"Dilbert" Scott Adams was suffering from spasmodic dysphonia. Oddly, Botox injections can sometimes work but didn't in his case. One of my favorite singers -- Linda Thompson -- suffered from this malady, thinking for years it was stage fright, told by countless doctors it was all in her head, until she finally got a proper diagnosis. There's no end to the strange diseases out there. I interviewed actress Vera Farmiga of "The Departed" and she said she was playing a character suffering from a disease that makes a person feel like a quadraplegic trapped in an able-bodied person's body. Now if THAT isn't one of the oddest, most disturbing illnesses, I don't know what is.
I believe that Diane Rehm, from NPR, has this affliction also.
ReplyDeleteWow, for a radio person that has to be a nightmare too. At least Adams could keep writing while dealing with it.
ReplyDeleteI believe Nip/Tuck did an episode where a man requested his leg be amputated for him to feel normal. Same idea as the quad trapped in an able body.
ReplyDeleteMissed that episode. What a thing to deal with.
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