Hugh Laurie's days playing Dr Gregory House may be numbered due to leg problems caused by his character's disability. He says the contortions required to get the limp right are causing physical injury. The role has netted Laurie two Golden Globes.
"The show might last to series seven, eight or nine but I don't know if I will because I'm starting to lose my knees a little bit. It's a lot of hip work. There's things going badly wrong. I need to do yoga," said Laurie.
Methadone hasn't cured my pain at all. I take it twice a day and have been on it about a month before I came back. I will say it helps with the pain, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get online or even do the minor chores around the house. It doesn't make you feel stoned or out of it which I like a whole lot better than some of the others things out there. I still have breakthrough pain that can be horrendous at times like the last few days and tonight. These are the nights I wish for the zone me out meds where there are purple elephants being chased by pink donkeys. ;-)
That is one of the things that piss me off when medical shows are on TV, they make everything look like a wonder drug or a miracle cure.
I think it is great that people like these shows I just wish that they*the shows) would be more realistic or at least make sure people know they are filming scenes that are not typical or they are rare.
A personal pet peeve of mine is the way MRI machines are portrayed.
In the early episodes of House, they bothered to show the thumping sound these machines make when they are scanning. The thumping sound is due to rapid changes in the magnetic field, which cause the magnetic coils to move, slightly. The machine maintains a very high magnetic field at all times, and going near a machine, even when it isn't scanning, with a magnetically sensitive material is highly dangerous.
In more recent episodes, they show people with metallic parts go into the machine without incident, only to suffer great pain when the machine is turned on. That makes no sense, and it doesn't take a very creative script writer to maintain the realism.
I can understand that they dramatise medicine, by introducing very rare ailments, by curing those ailments, and by missing obvious clues until sufficient tension has been created. But I don't understand the lack of realism when realism wouldn't detract from the story.
That is what I mean. By protraying that a medicine has been able to cure someone or has taken all thier pain away is veru unrealistic and it can actually make some people think that's all it takes in the real world.
They had someone that supposedly have metal get into the MRI? How stupid can one be! Before you are even taken to the room where the MRI machine is located they have you fill out a form to find out where your pain is,how bad it is, what it feels like and where it is... if you have any of several things inside of you (metal, screws, if you might have metal fragments in your eyes from work) and so forth.
I know it is supposed to be exciting and everyone gets fixed or dies at the end of the hour but it does a diservice to so many.
House without laurie isn't house. Laurie makes the character and I highly doubt they would be able to find a replacement. I would definitely stop watching the show if laurie was gone.
I can see some new cutting age surgery or even say he went somewhere and got stem cell treatment. Otherwise it sounds like Hugh might be walking with a real limp.
I have never seen the show myself other than the commercials.
If the trouble stems from his having to limp on the show, the script writers could reduce the amount of time he has to walk on film. Alternatively, an orthosis (a leg brace, in this case) could ironically be used to allow Laurie to limp without putting too much stress on his knee. I doubt that any existing device can be used for that purpose, but it might be an interesting project for a class of biomedical students.
I always thought houses pain was nueropathic and should not have been treated with vicodin or any narcotic in the first place. Narcotics are intended fo short term pain period, until the cause I the pain can be found an treated. Neuropathic pain needs special drugs for h abnormal pain regulation system.
Google neuropathic pain and check out the use of tricyclics antidepressants for pain that isn't being relieved by narcotics.
An orthotic device or brace would still cause him dysfunction if used over time. Any unsymetrical motion is going to cause problems in a long term setting.... Thts why orthotics are used on people with shorter legs... To maintain that motion.
while i havent watched House for awhile now i would think that the limp did actually win him the golden globe.
i think the limp plays a big part in why House acts the way he does a lot of the time. i mean, he could have been just as miserable 10 years ago as he is today, but i doubt it.
Thanks for the link. I think his rep sounds like an ass by saying the claims about the hip is hysterical especially since Laurie said it is causing him some problems. I can tell there is a difference in my gait since using my own cane for a little over a year now.
I like some of the ideas that have been mentioned here. Maybe he can use a wheelchair for some of the shows and then have some more shots of him leaning against desks, tables or machines. Just simple things like that can at least give some help. I also like the point of having him take medication for the neuro, I haven't watched it but since I saw Vicodin I am assuming they are going to play addiction into everything somehow.
