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HaydenAsche 05.04.2006 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by finding nobody
i used to get nose bleeds at the drop of a dime. like at least everyday for about 20 minutes at a time. i'd lose alot of blood sometimes.


Cocaine is bad.

schizophrenicroom 05.04.2006 06:35 PM

i get headaches that last for literally about five minutes then go.

terminal pharmacy 05.04.2006 09:54 PM

i have had a kidney transplant, uber painful but hey these things happen

porkmarras 05.05.2006 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by truncated
Any metal at all? How do you function?

I do.It just means that i cant touch metal for a long period of time or i'll get a nasty rush.

screamingskull 05.05.2006 04:32 AM

i used to get really bad nosebleeds too, about 2 a day. then i got it quaterised (sp) when i was 7, then again when i was 12. i still get them like twise a week which is okay, alot of people freak out but i so used to it its like second nature.
i also have hayfever, and i get panic attacks quite alot, but again both these things are manageable.

candymoan 05.05.2006 04:33 AM

hmm, metal..
i have a similar thing.. prevents me from having fake jewellery, or punky chains.. it itches like mad..
some kinda allergy...

m^a(t)h 05.05.2006 05:22 AM

i dont really have any cool medical problems. Im just normal i guess...

porkmarras 05.05.2006 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Hip Priest
I've got M.E. (myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome if you prefer). It means I feel dizzy and weak most of the time, get about three hours sleep a night, have incredible pains that appear and dissappear at random (my left wrist is quite bad at the moment). I got it eleven years ago, and had to give up working as a sports coach because for the first six months or so it was so bad that I couldn't even stand up half the time. I work part time at something else now - they are very understanding of it.

It also means that my body is generally very low on energy, which opens the door to other things, or means that it takes longer to clear them up. It's alao why I occaisionally disappear from the forum for a couple of days. And it's why my posts are sometimes mis-spelt - it's just hitting the wrong keys due to shakiness. I do try to edit them afterwards though!

Sometimes in the morning I still can't stand up - it's quite literally impossible - and sometimes I get half way through a meal and lose the energy to lift the food to my mouth or eat it - again,it's impossible. It's surprising how much energy it takes to eat a meal. When I go out, sometimes I have to avoid places with steps, because I know that they'll be out of the question that day. You get the picture, anyway.

It affects me in other ways too, and means I have to plan everything around it a bit. But everything else in life is great, so that's okay.

I'm sorry to read about this Hip Priest

Hip Priest 05.05.2006 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by porkmarras
I'm sorry to read about this Hip Priest


Thanks mate. Appreciated.

:)

truncated 05.05.2006 08:42 AM

Hip Priest is one of those people who's so fundamentally good-hearted and cool that he makes you feel bad for being such an ass.

Screw you.

nature scene 05.05.2006 09:05 AM

I have acid reflux pretty bad. When it first came on it felt like a constant lump in my throat, or like my collar was too tight all the time and terrible pain in my chest. At first I was told it was just anxiety, so i got a prescription for xanax (awesome!). But after they realized that I was actually sick, i got some real medicine. It pretty much keeps it under control now. But I have to be careful about drinking, eating spicy things, or anything with tomatoes.

Inhuman 05.05.2006 09:17 AM

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

God it's so annoying. My hands are cold 24/7 and it slows them down and they get numb so easily, so whenever I play guitar, I have to warm my hands up temperaturewise.

Trasher02 05.05.2006 09:22 AM

I just noticed, th SY board is filled with freaks. No offense you guys.

Savage Clone 05.05.2006 09:27 AM

Hip Priest:
I had a boss with your condition once. It's definitely no laughing matter, and it's also very misunderstood. People really need to do some research about this condition. Sorry you have to deal with this.

candymoan 05.05.2006 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Trasher02
I just noticed, th SY board is filled with freaks. No offense you guys.


what did you expect?

SpectralJulianIsNotDead 05.05.2006 10:22 AM

I had a lump on my testicle once and thought I had cancer. Staff infection. I think I got it from a pet cat clawing me while on my lap.

My eyelids are perpetually red.

ploesj 05.05.2006 10:29 AM

i have like three allergies and get asthamtic attacks whenever i practise sports in bad conditions such as damp air or dry air.. that means like all the time. i also have a low blood-pressure which makes me faint when i get up too fast. when i do faint it looks like i have epilepsy. it used to scare my parents and ive been in hospital for a whole day to check my brain.

!@#$%! 05.05.2006 10:34 AM

hip priest has balls of steel (guess porkmarras cant touch them, heh :D).

respect!

Alex's Trip 05.05.2006 10:42 AM

I have the worst fucking skin in the world! I hate it. I have all these red bumps on my arms and chest and back. I went to a dermetoligest and he didn't even tell me what it was he just gave me some lotion that didn't do shit.

fishmonkey 05.05.2006 10:44 AM

i got a twig jammed down my pee-hole when i was 6, turns out after 4 days in hospital they still would'nt let me join the gang

fishmonkey 05.05.2006 10:48 AM

big up the Hip Priest

porkmarras 05.05.2006 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
hip priest has balls of steel (guess porkmarras cant touch them, heh :D).

respect!

I would if only i could.Hehehe

Hip Priest 05.05.2006 05:04 PM

I'm pretty much speechless.

This forum is wonderful.

youthoftomorrow 05.05.2006 05:32 PM

let's see...i've had appendicitis and broken my right arm three times.

there's a splinter or something stuck in the bottom of my right foot. it only hurts when i get out of the shower and move it the wrong way. i almost fall over every time. it's been there for several years and i can't remember how it got there.

nomadicfollower 05.05.2006 06:04 PM

That reminds me of when I had a bad splinter in my foot. It apparently got there from walking barefoot on a pier. It hurt so bad I could hardly walk. It was in the center of my foot so I either had to walk on my heel or on my toes, making me extemely prone to falling.
When the docotor removed the splinter is was a little over an inch long and fairly thick.

qprogeny79 05.05.2006 06:22 PM

i was born with hypospadias w/ chordee. had it corrected as an infant.

look it up.

atari 2600 05.05.2006 06:44 PM

I broke my leg as a six-month old infant when i fell down the stairs in a townhouse. per the cliche, i was also dropped right on my head once as a baby. One time I was kicked in the head by a man much larger than myself who was wearing steel-toed workboots when I was twenty.
But on to the past maladies.
When I was seven I had a near-death experience & nearly drowned to death. I didn't speak & barely ate or drank for about 2 weeks after it. I wouldn't go to school & read in my room & this is when I began to draw things constantly which I continued to do for years afterwards. After wasting away until I looked like dehydrated malnourished skeleton, I was taken to the hospital & diagnosed with meningitis & told that I was terminal. I forget how it came about, but a short while after that it was explained to me that I had asthma & I took the skin tests & came up allergic to just about everything. For many years, i was given a regimen of allergy treatment shots twice weekly. I took a plethora of medications & up to 6 or 7 different types of pills a day at some points in the illness. I was taken to the emergency room with asthma attacks too many times to remember & was told after one attack that it was a chronic attack which meant that there was a 25% chance of me dying without the doctors being able to do anything about it. Typically, when I went to the emergency room they would take blood, hook an I.V. into my arm, make me deep breathe & force me to drink like a gallon of water & administer one to several epinephrine (adrenaline) shots to get me breathing again. Many times I was allowed to go home after that, but on at least on 10 ocassions (if not more) I was hospitalized afterwards for 2 weeks to a month with an I.V. in my arm. One time we were on vacation visiting relatives & I had had a serious attack & was taken to the hospital; when I was left alone, I ripped the I.V. out of my arm & proceeded to amble around the military base aimlessly until some M.P.s brought me back to the hospital room.
And then one day around age 16 I just told my mother that I wasn't going anymore for allergy shots. I stopped taking all the pills. I was told that I was "possessed" because I made such a loud, violent scene every time I was told I had to go to the hospital. Thank God I was one of the ones that "grew out" of asthma. It's terrifying not being able to breathe. I kept my inhalers & kept using them less & less until I was about age 20. I have now been a two pack a day smoker for over 15 years & have had no asthma attacks in all that time. I never get allergic reactions or hayfever, not even if the wind is blowing pollen right in my face. I haven't been sick in almost three years & the last time was only because the people I was living with at that time were sick. That was, in fact, the only time I've gotten a flu even since I started posting at the fan forum back on '02. I eat reasonably healthy & fairly well, but nothing too overboard for too long a time & I drink a good deal of water every day. < I know, too much is bad for the kidneys. > Back in the emergency room during those days when I was ill, drinking water was like trying to drink gasoline. Nowadays, I love water. The biggest health problem I've had was that one day after a typical binge of what have you, I woke up & a spot on one of my feet was cold & numb. I had just met a man the day before that lived on my street & hung out on his porch a lot that had just had one of his lower legs amputated due to blood vessel blockage, so I believe my injury was a sympathetic psychosomatic ailment. The numb spot grew over a few days until one of my whole feet went numb & it was difficult to walk or get around. I called the hospital & made an appointment with a neurologist. The next day the spot was shrinking again & it went away on the night before the day of the appointment. When I go to get a check-up once every year & a half or so, the nurses & the doctor always are dumbfounded that all my vitals & weight & everything is normal given the vices that I have. They still tell me that I have to quit smoking though, of course.

truncated 05.05.2006 06:49 PM

Weirdo.

val-holla-ing 05.05.2006 07:12 PM

an earwig got in my ear and tore part of my eardrum off.

atari 2600 05.05.2006 08:33 PM

strange. the damn thing tore through your eardrum? i hope your hearing is okay in that ear. earwigs always give me the heebie-jeebies.

the following is not really a medical problem (as in a medical condition), but an injury instead:

when i was young i was dressed up like batman & my friend who i was chasing slammed the door to the laundry room in front of me & a metal hanger jumped off a nail with the force of the door being slammed shut & it fell right into my eye(lid). It scratched my cornea so I had to wear a patch for a few weeks. The doctor told me that sometimes batman had to wear eye patches too after getting in a fight while fighting crime haha.

I had to get stitches a few times...one time this girl had taken my heavy die-cast replica of a colt .45 cap gun (back in the old days these toys were more substantive) & as I chased her through her house, she doubled back on me & then threw the cap gun at me & busted my lip open pretty bad.

youthoftomorrow 05.05.2006 08:35 PM

atari, you have the craziest medical history i've ever heard.

atari 2600 05.05.2006 08:41 PM

i would fill up whole garbage bags with coughed-up phlegm kleenexes. I would be shown my chest X-rays & clearly see for myself that both lungs were nearly completely filled with mucous.
my (military dependent) medical records are many, many thick folders full. I could probably stack them close to 4 feet high. Sometimes I wonder if I didn't get experimented on with some of the medication. I was intemittently precribed to take prednisone, which is a steroid. I've had so many blood tests that my veins squirm out of the way.

you should get that splinter checked out or remove it yourself carefully. i had one in my foot that just went away eventually, but it didn't cause me pain. I've had lots of splinters though. One time I stepped on a rusty nail that went right through my boot & got the tetanus shot & everything. I walked around with a tenderfoot for awhile after that.

youthoftomorrow 05.05.2006 08:43 PM

it's too deep to remove myself. i can't even see it.

atari 2600 05.05.2006 08:58 PM

now this is crazy. when i "grew out" of asthma, my mother acquired serious asthma requiring all the same medications that I used to take & she also had to use a machine that she would inject liquid terbutaline into & then inhale the vapours. also quite remarkable is that my mother at one time had colon cancer & was in intensive care for months. she started to get real bad & she had just started chemo & wasn't being given long to live. Her church pastor always remembered her in the prayers & one night he dedicated most of the service to her & to prayers for her health. The colon cancer went into 100% remission overnight & that's the honest truth.

youthoftomorrow 05.05.2006 09:09 PM

whoa. that almost makes me believe in god.

RIPfrey05 05.05.2006 09:28 PM

I cought my balls in a zipper once

Trasher02 05.06.2006 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by RIPfrey05
I cought my balls in a zipper once


Hahaha that made me laugh.
There's something about Mary.

Neongod 05.06.2006 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by val-holla-ing
an earwig got in my ear and tore part of my eardrum off.


Are those the same things from Wrath of Kahn?
Serioisly tho, never heard of an earwig...google time.

noumenal 05.06.2006 03:29 PM

Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker?

HaydenAsche 05.06.2006 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600
when i was young i was dressed up like batman


They had Batman way back then?!?


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