iowan

No one ever pays me in gum.

First, thank you for doing an IamA! So few people know about FOP that nearly all donations come from friends and family, and there aren't that many. (Obviously you know this, just a hint to anyone else reading these comments).

I've got a friend who is an FOP patient, and it's heartbreaking. Things seemed so promising back when they isolated the gene. Fred Kaplan even asked my friend which joint he'd want unlocked first when there was a cure, and Doc Kaplan would never have said that if he hadn't believed it would happen.

I guess I need to ask a question. What is a misconception someone would have when they first meet you?

Interesting. I was out with a Maasai friend in Arusha and we had lunch. I ordered chicken and he said he'd have whatever I was having, but he hadn't been paying attention. He said he'd never had chicken before.

What do you do to get the prostheses to attach? My wife had trouble getting a bald cap and some sort of modeling wax to stick for a Darth Vader Halloween costume. Any tips?

For the graduating project could you pick anything? How did you come up with the creepy wooden doll idea? Did you have a time limit?

Yeah, it's the strays showing up that's my problem. I'm 0 for 4 with outside cats. I feed them of course. I think I can just get them fixed and they can live in the barn. Then they discover the dog door and suddenly they're inside cats.