Damn. And other such thoughts.

Jan 12, 2012 02:53

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eniel January 12 2012, 08:07:24 UTC
For what it's worth...
Can you agree that a non-resistant strain would be better than TDR-TB ?

I'd rather see you go through the "sort of like asthma and pneumonia, bronchitis and 'flu all at once" rather than the "actually dying", if that's ok ?

On a slightly related note, I've always thought that "bedridden" was so tame a term... it sounds so commonplace. The French term, "grabataire", sounds so much more desperate and terminal (and refers to dingy (dying?) beds that maids would have in the attic).

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wraithwitch January 12 2012, 10:29:18 UTC
Oh, if you like, I don't think my neurones care what strain it is, they just want it. So long as I get to cough up blood a couple of times it's fine to be the curable sort.

Hee - bedridden - it kinda sounds like you're infesting your own bed, like flea-ridden. You're right - 'grabataire' is a much cooler phrase =)

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lucfia January 12 2012, 13:29:31 UTC
I have something similar but with trepanning - I've wanted it done since i was about 8!

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wraithwitch January 12 2012, 14:37:12 UTC
There are some doctor types that practice it - or there were, possibly in the US - because I remember a news report about a bunch of people who thought it was great and said it had cured them of stuff and was like the best mind-trip ever. Or something. So it's not entirely beyond possibility...

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