[AnnieBL]

With all the recent traffic concerning BO, I've been wondering whether it is something I should be considering. My initial queries were much the same as those of PattiJT, and some seem to have been answered i.e. it looks as if the desirable dosage is rather inconveniently high and probably expensive, particularly if I have to import from the US. Also I still have some unresolved medical issues which make me reluctant to undertake a major change in program at the moment, not to mention that I have a four month supply of PM on hand. On the other hand, progress with PM seems painfully (almost literally) slow. Male functionality is no longer an issue since it is long gone and the pathetic remnant of the equipment seems bent on converting itself from an 'outie' to an 'innie' as it retreats into my scrotum to keep company with my shrinking balls. I used to resent the fact that I had been circumcised as a baby, but that now seems to have largely reversed itself. I do not believe that PM has done anything for my butt or figure except possibly that I have managed to lose considerable weight without reducing my hip measurement while my incisional hernia or diastasis recti has regrettably expanded my girth between my breastbone and navel. I have also experienced a dramatic reduction in body hair to the extent that I mostly only need to pluck individual hairs from my trunk, arms or legs as and when they become visible except for the under arm and pubic areas where density and extent are much reduced. I could now easily get away with shaving only every other day, but habit is a powerful thing. My face is much less jowly, but this may be more a function of weight loss, and my skin seems much thinner (and vulnerable to damage). I don't know how much of this is due to PM and how much to apparently permanent loss of testicular function caused by past prescriptions of multiple unfriendly blood pressure meds finally topped off with spiro. Previous attempts at NBE were never successful until I was prescribed spiro, but PM is now working without it or any of the other most unfriendly BP meds. We both regret the loss of male function, but have managed to work around it.

I too had wondered about Bryony whose contibutions I valued. and whom I felt sometimes acted as our conscience. I couldn't agree with all the dietary suggestions, nor that it was easy to follow a diet different from one's spouse, particularly since I find that even my own endeavour to minimize intake of high glycemic index carbs (because of my impaired glucose tolerance), and sharing of kitchen facilities, cause far more marital conflict than any amount of breast growth.