SLick & Tired

Testing out the stretcher at the emergency entrance of SL's Mercy General Hospital.

The lovely Vint Falken recently posted a blog about Second Life diseases. Yes! It is true -- you can get sick in SL! But where do you go to get the care you need to recover from such ailments? And how can you keep from getting sick in the first place?? Have no worries because I have some tips for you!!!

Tymmerie's Tips for Getting and Keeping Your Avatar Healthy in SL

Tip 1. Don't get sick. There is a surprising lack of qualified health care professionals in SL. I mean, there are a lot of amateurs, but no real professionals. Worse, you may end up in a facility that will leave you worse off than before, i.e. with a sex change you didn't ask for or being shaved in funny places when all you have is the SLamnesia (when you play SL so much you forget you have a RL). So, your best bet is to not get sick at all.


Tip 2. Walk it off. The worst that can happen to your avatar in SL is that you'll end up Ruthed or missing textures. So, if you get a SLillness or SLinjury, remember that re-logging or rebaking is the equivalent of walking off an injury in RL.


Inside an operating room at Mercy General - happy to not be a patient!

Tip 3. Find a good health care facility. This might be the trickiest part. There are several fetish hospitals, multiple maternity hospitals, and a few completely understaffed hospitals in Second Life -- you don't want to pick the wrong one. Your best bet? If you are truly sick, get yourself to Gorean sim where I know for a fact that they have physicians. They may enslave you, but they will give you youth serum, too....so it is kind of a trade off.


Tip 4. Everyone thinks they are a medical professional. Let them. You could end up having a pretty good time...if you know what I mean. (Use protection though -- you don't want to get a SLexually Transmitted Disease.)


Ahem....the doctor will see you now. Posing as a practitioner at Second Health Hospital

Tip 5. Distract yourself from the pain. Are you in SLagony? How can you ease the pain? Divert your attention by dressing up as a medical professional and tending to patients on your own. (See Tip 4 above.) The costume shopping alone will be entertaining enough to make you feel better!


Yikes! A doctor at Mercy General showed me where you go when things don't quite work out -- the morgue!

I know those aren't great tips, but that is the best I can do as a pretend doctor -- other than to wish you good luck. So, good luck out there! *cough*