Today I sat in my last waiting room. The clinical trial for FTY – wait, Fingol – wait, Gilenya is officially over.
You would think this is when I get to pat myself on the back for bravely putting my health on the line for the good of humanity. And I would have, to an insufferable degree, only THIS happened Tuesday night.
I was speaking with a new co-worker, getting to know her, and I found she had once worked at SLU Medical. I mentioned I’d met the clinical trial team there.
“Oh,” she said, “I might have met them. I was in a clinical trial there.”
Let me take a moment to describe this woman. Bright blue eyes, ridiculously adorable turned-up nose, dark hair. As if an artist was painting a study in color and contrast. Angelic.
I asked, “What was your trial for?”
She tilted her pretty head and casually shrugged one shoulder .”Smallpox.”
Technically, the military smallpox vaccine, but still. SMALLPOX! Smmaaallllllpox. I am SUCH a LOSER with my feeble MS.
11 responses to “The End of Spartacus”
Really? Mine was for the Black Plague.
Does she still have smallpox? Oh, right. She never had it – just maybe a tiny chance of getting it.
Ooh, hardcore.
It’s over? Do you know what the conclusion was? What’s next?
Becs – you must have had the placebo.~~Silk -Actually, my next question was “Oh. Do you have smallpox?” since she had just asked me “Oh. Do you have MS?” Magpie – I KNOW. Makes me look sick.~~Silk – yep. the drug’s been approved by the FDA and is going to market early Jan. The trial coordinator said that the success rate in our area was very high – or rather, the lack of haelth failure rate.
Is this the same woman you attempted to scare about the Series 7 within 2 minutes of meeting her? Quite an impression you’re making.
Caroline – it’s okay. We’ve since bonded over foot pain.
As a healthy, non-medical-trial-inclined person, you’ll always be Spartacus to me.
Hot Mom – Aw. You know I hate shit like that.
I’m guessing it was a smallpox vaccine trial, as opposed to a smallpox treatment trial so I think you still win with the MS.
Christy – yep, that’s what it was. Still, she was risking smallpox! I assume they make the vaccine with “dead” smallpox.