028. Diagnosis

[vicodincrutch]

Doctors who give advice to people going through withdrawals are obvious idiots.

February is a stupid month. I don't mean that based on artificial flavoring and blatant marketing strategy day. Leap year and all that. Screws with the calender and gets in the way of Saint Patrick's Day.

Speaking of which: "Drinking kills braincells."

News flash. Alcohol abuse, we're talking drinking like a fish, full on inebriation regularly, can cause serious neurological damage, like Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. Cells injured are dendrites on neurons in the cerebellum, a part of the brain involved in learning and physical coordination. But even in such extreme cases, there’s a lack of evidence that alcohol kills brain cells.

Anyone else have a ridiculous old wives tale? Wait. Don't answer that.

Comments

[not-avampire.livejournal.com]

Invert- Oh, no. Sexually transmitted parasite.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

That's why you wear a condom.

I hope you never get carpal tunnel.

[not-avampire.livejournal.com]

It's a parasite, not an STI, it gets through plastic.

Me too.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

What?

[not-avampire.livejournal.com]

The parasite's spores are viable saliva, and they're still small enough to penetrate latex.

...And I hope I don't get carpal tunnel, too.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

When or where are you from?

Symptoms?

[not-avampire.livejournal.com]

Oh, Jesus, man I've had this thing for over nine years, I'm fine, and my apartment's near vacuum-sealed. Nothing gets in or out, including me.

Symptoms are generally insanity and cannibalism, but I'm just a carrier.