( That’s unexpectedly familiar, but— all his first thoughts are of medication, surgery, all the things he can’t do here. So Strange has to go puttering around for a moment, digging through some reference material on local anti-inflammatories, dredging for ideas. )
Hmm. Nothing that can cure it fully, unfortunately, but there’s a few things that can help, if you haven’t been doing them already. Turmeric and fish oil, for the inflammation. Painkillers in general. Physical therapy and exercises for joint flexibility.
Sorry to say. It’s astonishingly bad for you; like makes literally everything worse, in unexpected ways, everywhere. Quitting’s probably one of the single best things you could do for your health.
But if it makes you feel any better, plenty of doctors are hypocrites and smoke anyway, so, I can’t force you. And to tell the truth, I’m more preoccupied with the part about managing the lyrium.
[There's a pause on the line, like Barrow is trying to figure out how to respond to that, and he ultimately gives up. Let's just. Let's just leave that there.
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Date: 2024-03-10 10:22 pm (UTC)Hmm. Nothing that can cure it fully, unfortunately, but there’s a few things that can help, if you haven’t been doing them already. Turmeric and fish oil, for the inflammation. Painkillers in general. Physical therapy and exercises for joint flexibility.
Quitting smoking, if you smoke.
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Date: 2024-03-10 10:47 pm (UTC)[One gets the impression he said this instead of “NOOO”.]
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Date: 2024-03-10 11:26 pm (UTC)Sorry to say. It’s astonishingly bad for you; like makes literally everything worse, in unexpected ways, everywhere. Quitting’s probably one of the single best things you could do for your health.
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Date: 2024-03-11 12:00 am (UTC)[(-NOOOOO)]
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Date: 2024-03-11 03:31 am (UTC)But if it makes you feel any better, plenty of doctors are hypocrites and smoke anyway, so, I can’t force you. And to tell the truth, I’m more preoccupied with the part about managing the lyrium.
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Date: 2024-03-11 05:13 pm (UTC)[He's getting over it quickly.]
Appreciate it, mate.
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Date: 2024-03-15 02:08 am (UTC)( ‘Bud’ feels weird. Why did he say that. )
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Date: 2024-03-15 06:30 pm (UTC)No wonder the man's name is Strange.]