Wow. Mark was the CEO of one of the first startups that I worked at in Toronto. I recall him being very driven and focused. It seems like these qualities helped him overcome this enormous challenge.
Wishing you the best, Mark.
My Sudden Trip to Hell
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#12Terrifying. Could it be that stress caused the Streptococcus pyogenes infection? It would be the most sensible explanation. I imagine being a CEO of a startup is a very stressful role, causing suppression of the immune system and thereby S pyogenes had a chance to proliferate. I have no idea, just speculation.
It was absolutely caused by unconscious emotions (like stress). The following part just made me laugh out loud:
> This mainly involves infection by the Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria and more commonly affects young, healthy adults. I didn't do anything to get it, it just happened - like being struck by lightning.
The jarring contrast between medicine's ability to perform surgical miracles, like those described in the article, and it's total inability to understand what causes illness, is just comical. I guess there is money in one and not the other.
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#13Author acquires necrotizing fasciitis. > I didn't do anything to get it, it just happened - like being struck by lightning. While there is certainly an element of chance involved, the Wikipedia article on necrotizing fasciitis seems to disagree somewhat with this blanket statement.
What a prick you are.
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#14Terrifying. Could it be that stress caused the Streptococcus pyogenes infection? It would be the most sensible explanation. I imagine being a CEO of a startup is a very stressful role, causing suppression of the immune system and thereby S pyogenes had a chance to proliferate. I have no idea, just speculation.
It was absolutely caused by unconscious emotions (like stress). The following part just made me laugh out loud: > This mainly involves infection by the Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria and more commonly affects young, healthy adults. I didn't do anything to get it, it just happened - like being struck by lightning. The jarring contrast between medicine's ability to perform surgical miracles, like those described in th…
Do you have anything to back up your claim it was caused by the stress? That seems like a pretty big claim to make.
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#15Terrifying. Could it be that stress caused the Streptococcus pyogenes infection? It would be the most sensible explanation. I imagine being a CEO of a startup is a very stressful role, causing suppression of the immune system and thereby S pyogenes had a chance to proliferate. I have no idea, just speculation.
It was absolutely caused by unconscious emotions (like stress). The following part just made me laugh out loud: > This mainly involves infection by the Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria and more commonly affects young, healthy adults. I didn't do anything to get it, it just happened - like being struck by lightning. The jarring contrast between medicine's ability to perform surgical miracles, like those described in th…
It was absolutely caused by unconscious emotions (like stress).
I cannot imagine a mechanism whereby stress causes a human body to create a bacterium, effectively from out of nowhere. To synthesise it. Do you have any evidence or even a posited mechanism for this amazing claim? Or is your claim that the illness isn't caused by this bacterium?
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#16When you feel a "flu" coming on, a little bit of zinc sulfate on the tongue does wonders. I've wiped out a flu on more than one occasion. If that isn't enough and your adrenals are gone, or a virus has taken hold take licorice sticks for a couple of weeks until your adrenals recover and the virus has been destroyed, its a really good anti-viral but makes you go to the toilet really hard (remember to intake more potassium as licorice depletes this quicker)
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
It was absolutely caused by unconscious emotions (like stress). The following part just made me laugh out loud: > This mainly involves infection by the Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria and more commonly affects young, healthy adults. I didn't do anything to get it, it just happened - like being struck by lightning. The jarring contrast between medicine's ability to perform surgical miracles, like those described in th…
It was absolutely caused by unconscious emotions (like stress). I cannot imagine a mechanism whereby stress causes a human body to create a bacterium, effectively from out of nowhere. To synthesise it. Do you have any evidence or even a posited mechanism for this amazing claim? Or is your claim that the illness isn't caused by this bacterium?
Not saying I completely buy into it as an explanation for this specific case - but stress can compromise the immune system making it easier for infections to occur.
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#18When you feel a "flu" coming on, a little bit of zinc sulfate on the tongue does wonders. I've wiped out a flu on more than one occasion. If that isn't enough and your adrenals are gone, or a virus has taken hold take licorice sticks for a couple of weeks until your adrenals recover and the virus has been destroyed, its a really good anti-viral but makes you go to the toilet really hard (remember to intake more potas…
Is it appropriate to offer unsubstantiated medical advice on HN?
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#19When you feel a "flu" coming on, a little bit of zinc sulfate on the tongue does wonders. I've wiped out a flu on more than one occasion. If that isn't enough and your adrenals are gone, or a virus has taken hold take licorice sticks for a couple of weeks until your adrenals recover and the virus has been destroyed, its a really good anti-viral but makes you go to the toilet really hard (remember to intake more potas…
You are not a licenced medical practitioner. Telling people that kind of stuff face to face gets you into serious trouble, what makes you think it's okay to do so on-line?
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#20When you feel a "flu" coming on, a little bit of zinc sulfate on the tongue does wonders. I've wiped out a flu on more than one occasion. If that isn't enough and your adrenals are gone, or a virus has taken hold take licorice sticks for a couple of weeks until your adrenals recover and the virus has been destroyed, its a really good anti-viral but makes you go to the toilet really hard (remember to intake more potas…
Is it appropriate to offer unsubstantiated medical advice on HN?
No, and it’s off topic because he didn’t even have the flu.