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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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Guillain-Barre Syndrome: http://health.yahoo.com/health/ency/adam/000684 I don't know if it's possible to have a light case of this or not, but there's a G-B Syndrome Foundation mentione don the Treatment page, so it' worth looking there.
Random article on numbness and weakness, with potential spne-related causes: http://health.yahoo.com/centers/mens/75.html
Carpal tunnel: http://health.yahoo.com/health/centers/arthritis_pain/2976.html
I've got an LJ friend in med school right now - I'll kick the question her way and see if she's got any suggestions. (well, if she's got time between rounds and exams and whatnot. :)
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You can give her more details than I have here, but what would really freak him out would be if he started dropping things. Like a paint brush. Or a glass of water. This is also going to cause him to lose at tournament # 2, after which he bites the bullet and sees a doctor. He has to be OK for tournament # 3, which is a couple months later, and he can't have been totally out of training for months before it either.
Ideally, the recovery time should be about one month, which can give him lots of free time in which he has no excuses not to socialize with other human beings, and also time to rethink some of his attitudes about life and stuff.
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---L. stop that.
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---L.
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