Posted by Lieutenant Tandra Mika (Chief Medical Officer) in side-sim: This Feels Familiar (TAG Mika)

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Stehla nodded, “Yes and it’s driving me crazy. Especially between my brow ridges.” The rash was red and bluish-purple patches along the back of her neck and shoulders. But there were strange purple spots along the brow ridges and on her knuckles. But along her knuckles it might have been bruising from hand to hand or boxing training. Stehla thought about it for a moment. “No, I’ve been trying to remember, but everything has been pretty boring around her lately. And I’ve not eaten anything different. It all comes from the replicator.”

Stehla K’tolvog

“I’m going to take scans to see if there’s anything on your skin, and then if there isn’t, I’m going to take a few basic scans to see if anything in your body is causing them.” Mika explained, using her tricorder to do the scans.

~ Lt Mika, CMO

Stehla nodded her understanding. Scans showed there was nothing on her skin that would suggest a cause for the irritation. Basic scan would again show the elevated enzyme level. Results from the lab would be another hour to determine the type. Her weight was down almost 10 pounds from her last exam, her temperature was up 2 degrees from the average of her exams (this could be nothing since Klingons run hotter than humans but she was only half human, and scans of her core muscles showed some loss of density.

Stehla K’tolvog

Mika read the scans. There were no irritations, enzymes elevated and she’d have to wait to see which one or ones. She checked how long ago the previous exam was. “Have you been trying to lose weight recently?” Depending on the age of the previous exam and intent to lose weight, 10 pounds could be a considerable loss, especially with the loss of muscle density as well. She wasn’t too concerned about the temperature but noted it anyway, if it went up, it could indicate infection, or at least immune activity.

~ Lt Mika, CMO

Stehla looked perplexed, she kind of twisted in her trunk and then slumped back, no longer sitting up straight. “No. Actually I thought I might be gaining some weight because my training times haven’t been as good, gotten slower, not able to press as much weight. But now that you say that my uniform is a bit baggy.”

Stehla K’tolvog