Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 I have lots of social time. I'm married. I have two kids. I have friends that drive me all over the place in my van. Family visits and calls on the phone. People are always coming in and out of my house, many without any forewarning. If anything I get *overloaded* with social time. I have hobbies and play computer games and read and go on " rolls " in the 'hood. I don't have a job and I don't really think I want one. But when I feel like like crap, I'm depressed. If someone told me I could never eat again by mouth, I'd be depressed. I like chocolate a lot! If someone told me they have to remove my eye (!), I'd be depressed. The character was *in the hospital*. They weren't covering his life story, just this particular period in it. And overall, most patients House sees *are* depressed because they are *sick*. And I reiterate, the story did show or refer to him doing " happy " things. He was driving an adaptive van by himself (something I'll probably never get to do because of costs, etc). He was, happily I add, rolling around the neighborhood independently at night (ie, he wasn't a " shut in " by any means). He was sarcastic and funny. And, to top it all, he got his disease from A VACATION TO THAILAND (I've never even been out of the United States)! Also, I'm beginning to agree with . I'm not sure he purposely didn't take the pills. raised a good point about the " ghost thing " in the preview for the next episode. Plus I doubt the guy would've given the dog *the cup too* if he purposely gave him the pills. It's not like the intern would be expecting him to swallow the cup! They left it kind of vague, I think on purpose. And besides, refusing to take medicine isn't " suicide " in my book. In some cases, it's just letting nature take it's course by denying medical treatment. It's not like he stuck a pocket knife in a light socket like the other guy. Plus, interns kept coming in every five minutes with new diagnoses. I'm not sure I'd *want* to take pills they were just kind of throwing at me, hoping they'd solve the problem. House is one of my favorite shows *because* of the way they portray disability. It's not goopy and sentimental, but is downright irreverent at times! I think of the one scene in another episode where House demonstrated that you could purposely run into an able- bodied person (in this case, he firmly planted his crutch on a lady's foot) and they'd apologize profusely like they were at fault for getting in the way. Or there was the other episode where he got in a mini war with another doctor in a wheelchair over who should have the closer handicapped parking space. Maybe I like the character of House because I'm just as much of a sarcastic, cynical bastard as he is - I just don't say it out loud. Jenn Malatesta nekrosys@... nekrosys.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 No, he didn't actually go blind. They thought he had cancer and were going to remove one of his eyes, but they found out he didn't at the last minute. But I'd have a really hard time losing my sight too. On Oct 11, 2007, at 1:31 PM, blueyedaze@... wrote: > Another thing since I missed the show and only read the synopsis on > the > website - did the dude with SMA also lose his sight? Call me what > you will, but > I'd have quite a hard time wanting to live if, on top of all my > other losses, > I went blind. Jenn Malatesta nekrosys@... nekrosys.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 If you're talking to me, I'd like to point out that I never said I hated any one person. I did say that I hated the way they portrayed him. No I wouldn't expect someone to be " happy go lucky " when they are that ill. I also wouldn't expect to walk away with the impression that a severely disabled person has no other option but to take their own life. I also said in a previous e-mail that I would have felt differently about it if he had actually passed because of a disease process. I can't wait to find out if is correct about her theory. I do wonder, though... why wouldn't he say something if he just couldn't reach the pills? She just went to get him water to take them with. Love and Hugs Jeni Re: House on Fox When I was in a car wreck and broke up pretty badly in the hospital, I felt just like he did. I think if we video tapped you guys who hatted this show and you were sick in the hospital, I don't think we would see a happy go luck person either. I also think if this guy was in a great mood the show wouldn't have been very real. i think what is being missed here is they had a story to tell. The guy could have had genital warts for what it matters, this was what was going to happen, 2 people were supposed to die. now they did use SMA and they did a benefit for SMA the day before and I am very happy they did. If I was in that same shape in the hospital I might have looked the exact same. I have days that I hate that I have SMA and when I'm sick it's worse. I am allowed to feel this way too. It's my life and I don't think anyone here is thrilled they have it.I just wish people would realize this show was written to further a cause, it's to entertain. Now Ihave said I have felt the same way, do you hate me too? > > > > > > I'm completely disturbed by the way the guy was > > portrayed. Life > > with SMA is so terrible that killing yourself (by > > not taking meds) > > and your service dog is the only way out? > > > I can't believe I let my 11 year old watch this > > crap. It was > > exactly the defeatest bullshit that I never wanted > > her exposed to. > > > And to think.... the writer has a 7 year old with > > type 2. What's > > gonna happen to that kid in a few years? Is is Dad > > gonna tell him > > that it's ok to want to die because his existance is > > pitiful? > > > I'm gonna shut up now because I realize that my > > venting is not > > helpful in any way. > > > Sorry!!!!! > > > > > > Love and Hugs > > > Jeni > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ > Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on TV. > http://tv.. com/ > > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ __ > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail. aol.com > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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