Not me exactly, but close
My sister was happily growing in mum's womb back in 1960. As was the fashion in those days, mum took medicine to help combat morning sickness. She stopped taking it as it didn't agree with her.

It was called Thalidomide.

Phew
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 19 Aug 2010, 14:22, 10 replies)

People shouldn't worry about talking about Thalidomide
There's no arm in it.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 19 Aug 2010, 15:06, closed)

I take it your sister's schoolyard nickname wasn't "Flipper", then?

( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Thu 19 Aug 2010, 15:58, closed)

Nope
She's entirely normally-proportioned. Well, apart from her tits, which are massive.

But I don't think that's related.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 19 Aug 2010, 16:31, closed)

Its still in use today
as a treatment for Leprosy. With a different name.
(kitescreech still here, Thu 19 Aug 2010, 19:40, closed)

so...
What's the new name for Leprosy?
(f_rev, Thu 19 Aug 2010, 19:57, closed)

Hansen's disease.

(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Thu 19 Aug 2010, 22:21, closed)

A certain bear must be shitting bricks...

( idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Fri 20 Aug 2010, 0:57, closed)

Since it was a standard prescribed drug for a fair few years and only around 2000 people in the UK had this terrible side effect,
so the risk factor was quite a bit less than 1%.
Obviously unacceptable, but not that close a shave.
( Zuowan, Fri 20 Aug 2010, 15:09, closed)

1:2... 1:5... 1:10 >1:100
Thalidomide Embryopathy
While estimates of risk range from 10-50%, Weicker (1962) suggested that if a fetus is exposed to thalidomide during the critical period, there is approximately a 20% risk of thalidomide embryopathy (Newman, 1985). Thalidomide embryopathy is characterized by a specific pattern of birth defects which can be divided into four groups: 1. four-limb phocomelia; 2. Upper-limb phocomelia or amelia with other leg defects; 3. Upper-limb phocomelia or amelia with normal legs; 4. Predominantly lower limb defects (femoral hypoplasia or lower limb phocomelia) which are generally associated with bilateral radial club hand and other limb defects. All four categories can be associated with other anomalies involving various organs (Newman, 1985).http://www.fetal-exposure.org/resources/index.php/1997/12/03/thalidomide/
( kila is reading clocks upside-down as usual, Fri 20 Aug 2010, 19:29, closed)

Well, that's me told.
I take it all back!
( Zuowan, Tue 24 Aug 2010, 8:34, closed)