Originally published at: Woman with forgetfulness and depression had an actual intruder in her brain | Boing Boing
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The last sentence of the “Study” section of the paper is:
Neuropsychiatric symptoms had improved but persisted.
I have no reason to doubt that she’s recovering from the neurosurgery just fine; but it sounds like a bit of a downer ending.
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I always wonder about that star trek item…
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It was this guy who found it, wasn’t it?
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Is this Canberra, Australia?
Carpet pythons in the UK would be something new.
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From the full article: “A 64-year-old woman from southeastern New South Wales, Australia …” So yeah, that should be Canberra, Australia, not a new one in England. @pesco
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Needs more @pesco - it was NOT Canberra, England! (As the story makes clear.)
AFAIK there is no place called Canberra in England.
ETA And of course I should have read on to see that @awfulhorrid beat me to it.
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After nearly killing the patient with several incorrect diagnoses and harmful treatments, all while berating the dying patient.
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Which part of “Australian woman’s brain” was @pesco having problems with?
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Jennifer has become a mindless beast…
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Thanks but no thanks 
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Carpet pythons in the UK would be something new
With the kind of wall-to-wall shag I see in UK homes I wouldn’t be surprised if at least some of the carpets hid a constrictor or two.
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It would be a bit weird to have a place name in the UK derived from an indigenous Australian word.
Yeah, there’s no happy ending possible, given the situation. The worm already did some pretty significant brain damage, plus there are ongoing problems with treatment - there are possibly other worms in her organs, and they can’t just give her something to kill them off, as having dead worms in your brain (etc.) causes its own set of serious issues… The diagnosis really came much too late.
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She was Australian and Canberra is in Australia.
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We only have three native snakes here
We also have slow worms which aren’t snakes, even though they look a bit like them
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Well, to be fair, a few of them have somehow made it back to UK. 
ETA - And according to BBC News At Ten she was originally from England. Not a native-born Aussie.
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