GH Article

[Guest guest]

Okay everyone - sounds like I got everyone excited about something I

shouldn't have - the growth hormone article. My apologies.

I will say, however, that in my opinion - it shows an understanding

with the FDA that there are children out there who desperately need

growth hormone - whether or not it works for them (we still need to

try it) and that once approvals begin - there will hopefully be a

shift in the view of short-statured children and their need to

obtain what is an acceptable height in society. I guess what I'm

saying is that every little bit of good news helps - whether or not

it has to do with our children. It reminds me of IVF. IVF was not

accepted by many insurances for many many years and the majority of

insurances still have a hard time accepting IVF as a means to allow

those who are otherwise unable to have children. However, IVF is

covered by some insurances and it has helped many such as myself.

Everytime I read something about IVF in the news - I felt it was

always in a positive direction because it got the " news " out there

to many people. So, let's hope that this article, being in the Wall

Street Journal, gets people to see that short-statured children are

out there and that it's important we do " something " about it.

So, I guess my next goal is to get an article written myself so that

I can spread the word about RSS ?? We'll see. We'll see.

Sorry though if I got everyone excited about the GH article. It was

not my intentions to dissappoint anyone.

- (H)