Glad I wrote this down, glad people seemed to think it was interesting. I thought it was interesting too! From a young age I’ve thought that a big draw of text is being able to give readers a sense of extraordinary experiences. I haven’t had that many extraordinary experiences in my life, which is broadly a good thing, but it’s cool that you can go out and make something happen to you and then other people will indeed be interested in it.
I have thoughts on Infinite Jest, which the current margin is too narrow to contain. Great book.
As I was told was likely and as I expected, I have had no apparent long-term medical problems since this. This was a dope-ass way to spend my 30th birthday.
Consider signing up for a challenge trial! You may feel the worst pain you have ever felt in your life but that pain will also feel you you will get money and a good story out of it, and also, like, contributed to potentially-lifesaving medical research or whatever.
Give it a look! (That site lists worldwide trials—if you’re in the US, being in or being willing to travel to Baltimore helps. Baltimore is legit a great city. I would happily move there if it made sense for me to. Check out the National Aquarium and the American Visionary Art Museum when you don’t have whatever wacky disease you’ll surely get.)
Glad I wrote this down, glad people seemed to think it was interesting. I thought it was interesting too! From a young age I’ve thought that a big draw of text is being able to give readers a sense of extraordinary experiences. I haven’t had that many extraordinary experiences in my life, which is broadly a good thing, but it’s cool that you can go out and make something happen to you and then other people will indeed be interested in it.
I have thoughts on Infinite Jest, which the current margin is too narrow to contain. Great book.
Update on the research side:
It looks like the results from this Phase 2A safety trial have not yet been published, but the results from the earlier smaller-scale (10 person) Phase 1 trial were a bit before I posted: Safety and Tolerability of ShigActive™, a Shigella spp. Targeting Bacteriophage Preparation, in a Phase 1 Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Clinical Trial by Chen et al (2024).
Update on the personal side:
As I was told was likely and as I expected, I have had no apparent long-term medical problems since this. This was a dope-ass way to spend my 30th birthday.
Consider signing up for a challenge trial! You may feel the worst pain you have ever felt in your life but
that pain will also feel youyou will get money and a good story out of it, and also, like, contributed to potentially-lifesaving medical research or whatever.Give it a look! (That site lists worldwide trials—if you’re in the US, being in or being willing to travel to Baltimore helps. Baltimore is legit a great city. I would happily move there if it made sense for me to. Check out the National Aquarium and the American Visionary Art Museum when you don’t have whatever wacky disease you’ll surely get.)