Comment on Puberty Blockers Temporarily Slow Bone Growth, Recovery Seen With Hormone Therap
lemmysmash@piefed.social 5 hours agoThat’s my point, I don’t see a benefit of solving one thing at the expense of another to be strong enough, because in the end both suffer anyway.
This is very common treatmemt in modern medicine — not just for this particular case, but in general, e.g. a very simplified case: let’s kill your liver a little with the pill to treat your headache a little.
And with hormonal things it’s just the next level of messing up with your body — simply because of the sheer amount of different systems affected by a simple hormonal shift. And again, it’s not specific to this particular topic, something like hormonal contraception, for example, is another case from the same cohort. Does it prevent unwanted pregnancies? — Yes, it does. Is it worth messing up with your body to avoid some other kinds of contraception? Eeeh… up to you, up to you.
ShrimpCurler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
Everything has side effects… It’s not your position to say weather they’re worth it or not.
All the research shows quality of life increasing with gender affirming care. So, you’re suggesting that a temporary delay in bone growth is worth a long term reduction in quality of life…
lemmysmash@piefed.social 1 hour ago
I’m not in a position to dictate my opinion as a call to action for others, yes. But I’m in a position to say that for me it sounds incomprehensible and fucked up. And this is precisely what I said in my original comment.