Friday, April 1, 2011

McDonald Diagnosed With Grover's Disease

A routine annual skin examination yielded a surprising diagnosis Friday, when Joe McDonald was diagnosed with Grover's Disease.

The disease contains several stages and its progression varies by the patient, Dr. Wisdom explained.

In stage 1, the skin experiences eraser-sized dots sensitive to heat and moisture which are prone to occasional itchiness. The skin may or may not respond to treatments such as a steroid-based cream.

While it seldom progresses past the first stage, advanced cases of the condition exhibit prevalent thick blue patches of fur, bulbous unblinking eyes, ballooned pink nose and emaciated arms. End-stage Grover's sufferers normally develop lips that are extraordinarily thin, wide, and red, with no discernible beginning or end. Despite loss of tongue and the inability to maneuver the lips to form letters other than random flapping of the lower jaw, speech is remarkably unimpaired, although voice pitch typically becomes more gravelly and cute.


Stage 5 Grover's Disease

McDonald's wife Dena was at her husband's side with one hand tucked behind his back, relaying the message to the press like a skilled puppeteer.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

As someone who has the real Grover's desease, I do not find this funny

Anonymous said...

I went to the dermatologist many times and he took advantage of me by prescribing many creams and doing biopsies. He told me that Neosporin was over rated and that he tells his patients to never us it.

After about a year and nothing working to heal my Grover's, my daughter said Mom why don't you try Neosporin and didn't have any, but had a generic version and put it on. A week later the rash was completely gone and I've been free of it ever since.

If I suspect even one bump I put the generic antibiotic on and so happy to have found a simple cure.

Give it a try!!!