08-10-2002 11:34									#61
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Myopia
Astigmatism
Retinal detachment (corrected by surgery)
Retinal problems (laser surgery for both eyes)
Benign tumor on my right thyroid gland
Blackheads
Bad teeth
Various occasional pains
Strange fungal growth at my back end
Flabbiness (by ~5 kg)


OTOH, I have excellent hearing.

	08-10-2002 11:50									#62
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-4.75 in both eyes for shortsightedness

Allergy at end of summer (August) which has cropped up in the last 2-3 years (sneezing, itchiness, etc.)

Allergy to pennicilin (hives, swelling)

Other than that, good health. Getting to be in decent shape. I've been running a bit lately (last 2-3 months). 20 mins 3 times a week. First day I ran 5 minutes (albeit rather fast pace) before I started getting rubbery feeling in my legs, short breath etc.

Now I'm starting to feel like my old self again...

	08-10-2002 14:14									#63
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Myopia & Astigmatism (-4 in left eye, -0.5 in right)
The left eye was caused by an accident when I was 2. I was watching some builders drill some stone and a chip flew up and sliced my eye open. I am going to have laser surgery to fix this.

Back pain (stemming from being badly beaten up)

Multiple Sclerosis (November Adam: you are not alone )

I also have something 'wrong' with my nerve signal transport system, which makes the electrical impulses sent to my brain (or spine) move almost twice as fast as normal. This gives me abnormally fast reactions with no other known symptoms, so I wouldn't regard it as 'bad'. (I was told this has something to do with the mechanisms with govern K-Na switching in the nerves or somesuch.... )

Allergic to nuts (the food, not Devilmunchkin).

Other than that I am perfectly healthy

	08-10-2002 17:21									#64
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Not very much really, short-sightedness and that's about it.

	08-10-2002 17:25									#65
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- Slight nearsightedness (I wear glasses only for TV and class though)
- Slightly overweight (but I work out)
- Warts on my back (have them since birth and don't plan to remove them)
- Poikilochrous pytiriasis (I'm half way on curing that)
- High cholesterol (working out and eating with moderation)

	08-10-2002 19:01									#67
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What a sick, whiney bunch of nerds! Add all this to the reasons you guys can't get laid.

	08-10-2002 19:14									#68
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Rogan Josh...

how are you dealing with the fatigue? Mine hits me so hard some days I need a nap. It's also interfering with my work. Fortunately I talked to some people at the hospital and they told me how cooling helps. I'm in a relapse right now... have been for about 6 months, and I'm beeing hit hard with nerve pain in my hands, and now my legs and feet. They are trying to control it with medication, but it is having a limited success. But as a side effect it is increasing my fatigue. Fortunately as of late I can work from home, so I can rest when I need to, but I'm only managing at the most 6hours of work a day.

The other problem is the depression... it has been making me moody. Cranky as hell most of the times, which isn't good with a new baby around!

	08-10-2002 19:16									#69
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quote: Originally posted by DaShi What a sick, whiney bunch of nerds! Add all this to the reasons you guys can't get laid.

I started this thread and I can get laid.

	08-10-2002 19:17									#70
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Lights off, I'm sure.

	08-10-2002 19:41									#71
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quote: Originally posted by November Adam Rogan Josh... how are you dealing with the fatigue? Mine hits me so hard some days I need a nap. It's also interfering with my work. Fortunately I talked to some people at the hospital and they told me how cooling helps. I'm in a relapse right now... have been for about 6 months, and I'm beeing hit hard with nerve pain in my hands, and now my legs and feet. They are trying to control it with medication, but it is having a limited success. But as a side effect it is increasing my fatigue. Fortunately as of late I can work from home, so I can rest when I need to, but I'm only managing at the most 6hours of work a day. The other problem is the depression... it has been making me moody. Cranky as hell most of the times, which isn't good with a new baby around!

You sound a lot worse than me - I seem to have a very mild form. At the moment I am in remission, so I have no symptoms at all and feel great.

During an 'attack' (or whatever you are supposed to call them) I don't really suffer from fatigue either. I feel fine 'mentally' - it only affects my feeling in my arms and legs and my ability to coordinate them. I have never been paralysed but I have lost my sense of proprioception (sp?) - ie. the ability to know where my arm is without watching it. But mainly I just go numb.

I do find that the drugs (steroids) they give me to treat it make me really tired. I just want to curl up in a corner and die basically. The doctors say that the episode will go away on its own without treatment, but will just take longer to go away without the drugs, so I am tempted to tell them I don't want treatment any more. I think a longer period of numbness is more desirable than being completely non-functional. With numbness I can still go to work and everything - my only worry would be that without the drugs it will go passed the simple proprioception loss into paralysis. Or even worse - the damage might become bad enough to leave permanent scars (I have a few of these already but my brain was able to find alternate routes for the signals).

I am not convinced the doctors know what they are doing.

I suppose your symptoms just depend on which part of the brain the MS is affecting. Presumably it is attacking the bit of your brain which gets the pain signals. With me it is mainly the touch part, so I think I have been reasonably lucky. Also, my longest episode lasted about 3 months. Your episode of 6 months sounds awfully long! Are they getting longer?

	08-10-2002 19:55									#72
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No kidding, I'm so turned off right now, blech!



Alright, lessee...

Nearsighted (I can see how many fingers you're holding up at 4 feet, so it's pretty bad). I wear glasses and contacts. Astygmatism as well.

The toenail on my right big toe is a little gnarly, thanks to a mediocre foot doctor handling an ingrown toenail when I was 13 or 14.

My right front tooth was chipped on the edge of a sidewalk when I was about 11 or so, and I have a porcelain crown.

When I was little, I was slightly anemic and took iron supplements. Not a problem now.

I was overweight for much of my adolescence, reaching an amazing 225 lbs when I was 17 (being 5'8, that's a biiiiiiit much). However, I am now 155 lbs and in pretty good shape, going to the gym 3-4 times a week and eating very healthy, not eating red meat, pork or poultry.

I have very mild allergies which are mostly non-existent except in extreme conditions (very high pollen counts or a profuse number of cats).

I can't eat raw onions, because it sparks a nasty condition in my tummy.

Just had a physical, and my blood pressure is perfect, cholesterol low, excellent hearing and a full head of hair that, judging by my family, will be there until I die.

Now, I am worried about inheriting some things from my family that may show up later. My mom and her mother both developed chronic digestive problems, my grandmother developed an allergy to chocolate in her 40s (I would die!), and she also was diagnosed with alzheimer's, which I know isn't proven hereditary, but it still scares me. Fortunately for her, the massive lung cancer killed her before it had much effect.

So I'm mostly pretty fit and healthy. I think living in NY has really beefed up my immunity, as I now rarely get sick at all, except for a mild cold about once a year. I'm probably a carrier and am spreading germs to the rural areas every time I go home for the holidays.

	08-10-2002 19:55									#73
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I can't really know if they are getting longer due to the fact I was only recently diagnosed... but in hindsight the things that did affect me in the past didn't last very long (short periods of numbness, strange heating sensations).

The doctor doesn't want to put me on steroids cause I was on them recently for Bell's Palzy, this is when the side of your face losses feeling.

I'm glad you have a mild form, I think mine may be moderate.

I've asked the doctors if this pain in my hands will go away and he says it's likely but they have no idea when. All I know is that computer work exaggerates it, but any other work is too tiring. So I'm going to try to do phone work (at a customer rep desk), possibly at a bank, or the cable company. So hopefully that helps!

	08-10-2002 20:10									#74
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quote: Originally posted by November Adam I've asked the doctors if this pain in my hands will go away and he says it's likely but they have no idea when.

That is what I was told about the numbness too. They can't really say because the inflamation could leave permanent scarring. As I said before, mine did, but my brain has worked around it.

quote: All I know is that computer work exaggerates it, but any other work is too tiring.

That is strange -- that doesn't sound like MS. Since the problem is entirely in your brain, why would using your hands make it worse? I don't understand. I didn't find uing the affected parts made it any better or worse.

I presume your have had an MRI lately. Is the inflamation localised or all over the brain?

	08-10-2002 20:24									#75
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov I think living in NY has really beefed up my immunity

Where are you originally from?

	08-10-2002 20:26									#76
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quote: Originally posted by Caligastia Where are you originally from?

Born in TN, lived in Memphis until I was 12, then moved to Maryland, where I lived until moving to NY in 1999.

	08-10-2002 20:30									#77
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quote: Originally posted by Rogan Josh That is strange -- that doesn't sound like MS. Since the problem is entirely in your brain, why would using your hands make it worse? I don't understand. I didn't find uing the affected parts made it any better or worse. I presume your have had an MRI lately. Is the inflamation localised or all over the brain?

My lesions where scattered, but fortunately there were few.

I think the pain is MS related because using my hands could be increasing the number of times that particular area in the brain is being used. It's a strange duck that's for sure.

	08-10-2002 21:51									#78
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I like to lick balls. Yes, testicles. Especially the little wart-y things on them. You know, the little zits.

I once popped one with my teeth. You know what came out?

Mayonaise.

And the mayonaise was full of...

WORMS

(nobody gets the point )

	08-10-2002 22:20									#79
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Hmmm....

My vision is 20/40
A steel rod in my radius and another in my ulna
Mild exhaustion, from working too much, sleeping too little, and not exercising enough
Lost a lot of muscle mass from about 8 months ago (pre-arm break period, when I worked out a lot)
Very occasional mild depression, but not usually unless I drink by myself (which I don't do anymore)
Acne scarring on face (in process of fading somewhat, woohoo)

	08-10-2002 22:22									#80
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Oh yeah, I'm also a bit hard of hearing. Dunno why, just don't hear that well often times.

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WE'RE SORRY TO HEAR THAT, DF. OOPS, I MEAN, SORRY TO READ IT. SHOULD WE POST LIKE THIS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU?

	08-10-2002 23:37									#82
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Today I 'ave been mostly vomiting.

	08-10-2002 23:38									#83
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I'm perfectly healthy. although my family has history of heart disease and diabetes. I am taking steps to prevent that. I eat virtually no red meat. Watch my cholesterol. I excersize fairly regulary. I also work out, and keep my calories down low. I also am keeping my weight down low.

Like I said in another thread, the mind is strong enough to keep yourself in good health. You just have to believe in it.

Here's my philosophy I got from a Sepultura song . OK only the title. Refuse/Resist. I simply refuse to be sick, and resists any viruses that get inside of me.

If you ever did reading on the placebo effect you will learn that the mind is indeed powerful. It is up to you to use it.

	08-10-2002 23:46									#84
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I tried refusing to vomit today. Unfortunately, due to a viral infection of the inner ear that left my body convinced it was rotating at a steady 78rpm, my body just flipped me the finger and did it's own thing.

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quote: WE'RE SORRY TO HEAR THAT, DF. OOPS, I MEAN, SORRY TO READ IT. SHOULD WE POST LIKE THIS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU?

Bastard

	09-10-2002 21:02									#87
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Wow, people are screwed up.

As for me:

Scoleosis (sp?) - a couple of vertebrae in my lower back are malformed, causing a curve in my spine. Hasn't really hampered me much. Bad things happen when I attempt to run long distances repeatedly, though.

Very near-sighted (-3.5 contact perscription).

Out of shape/overweight. I've been blessed with a pretty good metabolism, and I'm abusing the hell out of it.

Neck ache. I slept on it weird one night about a week ago, and my neck has been all screwed up since.

Cough. Just coming off a cold.

My right wrist may be a problem down the road. I broke it rather badly back in middle school and it still makes funky noises... all the bones got smashed, and that just doesn't heal 100%.

I think I may be a bit lactose intolerant, but isn't just about everybody?

So, basically I don't really have much to ***** about. No allergies, no mental disorders (that I know of ), no nasty illnesses, and the overweight part is nobody's fault but mine (well, Mr. Beer too).

-Arrian

	09-10-2002 21:17									#88
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quote: Originally posted by Evil Knevil Provost, once had a wart on the inside of my nose! How the hell it got there, God only knows...

Well if you had warts on your hands to begin with like me, I can imagine perfectly well how it got up there you filthy bugger

	09-10-2002 21:55									#89
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Eye infection:
2 years ago I started seeing some kind of nebula through my left eye, and I developed a cataract after a few months (my lense was becoming grey ) so they had to remove that lense. Now I'm wearing a contact lense and I will receive an implant lense next year.

Anal fissure:
After more then a year, it's almost cured. Finally I'm able to take a crap without bleeding like a pig and having to resort to painkillers+alcohol!!!!!

Some mental illnesses probably

and a weird yellow thingie on my belly

	09-10-2002 21:57									#90
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quote: Originally posted by August Borms Anal fissure: After more then a year, it's almost cured. Finally I'm able to take a crap without bleeding like a pig and having to resort to painkillers+alcohol!!!!!

Gahhhhh!!!

What on earth did you put up there to cause THAT?!