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“House”
Don’t know if any of you ever watch “House”, the intense medical drama about a crude, genius diagnostician.
I really love this show, but I admit that it can be pretty intense.
Last night I learned that a diagnosis of breast cancer can be determined through cancer markers in the saliva. I checked on the internet, and evidently this is true.
The thing is that watching this guy do his thing kind of makes my Doctor’s look like they are doing everything by rote.:huh:
I’m hooked, but, this show might be hard to watch for those who already have enough intensity in their lives…
(Now, you know where I’ve been lately!! Catching the “House” marathons!)
Ro
Rosemary
Age – 55
T1 G3 – Tumor free 2 yrs 3 months
Dx January 20069 Replies-
Rocky,
Gosh, I can’t remember the name of the condition from that episode, but I’ll try to catch the rerun and let you know!
Ro
Rosemary
Age – 55
T1 G3 – Tumor free 2 yrs 3 months
Dx January 2006
hi ,did the guy have porphria? My sister in law has that and her urine would get dark. For many years they told her her sickness was in her head, finally someone figured it out, she almost died from it. Rocky
Was that the episode about the creepy chess player?
I seem to remember in that episode that the guy stood up and then urinated brackish colored urine all over the floor. I do remember wondering why bladder and kidney issues were never an option (maybe because this wasn’t a primary symptom?)
If I remember right, didn’t that guy have a protein deficiency that was making his muscles die?
This show moves at lightning speed so I sometimes get the beginning and endings of the different episodes mixed up.
What is so interesting is that sometimes a symptom in the toe, will be symptomatic of a problem in the brain.
I’m hooked….
Ro
Rosemary
Age – 55
T1 G3 – Tumor free 2 yrs 3 months
Dx January 2006
but what was the diagnosis?
Stephany in Iowa
I started watching House about four weeks ago. I have seen probably 15 shows so far.
In one show the patient had Coffee colored urine. My wife and I sat up right away because that was the color of my urine before I went to the doctor and found out I had Bladder Cancer(my blood in my urine was never red).
We waited the whole hour and during the House brain stormings of possibilities they never mentioned Baldder Cancer.
Dang
Rick
House is almost as fun as reading the case reports in the New England Journal of Medicine!!
Sara Anne
Diagnosis 2-08 Small papillary TCC; CIS
BCG; BCG maintenance
Vice-President, American Bladder Cancer Society
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No kidding. We watch the “House” dvd’s as a family, and have a great time discussing them!
Stephany in Iowa
Heck, Warren, I was wondering what you would think about this post.
No, it’s hard to imagine any one in the world being able to get away with the things he does and still be able to keep his job…
Still….By watching the show I sure am learing a lot about the human body and am gaining a new respect for what you Doctors mean to us!!
Plus, the whole drama and mystery surrounding the human body is just downright fascinating!
Ro
Rosemary
Age – 55
T1 G3 – Tumor free 2 yrs 3 months
Dx January 2006
Dear Ro,
House is a great show… but don’t judge your doctors by it. In the real world, any physician who did multiple high risk procedures, some bringing his patients perilouly close to their maker, before picking the right path to make his brilliant diagnosis, would be in big trouble… to say nothing of how unlikely that the insurance companies would be to precertify these procedures and pay for his approach.
Hope I didn’t ruin any fantasies for you :S
-Warren
TaG3 + CIS 12/2000. TURB + Mitomycin C (No BCG)
Urethral stricture, urethroplasty 10/2009
CIS 11/2010 treated with BCG. CIS 5/2012 treated with BCG/interferon
T1G3 1/2013. Radical Cystectomy 3/5/2013, No invasive cancer. CIS in right ureter.
Incontinent. AUS implant 2/2014. AUS explant 5/2014
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