Three skills I am learning now that many others have learned before me

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Today I held a slightly split handstand against the wall for 2 minutes. That's a new record, breaking yesterday's new record of 1:45. 30 more seconds and I might actually catch up to nevers on this one. :)

I bought round-nose pliers so that I could turn the pieces of a very old, expensive, smashed-up pair of earrings into a new, smaller pair. It was surprisingly easy. The jasper and gold beads were just fine once I got them off the crumpled old wire. And I am now feeling oddly empowered, realizing that I might also be able to replace my favorite pearl earrings, one of which I lost a few weeks ago, for just the cost of a couple of pearls and some wire...

Hey, I even just figured out how to implement OR using only NAND gates. How many computer science freshmen have sat on the couch glaring at the same problem? I'm reinventing the wheel like crazy this weekend. I should be annoyed as hell, but I have two pairs of new earrings that probably are unique even if the skills I used to make them aren't.

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Re: Interested in your Essure Procedure Status to date.

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I love the results of my Essure procedure! I mean, I never think about it anymore, even while having sex. I'm just... safe... forever... and never have to do anything about birth control again. Seriously, there's nothing not to love about that. There's the fact of the springs permanently inserted inside me, but we can at least hope that any danger from them is very low. They've been using the same stuff in heart surgeries for years, I guess.

I don't know how you found me -- the memories on vaginapagina perhaps? I suggest you read childfree_zone for a while, starting in Sept '04 and going forward, since it seems like a lot of people there got Essure within a few months after I did, and a lot of people there have asked and answered questions too. Most people had quite good experiences. One woman, who I'm 98% sure is kiwihunter8, found that her tubes had not fully closed at 3 months, or at 6 months, but they did finally close at the 1-year checkup. She's the only person I know who has had any problem -- really just a delay. (I know the Essure site says that in like 15% of cases it might take a couple of tries to get both springs in or something, but according to the stories I've heard myself, trouble is pretty uncommon).

I hope this is the kind of thing you wanted to know. I honestly don't know of a real downside to the procedure yet. It seems like a huge improvement over tubal ligation to me -- the mere fact of not needing general anesthetic or incisions cuts the risk by a lot.