Dear Susun, A friend of mine recently had cryotherapy to remove her genital warts…I wanted to give her some herbal recommendations for soothing the area so it heals well and for helping to prevent future recurrences.
Magazine
Painful breast, sore nipple
Dear Susun, I had a history of fibrocystic breasts in my early college years. For the past month, however, my right breast has been tender. I am low in progesterone – could that be the problem?
Phytoestrogens – friends or foes?
Dear Susun, Can plant hormones help women in menopause? Do they affect breast cancer?
Phases of menopause
Dear Susun, Can you tell me what I can expect in terms of the different phases of menopause, and things I can do to ease the transition?
Short List of Common Pesticides
1. Lindane | When someone found white dwarfs behind my ears | I was deloused with mustard gas | I had a daily headache that was like a single eye
Corkscrewed! Me and My Lyme
Just when I thought there were no other ways to be pathogenically screwed, I have been corkscrewed.
Nerve Gas in the Living Room
Imagine if a company offered to sell you nerve gas to spray in your living room, or if leftover Agent Orange, watered down, was slathered on the grounds where your children go to school.
The Cells of My Identity
In a setup that was far too Oedipal, I was sleeping in a small room with my mother while visiting my sister in D.C., when I finally blurted out the news that I had a girlfriend, that I was bisexual and maybe gay.
The Invisible Panelist
Long before I became disabled at age 23, I had encounters with the unseen. Being queer gave me an innate sense of when to come out, how to hide, and how to recognize evangelistic rage.
Self: Ornithology: The Immune System
Everywhere I go now there are crows, following | me like innuendo, their feathers fanning out ominous | as police fingerprints. | With evolutionary anthropology, | they are condemning me.