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humanodon  ·  4256 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Humanodon gets healthcare (update)

Oh, I've gotten some gross infections from stress before myself. I once got a really nasty boil that swelled to the size of a quail egg.

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thenewgreen  ·  4256 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Trench boil or Angel boil? I've been lucky to avoid any such stress induced maladies. (knocking on wood right now).

humanodon  ·  4256 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Trench. Most definitely trench. It's probably the most disgusted I've ever been with my body. The puss that came out of it, was not like any puss I'd ever seen before. And once all the puss was out, it left a big, gaping wound that I had to pour betadine into several times a day, for more than a month.

_refugee_  ·  4256 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Eww. But also, probably weirdly fascinating.

Who knew stress could do such a thing?