Comments | theomnibob: Cripple Chronicles: Issue 10, The Good Die Young

theomnibob

Cripple Chronicles: Issue 10, The Good Die Young

Nov 14, 2009 05:16

And I'm the best. I was diagnosed with Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy, also known as Werdnigg-Hoffman Disease, at eight months old. My parents were told that I wouldn't live past two, and with good reason. Infantile onset (Type 1) is the most sever form of SMA, with the highest mortality rate, and the disease itself is the top inherited killer of ( Read more... )

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successforless November 14 2009, 11:25:52 UTC

Bravo, motherfucker. Bravo! A wordsmith I there ever was one.
We should do a series of written debates. To bad we agree on so much.

successforless November 14 2009, 11:28:03 UTC

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theomnibob November 14 2009, 11:36:38 UTC

Thank you, Rudy.
Oh, that would be delightfully scary. We may very well turn the universe inside-out by definitively proving hard determinism or some shit.

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theomnibob November 15 2009, 01:45:18 UTC

Yes, we need to go to the hospital together sometime. :)
I don't believe I've ever had that. Certainly not regularly.

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theomnibob November 15 2009, 22:46:21 UTC

Yes, but only once. Ever had a Central line?

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