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since The Relative first stuck Chaz, putting our hero at serious risk of AIDS. As of three months ago ( http://cvillette.livejournal.com/82797.html), Chaz's tests were still clean. But he's got one more to go. And look at what I just noticed: Well, I have to drive to Maryland tomorrow anyway. I'll call you from the car and wake you up. We'll hang out. ( http://standuponit.livejournal.com/3369.html?thread=82729#t82729) Guess he got the blood work done the day before Thanksgiving. Wonder what the turnaround time is on that test? And how nasty our PTB are going to be to him? |
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txanne
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« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2008, 11:31:20 pm » |
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1. Pretty fast; and
2. Very.
OTOH, would they do that with four seasons to go?
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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2008, 04:51:04 am » |
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Why not? It's not like it's instantly fatal. People have lived for years - enough for him to round out the series, if need be.
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« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2008, 10:35:04 am » |
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But I want him to have a happily-ever-after! Even if it isn't with meeeeee!
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« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2008, 12:23:11 pm » |
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1. Pretty fast; and
2. Very.
OTOH, would they do that with four seasons to go?
Turnaround time depends on the lab in particular. Right now, the HIV testing done at my place of employ (a county health department in NC) has a 1-month TAT. All HIV testing in NC goes through the state lab, which I guess is backed up. Usually it's only 2 weeks, but it's the Holiday Season, when government hours mean a lot of people are on vacation. I don't know what the procedure in Maryland is. HIV is highly treatable, and one of the things that's happening is that people with HIV are dying of heart disease at 65 or 70, rather than of ARC or AIDS at 25 or 30. But how the anomaly would interact with the virus is something we can't guess at, even remotely. Would it speed viral mutation rates (because beta metabolism is faster, so he'd need whopping doses of drug to achieve the concentrations required to kill virus)? Would his immune system and leet healing ability be enough to kill virus without a problem to speak of? |
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« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2008, 01:07:25 pm » |
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Friend-brain says OH NO
Reader-brain says HEY COOL
Shoggoth says Tekeli-li.
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Edmund Schweppe
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« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2008, 02:02:11 pm » |
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Shoggoth says Tekeli-li.
::zips lips firmly, having gotten in trouble with this one once before:: |
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« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2008, 03:01:25 pm » |
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Friend-brain says OH NO
Reader-brain says HEY COOL
Shoggoth says Tekeli-li.
Cliff reader-brain. Shag friend-brain. Marry the Shoggoth, cause that's a lotta bread. ...Sorry, wrong thread. |
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"I wanted to tell you both. I've met someone."
"Danny, that's good," his mother said, sounding strange and strained and cautious. "What's--"
"His name's Grayson. He works for the State Department."
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« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2008, 03:06:24 pm » |
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Friend-brain says OH NO
Reader-brain says HEY COOL
Shoggoth says Tekeli-li.
Cliff reader-brain. Shag friend-brain. Marry the Shoggoth, cause that's a lotta bread. ...Sorry, wrong thread. Pure class! |
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« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2008, 04:01:18 pm » |
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Jim, please accept this free! bonus! Internet!
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CapeCorey
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« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2008, 04:16:04 pm » |
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Marry me? In theory?
(I should probably specify... nah!)
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« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2008, 04:17:27 pm » |
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Marry me? In theory?
Would that be Theory, Texas or Theory, Montana? |
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« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2008, 04:20:29 pm » |
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Marry me? In theory?
Would that be Theory, Texas or Theory, Montana? I'm a cold weather girl. |
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« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2008, 05:38:38 pm » |
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I guess we're moving to Montana, then.
In theory.
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"I wanted to tell you both. I've met someone."
"Danny, that's good," his mother said, sounding strange and strained and cautious. "What's--"
"His name's Grayson. He works for the State Department."
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« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2008, 06:33:58 pm » |
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That's my theoretical man!
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