House: 7x19 "Last Temptation" - Discussion and Spoilers

[IndyJones]

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I've had patients that went blind from glaucoma and diabetes. They're both plenty serious.


But that's clearly not what Forbin was saying, Dimesdan.

 

[sojourner]

Ever notice that most of House's patients might live but usually end up with some life long disabilities? Lots of kidney failures and life long dialysis. I wonder how high of a suicide rate his former patients have?

 

[Forbin]

Then you should get the fuck over it then. Being a type one insulin dependent Diabetic (which I might add is several hundred degrees less worse than an amputation and a billion degrees worse than some simple eye drops once a day.) who has to inject multiple times a day, I personally feel you are a moron for even considering complaining about that, let alone complaining outright.

Good fucking Christ, does everybody overreact much?!
I was relating my little bitty annoyance at the sudden advance of my minor "handicap" to how this girl must feel about suddenly having to change her whole life to a truly major life-changing crisis, and suddenly self-righteous twats are all over my ass! Get over yourselves and take my comment for what it was - just a comparative comment.

Get over myself? really? Did you read past what I said about it being whole different degrees?

The way you wrote about your handicap - which may I add, it really is not is in no way comparable to having an arm lopped off because of Cancer - was that it has such an impact on your life, you feel subhuman in some way. Having to monitor my Diabetes is far from like that either, so. you. know. what. you. get. the. fuck. over. yourself.

I KNOW! YOU MISSED MY POINT ENTIRELY! Good lord, you angry, angry little man, you simply have no clue what I was talking about.

Moving on...

 

[Forbin]

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I've had patients that went blind from glaucoma and diabetes. They're both plenty serious.


But that's clearly not what Forbin was saying, Dimesdan.

Thanks. Glad somebody was paying attention to the point.
And yes, I'm a bit nervous about the glaucoma. I kinda enjoy seeing.

 

[IndyJones]

Thanks. Glad somebody was paying attention to the point.
And yes, I'm a bit nervous about the glaucoma. I kinda enjoy seeing.

Just keep doing what they tell you (keep going to those follow-ups and don't miss drops, no matter how much they might irritate your eyes and lids).

I've seen many people who've lost significant vision from Glaucoma, but only when they're non-compliant.

Good luck.

 

[Forbin]

Thanks. Glad somebody was paying attention to the point.
And yes, I'm a bit nervous about the glaucoma. I kinda enjoy seeing.

Just keep doing what they tell you (keep going to those follow-ups and don't miss drops, no matter how much they might irritate your eyes and lids).

I've seen many people who've lost significant vision from Glaucoma, but only when they're non-compliant.

Good luck.

Thanks for the advice. I asked the doc if I could skip the drops for a couple of days when I travel, so I could avoid taking my contacts out in strange places, but he said no. I'll take your last sentence as a damn good reason to listen to him.

 

[Agent Richard07]

With all this talk about a minor's lack rights, I'm glad the story played out the way it did, with Masters tricking the parents into giving consent. I wouldn't have been comfortable with the parents overriding the girl's decision and having her arm cut off against her will. Yeah, I know there's the cancer and a life at stake, but the whole "no rights" thing does bother me. And if the girl did have more time, I'm sure she would have been able to put up some sort of legal fight anyway, raising a lot of issues in the process. I don't think it would really have been as clear cut as... "it's the parents' decision, not hers".

Ever notice that most of House's patients might live but usually end up with some life long disabilities? Lots of kidney failures and life long dialysis. I wonder how high of a suicide rate his former patients have?

I've noticed that a few of his patients have ended up being diagnosed with incurable conditions, but not most of them.