Paul Coles, Youthworkerish type guy. Present location: Targu Mures, Romania. Married to an amazing girl named Fiona. I'm on a JOURNEY and have no idea where I'll end up other than in the hands of God.

Monday, May 17, 2004

More on The boy who was raised a girl

To answer Charlie's question about the doctor who botched the circumcision, no she was not fired. In fact the family only got about $50,000 compensation, which is not a lot when you look at some of the litigation that is happening now.

Unbelievably however there has been a turn in events with the story. While reading the paper this weekend I came across the closing chapter in David Riemer's (the boy who was raised a girl) life. Turns out that he killed himself on the 5th of this month in Winnipeg, and his twin brother died 2 years ago. Although the cause of his brother's death is unknown, his family think he killed himself as well.
Apparently even after he was changed back into a boy David never really got over what happened to him (i don't know if i could either).

It's amazing that the doctor who was behind this gender reassignment experiment was hailed a champion of human sexuality for years for the apparent success of the transformation.

It just shows you how blind people are willing to be so that they can believe what they want to believe.

Friday, May 14, 2004

Amazing views

I went for a run in Drumkeira(spelling?) forest yesterday morning with Stanley Kelly and I have to say that it was one of the best runs I have had in a long time. It is a killer place to run because there are a lot of hills and rocks but it was so good to be off the roads and enjoy the quiet of the woods, and the views are fantastic.
I have to say that I have slagged Charlie in the past for giong there so much because it is such an ugly pine forest but now i must repent. It is really a great place. Its no Merlough, but we do need diversity in life. So sorry charlie it is pretty nice after all.

Amazing views

I went for a run in Drumkeira(spelling?) forest yesterday morning with Stanley Kelly and I have to say that it was one of the best runs I have had in a long time. It is a killer place to run because there are a lot of hills and rocks but it was so good to be off the roads and enjoy the quiet of the woods, and the views are fantastic.
I have to say that I have slagged Charlie in the past for giong there so much because it is such an ugly pine forest but now i must repent. It is really a great place. Its no Merlough, but we do need diversity in life. So sorry charlie it is pretty nice after all.

Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Well it has been a long time since i have told this little screen anything about my life, so i thought what the heck, better write something.

For all you readers out there (ie. the one person who might actually look at this sight) I am just finishing an amazing book right now that has been a huge eye opener. Its called As nature made him and its about a boy who was raised as a girl because of a circumcision accident (ouch)! Well as you can imagine the psychological impact on his life is huge and the coverup and ignorance of the doctors responding to it is unbelievable. It is a true story and it really is a page turner. It also happens to be mostly based in Canada.

So if you want a good read and a bit of insight to the haphazzard guesswork that happens all too often in the medical profession, then check it out.