DU needs a Hypochondriac Forum

[graywarrior]

I know there's at least 10 other whacko's like myself who just discovered something odd that wasn't there yesterday.

[RevolutionaryActs]

1. I would so make a screen name for my mom, so she could participate

in that forum. Serious.

[graywarrior]

2. How do we get Skinner to approve one?

I could use it daily, just about.

[RevolutionaryActs]

3. lol. Um, I think you need like 10 or so people to agree to it.

Something like that. :shrug:

[graywarrior]

4. So, it's hard to make a sales pitch to people feeling for lumps.

BTW, my eyes have been scratchy all day.

[RevolutionaryActs]

5. LOL

My left eye hurts, I don't know why though. :P

[Haole Girl]

6. Ha-ha...

I had a doctor tell me once, "Hypochondriacs are people too." He was a great doc...unfortunately, that was in Newport Beach, so I don't get to see him anymore (expensive, but the best doc I've ever known...ever!).

[graywarrior]

8. I move around a lot...like you all don't know that, and so I see new dr's

all the time and they have no clue there is a 12 year old adult hypochondriac sitting on the examining table and of course I don't tell them. I end up getting every disease on their wall charts, pamphlets, booklets and from conversations that drift from other examining rooms into mine. It's a huge responsibility I hold.

[GOPisEvil]

7. But I really am sick.

*sniffle* *cough*

[graywarrior]

9. Your sickness is of another variety caused by being here 24/7

[GOPisEvil]

10. Actually I caught this at work, at where I cannot DU.

:think:

[graywarrior]

12. OK, well then a hypochondriac would be able to rationalize his/her

symptoms into something terminal and probably gotten by osmosis from a tv show or bad attitude.

[GOPisEvil]

13. Well, I do have rather a bad attitude about the job sometimes.

[graywarrior]

14. See? Bad job germs. Totally terminal. Quit before you die.

[GOPisEvil]

16. Can I get unemployment for that?

Maybe disability or something?

I gotta eat.

[graywarrior]

18. I think hypochondria is a disability.

Make like you really believe you broke your leg. Get a wheelchair and everything, but at the end of the day, walk out the door.

[GOPisEvil]

22. Oh, I like the twist...

:thumbsup:

[BuelahWitch]

11. I've got a sore throat

Do I make 10? :shrug:

[graywarrior]

15. As long as your convinced it's a tumor.

[crim son]

17. I was considered a hypochondriac once.

From my childhood on I had a variety of symptoms including heart palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath etc. etc. Eventually I developed asthma and no meds worked. At age 35 I was diagnosed with GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) and all my symptoms were accounted for. I've since had a surgery to correct the malformation of my lower esophagus and I haven't had any problems in three years. So, for all you hypochondriacs out there, you may actually have a nice, nonacute, non life-threatening disease that you can be proud of! I was so glad to have discovered mine!

[graywarrior]

19. Jesus, I have all those symptoms now that I think about it.

In addition to a dry....nevermind.

[crim son]

20. Laughing.

I also have regular asthma and rheumatoid arthritis and that's not all. Hypochondria can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. The thing is, once you get nailed with a few real diseases, the other stuff is less scary. Less scary, but not *not* scary. :hug:

[graywarrior]

21. Mr. Gray is amazed at how many times I've been cured of terminal diseases.

I get at least one every 6 months, if not more...depending on who I know that just got something.

[crim son]

23. It's good to know you have the ability to fight off

ailments that would be the end of most people! I was told I might end my life in a wheelchair, but here I am quite mobile and able to type and play my piano, so far. I say, reject the diagnosis and the problem will go away :rofl:

[graywarrior]

24. Too bad I can't fight off my sick head.

[survivor999]

25. What's this big purple thingy sticking out of my ear?

Jeebus, I think I'm sick.

[bicentennial_baby]

26. I agree....seriously

A health anxiety forum/group would be really nice. I could be a Mod...Trust me, I'm a well seasoned hypo...Yep ;)

[graywarrior]

27. You could only lock a thread if someone claimed to be cured.

[bicentennial_baby]

28. Bwahahahaha!

You crack me up....Yes, you and me, let's get that group going, you and me to Mod. I've had every disease/condition known to man/woman. It is SO on! :bounce:


(ps- the scary thing is, I'm not kidding.... :) )

[graywarrior]

29. I ain't kidding neither.

Right now, I have to go feel for lumps.

Later,

[bicentennial_baby]

30. I don't check anymore....It's a mental health maintenance issue....

I have a brazillion....Always shower with a cloth/loofah, so I don't have to feel lumps...Never freak about rashes unless they burn or spread rapidly...A hangover is just that, and not an aneurysm...etc etc....Let's be in touch, I think we're on to something here :hug:

[u4ic]

31. Geez, greywarrior, you should get checked out

you look sick...:scared: :scared: :scared:










(or does the homeopathic rule of like cures like not apply here...?):shrug:

[Dangerously Amused]

32. We could all share our computer viruses there.

Or at least suspect we did.



:hi:

[billyskank]

36. I practice safe surfing

:7

[Dangerously Amused]

37. Me too! I always post wearing a rubber

...glove on each hand.




:7



:hi:

[billyskank]

38. And it is always a good idea to use a keyboard condom

:D

[Dangerously Amused]

41. I actually have one of those, and it have been a godsend.

What with kitty hair and high tea and all. Plus I sure don't want any nasty PC mongrels getting my pedigreed Mac knocked up.


:hi:

[Floogeldy]

33. Don't talk about this shit when my gout is acting up,

and I have a migraine and the bursitis in my arm is flaring up when I have diarrhea and my throat is sore and I am blind in one eye and I am hallucinating from dyslexia and schizophrenic and bone to bone in my right knee and the tumors are growing and my nose is running.

Inconsiderate punk!

[Withywindle]

34. How about an anti-hypochondriacs forum?

I can't be the only one who, when friends and coworkers and family start talking about illnesses and injuries, either:

(1) tunes out because there is no LESS interesting subject in the universe, or

(2) starts getting pale and queasy depending on how vivid their descriptive skills are.

[wickerwoman]

35. Sorry, my eyes are so puffy and unfocused I can't read your post

could you post it again in all-caps for a poor sufferer of allergic blastodiacydicles?

[fizzgig]

39. i can't sign up now

as i am convinced right now that i have anemia and a brain tumor as i am overly tired and am in an unusually good mood

[billyskank]

40. ....

:hug:

:loveya:

[Bassic]

42. I'm something of a hypocondriac myself,

so I know how you feel :D

[Robb]

43. I've got a ringing in one ear

...well, it's gone right now, but it was there earlier. And my earlobe on that side is hanging funny. Plus my left arm has this rash thing where I've been scratching it for six hours.

I'm so in. :D

[nuxvomica]

44. I get that ringing stuff sometimes in both ears!

Sometimes I find a message on my answering machine afterward so I always thought it might be a psychic thing. I had it really bad once during a fire drill.

[radfringe]

45. I'd join a Hypochondriac forum.. but

I'm afraid I'll catch something if I go in there... :scared: :D

[BarenakedLady]

46. Does this look normal to you?

I think there may be something wrong with me.

I'm going to go Google it....

:rofl:

[graywarrior]

47. Does your tongue look the same way?

You are so screwn.

[Pithlet]

48. Yes.

A sub-forum could be all about googling symptoms and/or diseases. I'm in.

[bertha katzenengel]

49. I have the Ebola in my ear, the SARS in my ankle, and the bird flu in my shoulder.

I'm in bad shape. Let's have a Hypochondriacs Forum!

:bounce:

[nosillies]

50. Love it -- WebMD is one of my favorite sites

I look for things to be wrong when I have no real problems; however, when there is something really wrong, I live in denial, and almost die or pass out form pain before I actually get care. I'm so backwards.

My toddler is in that funny stage where every bo-bo is a major life-threatening incident. The local stores don't carry a large enough supply of bandages to keep him happy. He's recently developed a mysterious limp (mysterious because it changes sides), so we've started calling him Tiny Tim in honor of the season and all. Guess he comes by it honestly.

[graywarrior]

52. OMG, I love you. I am in denial about a health issue right this minute.

However, watching House last night had me doing research on bloody diarreah til 2 am.

[nosillies]

53. Last weekend, I had the worst abdominal pain in my life.

Mind you, I'm pregnant. I thought I just had gas. Husband finally had to drag me by my hair to the car and the emergency room. Turns out, I'm having some real kidney problems. But I still had to be convinced by multiple people that it wasn't just really bad gas.

HOWEVER, give me a simple floater in my eye, and I'm convinced I have some type of terminal retinal cancer.

And BTW, bloody diarrhea is often serious and life-threatening!:D

[graywarrior]

54. You can get cancer in the weirdest places, like eyelids, nostrils, etc.

I've been convinced I have cancer since the Marcus Welby tv show. That show gave me grigging nightmares. Dr. Kildare & Ben Casey were NOTHING like Welby. He dealt with REAL stuff.

[LaraMN]

51. My husband thinks he has whatever condition the pharmaceutical advertising

is targeting on teevee.
Most recently it was Restless Leg Syndrome.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

55. Heck, yeah

I want to talk about meds and aches and pains!

And taking vinegar for GERD. It works!