A few months ago, things started going downhill, and I went from being a sometimes-up, sometimes-down PLO gambler, to a degenerate with dreams of escaping the grind that used his entire life savings to take ridiculous shots, most of which failed, horrendously, and inevitably ended up completely broke. It was the outcome I had always feared, and then it was real. My relationship of one year finally reached it's inevitable destination and we parted ways without any malice. Around this time I also injured my back at work for the second time, suffering a prolapsed disc that makes my spine look like an S-shape when viewed from the front. I’m still getting my paycheck, but am not really enjoying life feeling like a cripple and being isolated from my former work friends. After rent and bills, I usually proceed to piss the rest away trying to get it all back. Facing all these circumstances and in feeling the desperation, I have taken a fairly drastic step... I agreed to enter a medical facility for 42 days and become a human guinea pig for experimental drugs. Why? For money ldo.

It’s a pretty strange experience. As I write all this I’m wired up with a halter monitor, telemetry, e.c.g. cables, and have a canulla sticking out of my arm for taking blood samples without the need of a needle. I’m in a room with seven other guys, between the ages of 21 and 40. I’m free to move around pretty much as I please between this room and the adjoining rec room, hallways, bathrooms etc, but I cannot leave the unit. It’s day 13 of 42. This is my home for another 30 days.

As the institute is located within a hospital, you can pretty much envision the general feel of the place. Hospital smell that you get used to, lousy food (not that I really mind), crappy beds with plastic sheets and those plastic curtains on rails that you can pull around for privacy (but cannot block out the sound of your fellow subjects snoring). On the plus side are the nurses. Without them it would feel too much like jail, I’m definitely appreciative of the presence of some women. I’d like to get pics of the better looking ones but it’s actually strictly forbidden to take ANY photos within this place – I’ve taken a big risk taking the pics I have as it’s a direct violation of the confidentiality laws and they have signs up all around the place saying the use of camera phones is prohibited, but they can’t watch us all the time!



POV from my bed. Spend a lot of time in this position, thank satan for laptops




The view of the entrance to the emergency ward from my window. Plenty of strange voyeuristic opportunities available, especially on a Friday/Saturday night




Yours truly, only moderately wired up at time of photo.


Despite being incarcerated in a medical facility with total strangers and being drugged and being poked daily with needles, I have been fortunate enough to draw a bunch of fellow poker players as my roomates! Day and night the sound of virtual chips clicking and splashing is standard, and it's funny how often Aces are getting raped when called AIPF by random junk. I have to wait a few days before getting paid, but when I do I'm going to deposit a hundred and grind mtt's.


Feel free to ask me about my experience, I'm more than happy to answer any questions that will help me pass the time



Cliffs:

- Went on life tilt and blew savings
- Broke up with girlfriend and reinjured back at work
- Heard about drug company offering $$ for human testing
- Going to grind micro mtt's and try to rebuild

If anyone's interested here's some in depth background info: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...postcount=2075

how much

how much was your life savings that you lost?

and how much are you set to make doing this hospital gig? lol

I had almost 7k saved up, which might not be much to some but what can I say, pretty good considering how ****** my wage was. The gig's paying 8k

wow bbv is gold lately.

seriously how much you getting paid? I'd hope at least 3-5k.

this is awesome

subscribed

But Op, you missed out. For sure you could have made some money with a prop bet that you wouldn't donate your body to science for 42 days or something.

Heck I woulda probably taken $1k action.

Haha damn you're right! Too bad I didn't think that far ahead. Thanks for subscribing, I think it's safe to say that some serious cabin fever is going to set in here. We're not even a third of the way through yet and already people are starting to lose it

Poker does some good things for the world. In this case, it is advancing medical research.

Also, good taste in books OP.

8k.

Thanks Apart from The Border Trilogy I also brought Leaving Las Vegas, and The Poker Mindset. Also a copy of How to Win Friends and Influence People, but I think it's possibly a beat to admit that :P found it for a buck at a second hand store and recognized it from Assassination of Richard Nixon

Would be so sick if true, but I call BS.

Standard degen.

Fair enough, although I thought by including pics people might be more inclined to believe me. I'm sure as thread progresses it'll become obvious that I'm not making it up.

tell some freaking torture experience man cmon!!!!!!!

Tonight's dinner. Friggin tiny, even by their standards. More plastic than food I reckon.

Inb4 they make you stay awake for 42 days

You asked for it...

On the first night we were here they made us all fast for 8 hours. We were to be dosed the following day. I had heard about the "string pill" during the screening process but wasn't really prepared for the unpleasantness that was in store. We had to swallow this pill that was designed to measure bile properties in the stomach, and it contained 1.5 metres of string similar to dental floss coiled inside. We had to hold the end of the string that protruded from a small hole, and then swallow the pill. As the pill was brought down through the oesophagus and into the stomach, the string uncoiled, and the end was taped to the side of the face. We had to endure this until the next morning. Sleeping was tough with this taut cord cutting into the side of your throat, and the desire to swallow was constant. Removing it was another matter. They just grabbed hold and pulled at aboard, like an angler pulling up a fish. It was all yellow with stomach acid and one of the guys hadn't properly digested the outer layer and it struggled to squeeze back out through his gullet. I can't say it was the most pleasant experience...

Ya yah .. poker is fun for evr'yone, except my opponents they shoulda enter a medical facility for 42 days and become a human guinea pig for experimental drugs before they drop ... before THEY drop

Oh my gawd...

we just don't believe the 8k part.

Nah I'm not quite that selfless to sacrifice my body purely in the interest of improving the health and quality of living for my fellow man, I'm doin it for the cayshe. Will take a photo when I receive the cheque on March 17th (Final follow up visit).

Just snuck 20 mins on the exercise bike. Showered, came back to find one of my housemates has self-banned his Stars account for 30 days. The poor fool... 10 bucks says he downloads Fulltilt within 24 hours.

is this in the UK or the US?


ok..see it is AUS from your other thread..................

What age are you?, this is depressing.
Man what site you on?, Ill ship you some dollars.