http://transabled.org/thoughts/dangling-in-front-of-me-nose.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:39:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://transabled.org/thoughts/dangling-in-front-of-me-nose.htm#comment-13391 Sean Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:22:38 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/dangling-in-front-of-me-nose.htm#comment-13391 Gordo, it's not an ethical debate that. The question about whether surgery would be beneficial or not is one that can be resolved through a fairly simple study: Provide surgery to 50 patients, study them pre-surgery and post-surgery and you'll be able to tell if it worked or not. The ethical debate is quite a separate debate. I think that it comes down to the difference between "can we resolve BIID symptoms with surgery?" and "should we resolve BIID symptons with surgery?". I believe we *can* do it, and a study would prove (or disprove) that. The ethical debate is about *should* we. Gordo, it’s not an ethical debate that. The question about whether surgery would be beneficial or not is one that can be resolved through a fairly simple study: Provide surgery to 50 patients, study them pre-surgery and post-surgery and you’ll be able to tell if it worked or not. The ethical debate is quite a separate debate. I think that it comes down to the difference between “can we resolve BIID symptoms with surgery?” and “should we resolve BIID symptons with surgery?”. I believe we *can* do it, and a study would prove (or disprove) that. The ethical debate is about *should* we.

]]> http://transabled.org/thoughts/dangling-in-front-of-me-nose.htm#comment-13390 Gordo Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:41:28 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/dangling-in-front-of-me-nose.htm#comment-13390 Well, unless you find a doctor like Dr. Nick from <i>The Simpsons</i>, I'm not really surprised. But obviously that doesn't make this "something out of your reach" feeling sting any less... Again, that really brings up the ethical debate about whether having the surgery would actually do the patient more good than harm. Well, unless you find a doctor like Dr. Nick from The Simpsons, I’m not really surprised. But obviously that doesn’t make this “something out of your reach” feeling sting any less… Again, that really brings up the ethical debate about whether having the surgery would actually do the patient more good than harm.

]]> http://transabled.org/thoughts/dangling-in-front-of-me-nose.htm#comment-13385 Marie Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:11:57 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/dangling-in-front-of-me-nose.htm#comment-13385 Best of luck, hope the surgeon is real (and inexpenive!) Best of luck, hope the surgeon is real (and inexpenive!)

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