Why we should allow medical threads....

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dd5 said:
Subject: My face is paralyzed
So the other day whilst working on Tom the cat in lab I noticed my eye was pulsing. I thought maybe it was just the formaldehyde form the dead kitty so I paid it no mind. The day after that I went to an Amish rib place and had a drink. In public I somehow spewed up a buttload of what I was trying to suck up with my straw, again I paid it no mind. That same night my eye was very red an dry, thought it was the cold weather. Then yesterday while trying to hold mouthwash in my mouth I noticed no matter how hard I tried it spilled down my face. I sat there and looked in the bathroom mirror going wtf? No matter how hard I tried to puff my cheeks with air I couldn't hold the corner of my right lip together. Then I tried to make a silly kissing pout and my lips veered off to the side. It all came together then, the entire right side of my face was paralyzed.

I then hauled my ass to the nearest emergency room. After the normal 1 hour registration process I was brought back and greeted by a soft speaking short asian doctor. He tested my face by poking me with the sharp edge of a broken wooden swab to see if the nerves worked. Ok I thought, thats... interesting.. Then about an hour later his boss came by and examined me himself and had a CT scan ordered. Two hours later I was carted around in a wheelchair to cat scan my head.

When that was all done I waited and waited playing with my reflection in the mirror. I was really amused by the fact I can raise my one eyebrow like the rock can. Then suddenly the ER went into a frenzy as someone was being flown in from a car accident. Entertained for a bit I watched them flock over an old man with masks on their face to protect them from the spewing blood. Then, to my amusement the nurse came in to take samples of my blood after they had finished with the old man.

About two hours later my doctor came in and told me I had bells palsy. A virus had made its way into the main cranial nerve on the right side of my face and the body in response was applying pressure to the nerve. My eye was drying out because it hasn't been able to blink on its own for a while. So I need to take antivirals every 2 hours. Along with a steroid to relieve pressure on the nerve. I also need to tape my eye shut at night or else it won't close completely and may get infected as I sleep.

There's a chance I may not recover total function again.Joy.
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Q... (Moderator) said:
I've known a few people with this. While completly hilarious, it's also kind of gross. The spitting, the drooling, the inability to hold in a bong hit so at least you can forget the fact that you look like a cross between Two-face and the elephant man when you try to smile.

I'm willing to bet yuu a beer that you will not only get better, but you will learn from this expereince and never have sex with a giant spider again.


But you can always be thankfull that you didn't lose controll of half of your ass.
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anewbe4u said:
I don't get it.
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I think it's been posted here because the OP thought it was an amusing sarcastic reply. I find it semi-witty but mostly insensitive, anyone who has had a serious medical problem wouldn't find it funny in the least I'd imagine. I knew a guy who had Bell's Palsy and eventually the guy may naturally recover function but certainly not a pleasant thing to experience.
 
cleanbluesky said:
I think it's been posted here because the OP thought it was an amusing sarcastic reply. I find it semi-witty but mostly insensitive, anyone who has had a serious medical problem wouldn't find it funny in the least I'd imagine. I knew a guy who had Bell's Palsy and eventually the guy may naturally recover function but certainly not a pleasant thing to experience.
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Well I thought it was funny :( I might have low blood sugar or something, feeling light headed so giggling like a school boy at most things right now.


*crawls off back to his corner*
 
Hehehe good reply, so unexpected made me chuckle :p :)

It's quite clear though that the OP was treating it in a fairly light-hearted manner given his description of events so I think the response is quite appropriate really!
 
Rich_L said:
Hehehe good reply, so unexpected made me chuckle :p :)

It's quite clear though that the OP was treating it in a fairly light-hearted manner given his description of events so I think the response is quite appropriate really!
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I really didn't find the reply funny though, I think that was my problem.

I told a joke at work the other day.

Whats worse than finding half a maggot in your apple...........Rape, it went down badly.
 
anewbe4u said:
I really didn't find the reply funny though, I think that was my problem.

I told a joke at work the other day.

Whats worse than finding half a maggot in your apple...........Rape, it went down badly.
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dont get it...
 
Rich_L said:
Hehehe good reply, so unexpected made me chuckle :p :)

It's quite clear though that the OP was treating it in a fairly light-hearted manner given his description of events so I think the response is quite appropriate really!
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Having the nerves within your face disintegrate is probably a light-hearted matter for most people... and of course, when someone talks about a harsh personal experience in a light hearted manner the most appropriate thing to do is automatically take the **** out of them.

Strangely enough, I think it can be passed virally from insect bites though... some flies in Eastern Europe carry it unless someone has been blowing smoke up my ass
 
anewbe4u said:
Whats worse than finding half a maggot in your apple...........Rape, it went down badly.
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*tries not to laugh*

My mate came out with something funny on the bus yesterday:

I said "We use to have a guy in my dept called Sameer, but no one liked him so we just called him smear".

He replied "We use to have a guy no one liked, we just called him a ****"

Again I found that funny :( Wondering if I need saving.
 
Noxis said:
I said "We use to have a guy in my dept called Sameer, but no one liked him so we just called him smear".

He replied "We use to have a guy no one liked, we just called him a ****"
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lol!
 
Noxis said:
*tries not to laugh*

My mate came out with something funny on the bus yesterday:

I said "We use to have a guy in my dept called Sameer, but no one liked him so we just called him smear".

He replied "We use to have a guy no one liked, we just called him a ****"

Again I found that funny :( Wondering if I need saving.
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I can imagine that being quite funny.

This one also didn't go down to well and its hard to pull off.

Mid conversation you say "takes you back doesn't it?" They should say "what does" You then say "spina bifida"
 
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