How evil are boobs anyway?

Given the fact that the worst thing I've ever had in my life is tonsilitis - which I only had once - and that all I ever get in the way of sickness is colds, I get pissed off when I get one. I also don't get the flu - I've never had to miss school/work/whatever and stay in bed all day drinking chicken soup or whatever because I've had a headache and a blocked nose or whatever you get when you've got the flue.

I may also be missing the obvious, but what the hell is "mono"?

 

Its a form of herpes?????

Don't herpes come with cold sores? All I have is a general feeling of being a little tired, and low energy, and a little bit of a cold, and a sore throat. The blood test I had done of course said I have mono.

This whole situation is kind of starting to piss me off.

What constitutes "a form of herpes" anyway?

 

the only way it is close to herpes is that it's spread through the swapping of bodily fluids--usually sex and whatnot, but also contagious through toilets, shared water glasses, etc. it's contagious as hell for a couple weeks, then it just sucks. also, unlike herpes, you do not carry mono for the rest of your life. but it can take up to six months for your body to recover, *joy*. to top it off, there is no cure, and no real treatment. you just have to sort of wait it out...

 

You had a blood test done for that? I mean sure, it turns out you had mono, but damn, talking about running to the doctor's at the drop of a hat.

Am I the only one around here who can't remember the last time they went to the doctor's?

 

The only reason I remember my last doctor's visit is because it was the occasion of my falling victim to the World's Most Painful Pap Smear.

Other than that, it was largely uneventful, not to mention an age ago. You should experience more pain, Jar, it makes life all the more memorable.

 

The blood test was done for something else, the results just came in and a footnote said I've had mono for at least 5 months.

We got the blood test done because it turns out I have HIV.

Thank you god.

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just kidding, I don't have aids. I'm just taking an allergy medication, and they require a blood test before they write a prescription for whatever it is. I'm not even going to take it, my allergies stopped bothering me for some reason, the mono could have caused them to flare up or some shit like that.

 

Oh, I've experienced pain. I was cracked on the knuckles pretty hard once during a mock sword fight with big sticks a few years ago, and if I bend it too far I can still feel where I was hit. It's not sore, but more like acknowledgement of what once happened. Pretty minor in the big scheme of things.

Let's see, there's also the parade of headaches and migraines I've had my entire life, not to mention 3 years of pain in my knees from Osschenslatter's Disease (or however you spell it, I don't have the time to find out at the moment), the result of which left me with a lump below my knee so big that some people mistake it for my kneecap (okay, only for a few seconds, but still). But yeah, overall, I haven't had cancer or anything like that - I've yet to break a bone or need stitches. Pretty minor stuff for the most part.

Also, I think you having a painful Pap Smear is funny, because I know I won't ever be having one.

It's just occurred to me that you may not have just been talking about physical pain, or pain that lasted for a few brief minutes.

 

Be careful what you laugh at, you and me have prostate exams to look forward to in about 10 years or so.

 

Well that's the last time I ever make light of a gynecological exam.

 

Yeah, I had Osgood Schlatter's disease. Bloody anoying. Compared to your story, Jar, mine doesn't sound that bad. It's gone down lots and I only have a small lump.

Obviously you don't remember the time when I called you a piece of shit. :roll:

By the way, although I would be annoyed if I were banned for a longer period, a week isn't bad. I'm planning to only go on HoL frequently, so...If it makes you guys happy to ban me for a while, by all means go ahead.

 

in reference to the pain discussion, i'm probably the clumsiest person i know... i got my first concussion in second grade by running into a basketball hoop pole, and i've had 6 since then... including the time i was sitting in bed, fell asleep and did the head-jerk-thing, and slammed my head into the wall, knocking myself out... yeah, my boyfriend at the time laughed his ass off...

 

Shit Rosie, I would of laughed as well, that kind of thing is always funny as long as it's not you. Although I think i've got you beat on the whole clumsy thing. i can barely go 20 mins without running into a door frame, tripping on a slight rise-up of carpet, getting my finger's stuck in drawers, kicking my foot against anything that's there... maybe I took one too many blows to the head in all those tournument's I was in.

 

Back when I lived in California I used to ride my bike to school everyday (8 miles a day total), and traffic was usually pretty bad, but that didn't stop me from getting the left side of my handlebars tuck in a chain link fence, stopping the bike, and sending me face (nose), first into the sidewalk. This wasn't the first time I'd gone over the handlbars in 3 years of riding my bike 5 days a week, but it was probably the worst. For some reason I had my hands in the curved part of the handlebars, instead of on top in the non-sprinting position. I don't know why the hell I had them there, but that kept me from getting my hands up in front of me and catching myself, and instead my hands were dragged along the sideof me as I slammed into the ground at "attention." I didn't get knocked out because I had a helmet on, but that didn't stop me from nearly breaking my nose, which I was checking for breaks seconds later as blood began streaming out of my nostrils.

This was right outside the school, and I was late, so I figured I better make sure my Marine Science teacher should know where I am so I dont get marked absent. So I walk into class with my bike, and my hand under my chin catching all this blood, sort of waved at the teacher with the bloody hand, and she sort of did this little mini-shriek and I said I was going to the nurse and walked out. When I finally saw myself in a mirror I just started laughing. My teeth were red, everything under my nose was a bloody goatee, and I was also bleeding from the bridge of my nose where I had impacted the ground. Later I found out that the nose wasn't broken at all, and I'm yet to have broken a bone despite similar incidents. I think my septum is slightly deviated though, but thats no big deal.

 

3 broken noses. All because I'm bad at baseball.

Do you have to live in Australia to get Osgood Schlotter? I've never heard of it.

Worst pain I've had? Double hernia surgery. Wooha.

I had no idea papsmears could be anything more than uncomfortable. Sorry, Canis. Now male VD tests? Ooooooooh!

 

Well, I don't know if it's spelt Osgood Schlotter, but the problem is basically related to having your bones and muscles grow faster than your tendons and ligaments. The problem manifests itself in your legs, from the knee down, affecting said knee, as well as ankle, heel and that tendon that runs along the bottom of your foot.

While I was growing up, I usually had the problems in my feet, but when I was about 14, I got them in my knees. When it's in your knees, it's incredibly painful to walk up stairs, or put any sort of pressure on a bent knee. Some people, like me, get some sort of calcium/bone deposit at the top of their tibia. The lump on my left knee actually protrudes at least a centimetre out from the rest of my shin, and is about 2 cm wide and 3 cm long (visual measurements). When you first get these lumps, they are more sensitive than a guys balls. A light tap was enough to have me clutching my knee for the next 5 minutes.

Also, funny blood story: I'd missed the first couple of hours of school one day because I was having injections of some sort (I think it was a TB test, because they'd jabbed the needle in my forearm) and the needle had gone in deeper than intended, and then they hadn't covered it properly. Anyway, I walk into the classroom, and some girl starts screaming, because I've blood all down the inside of my forearm, which I hadn't even noticed. In retrospect, I should have licked it off, but I think I used a tissue, which is a pretty boring solution.

Worst thing I ever did on a bike or related item - having a wheel twist on me in mid-air, and losing all the skin in my left knee (and I do mean all, it was a bloody mess) from the resulting crash. I've been remarkably injury free from my escapades on bikes. Actually, I've just been remarkably injury free my whole life. I must have someone or something looking out for me, because I should have had something horrific happen to me already.

You're assuming I'm going to be getting them. No one is shoving their hand up my arse as long as I have a say in it, and I don't care how painful the cancer I may or may not get is.

I write too much sometimes.

 

ooh, ooh! another fun accident i had...

in fifth grade my class went on a rollerskating field trip. a friend of mine was swinging me in circles (smart, i know), and another friend thought it would be funny to knock us over... only i went flying instead of falling, and slammed into a brick wall left hand first... then i fell backwards onto the same left hand... broke two bones in my pinky, one in my ring finger, dislocated one arm bone, broke the other, broke three bones in my wrist, and two in my palm... like i said, i'm accident prone

 

Wow, I suck. The worst I've had is a broken arm/elbow/I can't remember. What Jar's saying about Osgood Schlatter disease(did a google search, turns out I'm right), is true. I still have a lump and it's more sensitive than the other knee. It doesn't hurt though, kinda like Jar's knuckles.