Grey's Anatomy- Season 4

[hammy]

The Bang was my favorite part of the show. And I really got tired of Izzy's character, they were making her such a freak. Then the whole thing where they suddenly moved from her still mourning Denny to suddenly realizing she's in love with George .. it just seem so contrived and forced.

Meh. I avoided the first couple of episodes this season and I did catch the last one on line. I might give it a bit of a chance again, but I hate it when a show you really loved starts to disappoint you. It's like losing friends.

 

[Alina]

Burke needs to come back!

I second that

 

[tzarinna]

“Haunt You Everyday”
Thursday, Oct. 25 at 9/8c

EPISODE PREVIEW
It's Halloween, and the day is full of surprises for the doctors of Seattle Grace - Alex receives an unexpected and welcome visit from his former patient, Ava/Rebecca, Meredith is convinced that her mother's ashes are haunting her, Cristina is snubbed by a surgeon she admires, and Callie announces George and Izzie's affair to their fellow doctors
TV-14

 

[Specter313]

"Daddy?"

HA!

 

[squeekness]

That was so cool.


...and so was the Eva kiss.

 

[squeekness]

Who stole my saw?!

 

[tzarinna]

"Daddy?"

HA!

That was so cool.


...and so was the Eva kiss.

Oh, my yes.

They doubled up on us.

 

[tzarinna]

Dude was going to town with that saw. t:

 

[squeekness]

I had a feeling it wasn't going to be pretty... and I was right!

 

[tzarinna]

Karev has never looked sexier.

I dig Dr. Hahn.

 

[squeekness]

So did Karev fall asleep because he just got laid or becuase she made him feel at peace for the first time in a long time? [cues romantic sigh]

 

[Specter313]

I am so glad I don't eat during this show.

I did NOT need to see them just yank the foot off like that.

 

[squeekness]

Too true! ^^

One has to wonder if there was something wrong with that foot, like that time all those folks passed out in the OR before....

 

[tzarinna]

I thought maybe they would detect something once they popped it off.

The little boy was just too cute.

I like the bench consulate/wrap up they're doing now with Miranda.

 

[squeekness]

I thought maybe they would detect something once they popped it off.

The little boy was just too cute.

I like the bench consulate/wrap up they're doing now with Miranda.

Momma Miranda, I like it, too.

I thought this was a great episode. I was quite pleased with it and I was glad I watched it. It reminded me of the old school Grey's that I loved.

 

[POWdER-man]

I had it on in the background but I wasn't paying attention......Did they figure out why the guy wanted to cut his leg off?

 

[tzarinna]

Yep, getting back on track and addressing the infidelity issue that all have been concerned about.

 

[tzarinna]

I had it on in the background but I wasn't paying attention......Did they figure out why the guy wanted to cut his leg off?

Just blew it off to being crazy.

 

[POWdER-man]

Just blew it off to being crazy.

Bah...I was hoping there was an actual medical reason.....

 

[squeekness]

He said something about not being in control of his life, so I think there was some sort of subliminal message in there somewhere...

 

[hammy]

Maybe they will reference the foot thing in the future. I hope so, it was just too weird to leave .. hanging.

Is it just me or do George and Izzy seem like the most un-in--love couple, ever? If they're going to be together, they need to make them happy.

 

[squeekness]

I kinda like George with the younger Grey. They seem kinda cute together.

 

[carrrnuttt]

Maybe they will reference the foot thing in the future. I hope so, it was just too weird to leave .. hanging.

They called it a different name, but the dude had something similar to "Apotemnophilia", otherwise known as "Body Integrity Identity Disorder" (BIID), where people actually desire to have their limbs cut off.

I say "similar" because Apotemnophiliacs usually just want to be amputated because they WANT to be amputees. They actually experience intense feelings of jealousy when seeing an actual amputee.

The man in the show however, seemed to feel that his foot was an alien presence on his body, like it didn't belong.

THAT, sounds a lot like Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...serid=10&md5=65a843f8396b7a82efc203d3f8f73beb

Abstract

To investigate neglect, extinction, and body-perception in patients suffering from complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). So-called ‘neglect-like’ symptoms have been reported in CRPS, however no studies have yet analyzed this phenomenon which might substantiate the theory of the central nervous system involvement in the pathophysiology of CRPS. A total of 114 patients with CRPS of the upper limb underwent bedside neurological examination. ‘Neglect-like’ symptoms were determined by asking all patients what kind of feeling they had toward the affected hand (feeling of foreignness). Hemispatial neglect was tested with the line bisection task in 29 patients and sensory extinction to simultaneous stimulation in 40 patients. The ability to identify fingers after tactile stimulation was tested in 73 patients. Independently of the affected side and disease duration, 54.4% of the patients reported that their hand felt ‘foreign’ or ‘strange’. The ability to identify fingers was impaired in 48% on the affected hand and in 6.5% on the unaffected hand (X2=33.52, df=1, p<0.0001). These findings were related to pain intensity, illness duration and the extent of sensory deficits. No typical abnormalities indicating neglect were found in the line bisection test. Sensory extinction was normal in all patients. A large proportion of CRPS patients have disturbances of the self-perception of the hand, indicating an alteration of higher central nervous system processing. There are no indicators that classic neglect or extinction contribute to these findings. Physical therapy of such patients should take this observation into consideration.

The thing about CRPS is, there is usually no indication of wanting to cut off the offending limbs. They mentioned a different disorder name on the show that I had never heard of before, but since I know this show is well-researched medical-wise, I am sure it was an actual disorder.

 

[Prognosticator]

So did Karev fall asleep because he just got laid or becuase she made him feel at peace for the first time in a long time? [cues romantic sigh]

Because he was sleepy!

*male*

 

[Prognosticator]

Maybe they will reference the foot thing in the future. I hope so, it was just too weird to leave .. hanging.

Is it just me or do George and Izzy seem like the most un-in--love couple, ever? If they're going to be together, they need to make them happy.

you can't really be happy if you're causing infidelity. if they were, they'd be souless characters, and the show would lose what little credibility it has left.

They called it a different name, but the dude had something similar to "Apotemnophilia", otherwise known as "Body Integrity Identity Disorder" (BIID), where people actually desire to have their limbs cut off.

I say "similar" because Apotemnophiliacs usually just want to be amputated because they WANT to be amputees. They actually experience intense feelings of jealousy when seeing an actual amputee.

The man in the show however, seemed to feel that his foot was an alien presence on his body, like it didn't belong.

THAT, sounds a lot like Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...serid=10&md5=65a843f8396b7a82efc203d3f8f73beb



The thing about CRPS is, there is usually no indication of wanting to cut off the offending limbs. They mentioned a different disorder name on the show that I had never heard of before, but since I know this show is well-researched medical-wise, I am sure it was an actual disorder.

They've already covered this disorder on Nip/Tuck, like, 2 seasons ago.

*old "weird" disorder*