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That used to be a strategy with books I could not put down; start earlier in the day, so I would be done. I wonder if it will work here?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/hysbcq/aita_for_not_donating_my_liver_due_to_a_lawsuit/
Everything about this story is absolutely bonkers, however, the most bonkers part is apparently this is not the first job-related-wacky involving organ transplants. You can read all about Jackie Brucia, who is mentioned in the comments, altho this particular AITA is not about Brucia.
In this one, the person who accuses an employee of theft _before_ getting the liver transplant from the employee’s SO, actually dies. Obviously, once the employee was arrested, the transplant was called off, because, WTF anyway. I suppose I should not have been surprised that a person willing to donate an organ to a SO’s boss would feel guilty after not following through, even if the boss then arrests the SO. Maybe I should be surprised that the person did not follow through! I mean, people are really amazingly nuts!
By having both stories hit me at once, I got to thinking a little about organs. Lots of things cause liver problems, and one of those things is alcohol. Could this have been straightforward Way Too Drunk and Crazy or DTs or whatever? But that seemed unlikely — I mean, doctors do not really love doing organ transplants in that situation. The failure rate is high immediately, and does not really improve over time.
Then I thought, you know, I have a pretty good idea what livers do, and if they are not doing that, I have some idea of what could be swimming in one’s bloodstream, and while there are some limits on what gets to the brain, that barrier is not impermeable (duh).
Does liver failure cause psychosis?
Answer: it can!
https://www.verywellhealth.com/hepatic-encephalopathy-the-psychiatric-aspects-of-liver-disease-4126586
I think I already knew this, because back when the cure for Hep C was expensive and in short supply, they prioritized who got it, and sometimes the fog of Hep C interfered with a person coming back to get it when they could have. Which is really bad!
Still, when you are reading about crazy, and the importance of understanding the organic / biological underpinnings of crazy, keep this one in mind.
ETA: aita crowd thinks the piece is fiction. Fair! But the Jackie Brucia story got news coverage and a court case and a settlement.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/hysbcq/aita_for_not_donating_my_liver_due_to_a_lawsuit/
Everything about this story is absolutely bonkers, however, the most bonkers part is apparently this is not the first job-related-wacky involving organ transplants. You can read all about Jackie Brucia, who is mentioned in the comments, altho this particular AITA is not about Brucia.
In this one, the person who accuses an employee of theft _before_ getting the liver transplant from the employee’s SO, actually dies. Obviously, once the employee was arrested, the transplant was called off, because, WTF anyway. I suppose I should not have been surprised that a person willing to donate an organ to a SO’s boss would feel guilty after not following through, even if the boss then arrests the SO. Maybe I should be surprised that the person did not follow through! I mean, people are really amazingly nuts!
By having both stories hit me at once, I got to thinking a little about organs. Lots of things cause liver problems, and one of those things is alcohol. Could this have been straightforward Way Too Drunk and Crazy or DTs or whatever? But that seemed unlikely — I mean, doctors do not really love doing organ transplants in that situation. The failure rate is high immediately, and does not really improve over time.
Then I thought, you know, I have a pretty good idea what livers do, and if they are not doing that, I have some idea of what could be swimming in one’s bloodstream, and while there are some limits on what gets to the brain, that barrier is not impermeable (duh).
Does liver failure cause psychosis?
Answer: it can!
https://www.verywellhealth.com/hepatic-encephalopathy-the-psychiatric-aspects-of-liver-disease-4126586
I think I already knew this, because back when the cure for Hep C was expensive and in short supply, they prioritized who got it, and sometimes the fog of Hep C interfered with a person coming back to get it when they could have. Which is really bad!
Still, when you are reading about crazy, and the importance of understanding the organic / biological underpinnings of crazy, keep this one in mind.
ETA: aita crowd thinks the piece is fiction. Fair! But the Jackie Brucia story got news coverage and a court case and a settlement.