What is wrong with you?

[Ensign Edison]

I have insomnia and OCD. One of my legs is slightly shorter than the other, and they're both too short entirely. I could really use a haircut.

What's your problem?

[Orual]

I have a bad knee and very flat feet. I'm also incredibly nearsighted and kind of a klutz.

[Julie]

La grippe! La grippe! La post nasal drip! With the wheezes and the sneezes and the sinus that's really a pip!

[Rube E. Tewesday]

I have a gum boil, the result of a failed root canal, that I know I should get operated on, but I keep delaying arranging the surgery. So.... apparently I have a gum boil, and procrastination issues.

[fachverwirrt]

I'm 40-some-odd pounds overweight, flat-footed, and massively near-sighted (~20/800). I also have ridiculously delicate skin that starts to fall apart if I shave more than twice a week. As a result, I'm nearly always bestubbled, not as a fashion statement, but out of simple necessity.

And I'm short.

[runner pat]

Mangled left leg, nerve damage, walks with a cane.

[MsRobyn]

My knee and hip hurt, I also have flat feet, and I'm itchy. Oh, and I'm farsighted and haven't been arsed to visit the optometrist, even though my insurance covers it.

[fisheroo]

Mangled left leg, nerve damage, walks with a cane.

Hey, that brings up a question. How did that injury happen, if you don't mind me asking? I saw the pics, it was some pretty good trauma.

[wring]

Bad knee, bad hip, really bad eyes. Oh, and I pun, a lot.

[fisheroo]

Oh, forgot what was wrong with me.

I am a comma whore. There, I said it.

[NinetyWt]

Mangled left leg, nerve damage, walks with a cane.

Hey, that brings up a question. How did that injury happen, if you don't mind me asking? I saw the pics, it was some pretty good trauma.

IIRC he was hit while on his bicycle. Ah, here's a post about it.

[WhyNot]

I'm nearsighted. I procrastinate. I have a history of Clinical Depression and an Anxiety Disorder, but that seems pretty well done with for a while now. I'm very overweight. The rest of what's wrong with me ("asthma", achy joints, etc.) is all just really a subset of overweight.

[Muffin]

Skiing on one leg.

I came down with strep throat just before Christmas, immediately followed by a sinus infection. That kept me in bed over the holidays. due to the lack of exercise, my sacroiliac started acting up, which led to more bed rest and meds. As that was clearing up, on morining I was woken by intense pain in my quads on my right leg -- my back went out, pinching my right leg's saphenous nerves. The pain was excrutiating -- I've broken bones and pulled muscles before, but this was a whole new level of ouch. More meds and bed rest (about a month and a half spent in a fetal positon). Eventually I tried dangling upside down, which when combined with the anti-inflamitories and realtive immobility, helped tremendously. During this time, my quads atrophied. I've been able to walk for a couple of weeks, but my leg is not strong enough to hold my weight on its own, thus I am left skiing on my good leg, using my bad leg as an outrigger. It's wonderful to be outside in the sun again, feeling the wind on my face while I flow down the hill. Building up my quads again will take time, so I doubt if I'll be doing any hard skiing in the remainder of this season, but hey, even being limited to single blacks is one heck of a lot better than nothing. I'm pissed off that I have a bum leg, but at the same time, I'm very, very thankful that I'm recovering, rather than being hampered with permanent damage.

[fisheroo]

Glad to see you here, Muffin. Sorry to hear of your travails.

[Brewha]

I was incredibly nearsighted, but a little LASIK took care of that. I am still quite colorblind - red and green both look like brown to me. Did you know that red/green colorblindness is the most common? WTF (who, not why) decided that red and green should be our traffic signals?

Really, that's my only issue. Well, that and the whole dieing thing. From what the doctors say, I've only got about 70 years to live - max.

[Cluricaun]

I have paid money to see Molly Hatchet.

[NinetyWt]

I have paid money to see Molly Hatchet.

:shock:


Honey, some skeletons need to stay in the closet.

[SmartAleq]

Dodgy knee, hip and some facial trauma from a long ago car accident that just keeps on giving. Either I'm farsighted or my arms have shortened over the past few years. I'm losing some lazyass weight and tightening things up at the moment, which is going well overall. My feet have begun to grow really big obnoxious and borderline painful calluses that no Ped-Egg can begin to quell. My teeth are a mess. I'm actually in great shape for being a 50 year old broad and I'm generally in pretty robust health. I hope to stay that way!

[ShelliBean]

It's OK. I paid money to see Jesus Jones.

Also, I am incredibly nearsighted (my contacts are like coke bottles) and I think I have OCD but I am not sure. Part of that is that I can't have any "pokers" on my fingers (cuticles and little skin thingy stick outs) so I bite the shit out of my fingers (but not the nails).

And I am addicted to ()s.

Why are you guys saying flat feet is a problem? Am I supposed to be self conscious about mine?

[Ensign Edison]

... and I think I have OCD but I am not sure. Part of that is that I can't have any "pokers" on my fingers (cuticles and little skin thingy stick outs) so I bite the shit out of my fingers (but not the nails).

OCD is as much about certain problems with thinking (intrusive thoughts, racing thoughts, for example) as it is the behaviors we tend to associate with it. If your head doesn't feel crazy inside, you probably don't have it, just some tendencies.

[ShelliBean]

Yeah - I don't think I'm really OCD just have tendencies. I'm one of those people that likes to have all the silverware in a certain order in the drawer (a specific pattern) and I don't throw anything away that isn't folded "just so" and I like to have everything at right angles. But I've never had a breakdown over it - I just fix it to the right way! The finger thing is the only thing I've ever gone really overboard about. I will make my fingers bleed to make sure I don't have any extra skin that is not where it needs to be. Yeah, I know that doesn't sound right but I can't explain it.

[TheFlame]

I'm short and really skinny (less than 8st, which is very thin for a guy), and I suffer from mild to moderate (depending on weather and other things) eczema.

[jali]

I'm grouchy (I use the "hormones" excuse far too often).

I have aches every morning and I need Tylenol PM to sleep more than 3 hours.

I'm not as good looking as I think I am.

[fachverwirrt]

Why are you guys saying flat feet is a problem? Am I supposed to be self conscious about mine?

Mine cause my feet to hurt after a while, and actually are so flat that if I'm not careful, I can develop ankle problems: my feet roll inward and unduly stretch my outer ankle ligaments.

[WhyNot]

Why are you guys saying flat feet is a problem? Am I supposed to be self conscious about mine?

If they don't bother you, don't bother them. Some people find that the arch is so flattened that it gives them fatigue or pain to stand or walk - either in their feet or in their back.

The arch is there in most people's feet because an arch, as we all remember from Architecture 101, supports and distributes large weight loads better than a wall. It's exactly like those Roman arches used to hold up all that water in the aqueducts - stronger than a wall of the same length, more flexible (in terms of resisting winds) than a wall and uses far, far less material than a comparably sized wall. All those same qualities help keep your feet light and limber while supporting your body weight. The arch also moves the weight away from the back of the foot to the toe so we can walk smoothly without lurching.

Chances are good that most people with "flat feet" still have some arch, just not as much as other people do. Babies, incidentally, all have "flat feet", because they've got a pad of fat on the bottom of their foot that hides the arch and because the arch doesn't get strong until you actually start walking on the foot. That's one reason why babies walk like drunken midgets. (The other being neural immaturity.)

Flat feet used to be a popular thing for doctors to worry about. Most of the people who know they have them and report them as "something wrong with me" are going to be over 40, I'm guessing. Nowadays doctors recognize a much wider range of variation as perfectly normal, and only those patients who report pain or excessive fatigue or present with really, really flat feet will ever find out it could be a problem.

[ShelliBean]

Interesting. They never bother me, so I won't bother them!

Funny - when I last left Anatomy on Wednesday (no class Fri) our next lecture was going to be on the muscles of the foot and we were going over the basic physics behind the movement.

[Diana]

I have paid money to see Molly Hatchet.

I'm rethinking my little crush on you...



Nah, s'okay, you're still cute and funny.

Um... I drink too much, I smoke too much, I swear too much, I spend too much, I fuck too much, and I say too much.

I'm a little much, really.

[prr]

I've got a wicked nagging cold, about 20-30 more pounds to lose by spring to get into top running shape, and a feeling that sometimes I'm not as clever as I like to think I am.

[Guinastasia]

OCD and epilepsy. Oh, and last night I lost a filling chewing a gumball.

[RedFury]

Nothing that twenty years less couldn't cure.

[MsPurlMcKnittington]

I smell naturally of freesia, so I am constantly followed by pale guys wearing beige and driving Volvos.

It's . . . awkward. To say the least.

[Julie]

I smell naturally of freesia, so I am constantly followed by pale guys wearing beige and driving Volvos.

It's . . . awkward. To say the least.

Especially when they drive their Volvos into your kitchen?

[3acres]

Ha...I'm a mess. I broke my nose a couple times, so I'm usually a mouth-breather. I've got some bone chips in the joint of my right thumb that hurt occasionally; that's ok with me because a split-second later and I would have lost my thumb. I have gout in my feet and ankles, some cartilage damage in my right knee and arthritis in my hips and hands. I have a history of heart attacks going back at least 20 years, there are three stents in my coronary arteries, and I was recently informed that I have heart failure. My upper incisors are fake, as I broke both of them off when I was young. I have Aspergers Syndrome (that's what the psychologists said, if you believe in it; if you don't, I have characteristics consistent with those that quack psychologists love to diagnose as Aspergers Syndrome). I'm short, fat, lazy, getting old, and going bald: in theory, I can do something about the fat thing, but the rest is just the way it goes. Oh, and I need reading glasses to read. Luckily, I'm insane enough to think I'm happy.

[Why I Am a Destiny]

I have chronic severe stomach pain with no discernible cause. I have bad skin. I think too much.

[RedFury]

... I think too much.

Quite alright, you may do all of mine for me.

Appreciate it.

[XJETGIRLX]

I think the better question would be, what isn't wrong with me? My autonomic nervous system (ANS) can't regulate itself properly (dysautonomia). I have been diagnosed with:

- Asthma
- Mitral Valve Prolapse (floppy valve w/regurgitation)
- Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (heart rate shoots up to 160+ for no reason during normal activity)
- Neurocardiogenic Syncope (My body can't compensate for gravity so I pass out if I stand up too long)
- Orthostatic Hypotension (Sudden fall in blood pressure on standing)
- Migraine Aura, with and without headache

What all those symptoms add up to, basically, is a lot of weird problems. Migraine aura causes random loss of vision, loss of hearing, auditory hallucinations, and constant visual snow. I have problems with focusing my eyes sometimes, since that is regulated by the ANS. I have "coathanger pain" in my neck/shoulders/upper back due to issues with circulation. My hands and feet are always freezing and blue. I have a cyst in my sinuses and I have chronic sinus infections.

I pass out under stress, and I get woozy and weak on a regular basis no matter how well I've eaten, how rested I am, or how in shape I am. My heart races, and I have palpitations constantly throughout the day. My body is pretty much always awash with adrenaline, since that is also regulated by the ANS. I don't have as much blood volume as I should (only about 80% of normal) since that is also regulated by ANS, and my blood pressure is low. I have major issues with sleep, and I'm pretty sure I have delayed sleep phase syndrome.

Right now I'm on about 5 different prescriptions, and I'm on doctor's orders to drink 100 oz. of fluid daily, absolutely no caffeine, and double my salt intake.

Did I mention I'm really tiny and only 28 years old? I feel like I'm pushing 70.

[MsPurlMcKnittington]

I smell naturally of freesia, so I am constantly followed by pale guys wearing beige and driving Volvos.

It's . . . awkward. To say the least.

Especially when they drive their Volvos into your kitchen?

Not as awkward as when they scrapbook about it!

[Queen Tonya]

I'm past simple flat feet and all the way into official Plantar Fasciitis, and bone spurs, tyvm. Considering I do menial work that has my fat ass on my feet all day, this is rather unfortunate. So I spend hundreds on custom orthotic inserts every few years for my shoes, pop ibuprofen like tictacs, do odd stretching exercises and get steroid injections every few months.

The hands are giving out now too, due to the menial repetitive work stuff, so there's tendonitis and carpal tunnel syndrome there. My shoulders aren't happy with the workload either, I grow bone spurs there that tend to rip into the tendons, muscles and ligaments and form lots of scar tissue that eventually causes me to walk around looking like Napoleon because my arms draw up. Had surgery on the left and will need another on the right one soon. Surgery is also an option for my hand and feet issues, but considering the outcomes aren't great and I'm still going to be doing the same type of work that causes the chronic inflammation, we're holding off on those.

I have horrid vision but that's correctable so it doesn't bother me.

[Cluricaun]

I have paid money to see Molly Hatchet.

Um... I drink too much, I smoke too much, I swear too much, I spend too much, I fuck too much, and I say too much.

I'm a little much, really.

The best part is that I paid money to see Molly Hatchet.....last summer. The redeming portion is that it wasn't my idea, I just drank tequila out of a pint bottle until U.F.O. came on. The lights over London weren't the only lights going out that night.

However, were I to have answered this seriously......I would have said the same exact thing as you though, so my side of the crush rages on. I drink too much on a regular basis, I smoke Marlboro Reds or Lucky Strikes, I will blow money on stupid things that I can't really afford, I talk like a sailor with a stubbed toe, I have the sex drive of three regular dudes, I play my music way too lound, and I run off at the mouth a lot. But the best part is that I don't have a problem with it at all. The only problem with any of those things ain't mine, it's yours. I can afford to laugh, because I'm backing it up. :twisted:

[Claptree]

I'm overweight by some 50 pounds, nearsighted, I have RLS and generally bad bronchi meaning I cough a lot and my throat tends to phlegm up. I'm also lazy and an incorrigible procrastinator.

[Count Blucher]

Whats left of the family I was born into is suing the rest of my siblings over my parents estate. Just had to hire a lawyer.

My boss uses the 'N' word like an article of speech, calls all women bitches, and takes delight in giving me a hard time. Says I don't have a leg to stand on "Because I treat everybody that way". But I need the job so I can get a better one.

My kids think I don't love them because I'm stressed 24-7. My wife takes their side. And I've been asking myself some hard questions about my ability to support myself and my family.

"She said, 'man, theres really something Wrong with you.
One day youre gonna self-destruct.
Youre up, youre down, I cant work you out
You get a good thing goin then you blow yourself out.' "

[dogbutler]

I have:
asthma
arthritis
acid reflux
nystagmas(twitching eyes)
one eye is nearsighted and one is far sighted
random dizzy spells
sarcoidosis

[Why I Am a Destiny]

... I think too much.

Quite alright, you may do all of mine for me.

Appreciate it.

Gladly. Worrying about someone else's life for a change would do me some good. I have to get outside myself, and fast.

[Ice Wolf]

I'm obese, and middle-aged.
Nearsighted (with astigmatism, can't take glare so I need transitional lenses, and one eye cross-dominates the other focus-wise). Getting new lenses/glasses every few years costs a bomb.
Recently diagnosed with benign positional vertigo. Oh joy -- lifelong random dizziness. I can feel it when storms come by, too.
My teeth are crap, and full of amalgam fillings.
Tend towards bronchial. I get hammered once in a while with bad chest infections.
Now and then, I get anxious over stuff which is silly to get anxious about.
And ... I'm depressive, but have kept medication at arm's length since '01.

[Kat]

I'm overweight and extremely nearsighted. I have PCOS and glucose intolerance. I'm have cancer twice, which led to me now having only 1 kidney and no thyroid, the latter of which compels me to take medication every day for the rest of my life. I procrastinate shamefully.

Oh, and I'm a bitch.

[Guinastasia]

Oh, and I'm a hand cream addict. I HAVE to have it. Every time I wash my hands, if I don't have hand cream, I go nuts. And not the smelly gunk, either. If it's slightly scented, Suave or St. Ives, fine. But otherwise-ick.

Last time my mother and I went to my grandmothers', I forgot to bring my hand cream with me, and all I had was my mother's scented stuff, it was awful. I was ready to claw my skin off.

I suspect it's part of the OCD.

[yawndave]

I'm too independent and stubborn for my own good.

[Diana]

I drink too much on a regular basis, I smoke Marlboro Reds or Lucky Strikes, I will blow money on stupid things that I can't really afford, I talk like a sailor with a stubbed toe, I have the sex drive of three regular dudes, I play my music way too lound, and I run off at the mouth a lot. But the best part is that I don't have a problem with it at all. The only problem with any of those things ain't mine, it's yours. I can afford to laugh, because I'm backing it up. :twisted:

Congratulations, you're a hedonist!!! It'll keep you young practically forever, as long as you remember to moisturize.

[myskepticsight]

Very nearsighted but love my hot glasses
Get headaches a lot, need to visit a doc for this but havent yet
Weak stomach, get upset stomach/nausea and vomiting more than the average person but not enough to affect my life or health really, just annoying
Allergies
And I'm a fucking klutz, just got over a broken toe and always have a bruise or cut somewhere from running into something

Right now I am either having an allergy flare up or I am coming down with a cold. I feel like shit. I am still craving a cigarette but only had one today because my throat hurts worse.

[david86blue]

I was in wonderful health til I hit sixty and then developed idiopathic neuropathy and carpal tunnel syndrome then damaged my back. Phooey.