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rachelmanija Oct. 21st, 2004 12:43 pm)
rachelmanija Oct. 21st, 2004 12:43 pm)Some of you were very helpful a while back when I wanted to inflict a character with the possibility but not certainty, of a horrible genetic disease. The sword hanging over his head is (thank you) Huntington's Disease.
Okay. I want to torment him further. What can I inflict on him that could make him think he's showing symptoms, but turn out to be something else entirely which is actually benign or easily cured? Maybe something like a sports injury (he's a martial artist) with a delayed onset, so that (say) when he finds that his right hand has become clumsy or weak, he doesn't immediately connect it to the hit he took a few days before?
Ideally, but not necessarily, it would be something that, when he finally consults a doctor, the doctor can lecture him along the lines of "You should have come in sooner-- this can cause permanent damage if you just ignore it."
Would a pinched nerve work for this?
Okay. I want to torment him further. What can I inflict on him that could make him think he's showing symptoms, but turn out to be something else entirely which is actually benign or easily cured? Maybe something like a sports injury (he's a martial artist) with a delayed onset, so that (say) when he finds that his right hand has become clumsy or weak, he doesn't immediately connect it to the hit he took a few days before?
Ideally, but not necessarily, it would be something that, when he finally consults a doctor, the doctor can lecture him along the lines of "You should have come in sooner-- this can cause permanent damage if you just ignore it."
Would a pinched nerve work for this?
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