Independent sex-site diva Trixy of (nsfw, duh) TastyTrixy.com passes along word that a fellow solo sex-site host, UndressJess, appears to have had a stroke. (Uncommon in Pill users, yes, but still way, way less common in the general population among people her age.) After reading some last chaotic Twitter posts, including one about her heading for the hospital, Trixy was able to reach her by phone.

She was able to speak fairly coherently, though she stopped and apologized a couple of times because it’s hard for her to organize her thoughts. Apparently the main thing is that SHE CAN’T READ and is pretty worried wondering how she’ll be able to work on her site, camming, blogging, promoting herself, etc. when she totally can’t READ. It’s like weird instant dyslexia.

It’s really hard to imagine being so young, living alone and becoming disabled overnight. You never know how long (if ever) after a stroke you’ll regain the function(s) you lost, but if I heard her correctly the estimate is about a year for her to be able to read again. Apparently the only guess being made as to why this happened to her is from her birth control pills. Yes, fuckers, STROKE is one of the risks of being on hormonal birth control. So next time you hear a guy complain about using a fucking condom, pull out this little gem. Risk of stroke isn’t just a bunch of tiny words on a pill pack insert no one reads.

She said it here.

I don’t know Jess but the response around the independent

Just to be clear, it’s not certain the pill caused her stroke. It’s just a possibility. But this would be a good time to mention that possibility and, as Trixie did, put it in context.

Given a map of the world where the lacework of fringe can extend deep into the interiors of continents it’s really important to understand that the risks of birth-control pills is pretty low on the continuum of potentially-pregnant things that can happen from heterosexual genital-to-genital activities.

The risk is also much lower today than it was in the 1960s and 1970s when The Pill contained whopping amounts of hormones compared to today.

So by and large if you’re going to have unprotected heterosexual intercourse it’s statistically safer both health- and life-wise to take the pill than not.

But the risk of most contraceptives is real and it’s one born at the moment by women. Vasectomy, condoms, withdrawal, and no intercourse at all are _

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