Good News I'm keeping my spleen.
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Good News I'm keeping my spleen.
I was diagnosed with IPT 2 years ago. It means I had a very low platelet count. I was treated with WinRho and got some better. The next step would be a spleenectomy. Today my platelet count was normal, so I get to keep my spleen for a while longer. I may even be able to run with scissors again.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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peacock2121
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Re: Good News I'm keeping my spleen.
Hooray! What great news.
Keep on keeping it, okay?
Keep on keeping it, okay?
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TheCalvinator24
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Re: Good News I'm keeping my spleen.
Good to hear.
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Estonut
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Re: Good News I'm keeping my spleen.
Good news! It might help to vent it here once in a while.
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littlebeast13
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Bad news for Hannibal Lector....
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ghostjmf
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Re: Good News I'm keeping my spleen.
I will now have to look up IPT. But I know spleens have turned out to be important in the immune response, so hang on to it as long as possible.
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Re: Good News I'm keeping my spleen.
IPT is thought to be an autoimmune disorder and the spleen does the job of removing the platelets that the body has decided are now unwelcome. Taking out the spleen moderates the body's immune response to the platelets and you end up with more platelets.ghostjmf wrote:I will now have to look up IPT. But I know spleens have turned out to be important in the immune response, so hang on to it as long as possible.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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MarleysGh0st
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Re: Good News I'm keeping my spleen.
Ugh. Dr. House and his team seem to be suspecting autoimmune disorders ever other week.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote: IPT is thought to be an autoimmune disorder and the spleen does the job of removing the platelets that the body has decided are now unwelcome. Taking out the spleen moderates the body's immune response to the platelets and you end up with more platelets.
I'm glad you're keeping your spleen.
But you still shouldn't run with scissors!
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silvercamaro
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I'm glad you're keeping the spleen. It looks good in you.
Now generating the White Hot Glare of Righteousness on behalf of BBs everywhere.
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jsuchard
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Re: Good News I'm keeping my spleen.
ITP
"Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura", or sometimes "Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura"
not IPT
Reminds me of a patient I saw last night:
Patient: "I've got that lung thing. You know, COD... or CPD. Or is it DCP?"
Resident physician: "You mean COPD?" [Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease]
Patient: "No! Not that."
"Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura", or sometimes "Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura"
not IPT
Reminds me of a patient I saw last night:
Patient: "I've got that lung thing. You know, COD... or CPD. Or is it DCP?"
Resident physician: "You mean COPD?" [Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease]
Patient: "No! Not that."
* Either Arglebargle IV or someone else.
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MarleysGh0st
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Re: Good News I'm keeping my spleen.
And TMITSSS couldn't remember that? Sheesh!jsuchard wrote:ITP
"Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura", or sometimes "Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura"
not IPT
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Bob Juch
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Apparently he has CRS.jsuchard wrote:ITP
"Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura", or sometimes "Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura"
not IPT
Reminds me of a patient I saw last night:
Patient: "I've got that lung thing. You know, COD... or CPD. Or is it DCP?"
Resident physician: "You mean COPD?" [Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease]
Patient: "No! Not that."
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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ulysses5019
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Re: Good News I'm keeping my spleen.
I guess you'll just have to be careful about venting your spleen here on the bored.
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Re: Good News I'm keeping my spleen.
IPT was suspected and ruled out in a recent episode of House.MarleysGh0st wrote:Ugh. Dr. House and his team seem to be suspecting autoimmune disorders ever other week.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote: IPT is thought to be an autoimmune disorder and the spleen does the job of removing the platelets that the body has decided are now unwelcome. Taking out the spleen moderates the body's immune response to the platelets and you end up with more platelets.
I'm glad you're keeping your spleen.
But you still shouldn't run with scissors!
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Re: Good News I'm keeping my spleen.
LOLjsuchard wrote:ITP
"Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura", or sometimes "Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura"
not IPT
Reminds me of a patient I saw last night:
Patient: "I've got that lung thing. You know, COD... or CPD. Or is it DCP?"
Resident physician: "You mean COPD?" [Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease]
Patient: "No! Not that."
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.