Suddenly remembered a song/music video that I really liked a few years back. It was my phase craze of Japanese anime and drama serials back then.... Haha... I really liked Matsu Takako in Hero, alongside Kimura Takuya!
Something interesting I noted during All Saints on Tuesday.
It's about Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI).
Taken from Wikipedia:
FFI - very rare autosomal dominant inherited prion disease of brain. Dominant gene responsible has been found in just 50 families worldwide; if only one parent has the gene, offspring have a 50% chance of inheriting it. The disease's genesis and patient's progression into complete sleeplessness is untreatable, and ultimately fatal.
FFI is caused by dual mutation in a protein called prion protein (PrP) resulting in formation of insoluble prion protein (PrPsc). This causes plaques of PrPsc to develop in the thalamus responsible for regulation of sleep. This results in insomnia, then progresses to more serious problems over time.
The age of onset is variable (30-60 years; mean 50 years). Death occurs 7 to 36 months from onset. Presentation of disease varies from person to person.
Four stages, taking 7 to 18 months: 1. Increasing insomnia, resulting in panic attacks, paranoia, and phobias - lasts for ~4 months 2. Hallucinations and panic attacks more noticeable - lasts ~5 months 3. Complete inability to sleep, followed by rapid weight loss - lasts ~3 months 4. Dementia, during which patient becomes unresponsive or mute over 6 months - final progression of disease; patient subsequently die
No cure or treatment for FFI. Sleeping pills - no helpful effect; in fact, make situation much worse.
I'm getting a bit too into all these medical conditions because of the CPE stuff that I'm doing currently. But, hey, it's good knowledge, yeah.
~Discover something new everyday. left alone at 8:47 PM
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
At times wonder what one is doing with her life.
And at other times wonder why the computer can be agonizingly slow.
I probably just need something to look forward to.
Any suggestions?
~Painstakingly, ridiculously slow. left alone at 8:44 PM
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
In case you have been wondering, "Is Su finally resigned to her fate in dealing with the hobamomos?"
Yeah, perhaps you have yet to notice, but I have not been throwing too much tantrum on this blog about them. Haha.
Just to update you, I'm not currently up in the wards where all the super action is... Now just stranded (in a good way) on little islands outside of the main building... Where all the peace and quiet is (haha, thanks to william for reminding me that I was complaining once before at some point that there would be a lack of ECs over here)...
So that explains why the lack of typical remarks and agitation that I would usually have somehow or rather.
But hey, I'm enjoying doing group therapy (That is the ONLY way to clear >10 clients in <5hrs).
