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Hi Priestess,
Thanks for speaking your mind. It helps to clear the air. My mother said that I was born with a vaginal cleft, and lacked internal female organs. The scars on my perineum have been documented and shared with people who do medical research. Both my parents, after reviewing these scars, have acknowledged their existence, but have not given me a clear explanation. My personal physician at a major HMO (Kaiser) has investigated these scars, and has said that they are the result of a "developmental problem". He spread the "lips" apart, but found that there is no depth to my vaginal features. To be perfectly honest, I have always used the terms "vaginal features" and "vaginal scars". I have never claimed to have a fully formed vagina, or to have a vaginal canal. After I started posting here, there was a sudden fad for people to post that they too had undergone surgery to "close" their vagina. It seems that in every reported case, what was referred to was the line of Rapche (sp?), which is a normal developmental feature. You are correct about my treatments for undescended testicles.
You have mentioned some pretty remarkable anatomical features regarding your situation. In your last post you write: "If I have no recognized intersex condition, despite my apparently having four gonads and 80% of a canal that's had cameras inside it -> then fine". I agree that having four gonads would truly be remarkable. Recently, you wrote that your colon, splits off from itself, and loops back through an independent section before rejoining your colon. If this situation does not result from some medical treatment, and you were born that way, I would also consider that to be remarkable.
If we are talking about credibility, it is a two way street. We awake from our dreams, in the light of day; we face other people who might have an interest in the truth of the statements we make.
Peter
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