Fic for "Janet Alphabet Soup" SG-1 Gen Fic Day!

[colej55]

Title: U is for Ulalgia

Rating: PG-13 (If medical details squick you out!)

Character: Janet Fraiser

Warnings: Medical Details (Some description of blood.)

Setting: Season 1 prior to “Broca Divide”

Synopsis: Dr. Fraiser works day and night trying to save a very ill member of SG-1.

A/N: For “Janet Alphabet Soup” in honor of SG-1 Gen Fic Day! (

Comments

[sg_fignewton]

Wow! A full-blown medical drama, complete with great Hammond and wonderful Jack and Janet friendship. This adds an entire extra dimension to their interaction in Broca Divide, too.

I have no idea about the medical lingo but it certainly reads as impressive. :)

[colej55]

Thanks! That's high praise coming from you, as I have such high regard for your writing.

LOL Janet could be medically techy at times, so I had fun playing with it. And the Broca Divide is what sparked this. I wanted to know where that level of trust had come from.

Thanks again!

[sg_betty]

Boy, you rarely see a medical story that goes into such depth and has such realistic illness! Very impressive!

[colej55]

A long medical background certainly helped. I never know if I've crossed the line into booooring with the medical stuff. Thank you so much!

[thraesja]

Oh, nice job. Tackling a medical drama makes you way braver than I'll ever be. It read realistically, too, though I suppose it's the docs among us that'll have the most important opinions on that front.

Nice bit of Jack & Janet friendship. And the more-distant interactions of the rest of the team seemed realistic this early on. Well done.

[colej55]

I cheated - I saw one case of this disease in 12 years of managing a medical practice, so I knew how to write about it. Plus, I have access to medical journals. *iz sheepish*

Thank you so much! I'm a newbie and I tend to miss more than I hit. I adore season 1, so this was fun.

[thraesja]

I figured you had to have a medical background to pull off something that detailed. It's very good, if icky. Poor Daniel.

You hit this well indeed. Much (much!) better than anything I put out while I could still claim newbie status. Welcome and happy writing!

[colej55]

Thank you again! My beta (and the person who goads me into entering these events in a moment of weakness) is heading off to Africa to chase her dream of being a travel guide, so I'm not sure how much more writing I'll be doing. We shall see....

[cnidarian]

Whee! As you know, I enjoyed this. Fortunately it needed hardly any beta work - I was getting caught up in it to the point where I struggled to spot any errors! And Fig will be pleased - long gen fic! Great job my dear!

[colej55]

Thank you so much, my awesome mentor. I couldn't have done it without your patient help over the past year.

As for this story, flukes happen! Glad you enjoyed it. *hugs of gratitude*

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Wow. I never even heard of Stevens-Johnson! This story was truly frightening!

If I could make one suggestion? A "G" rating and no warnings did not prepare me for your story! You might want to raise the rating with a brief explanation of why (such as "PG for medical details" or "PG-13 for gore") would have left me a little less . . . stunned.

[colej55]

Sure! Sorry!!! Medical background. I'll get right on it. Thanks for reading!

[colej55]

I keep changing the rating. Now it's PG-13 for medical details along with a warning. My beta and I are both science/medical geeks, so the fact blood squicks people never occurred to us. Humble apologies!

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Not a big deal; I just wanted to let you know for the future.

I meant to say also: I figured (once when I was really sick) if I was ever too sick to talk or raise my head, I'd use my fist to nod or shake my "head" just like Daniel did! I really liked that touch!