Bizarre...One Way To Describe This

Scanning late night TV last night I happened to come across George Clooney on one of the late shows and one of his anecdotes was absolutely bizarre. In it he spoke of an injury he incurred this year in which he had apparently torn the dura mater tissue around his spine which caused his spinal fluid to leak out of his back and be evacuated through his nose. I thought at first that it had to be a tall tale, but apparently he was telling the truth.

Allegedly he had gained some 30 pounds for a movie role, and the added stress to his body created the conditions that allowed for the injury. His treatment for the condition involves taking blood from his arm and injecting it into his spine on a frequent basis. He said the doctors equate it to "plugging holes in a boat".

Celebrities are as guilty of this as anyone, since they are always in the public eye. Losing too much weight too quickly can be just as bad. Drastic weight fluctuations are not healthy (regardless if you use the Weight Gain 4000 method, or conversely the Kate Moss Coke Diet). Mary-Kate Olsen and Lindsay Lohan should be taking notes.