Polite Dissent

16 Responses to “ House Challenge — Week 2 ”

1. alice
   September 30th, 2009 at 12:23 am
   

   Hey. Don’t I get 3 points for the testing of mercury poisoning?
   3. Heavy metal poisoning (lead, mercury, arsenic or cadmium)
   Just checking.

2. Nick F.
   September 30th, 2009 at 4:10 am
   

   Wow, 2 episodes in, and I’ve already made it to half of what I did last season.

   >_>

   <_<

3. Erin
   September 30th, 2009 at 7:54 am
   

   @ alice:

   it does say in the rules that you only get 1/3 of the points if the diagnosis is correct but not specific enough (ie if you put “heavy metal poisoning” instead of “mercury poisoning”…)

4. Scott
   September 30th, 2009 at 8:42 am
   Official Comment

   
   Alice,
   You should have 1 point for the week. I’ll fix the score tonight.

5. alice
   September 30th, 2009 at 9:52 am
   

   Great, thanks. I thought it was 3 for actually testing for it :D Good to get out of the zero, yay!

6. TRad
   September 30th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
   

   It should be 3, but because you weren’t specific enough (neither was I, I have generic “heavy metal poisoning”), the cruel and merciless host of the challenge takes away 2/3 of our hard earned points. Shame on him!

7. Sean
   September 30th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
   

   I also had heavy metal poisoning on my list! Just making sure since I didn’t know if you were going to go back and see who else had that.

8. Sean
   September 30th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
   

   My mistake, I think I got credit for it. I thought treating the condition was 6 points, not 5 points.

9. EL
   September 30th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
   

   Gosh you guys! Stop the whinging (or is it whingeing?). The great Scott warned you. You had to be specific. Anyway, I’m still zero (I’m going for shooting the moon, House Challenge Style). Also a fun challenge — can one name a disease that won’t be mentioned on House?

10. Harvey
    September 30th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
    

    @EL

    Dutch Elm.

11. EL
    September 30th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
    

    @ Harvey

    Are you sure? Would you want to bet that it might not come up in passing?

12. Joe
    October 1st, 2009 at 3:50 pm
    

    I can’t believe CRPS showed up… that was my biggest shot in the dark diagnosis. Thank you, pain clinic.

13. Sean Murphy
    October 2nd, 2009 at 6:47 am
    

    I’m still feeling out the scoring system, but as they did go to see if there was cocaine in his office it seems like I should have gotten a point for drug addiction. Not specific enough for the three points, but close enough. Oh well, I’m happy to be in the top tier.

14. Scott
    October 2nd, 2009 at 8:15 am
    Official Comment

    
    drug use/drug abuse != drug addiction.

15. Alberto
    October 5th, 2009 at 10:14 am
    

    God bless amyloidosis…

16. Heidi
    October 7th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
    

    Scott, can I get official clarification, since I put “drug addiction/substance abuse” on my list.

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