you can really scare yourself reading medical web sites!

grasswire

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Thu Nov-29-07 01:21 AM
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you can really scare yourself reading medical web sites!

Holy moley! Don't do it!

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KitchenWitch

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Thu Nov-29-07 01:22 AM
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1. yup!

I have self diagnosed many an ailment...and found many of them to be terminal.

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fizzgig

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Thu Nov-29-07 01:23 AM
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2. that's why i stay away from them

i'm neurotic enough on my own

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GigiMommy

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Thu Nov-29-07 09:59 AM
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12. I only use them for when my child...

is sick and I can't reach her doctor. BTW, what is that creature? It's mesmerizing!

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fizzgig

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Thu Nov-29-07 11:19 AM
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13. that is my fizzgig

he's a creature from my favorite movie, the dark crystal, an old jim henson movie.

how old is the kiddo? she might like it

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petronius

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Thu Nov-29-07 01:24 AM
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3. I had to quit cold-turkey on those sites

Every time I got the sniffles, I convinced mysef that my brain tumor was coming down with ebola... :scared:

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grasswire

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Thu Nov-29-07 01:24 AM
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4. and the pictures!!!

My eyes!

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Connonym

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Thu Nov-29-07 01:24 AM
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5. I'm a medical transcriptionist

and I think by now I've had about every disease known to man. Not necessarily the best field for a neurotic woman like me.

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grasswire

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Thu Nov-29-07 01:27 AM
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6. yeah, unfortunately I've had enough time working...

...in the medical field to be able to understand most of what they're saying. Going to the hospital tomorrow for an echocardiogram. I shouldn't have done any background reading. Bah!

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Connonym

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Thu Nov-29-07 01:30 AM
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7. good luck!

Hopefully it will turn out well. Valve issues?

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grasswire

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Thu Nov-29-07 02:20 AM
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8. yep

and to make matters worse for my state of mind, my father died of prosthetic mitral valve failure when he was a relatively young man. It will be what it is.

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Connonym

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Thu Nov-29-07 02:24 AM
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9. yikes

but they've really made a LOT of progress with that stuff in recent years so I hope you'll not worry too much. Best luck.

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ashling

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Thu Nov-29-07 02:28 AM
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10. My dad was a doctor

I used to take his surgery boks to school to gross people out.

He always said that first year med students had more diseases.
:rofl:

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RebelOne

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Thu Nov-29-07 09:36 AM
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11. Those surgery books are nothing.

I knew someone who was going to school to become an undertaker. You should have seen those textbooks. Would make medical surgery books look like comic books.

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