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I KNOW this is none of my business.....but in retrospect I feel compelled to voice my opinion. Aimee...my heart goes out to you for what you have endured during your childhood....and take it from someone who KNOWS the pain of sexual abuse. I know what it is like to have your childhood taken from you. Fortunately or unfortunately I don't have physical scars to remind me through out life what happened to me. But victims of sexual abuse carry the scars on the inside and they surface through other manifests. I can't understand ANYONE questioning your output and opinions on something as serious as this surgery is to a child. Thank God you have expressed to all of us that you KNOW your parents did the best they could with what medical protocal they were given at that TIME. As I have stated before I don't think anyone has the right to silence anyones voice that is speaking on behalf of ALL our children when it comes to there mental health from surgery or any other aspect of treatment for CAH. I thought this is WHY we came here on the board??? When you need answers and HONEST and YES EVEN the ugly truth about a question....... this is where you come. This is WHY many of us continue to use this board. My thought is...... if a person can get frightened or SCARED from what they read on the net....... duh !!! SIGN OFF or find a nice fairytale web site that gives you all the nice warm and cozy answers you WANT to hear. If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen . I am apalled that someone would say your scare them and compare you to a rapist. Who have you hurt? no one...... why should you HAVE to continue to fight to defend your opinions and views and out come of what happened to you. Most parents are just too scared to ask doctors the questions they ask you because they would or just might get an answer they don't like or agree with and if it comes from the doctors mouth geeeeeez its the word of GOD and this is what my child will be like. Listen to me ....... am I scared for my Granddaughter...HELL yes ..do I worry her plumbing won't work right AFTER surgery YES..... will she be bisexual?? Will she get married ?have children? Have pyschological damage or trauma due to her surgery? I worry about all of the above and then some....... but what I WON"T do is silence ANY information that is available to me to help me make the right choices in her life to form her adulthood. To all the scared and concerned parents that FEAR one persons story and truths and reality I say you need to grow up and realize there is no crystal ball on this disorder and we are all in the same boat...with the same disorder. HOW we handle it and seek treatment is the ONLY choice we have in this. Let us not ruin the honesty of others who make there voices heard for OUR childrens benefit remain silent out of degrading and discouraging remarks made to them. We are all here to seek a small amount of shelter from the storm at different times ........if the umbrella is open for ONE it should be open for all. HOW can ANY of us turn a deaf ear on SOMEONE OR ANYONE who has been hurt from this disorder and its treatment. I pray that in my lifetime I can remain as open minded and liberal enough to hear all treatments and outcomes of surgeries. Then and ONLY THEN can we say we have truly RESEARCHED the path of CAH and possibly project the outcome of our childrens health and future. Without trying to be sarcastic and rude I can't believe that someone with CAH treatment was correlated with a rapist. Someone tell me I read that post wrong PLEASE! Aimee is a MOTHERS child and to imagine the torment this lady went through without the resources we have at our fingertips. SHAME should fall on all that second guess her integrity and emotions. She has helped many and her passion and zest to continue to want to do this should be applauded....not scorned. I can only hope and pray that the WHEN and IF the day comes that MY child can express her realities and treatment from the medical profession she will be more appreciated.
