Dr. Greg House, MD (
vicodincrutch) wrote in
poly_chromatic2012-08-17 12:01 am
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145 DIAGNOSIS
After the most recent curse you may have:
Do any of these ring a bell? Yes? Congratulations, you have mono. Now you can bother a doctor. Why? Because Mono can have complications. Complications are interesting. I want them. You can come along too if you absolutely have to.
If you have:
- Gradual but apparent fatigue
- Loss of appetite
- Sore throat
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Rash
- Swollen liver
Do any of these ring a bell? Yes? Congratulations, you have mono. Now you can bother a doctor. Why? Because Mono can have complications. Complications are interesting. I want them. You can come along too if you absolutely have to.
If you have:
- Dry lips
- Anxiousness
- Remorse
- Bad taste in your mouth
- Over salivation
- Bruises

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Yes. Well. Swollen liver, skin condition and fatigue could be fatty liver disease or worse. Shooting the breeze isn't going to fix it because this isn't a hotline.
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[He's not sick. Not in the medically treatable way. House rubs his forehead and pulls back to the whiteboard to start erasing. There's a new diagnosis on his mind.]
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Tell me more.
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Two round balls. A shaft, a short one.]
You can't order it. I think this is a defect from birth.
[Fatty liver disease or any other diagnosis for the liver would have severe complications, painful. Especially combined with a dermal issue. Behold. Your art, Crowley.]
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And you deal with people. I love it.
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[He gives it a happy face with little stick arms for good measure.]
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I'm a person. [Not a nice person or a human person, but a person.]
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You're a waste of time.
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[Art done so he now is hobbling to get some coffee. The sound quality drops for that moment.]
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