OK Levi told me there is now a med that ADVERTISES a side effect that has even I , grossed out. Imagine, if you will, struggling with this: Greasy poop.
Omigosh.
Way too much info guys, keep that on the backside ;) of the box.
On that note, what is your least favorite illness? That you've had. No weird monkey fever stuff.
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You can ask Netta or Fu about this, but we once saw a medicine that had a side effect of "diarrhea with an oily discharge." Oily discharge? No thanks, I'd prefer the high blood pressure!
The worst disease I ever had (other than pneumonia, which kicked my ass) was Fifth Disease.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Disease
It gives you a rash all over your body that BURNS LIKE HELL. It would have been okay, except that right after I got it, my family took a road trip out west, and I was uncomfortable in the car and everywhere we went the whole trip. But what really took the cake was when we went horseback riding... my rash-y legs rubbing up against a horse and saddle for three hours straight? It was torture. I walked like a cowboy from a cartoon for hours afterward.
Other than that, scabies was pretty gross.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scabies
Timmy brought it home from one of his scraggly little friends, and I honestly can't remember if I caught it or not, but it was bad either way because since my brother had it, Eric and I both had to undergo the treatment, which was a nasty greasy lotion rubbed all over your body, on every square inch of skin. And when I say every square inch I mean EVERY SQUARE INCH. It was AWESOME.
I've also heard of the greasy poop thing...yucky!
Sara, none of that sounded fun!
I haven't had too many illnesses, but I hated having MONO last year. It is so painful, and you can't even swallow spit without it hurting. I was sooo tired...and having 3 kids...I could not get enough sleep. I really thought that I had strep until the Dr. did a few tests. Darn it, I wished I could have taken a week's worth of anti-biotics and been better, instead it was at least 6 weeks of this!
And lastly, I think tooth pain is the absolute worst! No one likes having a tooth-ache. And I mean the really bad throbbing kind. It sucks!
Hey, Beth I left you a message the other night on your voice mail.
I have heard of that med- I actually think it is a new diet supplement called Alli- the first one approved by the FDA. But can you imagine? What a gross side effect- someone on TV was talking about how it says you might need to wear a diaper at first. anyway........
The worst thing I have ever had is mono! I have had it 5 times and it really sucks. Each time was a little different but typically I always feel like I have strep throat and feel really nasty and exhausted. But the worst time was the 3rd time when I was living in Hobart by myself and I was soooooooooooo super sick and I just kept getting worse and not better for 3 weeks. Then I ended up in the ER in the middle of the night because I felt like the back of my throat was swelling shut. I had an abcess that was actually shoving my tonsils out of the way because it was so swollen......... The moral of the story is to stay away from the Hammond Clinic HMO - that was the only place I could go on the insurance I had then and they kept telling me I had some kind of a virus and kept blowing me off. Finally when I ended up in the ER I finally got someone who believed me about how sick I was. I didn't care how many times they kept sticking needles in me because I was finally being taken care of. Man I am glad that is over! And I am happy to report that I did not get mono this spring for the first time in 4 years! I knew I was supposed to be a stay at home mom and quit teaching in that stressful environment!
I had a tooth abcess because of a botched root canal. No joke, the abscess nearly killed me. I ended up in the hospital on the verge of entering into a coma because of the blood poisoning, with the prospect of not making it out alive or, if I did live, having to have sections of my jaw removed. There was a bit of pain involved and vicodin did nothing. Luckily, no side effects and I escaped unscathed but a little embarrased - I apparently said some pretty rude things in my delerium like "you better give me a good-looking nurse"
Okay, when we lived in Atlanta and my hip started getting real bad, the doc said she didn't think anyone would operate on me and give me a new hip until I got some weight off. Since I could hardly get out of a chair, let alone do sit ups or deep knee bends, she prescribed this stuff and it did exactly this. And she TOLD ME not to go to far from a bathroom. I remember the first time......sitting at the computer. I got up and went, "what the heck???" The chair was oily and my pants were oily.......it seeps out and YOU CANNOT FEEL IT because of the "oil" in it. okay,nice.....And it was very expensive. Like $150 expensive.........and insurance did NOT cover it. I went off it real quick. Headed for the ortho surgeon who said, "let's just stop the nonsense and give you a new hip." THANK YOU. It was awful........
I love this stuff!
Just shovel up a bucket of those "WoW!" potato chips and you can enjoy all the seepage you might desire.
I'm just so damn proud of my disgusting little goddaughter.
I could just seep!
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