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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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 Posted - 02/23/2005 : 10:34:31
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Proving that no subject is too classy for this forum, this is the
thread where you share your embarrassing medical conditions!
Um, I can't really think of anything. Does a bronchial infection
count? I have one of those right now. Um...my best friend got
chlamydia (sp?) in college. Wait! I once had plantar warts which
are not really warts but they do require removal (they are these
painful thingies at the bottom of your feet).
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Surfer Rosa
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 02/23/2005 : 10:35:55
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Nothing medically wrong with me (that I'm aware of at least) but I do have exeptionally long arms and struggle to find hats that fit me due to my enormous head.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 10:37:46
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Sounds like you have a serious case of "sexy", Surfer. ;)
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dayanara
* Dog in the Sand *
Australia
1811 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 10:39:46
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my second toe is longer than my big toe.
in college, my friend's dog got some sort of intestinal impaction, and they couldn't figure out what was going on so they sent it to one of those big university teaching hospitals. they operated (with a room full of veterinary students, mind you) and pulled out 2 used tampons. that was pretty embarassing (for her).
A monkey will eat dirt if you make him. |
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Surfer Rosa
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 02/23/2005 : 10:40:18
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I'm going to regret the long arm, big head post aren't I?
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 10:45:09
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What long arm, big head post?
Here comes a special boy! |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 10:46:25
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As if I'm gonna tell any of you lot.
Oh OK, I can't pee in front of other people. This one's a real bitch let me tell ya.
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1713 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 10:52:16
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dayanara, that story is exceptionally gross and funny at the same time. ewww. ok, mostly nauseating.
rosa, it's ok not to wear hats...except to weddings and stuff. if anybody gives you crap about not wearing a hat: 1. sniff, 2. put your nose in the air, and 3. say "well, you say that now!" with authority. and walk away.
my dog had impacted anal glands that had to be 'expressed' at the vet's...that was nasty and embarrassing. "yessir, can i help you?" "umm, yeah, i'm here to have, umm, my dog's well, umm, you know, ummm, we're here for a 3 o'clock appointment."
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 11:19:41
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Erectus Permanentus
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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Posted - 02/23/2005 : 11:25:10
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I'm affraid to say, but I'm a kind of a healthy one...but I do have a problem, I'm always "gnawing my nails", I don't know if this is the correct word, but you'll understand, I can't have my nails like most of the women do.
Tell me how this story ends
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
1972 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 11:31:36
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bullshitus permanentus is what you have, floop.
extremely long arms...enormous head...
Surfer, was that you at the end of Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
I noticed last night that my nose isn't really crooked, but that there is more nose on one side of my face than there is on the other.
I always knew something about my face was asymmetrical (besides my snaggle-toothed, slacked and gaping maw) and saw it last night.
In the mirror.
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Elephant
- FB Fan -
Canada
240 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 11:34:56
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Well... my hands shake uncontrollably. It gets worse when I'm nervous or I'm trying to concentrate. If I get really nervous it travels through my entier body.
I went to a doctor about it, and it wasn't a doctor... they had a specialist actually. Some brain person or something, I can't think of the medical name.
What he told me was it was nothing too serious, although I could probably prevent them if I drank alcohol (seriously). I was thirteen at the time he was telling me this.
It's still kind of emberassing, people ask me about it sometimes. It's not like I can prevent it, or anything - unless of course I'm wasted.
It was a pain in the ass at school, because to write clearly I would have to grip my pencil and everything. So I find it was easier to type. I can type very quickly and that's probably the reason why. |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 11:51:54
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For an elephant to be writing with pencil is impressive shaky or not. Sorry about your condition Elephant. Sometimes my hands shake (or don't seem very steady), which sends into a mild panic that I'm going to develop shaky hands which my dad has done in the past 10 years.
I have bad knees from running too much and having knees that aren't very well centered over my foot. Not embarassing I suppose.
Along rita's line, I have to cut my fingernails short otherwise I'll pick at them. I also build up excessive tartar which is embarassing everytime I go to the dentist. |
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Steak n Sabre
* Dog in the Sand *
Uzbekistan
1013 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 12:25:35
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Getting chickenpox at 37 was pretty embarrassing, and it really sucked as well.....
The Cult of Frank 2.0: It's not the coming of the aliens or anything... |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 12:27:34
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And I was worried that no one would post! Great stuff, you guys. Homers,
that's, um, funny. But isn't it inconventient, too, seeing as you're a guy and guys have to use public urinals?
darwin, my knees suck too, but from skiing, not running. I feel your pain. Literally.
This may not qualify as a medical condition but... I once almost had sex with a guy who said that it felt "ticklish" to him whenever anybody but himself touched his penis. He tells me this as we're about to have intercourse for the first time, he's unzipped and I'm holding the condom. End of story. I refused
to go any further. Looking back on it, I think it was his way of telling me he
didn't want to have sex with me.
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dayanara
* Dog in the Sand *
Australia
1811 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 12:38:08
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what other people's embarrassing medical conditions? can we talk about those? cause i've had some (extensive) experience making fun of sick people behind their backs.
A monkey will eat dirt if you make him. |
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
1972 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 12:43:30
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Doctor Parkinson declared
"I'm not surprised to see you here. You've got Smoker's Cough from smoking, Brewer's Droop from drinking beer. I don't don't know how you came to get the Bette Davis Knees, but worst of all young man, you've got Industrial Disease." |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 13:27:22
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Yo, Mark Knopfler, take it outside. I wanna hear more from the nurse.
Nurse? Spill!
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 14:26:00
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didn't everyone get chlamydia in college?
steak'n'sabre, chicken pox at 37 is dangerous.
my farts smell like coconuts.
i had necrotizing myotisis last summer.
I'm what you call a repeat offender. I repeat, I will offend again! |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 14:47:19
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quote:
Originally posted by Surfer Rosa
struggle to find hats that fit me due to my enormous head.
A bird flew into my giant freak head! 
__________
Godfather of nothing, ancesters of none.
Black glasses and feedback took my sense of fun.
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 14:48:12
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
1972 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 15:06:16
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Originally posted by KimStanleyRobinson
bullshitus permanentus is what you have, BLT.
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big_galoof
= Cult of Ray =
USA
310 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 15:11:13
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i don't know if i'm embarrassed by it, but i have multiple sclerosis - wow, that's the first time i've ever mentioned it in any online way... ahem. (clears throat bravely) there are only 5 million reported cases in the world, roughly - so i really am one in a billion, baby. wait, is my math wrong?
anyway, i was diagnosed in the september of 2003 and have been on meds for it since december of that same year. my 6-month follow-up MRI showed no new lesions. so my prognosis is good.
anyone else have MS out there? i promise that you'll at least know someone with it - well, besides me just now.
the big (rare-disease-having) galoof |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 15:25:55
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| Hey big galoof, have you looked into the Swank diet? It's been around since the '50s so it's not some fly-by-night solution for MS. I've read accounts of many who have had success with it in slowing or even halting the progression of the disease. Best of luck to you with whatever works. |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 02/23/2005 : 15:32:03
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I'm sure its not the correct thing to say, but sorry to hear about it man. I know people who have MS and its a pretty big deal. As yer man Sandwich there says, best wishes with it all.
As for me... um, male pattern baldness?
Ash wields the chainsaw attached to the stump where his hand used to be and straps a sawn-off shotgun across his back
Ash: "Groovy" |
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big_galoof
= Cult of Ray =
USA
310 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 15:32:35
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i'm on board, but only as long as it's the hilary swank diet! rrrrrrowr! or, i guess, the swank magazine diet would be cool too - depleting of precious bodily fluids, but cool.
seriously, though - thanks for the tip, blt.
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 02/23/2005 : 16:01:47
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I kinda know a local guitar player folkie that has it.
He played a full gig at the local coffeeshop recently - appeared to be completely asymptomatic...other than being a bit boring, but I don't think that was the MS.
Pretty sure that condition was preexisting. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/23/2005 : 16:07:45
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Originally posted by kathryn
And I was worried that no one would post! Great stuff, you guys. Homers,
that's, um, funny. But isn't it inconventient, too, seeing as you're a guy and guys have to use public urinals?
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank
Yes it is damn inconvenient. I have to queue for the stalls. It's even worse at festivals. A trip to the toilet takes ages, I can miss a lot of songs if I go mid-set and the stalls are busy. I don't think it's that uncommon, even though I have never met anyone else with it, you can tell those that have it. I am not sure if there is a name for it, or a cure.
Most people could take a shit in front of other people too if they had to. I couldn't. I haven't always been like this.
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 17:14:03
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Ya Big Galoof, MS isn't embarrassing. Sorry, but it's not. It's serious and
I, too, am sorry (I'm not saying that in a pitying way just saying I'm sorry).
Now try and come up with something good and embarrassing, will ya!
Something like BLT's tragic condition
And, no, shiner everybody did NOT get chlamydia (sp?) in college.
But your necrotizing thingie sounds interesting. Was something falling off?
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2005 : 21:47:03
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Originally posted by dayanara
in college, my friend's dog got some sort of intestinal impaction, and they couldn't figure out what was going on so they sent it to one of those big university teaching hospitals. they operated (with a room full of veterinary students, mind you) and pulled out 2 used tampons. that was pretty embarassing (for her).
guess i won't be having that jelly donut now.
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 02/23/2005 : 21:53:52
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[quote]Originally posted by dayanara
my second toe is longer than my big toe.
that's morton's toe, dayanara...
i have it too, i think it means we're exceptionally intelligent. that and we have "werewolf potential" whatever the hell that means...(read it online somewhere) |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
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Posted - 02/24/2005 : 01:50:28
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Originally posted by floop
guess i won't be having that jelly donut now.
LOL!
I'm what you call a repeat offender. I repeat, I will offend again! |
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hWolsky
= Cult of Ray =
France
696 Posts |
Posted - 02/24/2005 : 03:25:02
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Originally posted by rita
I'm affraid to say, but I'm a kind of a healthy one...but I do have a problem, I'm always "gnawing my nails", I don't know if this is the correct word, but you'll understand, I can't have my nails like most of the women do
I had the same problem until I was 14. When I discovered Bowie, I looked at my hands and thought "I can't give to Ziggy those hands, thought I am wonderfull" Then I started to play guitar.
If you have kids, make sure they never see you doing it. You can ruin their life.
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Posted - 02/24/2005 : 03:33:07
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Hey hWolsky, my son is 13, and you wouldn't want to see his nails, worst then mine...he started to play guitar a few months ago, maybe he'll stop now.
I love Ziggy Stardust and discovered him with 14 too, I'll try to stop it for him!
Someone tell me why I act like a fool
When things don't go my way
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Surfer Rosa
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 02/24/2005 : 04:59:58
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My elusive husband had a maggot growing in his back once. It was eating it's way out till it mutated into a fly.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
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