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Title: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Thursday's_Child on June 09, 2019, 06:39:44 AM
Irhack originally started this topic in the CHE and I know we still need it!

Post your symptoms (and diagnosis, if you have one) here and we'll not only sympathize, but suggest appropriately tragic diagnoses!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Thursday's_Child on June 09, 2019, 06:42:38 AM
I think I have a rapidly growing brain tumor in my occipital lobe, or perhaps I've had a stroke there.  Symptoms started as a few blurry spots in my vision.  These were present when using either eye, so it has to be a brain dis-function.  In the last half hour they have coalesced into an arc of roughly triangular areas (at least 25 of them) that shimmer.  Every few seconds the arc jumps slightly to the right, then shimmers back to the left, going a bit farther every time.  It's increasing in size, too.

One small favor is that it's now too far left to interfere with my reading & writing, so I'm going to attempt to be productive during the little time that probably remains to me.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: aside on June 09, 2019, 11:48:44 AM
Thanks for restarting this thread in our new venue!  Please keep posting as long as you are able.

I recently encountered ancient mouse droppings when cleaning out my mother's garage.  I now have every symptom of Hantavirus.  My nose is also twitching, and I'm craving cheese.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: mamselle on June 09, 2019, 06:36:22 PM
I'm just hoping the slight bit of athlete's foot caused by my too-closed-in shoes won't turn into a flesh-eating infection that leaves me unable to walk (or dance)...

M.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: irhack on June 10, 2019, 05:39:38 AM
Glad to see this thread revived!

The bottom of my right heel has been tingly on and off for awhile now. I thought I was just tying my shoelaces too tight but now I realize I have a tumor on my spine.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: ciao_yall on June 10, 2019, 06:16:09 AM
Quote from: irhack on June 10, 2019, 05:39:38 AM
Glad to see this thread revived!

The bottom of my right heel has been tingly on and off for awhile now. I thought I was just tying my shoelaces too tight but now I realize I have a tumor on my spine.

Oh, it's probably just diabetes. They will amputate the foot an you'll be all better.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Tenured_Feminist on June 10, 2019, 06:16:41 AM
I have this dreadfully itchy patch just above the nape of my neck and a small lump. It hasn't progressed for a few weeks, so it's not shingles. Probably cancer.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Thursday's_Child on June 10, 2019, 07:43:00 AM
Quote from: Tenured_Feminist on June 10, 2019, 06:16:41 AM
I have this dreadfully itchy patch just above the nape of my neck and a small lump. It hasn't progressed for a few weeks, so it's not shingles. Probably cancer.

Definitely cancer if it also tingles.  If it only itches it's probably just a fungal infection.  You know, one of the sorts that do so much damage to the epidermis that it becomes permanently mottled with odd colors and textures and never regains the lost hair.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: aside on June 10, 2019, 07:46:16 AM
Quote from: Thursday's_Child on June 10, 2019, 07:43:00 AM
Quote from: Tenured_Feminist on June 10, 2019, 06:16:41 AM
I have this dreadfully itchy patch just above the nape of my neck and a small lump. It hasn't progressed for a few weeks, so it's not shingles. Probably cancer.

Definitely cancer if it also tingles.  If it only itches it's probably just a fungal infection.  You know, one of the sorts that do so much damage to the epidermis that it becomes permanently mottled with odd colors and textures and never regains the lost hair.

And sometimes moves to the brain through the ear canal.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: bopper on June 10, 2019, 07:56:17 AM
Quote from: Thursday's_Child on June 09, 2019, 06:42:38 AM
I think I have a rapidly growing brain tumor in my occipital lobe, or perhaps I've had a stroke there.  Symptoms started as a few blurry spots in my vision.  These were present when using either eye, so it has to be a brain dis-function.  In the last half hour they have coalesced into an arc of roughly triangular areas (at least 25 of them) that shimmer.  Every few seconds the arc jumps slightly to the right, then shimmers back to the left, going a bit farther every time.  It's increasing in size, too.

One small favor is that it's now too far left to interfere with my reading & writing, so I'm going to attempt to be productive during the little time that probably remains to me.

It's related to migraines...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scintillating_scotoma
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Thursday's_Child on June 10, 2019, 08:13:24 AM
Quote from: bopper on June 10, 2019, 07:56:17 AM
Quote from: Thursday's_Child on June 09, 2019, 06:42:38 AM
I think I have a rapidly growing brain tumor in my occipital lobe, or perhaps I've had a stroke there.  Symptoms started as a few blurry spots in my vision.  These were present when using either eye, so it has to be a brain dis-function.  In the last half hour they have coalesced into an arc of roughly triangular areas (at least 25 of them) that shimmer.  Every few seconds the arc jumps slightly to the right, then shimmers back to the left, going a bit farther every time.  It's increasing in size, too.

One small favor is that it's now too far left to interfere with my reading & writing, so I'm going to attempt to be productive during the little time that probably remains to me.

It's related to migraines...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scintillating_scotoma

Oh dear!  I'd better spend the rest of the day laying down in a dark, quiet room with a cool cloth on my forehead.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: irhack on June 10, 2019, 08:18:35 AM
Quote from: bopper on June 10, 2019, 07:56:17 AM

It's related to migraines...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scintillating_scotoma

It might be a detached cornea, in which case you may go blind. Might be good time to set up some dictation software on your computer so you can continue to post to the fora easily when that happens.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: backatit on June 10, 2019, 11:13:56 AM
You never REALLY know whether it's a migraine or a brain tumor (or an aneurysm or stroke). Says she who actually had an MRI last month to be really, really sure (but I've had bad migraines for years and just added the REALLY fun symptom of extreme dizziness before one sets in). I'd gotten used to the flying spots aura (the first time I was sure I was having a stroke, and went to the ER, because I got extreme tunnel vision - I could only see out of one eye and part of the other.

It was loads of fun, btw, being told that you have "normal" white matter changes for a migraine patient. That is, my MRI is NOT normal for a normal person, but it's consistent with a relatively "normal" MRI for a long term migraine sufferer. Oh joy.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: backatit on June 10, 2019, 11:16:19 AM
Quote from: irhack on June 10, 2019, 08:18:35 AM
Quote from: bopper on June 10, 2019, 07:56:17 AM

It's related to migraines...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scintillating_scotoma

It might be a detached cornea, in which case you may go blind. Might be good time to set up some dictation software on your computer so you can continue to post to the fora easily when that happens.

You should also do that if you have arthritis. Because one of these days you might just lose your hand function. Oooh, I'm on a roll today...
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Juvenal on June 10, 2019, 01:55:03 PM
Could the skin tag spritzed this past week with liquid nitrogen by the dermdoc be something more dire?  After all, it's not seeable by self (mirror does not help much).  The dermdoc promises the growth will blacken and fall off...  Yet such things down in [description deleted by 'Administrator'] make one to wonder.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Tenured_Feminist on June 11, 2019, 07:39:05 AM
I dragged eldest to a dermatologist before I released him to go to college. To his complete disgust, they insisted on biopsying a different mole than the one I distrusted.

All skin tags are clearly cancer precursors.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: polly_mer on June 11, 2019, 05:55:27 PM
Quote from: Tenured_Feminist on June 11, 2019, 07:39:05 AM
All skin tags are clearly cancer precursors.

Well, it's been nice knowing you folks!  I wear a lanyard every day around my neck and I can see skin tags marking where it rubs.  I've switched too late to turtlenecks and I'm doomed to neck cancer.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Thursday's_Child on June 12, 2019, 07:56:12 AM
Quote from: polly_mer on June 11, 2019, 05:55:27 PM
Quote from: Tenured_Feminist on June 11, 2019, 07:39:05 AM
All skin tags are clearly cancer precursors.

Well, it's been nice knowing you folks!  I wear a lanyard every day around my neck and I can see skin tags marking where it rubs.  I've switched too late to turtlenecks and I'm doomed to neck cancer.

At least the turtlenecks will hide the inevitable unsightly views from your coworkers while you're still well enough to continue working.  Your untimely demise will then catch them completely by surprise and they will spend the rest of their lives wishing they had been kinder and more attentive. This angst will make them better people.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: aside on June 12, 2019, 08:23:09 AM
I've just learned of the health hazards of the large magnet holding paperclips on my desk.  This perhaps explains my strong attraction to certain metals and the hand tremors I thought were either hyperthyroidism or too much caffeine.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: backatit on June 12, 2019, 07:37:15 PM
Turtlenecks are also awesome for hiding the inevitable goiter from the thyroid cancer I'm going to get from all the dental x-rays this year...
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: polly_mer on June 12, 2019, 07:43:24 PM
What helps with the parasite that must be living in my ear?  I thought it was maybe just a very slight cold that was filling up the one ear, but it's clearly going to end up being one of those stories where the unsuspecting victim (me) ends up with a full grown insect that breaks out from the eardrum in the middle of an important meeting.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: ergative on June 13, 2019, 03:07:22 AM
Quote from: polly_mer on June 12, 2019, 07:43:24 PM
What helps with the parasite that must be living in my ear?  I thought it was maybe just a very slight cold that was filling up the one ear, but it's clearly going to end up being one of those stories where the unsuspecting victim (me) ends up with a full grown insect that breaks out from the eardrum in the middle of an important meeting.

You might be patient 0, but you've already spread the parasite's larvae to my ear. I thought at first that it was earwax getting compacted due to my constant use of earplugs against the construction outside my office (and my overly virile upstairs neighbor), but clearly something more sinister was at play. Make sure the meeting is full of people you don't like, because you don't want to go all Wrath of Khan on friends. I've already selected my companions for the day my larvae reach maturity.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: mamselle on June 13, 2019, 12:00:01 PM
Sounds like a variant on the "Alien" films.

Do you suppose Sigourney Weaver has survived?

M.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: polly_mer on June 14, 2019, 02:05:46 PM
Quote from: ergative on June 13, 2019, 03:07:22 AM
Quote from: polly_mer on June 12, 2019, 07:43:24 PM
What helps with the parasite that must be living in my ear?  I thought it was maybe just a very slight cold that was filling up the one ear, but it's clearly going to end up being one of those stories where the unsuspecting victim (me) ends up with a full grown insect that breaks out from the eardrum in the middle of an important meeting.

You might be patient 0, but you've already spread the parasite's larvae to my ear. I thought at first that it was earwax getting compacted due to my constant use of earplugs against the construction outside my office (and my overly virile upstairs neighbor), but clearly something more sinister was at play. Make sure the meeting is full of people you don't like, because you don't want to go all Wrath of Khan on friends. I've already selected my companions for the day my larvae reach maturity.

I've got several meetings planned for next week in that category.

Today, I had to call in sick because the parasite was extruding some kind of sleepy chemical and is making it hard for me to think.  It could just be a regular fever, but I know better.  I'm not going to be around long enough for the neck cancer to get me.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: aside on June 19, 2019, 07:36:52 PM
Okay, I have a pimple-looking thingie on my wrist.  It must be a brown recluse bite, and my hand will be falling off before I know it.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: mamselle on June 21, 2019, 07:35:47 AM
Did it happen while you were watching the mega-spider eat the possum?

It would be easy to be distracted by something like that....

M.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: aside on June 21, 2019, 08:46:25 AM
Thanks for the imagery.  Now they're everywhere.  AAAARRRGGGHHH.....
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: polly_mer on June 26, 2019, 06:06:38 AM
My neck aches a little from a new pillow and my back is still feeling that extra-long tour from last week.  I just know I'll end up in traction for months to solve the problem.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: irhack on June 26, 2019, 06:39:45 AM
IRgirl visited a friend last week who, it turns out, had head lice. My scalp has been itchy ever since.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: aside on June 26, 2019, 08:44:01 AM
AAARRRGGGHHH!!!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: ciao_yall on June 28, 2019, 08:02:44 AM
Quote from: irhack on June 26, 2019, 06:39:45 AM
IRgirl visited a friend last week who, it turns out, had head lice. My scalp has been itchy ever since.

Now I have it just from reading your post.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Thursday's_Child on June 30, 2019, 09:48:08 AM
Quote from: ciao_yall on June 28, 2019, 08:02:44 AM
Quote from: irhack on June 26, 2019, 06:39:45 AM
IRgirl visited a friend last week who, it turns out, had head lice. My scalp has been itchy ever since.

Now I have it just from reading your post.
Are you sure it isn't seed ticks?  You know - the really tiny ones that just hatched and, thus, are all close together so you get a whole bunch at once?

Removing them individually is really tedious, but I don't know if it's possible to cause them to suffocate by slathering yourself completely with Noxzematm or Vaselinetm.  Maybe it's better to get a snorkel and stay under water for about five hours.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: ciao_yall on June 30, 2019, 04:22:15 PM
Quote from: Thursday's_Child on June 30, 2019, 09:48:08 AM
Quote from: ciao_yall on June 28, 2019, 08:02:44 AM
Quote from: irhack on June 26, 2019, 06:39:45 AM
IRgirl visited a friend last week who, it turns out, had head lice. My scalp has been itchy ever since.

Now I have it just from reading your post.
Are you sure it isn't seed ticks?  You know - the really tiny ones that just hatched and, thus, are all close together so you get a whole bunch at once?

Removing them individually is really tedious, but I don't know if it's possible to cause them to suffocate by slathering yourself completely with Noxzematm or Vaselinetm.  Maybe it's better to get a snorkel and stay under water for about five hours.

(Skipping off to the bathroom now with a big tub o' Vaseline)
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: polly_mer on July 21, 2019, 09:05:29 AM
I probably need to have a foot amputated.  It could be having stubbed a toe yesterday and then dropping the fan on it today, but I'm sure it's gangrene and just a matter of time before the foot must be lopped off.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: irhack on July 22, 2019, 06:08:48 AM
Polly_mer, sorry about your foot. At least you have another one, right?

I'm going to the doctor today because I've had this rash for six weeks. It's not really bothering me, it's not getting worse, but it's not getting better. I'm assuming it's a rare, hypervirulent cancer.

And I also feel vaguely nauseous today which I'm attributing to eating watermelon cut with a knife that was used the previous day to cut raw chicken. (And yes, washed after, but probably not thoroughly enough.)

Between the cancer and the salmonella, I hope I have time to say goodbye to my loved ones.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: spork on July 22, 2019, 01:41:09 PM
My wife let a watermelon sit on a piece of dining room furniture for a few days. She then tried to pick it up to move it to the kitchen island and it burst like a rotten corpse. I'm pretty sure that the goo that spewed all over the wall, floor, and rug is ideal for culturing pathogenic organisms. I took the rug outside and attempted to wash it, but it still smells weird despite sitting in the sun on a 95 degree day.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: irhack on July 23, 2019, 05:44:29 AM
Spork, I had a similar experience once. The watermelon looked normal but when touched turned out to be a shell of goo. Really makes one wonder about watermelons.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: the_geneticist on July 23, 2019, 10:51:29 AM
Quote from: irhack on July 23, 2019, 05:44:29 AM
Spork, I had a similar experience once. The watermelon looked normal but when touched turned out to be a shell of goo. Really makes one wonder about watermelons.

I have an early childhood memory of my great uncle cutting into a watermelon and it exploded!  The smell was horrible even after he hosed off the deck.
The goo is most likely a soup of all sorts of bacteria and fungi.  Do you have a power washer?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Thursday's_Child on July 23, 2019, 10:58:44 AM
I am NEVER buying a whole watermelon again!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: quasihumanist on July 26, 2019, 11:26:59 AM
Can we use this thread for car hypochodria?

I took my car in for an oil change and now the engine seems a little louder than before.  They probably forgot to put the oil back in, so the next time I get in and drive, the car will blow up.  I hope they'll find enough bits of me to bury.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: the_geneticist on July 26, 2019, 11:57:31 AM
The bottom of my foot is slightly itchy.  I'm sure it's a horrible, flesh eating infection that will leave me with a stump for a leg.  No way it's just dry skin or a bit of grit in my shoe.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: drbrt on July 26, 2019, 01:17:03 PM
My ankle hurts a little when I flex it. Probably ruptured a tendon.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: mamselle on July 29, 2019, 06:17:51 AM
Quote from: quasihumanist on July 26, 2019, 11:26:59 AM
Can we use this thread for car hypochodria?

I took my car in for an oil change and now the engine seems a little louder than before.  They probably forgot to put the oil back in, so the next time I get in and drive, the car will blow up.  I hope they'll find enough bits of me to bury.

Make sure they bled the brake line, too.

M.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: clean on October 16, 2019, 09:03:07 AM
I just wrapped up 2 online, seven week long classes. I spent the last week grading, grading, grading.  Last Tuesday, or maybe it was Thursday, I sat in my chair grading for most of the day. When I got up my calf hurt. It hurt for 2 days!  Now, I am seriously out of breath even walking from the parking garage to the building with my office. It is only about 100 yards or so, and by the time I got to the elevator (no way I could take the stairs!) i was worried I was going to pass out!  I had a meeting on Monday across campus and I was thinking while on the way that i might have to sit down!

My hypochondria is that I have developed a pulminary embolism (which I can not spell).  I may simply be at the starting stages of bronchitis or something like that.  But that is my current worry.

On the positive side, I have an appointment with my ENT for my annual allergy check up to see how much longer Ill be taking shots.  Ill see what he has to say about it... whether he wants to refer me to another specialist or send me back to my regular doctor first. 

It's hell getting old. I dont think I m ready for this... and no one survives getting old - and another birthday looms!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: mamselle on October 16, 2019, 07:13:18 PM
Quote from: the_geneticist on July 26, 2019, 11:57:31 AM
The bottom of my foot is slightly itchy.  I'm sure it's a horrible, flesh eating infection that will leave me with a stump for a leg.  No way it's just dry skin or a bit of grit in my shoe.

Maybe athlete's foot?

M.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: aside on October 16, 2019, 07:43:27 PM
Quote from: mamselle on October 16, 2019, 07:13:18 PM
Quote from: the_geneticist on July 26, 2019, 11:57:31 AM
The bottom of my foot is slightly itchy.  I'm sure it's a horrible, flesh eating infection that will leave me with a stump for a leg.  No way it's just dry skin or a bit of grit in my shoe.

Maybe athlete's foot?

M.

This was in July; the_geneticist may have been consumed entirely by now!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: mahagonny on October 16, 2019, 08:25:26 PM
I think that I used to have schizophrenia. Which would mean I still have it, but it's dormant.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Bede the Vulnerable on October 17, 2019, 02:34:19 AM
My parents died when I was quite young, in quick succession.  Both of cancer.

As a result, every symptom of anything that I have ever had is a sign of cancer.  I'm now having terrible back spasms, which I am taking to be a sign of back cancer.  But is that even a thing?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Thursday's_Child on October 17, 2019, 07:58:02 AM
Quote from: Bede the Vulnerable on October 17, 2019, 02:34:19 AM
My parents died when I was quite young, in quick succession.  Both of cancer.

As a result, every symptom of anything that I have ever had is a sign of cancer.  I'm now having terrible back spasms, which I am taking to be a sign of back cancer.  But is that even a thing?

No, there's no such thing as back cancer.  The possibilities are FAR worse than that!  You see, the human back is composed of numerous tissue types, all of which could potentially become cancerous.  Thus, your spasms could be from a cancer that is compressing the muscles, from another that is affecting the peripheral nerves, from one actually within the spine that is compressing the spinal cord, from cancerous growths blocking or diverting all blood flow away from the affected muscles, etc., ad infinitum.

I deeply regret being the bearer of bad tidings.  Please accept my most sincere sympathy and my hopes that your most severe sufferings are not prolonged.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: downer on October 17, 2019, 08:10:23 AM
Like many other wrinklies, I worry about my memory loss. I know it is normal, and that my memory was probably flawed when I was younger, but I just didn't think about it then. But still, people's names, words for common objects, and the locations of my possessions all escape me with alarming frequency. I wonder how rapidly my memory functions will decline.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: mamselle on October 17, 2019, 12:02:32 PM
If you're female, they suddenly falter quite seriously with the onset of menopause. Verbal repetition and writing things you used to remember down a lot can help, but les petites cellules grises are not long for this world after that point.

If you're male, maybe it's dementia. Or Alzheimer's. Or a brain-eating worm has entered your ear while swimming in the ocean and is currently decimating the cortex as an appetizer before it starts in on the frontal lobe as the first course...

M.

Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: EdnaMode on October 18, 2019, 08:27:00 AM
My left hip hurts. It's not at all caused by me upping my exercise routine the past month or so. It's bone cancer. I know it is. It's eating away at the bone of my hip and one day soon, I'll get up from my chair to walk and will collapse in a heap because of a completely disintegrated hip joint.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: clean on October 18, 2019, 12:00:00 PM
I guess that my hypochondria was not so far fetched. I was just discharged from the hospital with bilateral pulmonary embolisms.  I did nt expect BiLateral!! 

That is why I long ago stopped asking, 'whats the worst that could happen?'  Im not so good at estimating 'the worst'!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: mamselle on October 18, 2019, 04:04:21 PM
Quote from: clean on October 18, 2019, 12:00:00 PM
I guess that my hypochondria was not so far fetched. I was just discharged from the hospital with bilateral pulmonary embolisms.  I did nt expect BiLateral!! 

That is why I long ago stopped asking, 'whats the worst that could happen?'  Im not so good at estimating 'the worst'!

I'm sorry to hear that was the case! Glad you survived (seriously).

I should have thought of that; the calf pain might have been where and when the clot first formed. Very common in late pregnancy, the clot forms there and then goes elsewhere to work havoc.

You aren't pregnant, are you?

M.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: clean on October 18, 2019, 06:37:05 PM
QuoteYou aren't pregnant, are you?
"Id better not be!!", he replies!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: polly_mer on October 19, 2019, 06:35:36 AM
Quote from: clean on October 18, 2019, 06:37:05 PM
QuoteYou aren't pregnant, are you?
"Id better not be!!", he replies!

Ah, Clean.  Have you managed to escape the recent articles asserting the proper term is "pregnant people" to cover the men and non-binary individuals who are pregnant and then the counterarguments? (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/refer-to-pregnant-people-not-women-un-is-urged-d5gbl7ppz)  I envy you that bliss.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: ciao_yall on October 19, 2019, 07:34:45 AM
Quote from: polly_mer on October 19, 2019, 06:35:36 AM
Quote from: clean on October 18, 2019, 06:37:05 PM
QuoteYou aren't pregnant, are you?
"Id better not be!!", he replies!

Ah, Clean.  Have you managed to escape the recent articles asserting the proper term is "pregnant people" to cover the men and non-binary individuals who are pregnant and then the counterarguments? (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/refer-to-pregnant-people-not-women-un-is-urged-d5gbl7ppz)  I envy you that bliss.

According to a biological anthropologist the other day, the technical term is no longer "women." It's "vagina holders."
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: polly_mer on October 19, 2019, 07:36:07 AM
Quote from: ciao_yall on October 19, 2019, 07:34:45 AM
Quote from: polly_mer on October 19, 2019, 06:35:36 AM
Quote from: clean on October 18, 2019, 06:37:05 PM
QuoteYou aren't pregnant, are you?
"Id better not be!!", he replies!

Ah, Clean.  Have you managed to escape the recent articles asserting the proper term is "pregnant people" to cover the men and non-binary individuals who are pregnant and then the counterarguments? (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/refer-to-pregnant-people-not-women-un-is-urged-d5gbl7ppz)  I envy you that bliss.

And ithe technical term is no longer "women," it's "vagina holders."

I've seen some pushback on that area because one does not have to have a vagina to be a woman nor does possessing a vagina make one a woman.  I hang out in some interesting places on the internet.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: backatit on October 20, 2019, 01:53:17 PM
Quote from: clean on October 18, 2019, 12:00:00 PM
I guess that my hypochondria was not so far fetched. I was just discharged from the hospital with bilateral pulmonary embolisms.  I did nt expect BiLateral!! 

That is why I long ago stopped asking, 'whats the worst that could happen?'  Im not so good at estimating 'the worst'!

Clean, as another PE surviver (and fellow hypochondriac) I did want to reach out to you and tell you I'm glad you survived. If you ever want to chat PM me. It was a scary time (mine was possibly from flying and I still have to fly a lot, and I found that talking to other people who do that helped a bit).
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: backatit on October 20, 2019, 01:54:33 PM
And right now I probably have diabetes because I feel just FINE.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Thursday's_Child on October 21, 2019, 10:28:56 AM
Quote from: backatit on October 20, 2019, 01:54:33 PM
And right now I probably have diabetes because I feel just FINE.

Maybe that's my problem - doesn't diabetes make you bruise more easily?  I have a most amazing set of bruises and don't have any idea how I got them.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: irhack on October 22, 2019, 05:51:35 AM
Oh, unexplained bruising is probably leukemia.

Clan - I am so glad you are okay! What a scare! But if you really have an illness you thought you had, maybe we need to change the name of this thread...
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: aside on October 22, 2019, 06:57:10 PM
Quote from: irhack on October 22, 2019, 05:51:35 AM
Oh, unexplained bruising is probably leukemia.

Clan - I am so glad you are okay! What a scare! But if you really have an illness you thought you had, maybe we need to change the name of this thread...

Wait, the clan is here?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Thursday's_Child on October 23, 2019, 11:10:21 AM
Quote from: irhack on October 22, 2019, 05:51:35 AM
Oh, unexplained bruising is probably leukemia.


Thank you.  I now also have an explanation for the occasional pains in my joints.  I'd best go update my will in case this progresses quickly.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Thursday's_Child on February 02, 2020, 07:47:16 AM
I'm quite sure that my sore throat is from the new corona virus.  Maybe I should go enjoy my last day or two of life instead of getting ready for tomorrow's classes.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: mamselle on February 02, 2020, 07:55:03 AM
Actually, all that talk of PE and phlebitis convinced me I really did want to take the train for a day rather than fly to town in-the-south-whre-our-board-meeting-is.

After all, can't take these little broken foot bones too much for granted.

Don't know what they might get up to on their own...

M.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Thursday's_Child on February 02, 2020, 07:59:08 AM
Quote from: mamselle on February 02, 2020, 07:55:03 AM
Actually, all that talk of PE and phlebitis convinced me I really did want to take the train for a day rather than fly to town in-the-south-whre-our-board-meeting-is.

After all, can't take these little broken foot bones too much for granted.

Don't know what they might get up to on their own...

M.

I quite agree - once a bone gets a taste of freedom there's no telling what it'll decide to do next!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: clean on February 02, 2020, 08:55:21 AM
PE update:
As you may recall, I was hospitalized in October for Bilateral pulmonary embolisms.  Since then I have had a ton of tests.  Just since 1/1, (partly I guess because it is hard to schedule all of these things around Thanksgiving and Christmas)  Ive had a bunch of blood tests, an echo cardiogram (sonogram of my heart), a CAT scan, which found scaring through my lungs and something that could not be ruled out as cancer, which prompted a PET scan.

My Friday doctor's appointment was cancelled and will be rescheduled sometime next week (hopefully before Spring Break).  The PET scan didnt indicate cancer.  I still dont know about the Echo Cardiogram, and I dont have the results for the pulmonary function test. 

I cough regularly, and that was not the case before October, so it is not Coronavirus. 

If you can, make the healthier travel choice.  On the one hand, train travel may allow more movement, but on the other, I could see that air travel may be faster, depending on how far you are going. 
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: mamselle on February 02, 2020, 11:31:33 AM
I'm on the train right now!

I couldn't face the security and all the other nonsense, and I like the trains.

I hope the rest of your tests come out ok!

(Or...is that antithetical to the purpose of this thread???)

But I really do...

M.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Parasaurolophus on February 02, 2020, 07:15:32 PM
Quote from: Thursday's_Child on February 02, 2020, 07:47:16 AM
I'm quite sure that my sore throat is from the new corona virus.  Maybe I should go enjoy my last day or two of life instead of getting ready for tomorrow's classes.

My partner and I are also convinced we have it, since our colds came with shortness of breath.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: backatit on February 03, 2020, 06:45:47 AM
Quote from: clean on February 02, 2020, 08:55:21 AM
PE update:
As you may recall, I was hospitalized in October for Bilateral pulmonary embolisms.  Since then I have had a ton of tests.  Just since 1/1, (partly I guess because it is hard to schedule all of these things around Thanksgiving and Christmas)  Ive had a bunch of blood tests, an echo cardiogram (sonogram of my heart), a CAT scan, which found scaring through my lungs and something that could not be ruled out as cancer, which prompted a PET scan.

My Friday doctor's appointment was cancelled and will be rescheduled sometime next week (hopefully before Spring Break).  The PET scan didnt indicate cancer.  I still dont know about the Echo Cardiogram, and I dont have the results for the pulmonary function test. 

I cough regularly, and that was not the case before October, so it is not Coronavirus. 

If you can, make the healthier travel choice.  On the one hand, train travel may allow more movement, but on the other, I could see that air travel may be faster, depending on how far you are going.

Best of luck with the rest of your tests. I did find it helpful to talk to someone who had been through it, so if you ever want to chat, throw me a PM (as opposed to throwing another PE). Did they do the genetic testing and has yours come back yet? There are some pulmonary function tests they will possibly do because there is a complication that can come up within a couple of years; I'll keep my fingers crossed for you...I was fortunate enough to escape PPH AND genetic markers (I still have to fly a lot so I take aspirin because they won't give me blood thinners anymore, and I wear compression socks, but I feel pretty much like it's doing some sort of magic).
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Parasaurolophus on February 06, 2020, 09:24:11 PM
Looks to me like I'm developing an abcess. Weirdly, it's very close to where my last one was, eight or nine years ago. I've drawn the borders and will have it lanced and stuffed and all that good stuff in a couple days, if it hasn't gotten any better.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Thursday's_Child on March 08, 2020, 10:38:02 AM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on February 02, 2020, 07:15:32 PM
Quote from: Thursday's_Child on February 02, 2020, 07:47:16 AM
I'm quite sure that my sore throat is from the new corona virus.  Maybe I should go enjoy my last day or two of life instead of getting ready for tomorrow's classes.

My partner and I are also convinced we have it, since our colds came with shortness of breath.

Now that we know more about this virus, I am cautiously pleased that I seem to have escaped infection - so far, of course.

There is an interesting chart of timing of symptoms of mild survivable infections at the bottom of this article:
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/children-are-just-as-likely-to-be-infected-by-the-coronavirus-study-suggests/news-story/eb85027d986b097bdcb798b7b90e9760 

Summary:  fever, cough and fatigue start on day 2 of infection.  Fever slowly increases through day 9, then slowly decreases through the next week.  Runny nose isn't expected until day 12 - this is the day after cessation of cough and coincides with cessation of fatigue.

Conclusion:  if you're just getting sick, a runny nose is a good symptom to have.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: ergative on March 10, 2020, 01:57:19 AM
I had a dry cough yesterday afternoon. It's definitely a different dry cough from the regular dry cough I get in the afternoon after a workout in the dry air-conditioned gym. Nope, this one is the big crow*. It's gone this morning, but of course symptoms are mild in the first week.

*Because Covid-19 obviously is a typo for Corvid-19, and a size 19 crow is huge.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: polly_mer on March 10, 2020, 05:20:00 AM
Quote from: Thursday's_Child on March 08, 2020, 10:38:02 AM
Conclusion:  if you're just getting sick, a runny nose is a good symptom to have.

Good to know because I'm personally stimulating the parts of the economy that involve tissue and hand sanitizer.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Caracal on March 10, 2020, 05:37:19 AM
Quote from: ergative on March 10, 2020, 01:57:19 AM
I had a dry cough yesterday afternoon. It's definitely a different dry cough from the regular dry cough I get in the afternoon after a workout in the dry air-conditioned gym. Nope, this one is the big crow*. It's gone this morning, but of course symptoms are mild in the first week.

*Because Covid-19 obviously is a typo for Corvid-19, and a size 19 crow is huge.

One of these daycare colds has now become a coughing sore throat cold right at the moment where everyone is obsessed with coughs. The problem is that obviously the standard gross respiratory diseases haven't suddenly all gone away. I do think this is where all the public health messaging is failing to be very helpful. It is all good and well to tell people who are sick to stay home. Good advice, I've never gone in to teach class with a fever. But a lot of people have mild to annoying respiratory symptoms all the time. I've always been prone to getting colds that linger, I just get a lot of post nasal drip, even if the cold itself isn't so bad. Ever since we had a kid I get these things all the damn time.

I may stay home tomorrow if this thing doesn't improve, just because I don't want to alarm anyone with coughing, but I'm honestly not sure I can effectively teach this semester If I'm supposed to stay home every time I have a cold.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: lillipat on March 10, 2020, 05:58:49 AM
Ergative, that's what I think (the corvid reference) every time I read about covid-19! 

And Caracal, I know what you mean!  I have wild and extreme responses to tree pollens, and spent yesterday dripping and sneezing.  But it's allergies, people!  Allergies!  I've gone through this every year for decades!  If I have to self-quarantine because of allergic responses to springtime, it makes for very inefficient work.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: apl68 on March 10, 2020, 07:37:00 AM
Quote from: lillipat on March 10, 2020, 05:58:49 AM
Ergative, that's what I think (the corvid reference) every time I read about covid-19! 

And Caracal, I know what you mean!  I have wild and extreme responses to tree pollens, and spent yesterday dripping and sneezing.  But it's allergies, people!  Allergies!  I've gone through this every year for decades!  If I have to self-quarantine because of allergic responses to springtime, it makes for very inefficient work.

I knew there was a reason why I kept wanting to think "corvid" for "covid!"  Maybe we should call it "crow flu."  Sure it's not actually caused by crows, but then the "Spanish influenza" didn't actually start in Spain.

I have a persistent minor cough that's probably got something to do with spring allergies.  I pulled something in my back the other day, so it hurts whenever I cough.  My efforts to keep the coughing in check make it sound worse than it is.  It's making them worry unnecessarily about me at work, especially since I had that punctured lung problem some months ago.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: AmLitHist on March 10, 2020, 07:51:52 AM
I'm going in after work to get something for this allergy and/or sinus infection crap that's come back.  Like others here, I know my students probably think I'm Typhoid Mary. 

Pro-tip:  when teaching face-to-face, 2 Robitussin cough gel capsules can get me through lecturing from 8 a.m. until almost the end of my 12:30-1:45 class.  Of course, I forgot them today.  Pfft.

I wonder if they'll test me for CovID19 when I go in to the NP?  Probably not.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: clean on April 10, 2020, 08:48:12 AM
I think that I broke my toe!  I hope we dont have to amputate!

Yesterday I jammed my toe on the corner of the shower that juts out a few inches in the bathroom the molding. It hurt a while, as they always do when someone jams a toe.  Mine wouldnt stop hurting though! 

Since October after I was hospitalized with my last illness/incident, I have been on blood thinners (Eliquis).

So Im not surprised that my toe is now purple, but I am surprised by how far into my foot the purple goes, as well as the different tones of purple... from dark purple to a more reddish purple. 

Last night (9 hours after the incident), it hurt too much for me to stand and cook. I had to change my dinner plans and nuke something rather than be required to stand at the stove.  Even now it is sensitive, and still swollen.  I dont think that I can wear shoes, if I wanted to.

Im not sure if this swelling and pain is a result of my blood thinners, or if I did more damage to my toe than  I have ever done before.

I put ice on it yesterday.  Any suggestions for today?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: sprout on April 10, 2020, 10:18:39 AM
Currently, I'm pretty sure I have, in no particular order:
a yeast infection (sorry)
tennis elbow
sprained ankle
hypothyroid
afibrillation

I think quarantine is legitimately turning me into a hypochondriac.  And/or making my body fall apart.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: smallcleanrat on April 10, 2020, 12:04:53 PM
Quote from: clean on April 10, 2020, 08:48:12 AM
I think that I broke my toe!  I hope we dont have to amputate!

Yesterday I jammed my toe on the corner of the shower that juts out a few inches in the bathroom the molding. It hurt a while, as they always do when someone jams a toe.  Mine wouldnt stop hurting though! 

Since October after I was hospitalized with my last illness/incident, I have been on blood thinners (Eliquis).

So Im not surprised that my toe is now purple, but I am surprised by how far into my foot the purple goes, as well as the different tones of purple... from dark purple to a more reddish purple. 

Last night (9 hours after the incident), it hurt too much for me to stand and cook. I had to change my dinner plans and nuke something rather than be required to stand at the stove.  Even now it is sensitive, and still swollen.  I dont think that I can wear shoes, if I wanted to.

Im not sure if this swelling and pain is a result of my blood thinners, or if I did more damage to my toe than  I have ever done before.

I put ice on it yesterday.  Any suggestions for today?

Can you get a teleconsultation with a doctor?

My guess would be a really bad bruise (exacerbated by the blood thinners) and the swelling and pain just needs some time (and rest) to go down. But I'm not an M.D. so there's no particular reason to listen to me.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: clean on April 10, 2020, 12:28:44 PM
QuoteCan you get a teleconsultation with a doctor?

My guess would be a really bad bruise (exacerbated by the blood thinners) and the swelling and pain just needs some time (and rest) to go down. But I'm not an M.D. so there's no particular reason to listen to me.

I probably could use our online system.  The System office sent an email recently letting us know that we are now able to use it.  However, I think that it was probably for the CV19, and I dont think that I am a good enough actor to claim my toe is infected with CV19.

On the other hand (or foot) my question would probably be a good distraction to the doctors there - unless they are pulmonologists or something!

Besides IF I actually talked to an MD about it, they MIGHT recommend and Xray AND amputation! 

Im not sure that an xray would be justified.... Yes, I would find out IF it is broken or not, but knowing or not knowing doesnt change the treatment (unless amputation was the direction they were heading).
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: smallcleanrat on April 10, 2020, 12:45:14 PM
Quote from: clean on April 10, 2020, 12:28:44 PM
QuoteCan you get a teleconsultation with a doctor?

My guess would be a really bad bruise (exacerbated by the blood thinners) and the swelling and pain just needs some time (and rest) to go down. But I'm not an M.D. so there's no particular reason to listen to me.

I probably could use our online system.  The System office sent an email recently letting us know that we are now able to use it.  However, I think that it was probably for the CV19, and I dont think that I am a good enough actor to claim my toe is infected with CV19.

On the other hand (or foot) my question would probably be a good distraction to the doctors there - unless they are pulmonologists or something!

Besides IF I actually talked to an MD about it, they MIGHT recommend and Xray AND amputation! 

Im not sure that an xray would be justified.... Yes, I would find out IF it is broken or not, but knowing or not knowing doesnt change the treatment (unless amputation was the direction they were heading).

How could they amputate if you stay inside and lock your door?

Or would they be so motivated to get that toe no obstacle could stop them?

On another note, after a couple of weeks of intermittent pins and needles sensations and static electricity-like jolts I seem to have lost a significant amount of sensitivity in my hands. It's been days with no improvement. I find it difficult at times to hold things or move my fingers with their usual dexterity. People keep telling me not to think about it as there's not much I can do about it right now (both doctors I talked to said it's not really their domain so they had no advice for me). But...I like being able to use my hands. It's hard not to be a little upset.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: clean on April 10, 2020, 12:58:06 PM
https://www.kulr8.com/top_story/gov-bullock-deems-easter-bunny-tooth-fairy-essential/article_3bc52c88-7ab6-11ea-a950-6350206eb927.html


Quote
How could they amputate if you stay inside and lock your door?

Or would they be so motivated to get that toe no obstacle could stop them?
IF my toe has contracted CV19, I am certain that it would be deemed a public health crisis and that I would have to be essentially on 'double secret' lockdown/quarantine.  I would not be surprised that someone would suggest that my toe would, for the good of the public health' be separated and placed in its own isolation ward and I will not be allowed to visit it! 

For Positive NEWS:
The Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy and 'other magical creatures' are now deemed as Essential!
Here is the link to the Gov. of MT's announcement:

https://www.kulr8.com/top_story/gov-bullock-deems-easter-bunny-tooth-fairy-essential/article_3bc52c88-7ab6-11ea-a950-6350206eb927.html
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: clean on April 10, 2020, 02:29:14 PM
The Diagnosis is IN:

I have Toe-lio!

Im on the look out now for the dreaded Kneezles and my greatest fear - smallcox
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: mamselle on April 10, 2020, 02:46:46 PM
The only thing you can do for a broken toe is splint it by taping it gently but firmly to a neighboring toe.

Unwrap at night so it gets air and isn't confined all the time. Re-wrap in the AM.

And, yes, you can break one by stubbing it on something.

I did it to my long 2nd toe awhile back, going into a small store with just a bit of a rise--not even curb-high-- at the door.

Took six weeks, like most bones.

It's been fine for years now.

N =1

M.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: apl68 on April 10, 2020, 02:57:30 PM
Quote from: mamselle on April 10, 2020, 02:46:46 PM
The only thing you can do for a broken toe is splint it by taping it gently but firmly to a neighboring toe.

Unwrap at night so it gets air and isn't confined all the time. Re-wrap in the AM.

And, yes, you can break one by stubbing it on something.

I did it to my long 2nd toe awhile back, going into a small store with just a bit of a rise--not even curb-high-- at the door.

Took six weeks, like most bones.

It's been fine for years now.

N =1

M.

And best of all, you didn't have to have it amputated during a quarantine by sticking your foot out the mail slot so the surgeons could get to it.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: mamselle on April 10, 2020, 03:00:51 PM
Haaaaa!!!!

Excellent!

M.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: the_geneticist on April 21, 2020, 10:38:01 AM
Our kitten gave me a tiny scratch on the hand this morning.  I'm sure it will turn septic and I'll die of cat scratch fever.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: smallcleanrat on April 21, 2020, 11:13:37 AM
Quote from: the_geneticist on April 21, 2020, 10:38:01 AM
Our kitten gave me a tiny scratch on the hand this morning.  I'm sure it will turn septic and I'll die of cat scratch fever.

"Cat scratch fever" sounds like the name of a disco song.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: namazu on April 21, 2020, 11:29:38 AM
Quote from: smallcleanrat on April 21, 2020, 11:13:37 AM
Quote from: the_geneticist on April 21, 2020, 10:38:01 AM
Our kitten gave me a tiny scratch on the hand this morning.  I'm sure it will turn septic and I'll die of cat scratch fever.
"Cat scratch fever" sounds like the name of a disco song.
Not disco (though sure could have been) -- classic rock!  :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_i1YSa9xww
(note: music starts around 1:35; some crude/explicit language before that)
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: apl68 on April 21, 2020, 12:42:30 PM
Quote from: the_geneticist on April 21, 2020, 10:38:01 AM
Our kitten gave me a tiny scratch on the hand this morning.  I'm sure it will turn septic and I'll die of cat scratch fever.

If it makes you feel any better, my brother got that from our cats when he was about 12, and he's still around 38 years later.

Mind you, he did have the resilience of youth going for him....
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: clean on April 21, 2020, 12:50:51 PM
QuoteIf it makes you feel any better, my brother got that from our cats when he was about 12, and he's still around 38 years later.

Mind you, he did have the resilience of youth going for him....

But does he lick his hands to wash his face or play with balls of yarn?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: apl68 on April 21, 2020, 02:49:14 PM
Quote from: clean on April 21, 2020, 12:50:51 PM
QuoteIf it makes you feel any better, my brother got that from our cats when he was about 12, and he's still around 38 years later.

Mind you, he did have the resilience of youth going for him....

But does he lick his hands to wash his face or play with balls of yarn?

For a few years, but after he enlisted in the Army they made him cut all that out. 
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: AmLitHist on April 22, 2020, 09:11:53 AM
I'm cold and can't warm up, and my arms, shoulders, and hands are stiff and achy.  I must have the virus!

(Can't have anything to do with spending the better part of an hour this morning using a hammer, screwdriver, and blow dryer to defrost our ancient and way-past-due upright freezer, or with the pile of ice thrown out in the grass by the driveway.)
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: FishProf on April 22, 2020, 09:59:23 AM
My right eye has swollen shut.  Must be Covid-19.

No?   That's poison Ivy?  well @%&!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: the_geneticist on April 22, 2020, 11:14:02 AM
Quote from: FishProf on April 22, 2020, 09:59:23 AM
My right eye has swollen shut.  Must be Covid-19.

No?   That's poison Ivy?  well @%&!
Gah!  That sounds horrible.  Don't spread it to your other eye.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: FishProf on April 22, 2020, 02:08:59 PM
I don't have to wear a face mask for online meetings, but perhaps an eye patch?

And yes, it is awful.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: clean on April 22, 2020, 04:11:32 PM
Quotebut perhaps an eye patch?

Yes!  Wear an eye patch!  Say "Arrgh" several times!  Maybe paint on a scar! 

Make them question how you are surviving "Social Distancing!!"
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: FishProf on April 22, 2020, 07:04:32 PM
Are energy vampires harmed by social distancing?

Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Thursday's_Child on April 23, 2020, 06:51:50 AM
Quote from: FishProf on April 22, 2020, 07:04:32 PM
Are energy vampires harmed by social distancing?

I sure hope so.  Also - if I have to get at all close to any of the ones I work with, that, combined with the malaise I'm feeling now, will be enough to put me in a coma.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: FishProf on April 23, 2020, 11:31:58 AM
As an online Pirate, do I threaten a "Crowd-hauling"?

Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: clean on April 23, 2020, 01:10:53 PM
Oh no!  The Energy Vampires have Struck!! My power is out.  Im using my cellphone to connect to the internet and my laptop battery to log in!

Im sure that the damn CV19 has infected my local power plant!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on April 26, 2020, 07:31:24 PM
Quote from: FishProf on April 22, 2020, 09:59:23 AM
My right eye has swollen shut.  Must be Covid-19.

No?   That's poison Ivy?  well @%&!

Sorry FP. Do I dare ask how you got poison ivy juice on your eyelid and surrounding area?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: FishProf on April 27, 2020, 09:38:28 AM
You DARE?!

Well, it was only a little stupid.  A fence that separates my driveway from my neighbors yard was blown down.  So i cleared out the fence parts, and then cleared the brush and debris so I could plant new hedge forming cultivars.

Those funny little underground hairy runners?  Poison ivy (which I'd never seen hiding behind the fence).  I have one spot on the back of the first knuckle of my right hand.  Which I must have rubbed on my eye.   

My left arm got it worse, but that's just par for the course of gardening in the wilds.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on April 27, 2020, 01:39:49 PM
Quote from: FishProf on April 27, 2020, 09:38:28 AM
You DARE?!

Well, it was only a little stupid.  A fence that separates my driveway from my neighbors yard was blown down.  So i cleared out the fence parts, and then cleared the brush and debris so I could plant new hedge forming cultivars.

Those funny little underground hairy runners?  Poison ivy (which I'd never seen hiding behind the fence).  I have one spot on the back of the first knuckle of my right hand.  Which I must have rubbed on my eye.   

My left arm got it worse, but that's just par for the course of gardening in the wilds.
:)

Yikes! Poison ivy is never fun. Hope it clears up soon.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: FishProf on April 27, 2020, 02:21:45 PM
I am pleased to report that Prednisone is working very very well on it.

But this is a hypochondria thread.....so what ELSE is it doing?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on April 27, 2020, 08:59:00 PM
Quote from: FishProf on April 27, 2020, 02:21:45 PM
I am pleased to report that Prednisone is working very very well on it.

But this is a hypochondria thread.....so what ELSE is it doing?
Hmm, worst case scenario- it's masking a secondary infection like impetigo (but that's usually found in kids)? MRSA?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: clean on April 27, 2020, 10:57:34 PM
QuoteHmm, worst case scenario- it's masking a secondary infection like impetigo


Or maybe Covid Eye!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: smallcleanrat on April 28, 2020, 11:11:33 AM
Serious question(s):

How upset would you be if your arms and legs inexplicably became prone to shaking or spasming, sometimes lasting more than an hour?

And if one of your hands involuntarily squeezed (tight enough to hurt) into a fist for about 30 seconds?

And there are unexplained pains in your forearms and loss of sensitivity in your hands?

I'm...not that ok with this. I at least want an explanation for why it's happening. The doctors I talked to each nonchalantly said "hmm...not really my area". When they tried to move on to the next thing, I stopped them and pressed for advice on where I could go to get checked, I got a casual "oh...is it bothering you? I guess you could try to get a referral to a neurologist"

I'm not imagining I have some lethal disease; far more probable there's a completely mundane cause. But is it really odd to be a bit upset by your body manifesting some unusual glitches?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: FishProf on April 28, 2020, 12:53:17 PM
Serious answer - Get that checked out.  Neurological is indicated, but it could also be electrolyte imbalance kinds of stuff.  But it is not trivial and not necessarily benign.  Especially if the onset has been sudden.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: clean on April 28, 2020, 01:05:56 PM
MD says:
Quotenonchalantly said "hmm...not really my area"

Reply," Ok, then what specialist will you be referring me to see next week?  Im not going to put off investigating the cause of these symptoms any longer than a week.  I expect that YOU will be calling them to pave the way for my visit and not leaving this to your office staff to get me in for the 'sometime in the future'
appointment."

IF you are not your own health advocate, then no one is!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: namazu on April 28, 2020, 01:41:51 PM
Quote from: smallcleanrat on April 28, 2020, 11:11:33 AM
How upset would you be [...]
Very!

Quote from: smallcleanratBut is it really odd to be a bit upset by your body manifesting some unusual glitches?
Not at all.

Do you think they're blowing off these concerns because of the psych diagnoses in your chart?  (It happens all too frequently.  :(  )   Or are they just lazy/overworked doctors with terrible bedside manner?  Either way, you shouldn't have to suffer for it.

Do you need a referral to a neurologist, or does your insurance allow you to make an appointment without a referral?  Definitely seems worth an evaluation, pronto.


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On my end, the recurrent, unexplained bleeding turns out not to have been a sign of life-threatening occult hemorrhage, but of a small, irritable blood vessel, so that's good!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on April 28, 2020, 02:53:17 PM
SCR:

I'd be pretty damn upset and I would find another doctor. Like FP said, it could be a number of things, but I would definitely take it seriously.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: the_geneticist on April 28, 2020, 03:22:49 PM
Small Clean Rat:

Anxiety can manifest in physical symptoms too.  That doesn't make them any less real or any less urgent to treat.  I know that I had several during a period of intense anxiety: cold intolerance (feet and hands always freezing!), "crawling skin" sensation on my arms, tension in my neck, "fluttery" feelings in my ears (from a muscle spasm), upset stomach, etc.

If only one hand/arm is tensing up, that's very worrisome!  In general, if you think "huh, that's weird", but it's present on both sides of your body evenly (like having overly flexible joints), then it's most likely normal-ish.  Emphasize that its only ONE hand and not both.

Please find a good specialist!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: smallcleanrat on May 03, 2020, 08:30:59 AM
Quote from: the_geneticist on April 28, 2020, 03:22:49 PM
Small Clean Rat:

Anxiety can manifest in physical symptoms too.  That doesn't make them any less real or any less urgent to treat.  I know that I had several during a period of intense anxiety: cold intolerance (feet and hands always freezing!), "crawling skin" sensation on my arms, tension in my neck, "fluttery" feelings in my ears (from a muscle spasm), upset stomach, etc.

If only one hand/arm is tensing up, that's very worrisome!  In general, if you think "huh, that's weird", but it's present on both sides of your body evenly (like having overly flexible joints), then it's most likely normal-ish.  Emphasize that its only ONE hand and not both.

Please find a good specialist!

Thanks, everybody. I feel a bit better knowing other people would be upset by these symptoms as well.

One side of my body is definitely more severely affected than the other; much more frequent and intense spasms and shaking, arm/hand and leg/foot.

Ended up at urgent care when the pain in the bad arm became much more intense. Got a diagnosis of tendonitis and advised to wear a wrist brace until the pain improves. Told the urgent care doctor about the spasms.

Urgent Care doc: Ok, so what has your regular doctor said about this?

Me: Just that it doesn't sound serious. But if it bothers me maybe he can get me a referral to a neurologist.

Urgent Care doc: Did he order a blood test to check your electrolytes, etc...? And has he given you that referral?

Me: No and no.

Urgent Care doc: [unimpressed face] Well, I'll order you a blood test. And I can write you a referral; my office will give you a call tomorrow with the names of a couple of neurologists. Try to schedule with them ASAP.

Wonder of wonders, they actually did get back to me (not how things have typically gone down for me). Now I have a couple of numbers to try calling tomorrow. Maybe there's a chance to get this sorted after all.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: spork on May 03, 2020, 09:36:06 AM
Quote from: FishProf on April 27, 2020, 02:21:45 PM
I am pleased to report that Prednisone is working very very well on it.

But this is a hypochondria thread.....so what ELSE is it doing?

Possibilities include anxiety, Cushing syndrome, and osteoporosis.

About two weeks ago one of my toes quickly developed a large blister that was filled with blood and pus rather than water. Twelve hours after it appeared I drained, cleaned, and bandaged it. It has not reappeared. The blister did not look like a chillblain but I'm wondering if it was Covid toe. And if not that, could it be a sudden onset of toe cancer?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: ergative on May 03, 2020, 09:55:25 AM
When I was in grad school I got some iron-deficient anemia, which manifested as shortness of breath (not even fatigue--just difficulty taking a satisfying big breath). I went to the doctor, got a blood test, started taking iron supplements, and haven't had a problem since. I've stopped taking the supplements, and as a vegetarian menstruating person, I've always been aware that the problem could recur, and keep the supplements in the medicine cabinet.

Of course, all of this knowledge is meaningless when you start having shortness of breath these days. No matter how identical it feels to the grad school anemia, and how utterly absent any other symptoms are--symptoms such as coughing, fever, anosmia, or, apparently, chilblains (wtf? smdh)--I am obviously beset by the rona.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Caracal on May 03, 2020, 12:01:28 PM
Quote from: smallcleanrat on May 03, 2020, 08:30:59 AM
Quote from: the_geneticist on April 28, 2020, 03:22:49 PM
Small Clean Rat:

Anxiety can manifest in physical symptoms too.  That doesn't make them any less real or any less urgent to treat.  I know that I had several during a period of intense anxiety: cold intolerance (feet and hands always freezing!), "crawling skin" sensation on my arms, tension in my neck, "fluttery" feelings in my ears (from a muscle spasm), upset stomach, etc.

If only one hand/arm is tensing up, that's very worrisome!  In general, if you think "huh, that's weird", but it's present on both sides of your body evenly (like having overly flexible joints), then it's most likely normal-ish.  Emphasize that its only ONE hand and not both.

Please find a good specialist!

Thanks, everybody. I feel a bit better knowing other people would be upset by these symptoms as well.

One side of my body is definitely more severely affected than the other; much more frequent and intense spasms and shaking, arm/hand and leg/foot.

Ended up at urgent care when the pain in the bad arm became much more intense. Got a diagnosis of tendonitis and advised to wear a wrist brace until the pain improves. Told the urgent care doctor about the spasms.

Urgent Care doc: Ok, so what has your regular doctor said about this?

Me: Just that it doesn't sound serious. But if it bothers me maybe he can get me a referral to a neurologist.

Urgent Care doc: Did he order a blood test to check your electrolytes, etc...? And has he given you that referral?

Me: No and no.

Urgent Care doc: [unimpressed face] Well, I'll order you a blood test. And I can write you a referral; my office will give you a call tomorrow with the names of a couple of neurologists. Try to schedule with them ASAP.

Wonder of wonders, they actually did get back to me (not how things have typically gone down for me). Now I have a couple of numbers to try calling tomorrow. Maybe there's a chance to get this sorted after all.

I want to stipulate that it definitely makes sense to get this checked out, but given other things you've talked about, it could also be anxiety. One of the crummy things about health anxiety is that you can sometimes manifest symptoms by thinking about them, or magnify really minor things.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: smallcleanrat on May 03, 2020, 12:13:54 PM
Quote from: Caracal on May 03, 2020, 12:01:28 PM
I want to stipulate that it definitely makes sense to get this checked out, but given other things you've talked about, it could also be anxiety. One of the crummy things about health anxiety is that you can sometimes manifest symptoms by thinking about them, or magnify really minor things.

I wouldn't rule out anxiety. But if that's what it is, would it be expected to be worse when I am more stressed?

It actually seems worst when I am relaxed; especially if I am asleep (or half-asleep).
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: AmLitHist on May 25, 2020, 08:00:08 AM
Coughing my head off and generally feeling yucky for a week now--despite a complete lack of fever or any exposure whatsoever--means this is probably The Virus, right?

I mean, it couldn't have anything to do with the godawful mold counts or the cool and rainy past week.

(Seriously:  I'm on Claritin and Flonase from my doctor, which was doing fine until recently.  But allergies these past few days have about laid me out.  Suggestions for anything OTC that might work better?  I'm going to have to call in tomorrow and see if he can prescribe something else.)
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: waterboy on May 25, 2020, 08:21:58 AM
Knee, back, shoulder. Pretty sure it's "falling apart" syndrome.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: the_geneticist on May 28, 2020, 11:15:57 AM
Quote from: AmLitHist on May 25, 2020, 08:00:08 AM
Coughing my head off and generally feeling yucky for a week now--despite a complete lack of fever or any exposure whatsoever--means this is probably The Virus, right?

I mean, it couldn't have anything to do with the godawful mold counts or the cool and rainy past week.

(Seriously:  I'm on Claritin and Flonase from my doctor, which was doing fine until recently.  But allergies these past few days have about laid me out.  Suggestions for anything OTC that might work better?  I'm going to have to call in tomorrow and see if he can prescribe something else.)

Have you tried a neti pot?  Gives me some short-term relief from crud in the nose like pollen or dust.  Or a long, hot steam in the shower to loosen things up?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: apl68 on May 28, 2020, 01:10:03 PM
Been shivering at work all day.  COVID-19?  Or just the way our HVAC system is running like it thinks the whole building is a refrigerator?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: AmLitHist on May 29, 2020, 10:30:09 AM
The allergies have calmed down today--thanks for the concern! 

apl68, I think the same people run our work HVAC systems!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on May 29, 2020, 08:10:46 PM
I thought I was having a vertigo attack, or something worse, but it just turned out to be a panic attack.

Yay.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: smallcleanrat on June 04, 2020, 02:24:53 PM
Quote from: smallcleanrat on April 28, 2020, 11:11:33 AM
Serious question(s):

How upset would you be if your arms and legs inexplicably became prone to shaking or spasming, sometimes lasting more than an hour?

And if one of your hands involuntarily squeezed (tight enough to hurt) into a fist for about 30 seconds?

And there are unexplained pains in your forearms and loss of sensitivity in your hands?

I'm...not that ok with this. I at least want an explanation for why it's happening. The doctors I talked to each nonchalantly said "hmm...not really my area". When they tried to move on to the next thing, I stopped them and pressed for advice on where I could go to get checked, I got a casual "oh...is it bothering you? I guess you could try to get a referral to a neurologist"

I'm not imagining I have some lethal disease; far more probable there's a completely mundane cause. But is it really odd to be a bit upset by your body manifesting some unusual glitches?

A couple of questions:

1) If you've ever been told by a doctor that your symptoms are "probably stress", did you hear the message, "Nothing is wrong with you except you. You just wasted my time when I could have been helping someone with real problems." (?)

2) Is there such a thing as imposter syndrome for mental illness? Is it possible that maybe the reason being treated for mental illness isn't making you better is that you were never ill to begin with? That maybe there is no "real you" underneath? That you are simply fundamentally incompetent at managing your own life?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Morden on June 04, 2020, 02:43:08 PM
Hi Smallcleanrat, I don't think you are a hypochondriac. I think you are struggling with a number of serious issues (some internal, and some external). You deserve to get the help you need. Please keep trying to get it even though it's frustrating and difficult sometimes.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: the_geneticist on June 04, 2020, 03:38:19 PM
Quote from: smallcleanrat on June 04, 2020, 02:24:53 PM
Quote from: smallcleanrat on April 28, 2020, 11:11:33 AM
Serious question(s):

How upset would you be if your arms and legs inexplicably became prone to shaking or spasming, sometimes lasting more than an hour?

And if one of your hands involuntarily squeezed (tight enough to hurt) into a fist for about 30 seconds?

And there are unexplained pains in your forearms and loss of sensitivity in your hands?

I'm...not that ok with this. I at least want an explanation for why it's happening. The doctors I talked to each nonchalantly said "hmm...not really my area". When they tried to move on to the next thing, I stopped them and pressed for advice on where I could go to get checked, I got a casual "oh...is it bothering you? I guess you could try to get a referral to a neurologist"

I'm not imagining I have some lethal disease; far more probable there's a completely mundane cause. But is it really odd to be a bit upset by your body manifesting some unusual glitches?

A couple of questions:

1) If you've ever been told by a doctor that your symptoms are "probably stress", did you hear the message, "Nothing is wrong with you except you. You just wasted my time when I could have been helping someone with real problems." (?)

2) Is there such a thing as imposter syndrome for mental illness? Is it possible that maybe the reason being treated for mental illness isn't making you better is that you were never ill to begin with? That maybe there is no "real you" underneath? That you are simply fundamentally incompetent at managing your own life?

Stress that bad IS a medical issue.  You have as much a right for quality medical care as anyone else.  Have you been given any sort of questionnaire for anxiety and/or depression?  A good general practitioner will have you take a quick survey as part of your visit.

That's the depression talking.  Really.  You know that you've been "more you" in the past.  You do deserve to feel better.  You do deserve friends & relaxation & nice things.

If a doctor brushes you off, find a new doctor!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on June 04, 2020, 05:38:22 PM
Quote from: the_geneticist on June 04, 2020, 03:38:19 PM
Quote from: smallcleanrat on June 04, 2020, 02:24:53 PM
Quote from: smallcleanrat on April 28, 2020, 11:11:33 AM
Serious question(s):

How upset would you be if your arms and legs inexplicably became prone to shaking or spasming, sometimes lasting more than an hour?

And if one of your hands involuntarily squeezed (tight enough to hurt) into a fist for about 30 seconds?

And there are unexplained pains in your forearms and loss of sensitivity in your hands?

I'm...not that ok with this. I at least want an explanation for why it's happening. The doctors I talked to each nonchalantly said "hmm...not really my area". When they tried to move on to the next thing, I stopped them and pressed for advice on where I could go to get checked, I got a casual "oh...is it bothering you? I guess you could try to get a referral to a neurologist"

I'm not imagining I have some lethal disease; far more probable there's a completely mundane cause. But is it really odd to be a bit upset by your body manifesting some unusual glitches?

A couple of questions:

1) If you've ever been told by a doctor that your symptoms are "probably stress", did you hear the message, "Nothing is wrong with you except you. You just wasted my time when I could have been helping someone with real problems." (?)

2) Is there such a thing as imposter syndrome for mental illness? Is it possible that maybe the reason being treated for mental illness isn't making you better is that you were never ill to begin with? That maybe there is no "real you" underneath? That you are simply fundamentally incompetent at managing your own life?

Stress that bad IS a medical issue.  You have as much a right for quality medical care as anyone else.  Have you been given any sort of questionnaire for anxiety and/or depression?  A good general practitioner will have you take a quick survey as part of your visit.

That's the depression talking.  Really.  You know that you've been "more you" in the past.  You do deserve to feel better.  You do deserve friends & relaxation & nice things.

If a doctor brushes you off, find a new doctor!

This!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Parasaurolophus on June 17, 2020, 10:06:31 PM
I think I have appendicitis. The pain was excruciating, but suddenly mostly dissipated just before I got to the hospital. We'll see soon.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: namazu on June 17, 2020, 10:28:50 PM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on June 17, 2020, 10:06:31 PM
I think I have appendicitis. The pain was excruciating, but suddenly mostly dissipated just before I got to the hospital. We'll see soon.
That probably means it finally ruptured, and you'll soon experience sepsis.

(Seriously, though, I hope all's well!)
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: mamselle on June 18, 2020, 12:10:58 AM
+1, to the Hx, Dx, and Rx.

M.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Volhiker78 on June 18, 2020, 05:54:57 AM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on June 17, 2020, 10:06:31 PM
I think I have appendicitis. The pain was excruciating, but suddenly mostly dissipated just before I got to the hospital. We'll see soon.

I hope this was not the case.  In any case, best wishes.   V78
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: aside on June 18, 2020, 08:29:26 AM
How are you, Parasaurolophus?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Parasaurolophus on June 18, 2020, 01:48:13 PM
Just discharged. 4mm kidney stone. It hurt like all fuck, but I haven't had any pain since last night. Whew.

Guess I was right when I observed, a few days ago, that I drink less water when I'm home all day.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: namazu on June 18, 2020, 02:07:48 PM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on June 18, 2020, 01:48:13 PM
Just discharged. 4mm kidney stone. It hurt like all fuck, but I haven't had any pain since last night. Whew.
Ouch.  Glad it seems to have abated.

Quote from: ParasaurolophusGuess I was right when I observed, a few days ago, that I drink less water when I'm home all day.
Drink up, then!  To your health!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEc5foJ9plE&feature=emb_logo
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on June 18, 2020, 02:38:27 PM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on June 18, 2020, 01:48:13 PM
Just discharged. 4mm kidney stone. It hurt like all fuck, but I haven't had any pain since last night. Whew.

Guess I was right when I observed, a few days ago, that I drink less water when I'm home all day.

Glad it's out! Do I dare ask how it was removed?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Parasaurolophus on June 18, 2020, 03:44:41 PM
Quote from: evil_physics_witchcraft on June 18, 2020, 02:38:27 PM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on June 18, 2020, 01:48:13 PM
Just discharged. 4mm kidney stone. It hurt like all fuck, but I haven't had any pain since last night. Whew.

Guess I was right when I observed, a few days ago, that I drink less water when I'm home all day.

Glad it's out! Do I dare ask how it was removed?

Oh, I meant that I'm out. The stone will be discharged through the usual channels. Hopefully. If not, then I'm not sure you do dare to ask. =p
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: the_geneticist on June 18, 2020, 04:50:09 PM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on June 18, 2020, 03:44:41 PM
Quote from: evil_physics_witchcraft on June 18, 2020, 02:38:27 PM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on June 18, 2020, 01:48:13 PM
Just discharged. 4mm kidney stone. It hurt like all fuck, but I haven't had any pain since last night. Whew.

Guess I was right when I observed, a few days ago, that I drink less water when I'm home all day.

Glad it's out! Do I dare ask how it was removed?

Ugh, that's going to hurt when it passes.  The saying "all things shall pass" was clearly written by someone who never had a kidney stone.  Rates right up their with unmedicated childbirth on the pain chart.

Oh, I meant that I'm out. The stone will be discharged through the usual channels. Hopefully. If not, then I'm not sure you do dare to ask. =p
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on June 18, 2020, 05:55:46 PM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on June 18, 2020, 03:44:41 PM
Quote from: evil_physics_witchcraft on June 18, 2020, 02:38:27 PM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on June 18, 2020, 01:48:13 PM
Just discharged. 4mm kidney stone. It hurt like all fuck, but I haven't had any pain since last night. Whew.

Guess I was right when I observed, a few days ago, that I drink less water when I'm home all day.

Glad it's out! Do I dare ask how it was removed?

Oh, I meant that I'm out. The stone will be discharged through the usual channels. Hopefully. If not, then I'm not sure you do dare to ask. =p

I'm sorry to hear about that. Hopefully it will be soon.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: mamselle on June 18, 2020, 06:19:08 PM
They didn't zap it?

Odd. Once it's visualized, that's not usually too difficult.

Hope it causes no more trouble.

M.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: aside on June 18, 2020, 06:48:44 PM
Ah, this too shall pass.

Hope all goes well.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: sprout on June 18, 2020, 07:07:22 PM
Quote from: aside on June 18, 2020, 06:48:44 PM
Ah, this too shall pass.


*groooan*
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Parasaurolophus on June 19, 2020, 09:20:29 AM
Quote from: mamselle on June 18, 2020, 06:19:08 PM
They didn't zap it?

Odd. Once it's visualized, that's not usually too difficult.

Hope it causes no more trouble.

M.

Too small to be worth zapping/extracting.


Seven hours of colic yesterday, and the drugs don't even take the edge off the pain. 0_o

I remain optimistic for today.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: apl68 on June 22, 2020, 09:03:02 AM
Wishing you well.  I've never had an actual stone, but have had a blockage condition which creates the functional equivalent of having a stone.  Not something I'd wish on my worst enemy.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Parasaurolophus on July 06, 2020, 11:34:11 AM
The stone is out!

Or, at least, some of it is. I wouldn't put it past me to have left some in there, like a forgetful surgeon.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: mamselle on July 06, 2020, 11:35:32 AM
Good to hear.

I hope you're in the clear now.

M.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on July 06, 2020, 12:07:37 PM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on July 06, 2020, 11:34:11 AM
The stone is out!

Or, at least, some of it is. I wouldn't put it past me to have left some in there, like a forgetful surgeon.

Good news!

Did you put it in a jar to show off to your friends? :)
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: aside on July 07, 2020, 07:36:28 PM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on July 06, 2020, 11:34:11 AM
The stone is out!

Or, at least, some of it is. I wouldn't put it past me to have left some in there, like a forgetful surgeon.

Congratulations!  I hope you retained the mineral rights.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Parasaurolophus on July 07, 2020, 08:03:26 PM
Quote from: aside on July 07, 2020, 07:36:28 PM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on July 06, 2020, 11:34:11 AM
The stone is out!

Or, at least, some of it is. I wouldn't put it past me to have left some in there, like a forgetful surgeon.

Congratulations!  I hope you retained the mineral rights.

Alas, I'm selling them for science. Still, a worthy cause!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on July 07, 2020, 08:55:59 PM
Maybe you could analyze the composition and see what proportions you have for each substance...

Do an experiment!
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Parasaurolophus on December 10, 2020, 08:28:45 AM
Precordial Catch Syndrome!

Definitely. It's happened my whole life, but less frequently as an adult (most recently a couple days ago, however). Nice to finally have a name for it.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: Thursday's_Child on February 22, 2021, 09:52:47 AM
I have a large fresh bruise across my instep.  It isn't painful and I can't recall doing anything to acquire it, so it must not truly be a bruise.  Does anyone know what serious condition causes such a symptom?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: the_geneticist on February 22, 2021, 10:11:42 AM
Ebola causes sub-dermal hematomas. 
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: clean on February 22, 2021, 10:48:34 AM
COVID toe?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: apl68 on February 22, 2021, 01:28:39 PM
Been coughing more lately, usually when I get up and move, and especially when I go walking in the cold air outside.  Surely I haven't caught anything--with everybody snowed in for the past week, I've had very little human contact!

Maybe disease-carrying mosquitoes are adapting to the cold now?  That would be bad.
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: FishProf on February 22, 2021, 05:20:50 PM
Lyme Granita  (https://anitalianinmykitchen.com/granita/)Disease?
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: clean on February 22, 2021, 05:57:50 PM
Valley Fever?

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/valley-fever/symptoms-causes/syc-20378761
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: clean on June 01, 2021, 03:56:13 PM
IS my new bride trying to kill me?  Am I on Borrowed Time? 

My bride gave me a sort of honey do assignment.  We needed to clean the dust bunny accumulation around the bed (as we both have allergies).  She is to tackle the bottom (as she is closer to the floor) and I was to tackle the head board shelves as I am taller (closer to the top).  The Reader's Digest version is that I fell off the ladder! 
The longer version is that she went to visit her parents and later in the day I went to tackle my task.  I used a small step ladder (it has 2 steps and a long 'curl' to hold on to and keep you from falling off the top.  I suppose that I had not remembered climbing to the top (of the 2) steps).  So I went to step off, and instead of being only one step up  I was 2!   needless to say, I wasnt able to keep my balance from 2 steps at once, fell backwards, hit the chair that my bride uses to hold things and was then hit by her TRAP!!  The deadfall she created on that chair sprung down on my when I fell! 

Interesting.... She 'conveniently' arranges for me to work on the ladder while she is out of the house.... 'Deviously' She arranged this by challenging my manhood by warning me not to do it while I was alone so she could keep me from falling.... "fiendishly" sets a deadfall trap right where I would fall so that her laptop and other items would 'finish me off'!  I dont know how she arranged for me to do all of this work while my cellphone was in the other room so I could not call for help before I bled out, but I am certain that it was all part of her plan! 


Unfortunately for her, her master plan didnt work, so she moved to plan B.  Last night when I took a shower (using the master bath shower with the new shower head that has the massage setting), I discovered that the bath mats were moved, 'just far enough' so that I had to step on the bare floor and nearly fell AGAIN! 


Well, I m on to her now!  IF no one hears from me for a wile and a professor is found dead by his wife (with an airtight alibi! )  Dont Believe Her! 


I have a very sore back from falling down, and a big bruise on my arm.(Im not sure if that is from the laptop falling on me, or me hitting the chair with my arm triggering the deadfall trap).  My right ankle seems a bit swollen (that would be the foot that absorbed the impact from the 'missed' step).  Im feeling a bit better this afternoon, but I do feel a bit beat up today. 
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: AmLitHist on June 02, 2021, 11:24:25 AM
Hope you're feeling better, Clean!  (And apologies for giggling as I read, because your adventures remind me of ALHS and some of the things he's done over the years!)
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Post by: the_geneticist on June 04, 2021, 10:46:33 AM
My wrist is sore.  It can't be from turning the compost pile or smacking my wrist on the trash can edge or a typical boring reason.
I better carry around a cooler full of ice for when my hand spontaneously detaches.
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Post by: Morris Zapp on June 04, 2021, 07:42:15 PM
I am recovering from sepsis. My hair is falling out and my mind feels fuzzy and this is taking a hell of a long time. So very tired too.
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Post by: Charlotte on June 23, 2021, 05:12:43 AM
I keep getting bad migraines and they are changing. I always had them on the front right side of my head but lately I'm getting them on the front left as well. Pretty sure this is a solid indicator that it's brain cancer and it's taking over my whole brain now. I was terrible at artistic stuff but now I guess my logic will go now too.
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Post by: AmLitHist on June 24, 2021, 10:19:55 AM
Everything hurts. To be fair, most things hurt more or less, and most of the time.  But today it's everything. 

Can't have anything to do with hauling the garden hose yesterday, using the hand-held weed sprayer the day before, or sitting at my desk too long both days, OR the major low pressure and heavy rain/storms heading toward us today.

Charlotte, let's just go sit in the corner together and hope someone brings us chocolate pudding once in awhile.
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Post by: mamselle on June 26, 2021, 07:53:40 PM
At least no-one's contingency planning is this dire...

    https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2021/06/case-death-researchers-should-plan-how-our-work-can-continue-without-us

M.
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Post by: mahagonny on June 26, 2021, 07:59:34 PM
I have whiteness. There's no cure.
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Post by: clean on April 01, 2022, 10:50:24 AM
The lymph nodes in my neck have swelled up.  It was bad enough that it woke me up at 2 am Wedesday night and I really have not slept well in the last few days.  I went to the walk in clinic on Wednesday night.  I do not have strep. Other than that, they dont have anything to tell me. 

I THINK that I may have been infected by those wasps that go after fire ants (in their native environment).  They leave a larva that then eats the connections so that the ant's head falls off.  Maybe I have a similar thing?


(had a blood test today, and will get sonogram or something on my neck as soon as insurance is asked permission and can be scheduled... hopefully before my head falls off. 
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Post by: apl68 on April 01, 2022, 11:00:06 AM
It's allergy season.  I sneeze sometimes.  I'm not a hypochondriac about that, but lingering COVID worries make certain others hypochondriacs on my behalf.  I just avoid sneezing at people and try not to violate their personal space.  And keep a supply of masks ready for if and when they're needed again.
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Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on April 01, 2022, 12:45:58 PM
I noticed two squishy bumps on two fingers of my left hand. Don't recall how I got them since I've been so overwhelmed with the bs lately. I suspect fire ant bites from gardening, but really I have no clue.
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Post by: clean on April 12, 2022, 04:27:00 PM
It has been a busy week for the doctors.

10 days ago, my neck swelled up.  I could not decide if that meant the The Rut had started, or that bolts were going to protrude from my neck (ala Frankenstein's Monster).

Last night I had a CT scan to see what that would show.

This morning I visited an orthopod to determine if my arm was going to fall off. 
I got a shot in my shoulder. Im not sure what it was, but I suspect that he glued it down so that I wont have to worry about it 'falling off'.

On Thursday the same orthopod will look at my knee.  Im pretty sure that it WONT fall off!!  It may spout something else, but im pretty sure that Im stuck with that knee. 


Off the topic some.... I asked for an appointment, but it seems that Each JOINT gets its own appointment.  I suppose that we dont want to confuse the doctor by asking about 2 joints ON the SAME PATIENT!!  (Bastards)!

Does anyone know when we started making appointments by joint rather than by the patient/client?  (OR is the joint NOW the "client"?)


Discuss...
Title: Re: Share your hypochondria here
Post by: dismalist on April 12, 2022, 04:31:56 PM
Quote from: clean on April 12, 2022, 04:27:00 PM
It has been a busy week for the doctors.

10 days ago, my neck swelled up.  I could not decide if that meant the The Rut had started, or that bolts were going to protrude from my neck (ala Frankenstein's Monster).

Last night I had a CT scan to see what that would show.

This morning I visited an orthopod to determine if my arm was going to fall off. 
I got a shot in my shoulder. Im not sure what it was, but I suspect that he glued it down so that I wont have to worry about it 'falling off'.

On Thursday the same orthopod will look at my knee.  Im pretty sure that it WONT fall off!!  It may spout something else, but im pretty sure that Im stuck with that knee. 


Off the topic some.... I asked for an appointment, but it seems that Each JOINT gets its own appointment.  I suppose that we dont want to confuse the doctor by asking about 2 joints ON the SAME PATIENT!!  (Bastards)!

Does anyone know when we started making appointments by joint rather than by the patient/client?  (OR is the joint NOW the "client"?)


Discuss...

I would have thought that multiple joint examinations and treatments were subject to economies of scale, reducing costs per unit joint ... .

Maybe there's a regulation that a doctor has to charge per joint.
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Post by: clean on April 12, 2022, 04:37:28 PM

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I would have thought that multiple joint examinations and treatments were subject to economies of scale, reducing costs per unit joint ... .

Maybe there's a regulation that a doctor has to charge per joint.

certainly charging by the patient cuts revenue, and That MUST be INEFFICIENT for the doctor's office!

In the movie High Plains Drifter, the Clint Eastwood Character was offered $500 a head, and he countered "$500 an ear". 
So at least I m not visiting an ear doctor this week!

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Post by: clean on April 26, 2022, 12:39:42 PM
had an MRI last week.  (followed by a few chocolate cup cakes, as thinking about chocolate cake was what got me through the MRI.... and DO NOT open your eyes!!!)

Results are that I have a partial rotator cuff tear and a bone spur. I have some pain, some of the time (A lot of pain on rare occasions, but after the shot, it does not last as long as it was earlier).

No need for immediate surgery.  (which is good as I dont get sick leave in the summer, and I ll be damned if I use summer to get surgery when I can get time off in the term!!... it is THEIR rules, Im just living within them!)

Doctor said that when it hurts enough, to let him know and they will schedule it! 

I told my chair, and she will try to be nice to me so that I dont plan it for the MOST inconvenient time! 


Physical therapy is not recommended as doctor fears that the exercise will exacerbate the injury and cause me to NEED the surgery sooner.