The disease thread

I had a stomach flu a while ago (like august) and it was like death. I was at work and I was white faced and doubled over in pain. My friend Peter was like "omfg go home" and I have to say that was the longest wait at the bus stop and the longest ride. I barely made it into my apartment. I pretty much waved hello, and ran to the toliet. I sent my husband away so he didnt have to see me vomiting... well actually we had plans to go hang out with him mom and younger bro so I just told him to go and leave me to my suffering.

at the beginning of the year I had a strep like virus so it hurt to swallow. same night that virus kicks into high gear, I bite the shit out of my tongue in my sleep. Like you could see the bite marks. and then I had about 10 canker sores in my mouth. and I had one of those ulcers on the top of my mouth. I couldn't talk, or eat. I tried eating yogurt, and it burned. So I drank lots of water (which hurt too) that was awesome. (sarcasm)

yah screw flu shots. live through it. Like conan says "what does not kill you makes you stronger" and all that.

This thread made me hungry for chinese food though...

I don't get sick all that often, not viruses or anything. I've never had strep, only had minor bronchitis once when I was 10, and flu when I was in first grade. My issue is chronic 'migraines', some undiagnosed headaches that my doctors can't really figure out. They make me ill to my stomach, mess my vision up, and make have to stay in a quiet, unlit room for hours on end feeling like shit sometimes. They put me on medicine that lowers my blood pressure and makes my circulation very poor, so now I get dizzy a lot and my hands FREEZE in the cold, dangerously so. Kinda sucks, but I haven't had a really really bad headache since I started taking it so I think it's actually working.

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Originally Posted by Andrew

The remedy? Never be sober.

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I've had the flu and it sucked. I was weak and hurt everywhere. And at random parts of the day it would feel like someone hit me with a baseball bat.

not like the bruise from being hit, but the actually feeling of being hit.

I thought for sure that post was going to be about mono.

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Originally Posted by frostwolf ex

im right now having a bitch of a time with eczema, a hereditary(they think) skin disease that causes these annoying little round patches on my feet to get ultra sensitive and itchy as hell. the best part, no cure, ill have this annoyance every few years for the rest of my life. the really annoying part is, since it drains if it gets irritated, i have had to discontinue my martial arts training, since kicking or being blocked could result in slimyness.

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I fucking HATE eczema. I get it mostly on my stomach cuz it really acts up when my skin is close to metal. I only wear leather belts cuz of that shit.

I have auto-immune disease. Meaning I have three diseases running concurrently. My body is fighting itself and there is no cure. Hence why I suggested to Aurora grape seed. It helps my immune system and it allows my body to make more white blood cells to fight the real disease attacking my body.

Here are the two ... Diabetes, Vitiligo, and for the third; I think the doctor told me once, but I completely forgot.

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Originally Posted by SXA

I fucking HATE eczema. I get it mostly on my stomach cuz it really acts up when my skin is close to metal. I only wear leather belts cuz of that shit.

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Eczema magnet?

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Originally Posted by Advocate

Here are the two ... Diabetes, Vitiligo, and for the third; I think the doctor told me once, but I completely forgot.

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I do hope you're mooching off of relatives with these diseases as an excuse. I would hate to see a couple of perfectly good diseases go to waste.

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I do hope you're mooching off of relatives with these diseases as an excuse. I would hate to see a couple of perfectly good diseases go to waste.

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I don't know since I am adopted.

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My body is fighting itself and there is no cure. Hence why I suggested to Aurora grape seed.

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I have a funny story to tell about this actually!

Anyone who knows me well knows I am obsessed with grapes. I eat them daily. Sometimes by the vine. Grapes grapes grapes.

Well, yeah, it turns out I am allergic to them. The red kind at least. I am also allergic to:

1.) chicken
2.) pork
3.) whey from milk
4.) lamb
5.) green peas

In other words, I suck. Coupled with my shitty immune system, the taking-in of some of those foods was causing terrible reactions in my body, getting me sick all the damned time. I've stopped eating grapes and such, now I feel 70% better. Even got to wear rigid gas permeable contacts (which are a bitch getting used to, but getting better!). Yay!