i hate wearing contacts or glasses. are there any cheap ways to improve my vision? Can some one please give me easy ways to do it (not surgery or glasses or contacts).ty
** i rate high for helpful or funny answers**
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Well maybe this will work, but you have got to be consistent. First. you should be taking
bilberry extract for your vision. It is an herb that is recommended to prevent macular degeneration. naturopathic doctors recommend it very much. I take it myself, and it has greatly improved my vision, especially at night.
Bilberry extract. it is perfectly safe to take, it comes from a plant.
Another person I know who is 97, and does not wear glasses, still, says tht there is an exercise that you can do to improve and save your vision. You HAVE to do it every day.
Either do this or imagine it.
Paint a VERY LARGE X on a large sheet of white paper. Paint 5 of them. No in a small room, with four walls, put three on the wall in front of you, one on the right, one on the left and one in themiddle., And put two on the wall behind your back. Right and left.
Now stand in front and EXERCISE your eye muscles by following the figure of the X while looking at the one on the right then the one on the left and then the one in the middle. BUT KEEP YOUR HEAD LOOKING STRAIGHT FORWARD. Then imagein that you can see behind you and exercise your eye muscles by following the form of the x on the right behind you,then on the left.
Excercising the muscles that controll your eyes, increases blood flow there by increasing oxegyn and nurtients to the eye. And removed toxins.
IT sounds like alot of work, but I was told this is guaranteed to work, but you must do it every day. Other wise, I know of no other solution.
Tryit and see whathappens. Don't forget the Bilberry. You can look up Bilberry extract on the internet, and you will see that a lot of info comes up about how it helps your eyes and your vision.
Michele
Addendum,
You can get bilberry extract on line at any health food and vitamin dealer. Or at any health food and vitamin store in town GNC, perhaps, and they may have it at a pharmacy that sells, vitamins. Don't get the cheap stuff.
Michele
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ok well see the thing is that my guy is in florida but i'm here and his friend has been kinda eyein me and ive been eyein him hes so cute and so's my guy but omg idk i need help should i stay with my guy or go with his friend but the thing about it is I bet my guy loves me but i sorta think he only takes me as a booty call and the other respects me as a person help i need advice !my guy comes back in like 4 or 5 days and his friend is in illinois for 2 or 3 more days
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If you go with your guys friend, then that is what you are a booty call. If your boyfriend is a jerk, then get rid of him, don't act like him.
Going out with your boyfriends friend is NEVER a good idea.
Michele
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Okay I'm extremely confused. I'm a freshman in school and I have recently come to terms that I am gay and by the way I'm a guy. I have a friend who is a guy also and he comes over all the time. I am extremely attracted to him and I don't know what to do. I want to tell him how I feel but there is never the right time and I'm afraid if I do and he's not gay, he'll tell everybody about me. I have a pretty good feeling that he may be gay too but I'm never entirely sure. He has made comments before that if we were both women he would totally kiss me and he has made other moves on me as well but I think he may be waiting for me to make the first move. I feel that if I do, he may freak out. I've smoked with him a lot (not legal stuff lol) and all he does is say how he really likes me and he gets cuddley. How can I determine if he likes me and how can I start a relationship with him without completely ruining my life. Please respond immediately and keep in mind that I REALLY like this guy. Thanks! (link)
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THis is really tough. It could even back fire later on. Lets say you do tell him, and he's OK with it, and you start a relationship, and later break up and he turns mean and tells kids at school that your gay. And claims you made a pass at him. First find out what kind of person he is. How does he treat his other friends. Is he vindictive. DOes he bad mouth people or gossip about other kids at school.
I can't believe that kids at school even care who is gay today, although you may not want it to get back to your parents yet. I say let him make the first move.Sounds like he alread has. Next time he cuddles, say hey are you makeing a move on me? If he says yes, then well at least he went first. Before things get physical, then the two of you should have a conversation about what would happen if the word got out, how would you both handle it, and make an agreement to just be nice to each other, don't put any shit if the realtionship doesn't work out.
I don't know, maybe this sounds stupid, but it could help you to avoid a lot of heart ache.
Michele
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i think im gonna be having sex soon. can some peez tell me the steps on what2 do. what will the guy do to me? im ready to have it but i want to know what will happen first. you know... like what happens first and what happens at the end.
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Please don't do this. you are too young. 13,
before you worry about what to do, you should be worrying about what not to do. Don't get all your information about sex from the boy who wants to have sex with you. Or your 13 year old friends.
Do you know how to prevent pregnancy? Do you kow how to prevent sexually transmitted diseases. How old is this guy. If he is 16 or older he could be arrested for having sex with you. Your parents can have him arrested. And don't think they won't know. Unless they are really lousy parents. Please don't do this. Please wait until you know more about it. I can't tell you everything you need to know on this website.
You should also be sure that you know this guy very well. What if he is just using you. Playing games with your head just so he can get you in bed. I'll tell you one thing.....sex at your age, is mostly just a pleasure for the boys. They orgasm very easy. It is not that easy for many girls. What the girls like is feeling close and kissing and being close. But after the boy has his orgasm, he'll be done and anxious to get out of there. You'll be lucky if he even bothers with you again. Then he will tell all his friends and suddenly YOU will be the most popular girl in school, because you are only 13 and willing to have sex. You will regret this. Please don't do it. You will remember my words and wish you had listened to me. Please don't do this. You could end up with your heart broken, or worse, with a disease or pregnant.
Michele
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i have almost no friends. i have no friends at school...i don't know why really, it's because i came in the middle of the year and by then everybody already had friends. people have tried being friends with me but i don't know...i kind of screwed it up with being really shy and all. that was a mistake, and i know better now, but that was about 2 years ago. i only have pretty much one friend, my best friend, who goes to another school. but lately she's been kind of ignoring me, i think she's busy with something. but seriously, i need to make friends. i always feel like such a loser. i need friends...i don't know what to do!! and i have a reputation at school for having no friends! i've even been called a stalker! please help! (link)
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Well, I can understand that you must feel lonely. If you have a reputation for being a stalker, then maybe you are trying too hard. BEing friends should come naturally. But yes it is hard to make new friends in a situation like yours, joining this school in the middle of the year. I guess you had to move. And I know many kids, as grown ups who say that the most traumatic time of their childhood was when their parents moved and they had to change schools. It is awful. Awful hard, for you. I don't know a lot about your home situation, but if a divorced prompte the move, well that is no help to you either. Your parents should be helpding you through this.
I don't know, isn't there one other kid in school, one that no one pays any attention to, that feels the way you do, and that is treated the way you are? Can you find a way to approach that person. They need a friend too. YOu don't have to be the most popular. Or be with the most popular group. I think you already know that. '
Kids are so self conscious about how they appear to the peers at school. And while I can tell you that this is a waste of time and energy, you can't change how you feel, just because I tell you that in 20 years it won't matter. (Even though it won't)
I can tell you that when you become an adult, and you will before you know it. you will find that grown ups are much easier to get along with. You will make good friends in college or at your job. ONe way to ensure that is to be more interesting. Be smart and know a lot about a lot of things. Find something that you are passionate about and learn it and/or do it. When you are gown up, and I 'm talking 18/19/2o, etc. and later, if you love bicycling, you can join a bike club and meet people that you have something in common with. If you love reading you can join a book reading club and meet other people like you. etc. etc.
The more talents and interests that you have, the more chances you have to meet people that have the same interests.
I find that in middle school and high school, many of the kids are friends, ONLY because they all go to the same school. They don't have much in common, just that they go to the same school. Someone in the group is more opinionated than the rest, and she tells everyone how they should be dressing, what kids of shoe are cool, and which boys are the hottest, and everyone goes along with it just because they want to stay within the group. Young adults don't act like that. The friends you make as a young adult won't require that you like what they like, or dress like they dress, or think the same guys are hot. You will be entitled to your own opinion and tastes and your friends will like you just because of who you are.
HOney, this is the best way I can put it.
THis time in your life is very short. 1 - 18 years. just 18 years! You are going to be an adult for 60, 70, 80 years, I hope! And your adult life will be what matters. You'll look back on this time and wonder why you were so anguished about it. Everyone grows up and everyone realizes that they way thy behaved in middle school and high school was really stupid.
I think the best thing you can do for yourself is start to prepare yourself for your young adult hood and life outside of high school. Take business courses in school, or take college prep courses. REad a lot, and learn to love your own company. And build your self esteem by accomplishing things like volunteer work. redecorating your room, starting a paper route,or your own little business walking dogs for your neighbors. Think of projects you can get involved in. Can you volunteer at the library. Maybe these all seem boring to you but you know what, when the adults you help out tell you how wonderful you are, and what a great help you are, and how smart you are, it is going to put a smile on your face. While at school, mostly everyone there would be threatened by your intelligence and abilities. So you do this just for you, and be patient for that day when you are an adult and you are in control of your life. The smarter and more capable you are, people will seek you out to be your friend and will want to know you.
I know, it happened to me. I was very lonely in High school. I didn't have a lot of friends, I was very shy. I have a wonderful life now, and when I went to my 30 year high school reunion. I had accomplished a lot more in my life and was very successful, that most of the girls that gave me a hard time and would not be my friend and left me lonely. They were embarrassed because they ended up loosers.
You don't sound like a looser, you just sound like someone whose "great life" hasn't started yet. Good Luck to you.
Michele
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i live in a farm in the countryside and my family is really poor so we only have one cow. i share my room with it actually. anyways one morning my cow had to use the toilet so he went and took 5 million years. i kept knocking and shouting "COWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!! COWWW!!!!!!! OPEN THIS DOOR OR I'LL EAT YOU FOR DINNER!" but mr. cow wouldn't come out! finally i got an axe and crashed the door open! mr. cow was pregnant with 3 little cows!! they were so cute! anyways so then i found out mr. cow was a mrs. cow so that was kind of weird. but the weirder thing is..where did mrs. cow find another mr. cow to have the cows? i am so confused, we live in the middle of nowhere and our nearest neighbor lives 100 miles away. i am confused!!!!!!!!!!! (link)
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check those baby cows again. Maybe they have human heads. And maybe they look like you. EEWWW, that's cruelty to animals.
M
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i am addicted to hot cheetos! how can i stop (link)
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switch to guacamole doritos.
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ok so i need a free internet service where i have to pay nothing just download it!!!! i need this by 6/13/05
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I think Net Zero is free, but the hours are liminted and and it is very slow. lots of popups. Go there and create an account.
Netzero.com
Michele
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what are the benefits of waiting for marriage? for those of you that are, whats your reason? it could go either way so let me know what you think. (link)
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WEll the benefits of waiting for marriage are mostly for the children. If you get pregnant, and you are already married, then you KNOW that your husband will be there for you and the child. Hopefully before marriage, you have discussed whether or not you want children, and when, and you are able to afford them, or will wait until you are.
If you are having sex before marriage, and you end up pregnant, a number of things could happen, and they are all sad.
The father could abandon you.
You could end up raising the child by yourself.
You could end up having a divorce
THe first step towards poverty is to have a child out of wedlock.
If you get married, you will always wonder if he married you because he loved you or because you were pregnant. (don't laugh, ask someone who has been there - first argument and he thows it in their face!)
Waiting until you are married one assumes that you are marrying some one who will love you and support you and be supportive of you and any children for the rest of your lives. This is important. And a relief. There are too many women out there who have had to raise kids on their own, and while they are proud and have accomplished much in their stuggles. ANy one of them will tell you that it would have been better to have a partner, a husband, a father for the children who was there, lived there, and shared in all the responsbility. Children grow up better that way too.
NOw having children is not the only reason, although it is the best, for waiting. Because you can take birth control to be sure that you don't get pregnant until you are ready. (very good idea by the way, no matter whether you wait or not)
Sexually transmitted disease is another. Assuming that the person you are to marry, that you have been with them for a few years, getting to know each other, and falling in love, and you know that you can trust each other, and would not do anything to hurt each other or be disrespectfuly.
THe other reason is your reputation, or your...well I don't know what else to call it. Your self love, maybe. While they say, in all the magazines that things have changed, and women can be sexually active and free and have sex just like men with no strings attached, and it is their right.
But in reality this is not true. Assuming that you would be "in love" with the man that you would be intimate with. Let me say this women are hurt when a guy dumps them, or falls out of love with them. And I don't know why, but it seems to happen faster, after you have been intimate with them. It hurts, it hurts a lot. You feel used and embarassed. But there is nothing you can do about it. You can;t make anyone stay in love with you. You can't make anyone stay with you.
You may still love them, and your mind will be screaming at him: " But I gave myself to you", you said you loved me. I thought you wanted to marry me some day?"
Only time will tell you if someone is really the right person. Because that is what dating is about. Getting to know that person, and whether or not this is the person that you want to spend the rest of your life with. And it is the guys time too, to get to know you. So waiting until you get to know each other, and knowing that you want to spend the rest of your lives together is important. AT that point, it could be a mutual decision between the two of you to wait for the marriage night or not.
The reason that this is sooo important, is that women are special, only women can have babies. Women and babies need a strong, (emotionally) responsible, and reliable man who puts them first above all else. BEcause going it alone, it one of the hardest things that you will ever do.
I hope this helps
MIchele
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I was just putting a tampon in for the first time. I was supposed to go swimming today but I just got it. It's light for now. I followed the directions on the box but it hurt sooooo bad!! I did it a second time and it was the same. It even hurt to pull it out. The directions said if it feels uncomfortable it's not in far enough. It was in far as it could go though. I relaxed when I did it but it still hurt really really bad. It hurts awhile after I take it out. I want to go swimming but I don't think I can. I used the Lites/Junior if you're wondering. Is there something wrong with me?? =( (link)
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No, not at all. Try putting a little vaseline, petroleum jelly, on the tip before inserting it. It may be conscious of it, and "feel it", but you should be able to stand and sit with out a problem. IF not, then it is not in correctly.
MIchele
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Hey. Ok so if i turn my weight into muscle, will i become heavier or will i just have muscles and weigh the same...Any good answers i rate high! (link)
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Muscle weighs more than fat, so you may actually weigh more, but you'll look great!
Michele
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i need to know how to get rid of bats in the house? (link)
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If the bats are living in the attic, you will have to call an exterminator or even the humane society, although they cannot exterminate them, it is against the law in most states. Bats are great, they eat 40 X their weight in mosquitos, each night. You must live near some water, river, or lake or something. If you have on bat in your house. Then you will need a fishing net. YOu can catch him with that. But it won't be easy. If he is hiding somewhere and you know where, try this Turn off all the lights, and be quiet. Keep a low light on in the direction that you want the bat to fly in. Be ready with the net. Whe he comes out, try to catch him with the net. IF you catch him. Then bring him outside. It may be difficult to let him go, if he is tangled, but DO NOT TOUCH HIM. UNless you have gloves on. Because if he bites you, he may have rabies. If you get bit, then you had better kill the bat so that he can be tested for rabies, and know whether or not you need shots. to prevent rabies in you.
One other thing, if there is a state part near you, the workers who manage the park know how to deal with bats, they may be able to help you. Forest rangers, thats what they are called.
I hope this helps.
Michele
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how long does a hickey last??? is there a way to get rid of it faster????? (link)
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Put ice on it. It will go away a little faster that way. A hickey is like a bruise. the blood comes to the surface. Ice helps with bruises, so it will help with hickey. But don't think it is going to dissapear by tomorrow.
It doesn't work that fast.
Michele
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I'm 17, getting somewhat close to 18, and i know ill be sexually active by the end of this year. For those who are my age or close - do your parents expect you to not do anything? I know if you're like 15, and your parents find out you're sexually active..and they have the right to ground you or tell you not to see him, etc. Do you think once we turn 18, it's more of our decision/freedom that are parents just ACCEPT? Or are there parents out there who try to control that and dont approve their 18 year old doing that (even though they are considered an adult)? Any opinions on this topic would be appreciated. Im just getting an idea of how parents react to this once you turn 18. (link)
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Well, I am a parent and I will tell you how I feel about sex. You are right in that after age 18, if your parents discover that you are sexually active, there is not much that they can do to punish you. Unless of course they are paying for EVERYTHING, then you could loose your car, but that is not the right way to handle it. Anyway, I believe, and I raised my sons this way. (so far so good) sexual activit brings great pleasure, but also brings great responsbility. The responsiblity of bringing a child into the world, (unwanted)and the danger of sexually transmitted diseases. If you know and understand all this and always, always take precautions to prevent both, then you are mature enough to handle sex. If however, you abuse drugs or alcohol, both of which lower our inhibitions and cause us to act in an irresponsbile way, then you may trade a few minutes of pleasure with a life time of pain and agony, for yourself or an unwanted child that may be brought into the world. So, if you are a girl, you should get on birth control, don't trust the guy, And being on birth control does not make you a whore, it makes you responsbile. And a person who thinks of someone other then themselves, but who also thinks enough of themselves to be responsible. If you are a guy, you need to use a condom, at all times, don't leave the responsiblity to the girl, since she is the one who gets stuck with the pregnancy and the decision to have the baby or abort it or give it up for adoption. YOu are out of the decision process, and if she decides to have the child, you will be requied by law to support it financially until the child is 18. BY LAW, NO WAY OUT IT, if it proves to be your kid.
AND BOTH GIRLS AND GUYS should use condoms anyway, to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, of which you KNOW some are deadly.
So that is it, if you handle sexually activity responsibly, your parents should accept it.
I think it is great that you did wait this long, it does show that you are responsble. Now don't dissapoint your parents, and don't take chances with your life. Since you know you want to be sexually active, make that appointment with the OB/GYN and find out about your options of birth control, then get on it, and stay on it. AND PS
DON"T SMOKE, Smoking and birth control increases some forms of cancer risk.
I hope you don't mind my answering this question, even though I am not a teen ager.
Michele
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My sister has been smoking for over 6 months. She's only 16. I live with my mom and my sister so out of us three I'm the only one who doesn't smoke. I hate second hand smoke and how they don't even care enough to smoke outside. I've asked them numerous times to smoke somewhere else but they tell me to deal with it. My other sister who is 27 comes over with her boyfriend and they also smoke. My brother and I are the only ones who don't smoke but he doesn't even live here. I get so mad and my sister and I get into fights over this. What should I do? They don't think I have any right to be mad or anything and it's just not fair. (link)
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You're right it is not fair, but I don't think there is anything you can do about it in this country. In europe they are trying to ban it in homes that have kids, but who knows. All I can say is that I grew up with second hand smoke, and I was sick all the time. And that was long before we all knew that it was bad for your health. My mom still smokes, and she would not have stopped just because someone told her it was bad for her kids.
I hope you have your own room. Maybe you can get an air filter/purifyer for you room. I know that I left home at 18 and never went back. So you may just have to plan on leaving as soon as you can. Work hard in school so you can get a good job. Go away to college, live on campus, you can request a non smoking room mate.SPend as much time away from home as possible. I think it is really awful that your family won't consider your wishes in this matter. This is why smoking is banned in bars and restaurants, because the employees have to way to avoid it, they get sick, get lung cancer file lawsuits, the employer has to pay the bill, so that was incentive to make it agains the law.
Maybe you should consider a law suite against your family. After all , all the proof is out there. cigaretts cause cancer, heart disease, and many other illnesses. And second had smoke is just as bad.
Sorry for your situation.
Michele
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ok this might sound really weird but once i was online for a pretty long time...a few hours and my stomach started really hurting. i lay on my bed for a while and it stopped. then i went on the computer a few hours again a few days later. the same stomach pain happened and when i lay on my bed..it stopped. i'm not going to stay long on the computer any more but what was it? (link)
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I don't believe that your stomache problems are from being "on-line". It is not like computers give off any chemicals or gases. It could be your position. The position you are sitting in, the chair, though usually get a back ache or neck ache. SInce it does go away when you lay down, it may very well be your position. but you also sit for hours in school, and you don't mention a stomache ache after sitting in school for a long time, so again, I think it may be the position that you sit in. Make sure your back is supported and your feet are on the floor and the monitor is at eye level. And even people who work at computers all day are advised to get up periodically and stretch. So I suggest you stretch also. If you are starting to develop a problem in your digestive system, (that has nothing to do with computers, mind you) you will find that the symptoms will appear more often and will be of longer duration. BUt I can't think of any conditions that cause stomache pain that also dissapears when you lay flat.
I hope this helps.
Michele
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When I was 12 in nov 2003, I was hit on both of my breasts very hard. After that, they startedd to burn for a couple of days and nothing was wrong. Then a few months later, they start to feel lumpy, hard, they look pointy and tubular, the right 1 is way bigger than the other 1 and the left 1 looks to the left while the right 1 looks straight (which is good!) P.S. Everyone in my family has grew at my age and I'm 14. Skinny girls like me have bigger breasts than me, I know the reason why they won't grow is because I got hit on them a bunch of times!!!!!!! This aint fair......
My questions are:
Will I ever grow again??
What's wrong with them??
Do I have breast cancer??
Will I ever need surgery??
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duplicate question. I answered it.
Michele
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When I was 12 in nov 2003, I was hit on both of my breasts very hard. After that, they startedd to burn for a couple of days and nothing was wrong. Then a few months later, they start to feel lumpy, hard, they look pointy and tubular, the right 1 is way bigger than the other 1 and the left 1 looks to the left while the right 1 looks straight (which is good!) P.S. Everyone in my family has grew at my age and I'm 14. Skinny girls like me have bigger breasts than me, I know the reason why they won't grow is because I got hit on them a bunch of times!!!!!!! This aint fair......
My questions are:
Will I ever grow again??
What's wrong with them??
Do I have breast cancer??
Will I ever need surgery??
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THis is a dilemma. I think you should see a doctor, that is the only way to be sure. You could have scar tissue in your breast, and scar tissue doesn't grow, and it CAN interfere with the normal growth of your breast. Breast or made of fat tissue, milk glands, and of course arteries, veins and nerves for feeling. While you may not be in pain, scar tissue has no feelings, the normal beast tissue that is trying to grow around it, will not be able to grow normally, and that could be painful. NO I do not think that you have cancer, but I do think this condition can increase your chances of getting cancer when you are older. I think you may very well need surgery whether now or in the future, only a physician can tell. The scar tissue may prevent you from breast feeding. And while you many not know now whether or not you want to breast feed, a physician looking at your situation now, would want to restore that function to your breast, if it is possible.
So bottom line. YOu need to have your breast examined first by an OB/GYN doctor,and you can find a female one if you like. And she may send you for a mamogram or a sonogram, which will enable them to look inside the breast tissue to see what is in there, if they find scar tissue, I think they will recommend that it be removed.
I doesn't belong there, and it can interfere with too many things.
Now, I think because you are young, you may still be on your parents insurance, so now would be the best time to go see the OB/GYN for the exam, so the insurance can pay for the visit and any other recommended services. I hope you have insurance, anyway.
I hope this helps. I really think you need to have a doctors opinion to be sure. And if nothing is wrong, then you can have peace of mind.
I hope your mother agrees and will take you to the OB/GYN for a breast exam.
Good luck honey, let me know how you make out.
MIchele
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hey guys i was just wondering were i havent got nothing to do this summer i was wondering what good books i could read this summer like books you could get at a public library. Thanks for your help i really need something to do other than sit at the computer desk all summer!
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Great question. I love to read. Go on OPrahs web site and see her book recommendations. ANY book that she recommends is excellent I have read most of them. GO on Barns and Noble web site, you can also search for Oprah's list on the B&N site. Kite Runner is just out, that is a great book. The lovely bones, (about a young girl who is murdered, but speaks to the reader from the grave, Any book by Toni MOrrison,
I think right now Oprah is recommending some of the classic, but the books on her list from last year too are great. REad some books by Dr. Laura, that will give you something to think about. I love to read books about life in other countries. LIke Reading LOlita in Tehran, about muslim women to risk their lives to start a book club n IRAN, and read secretly, they cannont read what they like when they like, like you and I can.
Any books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, are good.
Well that should get you through the summer. I love to read, I am always surrounded by books.
You will grow up to be very smart and very articulate and knowledgble. Good luck to you.
MIchele
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Ok...not to be nasty or anything but girls get there periods and they can have babies, boys get ______ and they can jack off. Whats missing? (link)
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Boys get off scott free, they get to play, but they don't have to pay. So they will say sooo many sweet things to get into your pants, then they do not want to know you.
Thankfully, today in the US. the law does say that they have to pay $$$$$$$$$$ if they father a child, they are required by law to pay support for that child until it is 18 years old. And they can go do jail if they do not.
But most of the time the woman is the one who has to raise the child, usually by herself. Money helps, but a child needs both parents. Unfortuntely the court can't always make the father see the child.
So bottom line, girls, take the responsibility of birth control into your own hands, and don't trust the boys on that issue.
Michele
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