View Full Version : What's the worst/strangest illness you've ever had?
chuzzlemonkey
14-03-2009, 17:26
Here's one for you people. I'll get it started...
Strangest thing i've ever had is Lymphitis (not sure how to spell it).
Basically all the lymph glands in my body swoll up. Including some glands in my groin.
Was banned from using my manparts for months! :shocked:
I got pancreatitis after taking azathioprine just for a couple of days. Ended up in hospital in total agony and wasn't allowed to eat for 3-4 days, thought I was dying.
The scariest has be a bad asthma attack and having to be rushed to hospital as was close to death.
My PKD and Crohn's are just as bad though.
I don't know if you'd call it an illness but I suffer from sleep apnea and I hate it.
joglynne
14-03-2009, 18:00
I have probably one of the longest named conditions, idiopathic Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) and I am more likely to meet a dog suffering from it than another human being.
Still at least this means that there is quite a bit of research being done seeing as, if it isn't to do with cancer, people are more likely to donate money for research if an animal is concerned. :)
papa smurf
14-03-2009, 18:19
I don't know if you'd call it an illness but I suffer from sleep apnea and I hate it.
i suffer from the 4 year old next door waking me up at 4am every day which makes me very grumpy .
Back in the early 80's Appendicitis, as they where taking it out it burst and I then had perentitus which nearly killed me.
I only found out about the later some 20 years later.
I was out of school for 2 months, and everyday I had to have a salty bath as hot as I could take.
broadbandking
14-03-2009, 18:32
Here's one for you people. I'll get it started...
Strangest thing i've ever had is Lymphitis (not sure how to spell it).
Basically all the lymph glands in my body swoll up. Including some glands in my groin.
Was banned from using my manparts for months! :shocked:
What would happen to you if you did use your man parts would you die?
chuzzlemonkey
14-03-2009, 18:34
idiopathic Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA)
*Curious* So what exactly is this then?
My friend had a really long winded named condition (can't remember what it is now but the name was stupidly long) and all he did was twitch constantly! lol.
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What would happen to you if you did use your man parts would you die?
No. I'd potentially lose a lot of weight. And for those of you who really know me. AKA broadbandking..You know i'm only small anyway so weight loss wouldn't benefit me much! lol :erm:
broadbandking
14-03-2009, 18:36
Thats good then as who else would I dicuss about CF with at work
Forgot to add Livedo Reticularis, it's strange as it's mostly common in young females and they get it in their legs normally, yet I have it in my right arm and I'm 38 male. Now that has to be classed as strange.
WHISTLED
14-03-2009, 18:37
Mumps - Not that odd but 5 times
chuzzlemonkey
14-03-2009, 18:38
Sounds ominous? so what's that then?
**EDIT**
not mumps...i know what that is! lol
AbyssUnderground
14-03-2009, 18:58
My current illness, which is either Chrons disease or Colitis, the biopsy result is due next week. Its very painful - bowel cramps, diarrhea and as a result a very distressing and disrupted lifestyle.
My current illness, which is either Chrons disease or Colitis, the biopsy result is due next week. Its very painful - bowel cramps, diarrhea and as a result a very distressing and disrupted lifestyle.
I hope it's colitis out of the two (or IBS hopefully) as that's much more treatable / managable.
Hopefully you'll get some result though from the tests as they are all horrible. Drinking that clear out solution for the colonoscopy has got to be the most evil thing on earth.
chuzzlemonkey
14-03-2009, 19:05
Wow puts my illness into perspective really, I just had to suffer with being aroused 24/7, which when you think about it doesn't sound so bad really..
Wow puts my illness into perspective really, I just had to suffer with being aroused 24/7, which when you think about it doesn't sound so bad really..
I spent most of my teens like that and it wasn't that bad really. :p:
chuzzlemonkey
14-03-2009, 19:09
Lmao! yeah but was that because you were ill or because you were just a derty berty? ;)
AbyssUnderground
14-03-2009, 19:13
I hope it's colitis out of the two (or IBS hopefully) as that's much more treatable / managable.
Hopefully you'll get some result though from the tests as they are all horrible. Drinking that clear out solution for the colonoscopy has got to be the most evil thing on earth.
I hope so too, regardless it will be with me for life now. There is no known cause either which isn't very encouraging.
Yes, the pickleaxe (picolax) is nasty stuff, but only because of the cramps. The "going" part isn't so bad, nothing I'm not already used to as a result of the chrons/colitis... However its worse than just colitis/chrons, since I'm losing blood when I "go" as well, making me iron deficit anemic.
Life is bad, but I'll get there!
WHISTLED
14-03-2009, 19:13
Wow puts my illness into perspective really, I just had to suffer with being aroused 24/7, which when you think about it doesn't sound so bad really.. My bird wouldnt think so!
dilli-theclaw
14-03-2009, 19:16
Diabetic Retinopathy - that really sucks.
chuzzlemonkey
14-03-2009, 19:18
My bird wouldnt think so!
lol! Still have that pet pidgeon do we? ;)
I have Iritis, that reoccurs whenever it wants to, can be free for a year then might have it 4 times the next year. Very painful indeed, the first time I had it, it got misdiagnosed for about 5 days, and I ended up wanting to pull my eyeball out!
Then I had to have an injection in my eyeball, very scary!
I now self -medicate, and have supplies of the drops at all times, so if I catch it early, I do not suffer too much any more.
Worst thing was a servere case of Shingles though, all around the trunk of my body.
I had to continue to work, as self employed, and at that time could not afford to pay someone else to do my work for me.
I'm sounding just like my Grandma now, moaning about her ailments!!
Ah yeah, my cataracts. Not nice.
dilli-theclaw
14-03-2009, 19:52
I'm now a member of that club too :tu: - alhtough I am not having to be awake to have them out.. Thankfully :)
chuzzlemonkey
14-03-2009, 19:53
What's it like to have cataracts? Can you actually see anything?
dilli-theclaw
14-03-2009, 19:57
I don't know about Russ. And, unfortunately, in my case the answer would be no either way ;)
chuzzlemonkey
14-03-2009, 20:01
Oh dear.
How did you get to the doctors???
zing_deleted
14-03-2009, 20:02
Had Encephalitis when I was 6 not nice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalitis
dilli-theclaw
14-03-2009, 20:05
Oh dear.
How did you get to the doctors???I'm not suire I follow - how do you mean?
I am quite adept with my cane now, so I walked.
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Had Encephalitis when I was 6 not nice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EncephalitisInflamation of the brain - now that sounds icky....
chuzzlemonkey
14-03-2009, 20:06
Well i've never had them so i'd have no idea what you can see...
If yoo cant see anything at all a trip to the docs couldn't have been too pleasant??
dilli-theclaw
14-03-2009, 20:09
That's what my cane is for ;) Anyway I have a cataract in one eye. The other one is just really bad.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/t.tarn/FORUMPICTURES/dilli_two.JPG
What's it like to have cataracts? Can you actually see anything?
Mine are/were in the early stages. I had trouble focussing on things and anything further than a yard or two was blurry, and it was worse in my right eye so I had that one out. My vision through that eye is now incredible, it's like going from black and white tv to hi-def.
My left eye still has a cataract but it's pretty much underdeveloped. Chances are i won't need to be having it out until at least a year. I now need reading glasses (apparently I look quite 'distinguished' in them...) but it's worth it for the clear vision.
homealone
14-03-2009, 20:12
Well i've never had them so i'd have no idea what you can see...
If yoo cant see anything at all a trip to the docs couldn't have been too pleasant??
The diabetic retinopathy that Jefferson T mentioned earlier has caused him to be registered blind - the cataracts are an extra handicap to what little vision he has left ...
The worst thing I've had was acute nephritis as a kid, when I spent a week in hospital.
chuzzlemonkey
14-03-2009, 20:14
Im really squirming reading this (have a really strong eye phobia)
I'm too curious to not ask, though..
How do they take them out? And are you conscious whilst they do this??
Worst: Encephalitis. Often fatal, those it doesn't kill are often left with permanent brain damage (my finger is hovering over the ban button so don't even think about it :p: )
Weirdest: A pilonidal sinus. Basically, an inflamed hair follicle in your butt crack that can get infected. To get rid of it you have to have an operation which involves having part of your crack sliced open and then sewn back together. Then you can't sit down for a week. :disturbd:
Raistlin
14-03-2009, 20:16
That sounds like a right pain in the ass......
Weirdest: A pilonidal sinus. Basically, an inflamed hair follicle in your butt crack that can get infected. To get rid of it you have to have an operation which involves having part of your crack sliced open and then sewn back together. Then you can't sit down for a week. :disturbd:I get those in my clinic sometimes.....
Pt: "my 'back' hurts"
Me: "show me where......ah, I see, get yourself to casualty" :D
Sometimes GP's send them to me because they haven't examined the pt :rofl:
chuzzlemonkey
14-03-2009, 20:21
Weirdest: A pilonidal sinus. Basically, an inflamed hair follicle in your butt crack that can get infected. To get rid of it you have to have an operation which involves having part of your crack sliced open and then sewn back together. Then you can't sit down for a week. :disturbd:
:eek:
How can you only have part of your butcrack sliced open??
How bigs your butcrack!? :nutter:
dilli-theclaw
14-03-2009, 20:22
Im really squirming reading this (have a really strong eye phobia)
I'm too curious to not ask, though..
How do they take them out? And are you conscious whilst they do this??Well I'm going to answer that. But I'm going to use spoilers because I KNOW some people just don't want to know lol....
For the operations I've had so far (which are not for the cataract (Which is /usually/ done awake)
They put you out. Ain't no one going near my eyes awake.
They get two or three drills - make a holes in the eye, suck out the jelly inside. Then they can scrape the damaged retina clean as they can get it with probes.
Then they sew the holes up and the eye fils up with liquid to replace what they took out :)
Im really squirming reading this (have a really strong eye phobia)
I'm too curious to not ask, though..
How do they take them out? And are you conscious whilst they do this??
Heh heh, now we're talking!
For about an hour before the op, they put eye drops in every 5 minutes or so as an anaesthetic. Then you get taken in to the operating theatre, lay down on the table and they use this paper with a really strong sticky substance on it and place it over each eyelid to keep them open. More eye drops then they make a small cut in the iris, send in a needle to pull the lens out, then they replace is with an artificial one which will be folded up but it puts itself right once it's in place.
They remove the sticky paper and all done.
And yes, awake all the way through :D
Strangest illness: What I have right now......might be rheumatoid arthritis/multiple sclerosis/chondrocalcinosis/lupus/thyroid.....who knows.....it's defying diagnosis so far :p:
chuzzlemonkey
14-03-2009, 20:26
Heh heh, now we're talking!
For about an hour before the op, they put eye drops in every 5 minutes or so as an anaesthetic. Then you get taken in to the operating theatre, lay down on the table and they use this paper with a really strong sticky substance on it and place it over each eyelid to keep them open. More eye drops then they make a small cut in the iris, send in a needle to pull the lens out, then they replace is with an artificial one which will be folded up but it puts itself right once it's in place.
They remove the sticky paper and all done.
And yes, awake all the way through :D
Definately not having any tea tonight now! *barf* lol
Definately not having any tea tonight now! *barf* lol
I'll say this, anyone who's been through an eye operation while still awake isn't really afraid of much else :D
chuzzlemonkey
14-03-2009, 20:29
Not even having part of your butcrack sliced open? ;)
Not even having part of your butcrack sliced open? ;)
Well I've had the Chalfonts in the past so I can imagine it isn't pleasant...however my money is on the eye op being the nastier of the two but only just... :erm:
chuzzlemonkey
14-03-2009, 20:32
I wonder if there's anyone out there who's had to have the 2...simultaniously!? lol
Imagine getting the anaesthetics mixed up!?
ooff! :)
dilli-theclaw
14-03-2009, 20:34
I'll say this, anyone who's been through an eye operation while still awake isn't really afraid of much else :DGee - and i was SO hoping they'd do my cataracts while I was awake too :)
I wonder if there's anyone out there who's had to have the 2...simultaniously!? lol
Imagine getting the anaesthetics mixed up!?
ooff! :)
So you mean.....instead of eye drops, getting 'brown' eye drops?
This thread has already gone daft.....
I'll say this, anyone who's been through an eye operation while still awake isn't really afraid of much else :DThat would explain a few things about Dilli then.....:disturbd:
dilli-theclaw
14-03-2009, 20:40
That would explain a few things about Dilli then.....:disturbd:I can still frag your ass!!!
I can still frag your ass!!!
Not if it's been sliced open....
dilli-theclaw
14-03-2009, 20:44
That's true.... In that situation I'd throw salt at it then run :)
budwieser
14-03-2009, 20:46
I think my Cancer at age 26 pales into insignificance after reading about all of you guys and girls on here with ongoing, long term illness.
Good luck and i hope you all get a cure or at least some relief from your various disibilities. :tu:
:eek:
How can you only have part of your butcrack sliced open??
How bigs your butcrack!? :nutter:
Eh? the entire length of your ass, that's how long it is. I said crack, not hole. As it happens, mine was near the top of the crack, near the small of my back, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been ... until the wound got infected. :sick:
Well I'm going to answer that. But I'm going to use spoilers because I KNOW some people just don't want to know lol....
For the operations I've had so far (which are not for the cataract (Which is /usually/ done awake)
They put you out. Ain't no one going near my eyes awake.
They get two or three drills - make a holes in the eye, suck out the jelly inside. Then they can scrape the damaged retina clean as they can get it with probes.
Then they sew the holes up and the eye fils up with liquid to replace what they took out :)
And I thought I had it bad!!!
You poor thing!
I can still frag your ass!!!
Yeah, yeah :p:
dilli-theclaw
14-03-2009, 21:03
And I thought I had it bad!!!
You poor thing!Actually I had Iritis - and that hurts much worse!!!
My better half has done the eye op under local anaesthetic thing but the worst i`ve ever had is my Carpals Tunnel Syndrome.
My "w.....s cramp" as she fondly calls it........... :no:
Had the odd finger hanging off but that`s baby stuff compared to the pain i had during my first few months with the CTS.
I used to wake up screaming like a stuck pig every morning at about 3am.
The very first night had the wife and kids all awake & screaming like banshees too wondering wtf was wrong with me.
Quite funny in hindsight.
Unlike the big bloody javelin full of steroids i used to have injected into my wrists then scraped & scratched around until the "tunnels" were located.
After her eye op though it seems like much ado about nothing.:o:
I was an odd case apparently,being so young and suffering in both wrists at the very same time.
Mr_love_monkey
14-03-2009, 22:32
Was banned from using my manparts for months! :shocked:
The same thing happens when you get married
The same thing happens when you get married
Banned is such an emotive word - "actively discouraged" is probably more appropriate.
(but try and be helpful by using them "elsewhere", so as not to "bother" your partner, and you never hear the end of it (I believe.......)).
budwieser
15-03-2009, 11:09
Banned is such an emotive word - "actively discouraged" is probably more appropriate.
(but try and be helpful by using them "elsewhere", so as not to "bother" your partner, and you never hear the end of it (I believe.......)).
Lol! :waving:
Another one for misdiagnosed Iritis for about a week... ouch!
superbiatch
15-03-2009, 11:30
....I was an odd case apparently,being so young and suffering in both wrists at the very same time.
My ex had it in both hands in his early twenties, I didn't get a full night's kip for years!
Anyhow, his op was done while he was awake, and they screened off his arms obviously so he couldn't see. But the one sitting over him to reassure him had glasses on which reflected the full procedure on both hands to the ex who was mildly sedated and couldn't speak :rolleyes:
chuzzlemonkey
15-03-2009, 12:23
Eh? the entire length of your ass, that's how long it is. I said crack, not hole. As it happens, mine was near the top of the crack, near the small of my back, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been ... until the wound got infected. :sick:
Infected butt crack..?
That's gotta be the best one yet! lmao! Not entirely sure what i'd do if i woke up one day and my crack was infected?
Do they have like..specialist buttcrack doctors for that??? :erm:
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So you mean.....instead of eye drops, getting 'brown' eye drops?
This thread has already gone daft.....
hahaha poo in your eye :D Imagine explaining that to the optician?
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The same thing happens when you get married
Thanks for the heads up! I'm stayin a single bloke then :p:
My ex had it in both hands in his early twenties, I didn't get a full night's kip for years!
Anyhow, his op was done while he was awake, and they screened off his arms obviously so he couldn't see. But the one sitting over him to reassure him had glasses on which reflected the full procedure on both hands to the ex who was mildly sedated and couldn't speak
I never went as far as the operation although if it ever comes back as bad as it first was i`ll be right down the hospital.
I still get numb hands & wrists and the odd pains when i`ve been driving for a while or using power tools & suchlike.Extended computer use aint so good either although i have been known to excuse myself from cutting the grass only to come on the computer..... :)
None of that though is nearly as bad as holding my 3Yr old girls hand as she went under for her op........only to have some teeth removed but god that was awful.
Do they have like..specialist buttcrack doctors for that??? :erm:
Nope, just a district nurse who asks if she can put her hands down your pants. ;)
Raistlin
15-03-2009, 14:31
Nope, just a district nurse who asks if she can put her hands down your pants. ;)
I've seen the District Nurse around here :erm:
chuzzlemonkey
15-03-2009, 14:33
Allo allo...
Think ill get me one of those infected but cracks then! :D
Any advice as to how i can go about getting one?
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I've seen the District Nurse around here :erm:
Some people don't have too high standards, though! lol
I had a cold once. I thought I was dying. to have an idea how bad it was, the ex kept telling me that everyone thinks I was dying when I had it :)
chuzzlemonkey
15-03-2009, 16:55
Ah! The ever dangerous MANFLU! lol
Obviously Cancer for me. But the worst bit was getting septacemia amongst other things and being bedbound for some weeks. I had tohave a catheter fitted....:shocked::td:
Just imagine going to macdonalds and getting one of the straws they have there and forcing it down your manhood. It hurt like ****
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