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Girl Wants to Delay Puberty

The athletic feats that a young female skater can perform are not so easy once she matures.
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Posted by Dittomom
September 12, 2008 10:23 AM
how sad
How sad that these girls don't want to grow up and there are adults that let them and hinder their natural growth. No wonder why gymnasts are so flat chested and short. I have a friend who took ballet a couple times a week for years, she said she naturally didn't develop until after she stopped dancing.
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Posted by HauseMan
September 5, 2008 12:18 AM
Uh, EXCUSE ME !!!!
This "coach" is not a Medical Doctor (MD), has no training in endocrinology, and what he is doing is ILLEGAL !!! Don't you get it, girl ?

He is practicing medicine without a license, obtaining drugs without a DEA permit, administering said drugs to a minor apparently without parental consent, which is still illegal because he's not a doctor.

I want to know how this "coach" got these drugs in the first place. That's a major no-no.
WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS IN ALL THIS ???
DID THEY CONSENT TO ALL THIS ?

I don't care if doing this makes your "coach" "happy", SCREW HIM. He's only thinking about his career, not your life. All he wants to do is USE YOU for his own agenda. He makes his bones off the points YOU MAKE in some stupid game. You work your body to death (and a certain early death at that), he gets the glory, the tenure, the big bucks. Can't you figure that out ?

Oh well, after the trophies rust....

No wonder I hate sports.
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Posted by HeatherAmb...
August 31, 2008 12:04 PM
Totally Unhealthy
That is insane! Your body is made of natural and organic elements of the earth... (Mainly Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorous, Potassium, Iodine, Nitrogen, and Sulfur). You should NOT be adding any unnatural ingredients to your body that slow or stop its natural course. In the future, you may experience heart problems and trouble with infertility. And you're 12 years old? While it's great to exercise, unless you are taking in several thousands of calories each day, you are destroying your body, as it is not built to endure such rigorous activity on TOP of whatever your crazy coach is injecting in you. Do your parents know about this? My advice is to climb to the top rank naturally and let nature run its course as so avoid very harmful side effects in the future.
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Posted by RUBEN LAGO
August 31, 2008 5:45 AM
delay puberty
ARE YOU AND YOUR COACH NUTS!!!!!
WHO IS YOUR COACH TO TAKE THAT DECITION IN YOUR LIFE,YES YOUR LIFE.DO YOUR PARENTS KNOW ABOUT THIS? IS YOUR COACH A MEDICINE DOCTOR OR MEDICAL PROVIDER WHITH KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING IN ENDOCRINOLOGY? MY DEAR SKINNY TOUR COACH IS PLAYING WITH YOUR FUTURE LIFE AS A WOMAN FOR WHAT?FOR HIS GLORY IN THE SKATE SPORT?
PUBERTY IS A MAYOR CHANGE IN PEOPLE'S LIFE IS THE CHANGE FROM BE A BOY OR GIRL TO BE A MAN OR A WOMEN,IS THE NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF MANY ORGANS AND SECONDARY CARACTERISTICS THAT
WILL MAKE OF YOU A MATURE WOMAN READY TO BE A MOTHER IN ITS TIME.PLEASE DON'T DO THAT.A SKATE SPORT CAREER WILL BE SHORT BUT YOUR FUTURE LIFE IS FOR EVER. I SUGGEST YOU TO TALK TO YOUR PARENTS AND GET ADVISE FROM A DOCTOR,BECAUSE I THINK YOUR COACH IS TAKING ADVANTGE OF YOU AND YOUR SKATE TALENT FOR HIS OWN GLORY.AND I THINK WHAT HE IS DOING IS ILEGAL AND VERY DANGEROUS TO YOU.
RUBEN LAGO
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Posted by skinny12
August 7, 2008 12:14 AM
delay puberty
I am a 12 year old female skater who needed to delay puberty in order to work my way up to the top ranks. My coach gives me shots in the buttucks to stop my estrogen from working. He told me I would pass any blood test because what I take does not produce muscle. I also avoid fats, and exercise several hours per day. I eat healthy and get all the nutrients needed to perform. The result is that I'm the only girl in my class who had not started puberty, which make me and my coach very happy.
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