Cathousechicken

It depends on the form of dwarfism. I have (had?) growth hormone deficiency which is a treatable form of dwarfism. In this type, we are "normal" proportioned, just super short. Therefore, we don't have the extra skin or irregular body shapes or proportions.

I originally stopped growing at 4 feet tall but my growth plates hadn't fused yet. I was lucky to be living near Chicago at the time because part of the FDA study for growth hormone treatment was going on there. If either I didn't live near Chicago or I was a year or two older, I wouldn't have been able to get on the study and I would have been stuck at 4 feet tall. I was really lucky to be at the right place at the right time.

ETA.. it worked because I'm 5 feet tall. My part of the study was how to best implement the meds, intermuscular (3x a week) or sub-q (I can't remember if it was 5 or 6x a week). First year, I had the grown hormone given intermuscular, second sub-q. I grew equally well on both so then I got to pick how I wanted it for the rest of the time.

Besides your own, who is your favorite character on Claws and why?

Its also the result of for-profit outsourcing of this industry.

But I do know that one of the reasons they are struggling with finding a good flavor is because fats are harder to create or mimic while proteins are easier to synthesize.

You may want to try the Impossible Burger or meats. They are in a lot of places now. They claim to be the closest because they identified a protein called heme that is in beef that gives beef its meaty flavor. Impossible is also found in yeast which is where they are producing it from for the Impossible meats.

I've tried it twice, at Qdoba and White Castle. It's been 30 years since I had meat so I'm not the best judge, but meat eaters I know have liked it and say it's the closest they've had.

Do you think this AMA was really a good idea?

Not anymore.

(Not the OP, but that is probably what's going through his head about now)