This is going to be the best thread ever, I can already tell.
I've been kind of hypochondriac-ish lately... I've had a swollen lymph node near my groin for six months or so. My doc told me to keep an eye on it but he wasn't worried. But I just discovered another one in my neck. So to distract me from thinking I've got cancer, I'm wondering, what diseases does the ClockCrew have?
Let's try to avoid psychological problems, for the sake of the thread. I just assume it'll be littered with "depression/anxiety/asperger's" if we don't.
As a bonus question, what diseases are you terrified of getting?
I'll start. I have eczema I GUESS, but I never have rashes or anything, my skin just occasionally itches when it gets dry in the winter and even then I barely notice it. I'm somewhat terrified of getting Parkinson's. Just the thought of like, never being comfortable again in my life. I'm sure it's not that bad...
I've got, like, 3 lymph nodes I can find and move around with my fingers on my necks, and are very visible when they are swollen. I am wondering why the one near your groin has been swollen for six months.
I also found a lump on my nut that I checked out last month. Doctor says it's nothing. Still scared me quite a bit when I first found it.
This happens to a lot of people. I've had one in my neck for years. It makes sense to have it in your groin or neck because a lot of lymph nodes are in those areas.
Physical health problems suck.
Mental health problems suck.
Pity parties suck.
There are two kinds of health problems: those that are very likely to kill you, and those that primarily make you uncomfortable. If you've been formally diagnosed with the former, you're dealing with a mindset that nobody who hasn't received that kind of diagnosis is fully going to understand. How you proceed is up to you.
If you're suffering from any kind of the latter, there's no point in making the health problem a huge part of your identity, unless you're doing something positive about it (like research or fundraising.) Bringing together a discussion composed of people who haven't lived with each others' problems quickly turns into people trying to legitimize and validate their own struggles, while possibly minimizing other people's problems in the process. It's not productive. Neither is worrying, but sometimes we can't help that.
If you're not dead, and you have enough energy, the best thing you can do is something. Anything except focusing on the problem, unless there's something you can actually do about it. That way, if you do go out, at least you've done the best you could with what you had, and you've wasted a minimum of time worrying about the inevitable - which wouldn't have done anything for you anyway.
in conclusion all of my current health problems are in my head
not really a disease per say, but getting prostate cancer terrifies me beyond belief. i don't have any symptoms of it, and no-one in my family has died to it (afaik).
it's just an irrational fear of one particular cancer, and yet i have no idea why.
I've had a couple of cancer scares. My mother consistently gets melanoma's (Despite rarely sitting in the sun for more than an hour at a time) and has dealt with it for most of her adult life. I had a freckle that concerned her and we had it checked out. It was nothing.
The worst scare came to me when I was around 15. I was playing with my balls like a good little boy when I noticed I essentially had 3 fucking balls. I Had discovered a mass sitting happily atop my right testicle. I could pull the mass away from my right testicle but it was attached by what felt like a few veins. It literally felt like a 3rd testicle. When I initially noticed it in the shower I quickly hopped out and ran to get my dad as quickly as possible. We quickly went to the doctors office and to my relief the doc informed me that I was part of 33% of the male population that has what's known as a "Spermatocele." Basically it's a cyst that's full of dead semen..
(https://clockcrew.net/talk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mayoclinic.com%2Fimages%2Fimage_popup%2Fans7_spermatocele.jpg&hash=4507c7320d013caf5a537617eb1c3a94fd6b4fe7)
Showering after PE suddenly became awesome. I took great pride in bragging about my mysterious 3rd nut to my friends. Eventually I had it taken out because it started causing a constant dull ache and it began growing a bit too large. I was pretty disappointed when they wouldn't let me keep it.
Quote from: VCRClock;1913743Physical health problems suck.
Mental health problems suck.
Pity parties suck.
There are two kinds of health problems: those that are very likely to kill you, and those that primarily make you uncomfortable. If you've been formally diagnosed with the former, you're dealing with a mindset that nobody who hasn't received that kind of diagnosis is fully going to understand. How you proceed is up to you.
If you're suffering from any kind of the latter, there's no point in making the health problem a huge part of your identity, unless you're doing something positive about it (like research or fundraising.) Bringing together a discussion composed of people who haven't lived with each others' problems quickly turns into people trying to legitimize and validate their own struggles, while possibly minimizing other people's problems in the process. It's not productive. Neither is worrying, but sometimes we can't help that.
If you're not dead, and you have enough energy, the best thing you can do is something. Anything except focusing on the problem, unless there's something you can actually do about it. That way, if you do go out, at least you've done the best you could with what you had, and you've wasted a minimum of time worrying about the inevitable - which wouldn't have done anything for you anyway.
in conclusion all of my current health problems are in my head
I probably shouldn't have mentioned why this stuff is on my mind. I don't want this to turn into a pity party for anyone (though if someone here does have something terminal they want to share I figure they deserve some pity). I was mostly just interested to hear what ailments people have, and see if anybody has any unusual ones.
For instance, Nintendo that's pretty wild. Why did your nuts feel the need to store all those dead sperm.
Family history of ALS (Lou Gherig's Disease)
Grandmother died of it, and my father has a 50% chance of getting it. If he gets it, then I have a 50% chance. If he doesn't get it, then I have a 0% chance.
I have an overactive tear duct in my left eye, so to correct it as a child they drilled a hole from my tear duct to my nose. Now I can shoot milk out of my eye, and blow air out of it.
I've always promised myself if I had dementia or alzheimers I'd blow my brains out before it became a problem. Not because I'm suicidal, or anything like that. More so because I like myself too much the way I am now to let myself degrade like that.
Quote from: AnimeClock;1913755Family history of ALS (Lou Gherig's Disease)
Grandmother died of it, and my father has a 50% chance of getting it. If he gets it, then I have a 50% chance. If he doesn't get it, then I have a 0% chance.
If you kill your dad now he won't have a chance to get it, then you won't get it. That's how it works.
I as well have cysts like you are describing. I've counted 4 so far, one under my collar bone, two in the neck and one near the groin. Went to the doctor and got the same advice.
Did have a blood test done to.
Besides that, I have no real diseases to speak of, just mental ones.
I have an issue with rage verging on bi-polar disorder, and struggle with a light form of anorexia. Luckily they are both somewhat in check.
For a year or so I virtually starved myself without realizing I was doing so, but by the time I caught on I was suffering from malnutrition and that sort of messed me up for a while.
edit:
I regard anorexia as a real disease. Not like anxiety and other bs problems.
Quote from: DrClock;1913784edit:
I regard anorexia as a real disease. Not like anxiety and other bs problems.
See this is the kind of thing I was talking about.
Anorexia isn't a BS problem, but neither is depression, anxiety or Asperger's. What's BS is trying to use any of these things as a crutch (not that you're doing that, DrClock).
Quote from: F U Clock;1913737This is going to be the best thread ever, I can already tell.
I've been kind of hypochondriac-ish lately... I've had a swollen lymph node near my groin for six months or so. My doc told me to keep an eye on it but he wasn't worried. But I just discovered another one in my neck. So to distract me from thinking I've got cancer, I'm wondering, what diseases does the ClockCrew have?
Let's try to avoid psychological problems, for the sake of the thread. I just assume it'll be littered with "depression/anxiety/asperger's" if we don't.
As a bonus question, what diseases are you terrified of getting?
I'll start. I have eczema I GUESS, but I never have rashes or anything, my skin just occasionally itches when it gets dry in the winter and even then I barely notice it. I'm somewhat terrified of getting Parkinson's. Just the thought of like, never being comfortable again in my life. I'm sure it's not that bad...
I have ulcerative colitis. It's kinda like Crohns disease. It made me have to get a blood transfusion earlier this year
I have chronic allergic rhinitis and a weird chronic inflamation happening under my right collarbone which is really rather unpleasant.
Other than that it's mind shizz that I have yet to have a conclusive diagnosis on.
i have this shit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease) so hard
I'm 100%white and disease free as far as I know.
The only physical discomfort I experience sometimes is when musquitos bite me because they all want a sip of my superior blood.
Just my personal experience I seriously recommend:
Before any doctors have you on any hard-core (killer) drugs or chemotherapy for any serious health issues, do some research and visit a respected holistic healer. You might be incredibly surprised with what can be resolved by alternative methods before you declare chemical warfare on your body. Even if your skeptical, its worth a shot before you spend a billion dollars on drugs and treatment anyways.
Quote from: SirClock;1913970its worth a shot before you spend a billion dollars on drugs and treatment anyways.
lol american healthcare
Quote from: AbsintheClock;1913762I have an overactive tear duct in my left eye, so to correct it as a child they drilled a hole from my tear duct to my nose. Now I can shoot milk out of my eye, and blow air out of it.
I had a cyst removed from my head when I began university. The result was some nerves were snipped and I have minor paralysis in the left side of my face. So my left eye tears up a lot, and my blinking is kind of weird, and when I smile it looks like a smirk. Also I'm deaf in my left ear.
I'm afraid of getting AIDS cause I have lots of unprotected sex with women and men.
For starters, asthma and severe respiratory allergies. Basically this means that I can't run, I'm sick all the time, and I can't go anywhere near a dog. I have scoliosis, producing back and chest pain, and some sort of horrible migranes or cluster headaches or something that I haven't been to the doctor for because I don't have insurance. I also have bipolar I disorder and who knows what else.
Quote from: VCRClock;1913743If you're suffering from any kind of the latter, there's no point in making the health problem a huge part of your identity, unless you're doing something positive about it (like research or fundraising.) Bringing together a discussion composed of people who haven't lived with each others' problems quickly turns into people trying to legitimize and validate their own struggles, while possibly minimizing other people's problems in the process. It's not productive. Neither is worrying, but sometimes we can't help that.
I agree that you shouldn't try to minimize other people's problems, and that trying to see who has it worse and who needs a pat on the head is counter-productive, but I don't think that means life-altering health problems should be subject we never talk about. People with different health problems can have similar and relatable changes to their lives because of them. It doesn't help to dwell on your problems, but talking about them can help. You don't have to
make your problems part of your identity for them to
be part of your identity. Our limitations are as much a part of us as our strengths. Living in denial isn't any more helpful than dwelling. You shouldn't necessarily emphasize your limitations but you should certainly
own them.
I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure I'd be in a completely different position if I'd been a normal kid who could play sports, keep up with everyone else, and who wasn't experiencing unpredictable emotional upheavals. I'm pretty sure things would have gone down differently in my late teens and early 20s if I hadn't been in pain and depressed or psychotic day in and day out. That shit completely changed my life, those obstacles and the coping methods I developed made me the person I am today. It's absurd to say that my identity shouldn't be related to those limitations, it's been sculpted by them. I know how to
cope with them, but I don't know a fucking way around them. Whether or not venting about that is counter-productive is situational, I think, but it's
certainly justifiable.
I get trying your best not to dwell, but that's not the only part of coping and I would warn against catching others in the crossfire of you sorting out your own things.
Quote from: PatriotClock;1913789I have ulcerative colitis. It's kinda like Crohns disease. It made me have to get a blood transfusion earlier this year
i have crohn's disease
bad guts buds
Quote from: SirClock;1913970Just my personal experience I seriously recommend:
Before any doctors have you on any hard-core (killer) drugs or chemotherapy for any serious health issues, do some research and visit a respected holistic healer. You might be incredibly surprised with what can be resolved by alternative methods before you declare chemical warfare on your body. Even if your skeptical, its worth a shot before you spend a billion dollars on drugs and treatment anyways.
Dont listen to this guy, SirClock is obviously trying to kill you. What you need is leeches.

Lots and lots of leeches.
Quote from: AlbinoClock;1914145I get trying your best not to dwell, but that's not the only part of coping and I would warn against catching others in the crossfire of you sorting out your own things.
Yeah, what you said is completely valid. Not recognizing that the conditions you deal with are actually part of your identity was sort of an error of omission. I wasn't thinking of anything other than the emphasis and over-identifying that I anticipated due to the nature of online discussions like this one. Likewise, I guess I don't mean to say that talking about your problems can't be productive, but I do think that that sort of discussion is better suited to in-person interactions, or Internet venues where your audience won't be inclined to compete with you.
Maybe my post reads that way, but I don't advocate "living in denial" at all. Discussion and introspection can both be productive, but
excessive navel-gazing isn't. At the same time, if it looked like I was trying to lay down the rules of coping, please understand that it's actually a thinly-veiled "I hope there aren't any posts that negate other people's problems or try to play up those of their authors; I don't care for those." In retrospect I probably should have just posted that.
Finally, there are probably elements of "sorting out my own things" in my post, though I don't like your wording. If it's somehow clear that my post suffers from the influence of unsorted things, the reader may take my rambling with a grain of salt. Otherwise, it's just unsolicited, unqualified Internet advice. I appreciate the criticism, though.
Quote from: F U Clock;1913749For instance, Nintendo that's pretty wild. Why did your nuts feel the need to store all those dead sperm.
Honestly I have no idea. Supposedly they can occur from trauma and as I played a lot of contact sports in Jr. High/High School its not too surprising. That'd be my best guess.
It's a pretty common occurrence apparently though. Some people have em and don't even know it.
Quote from: Biggskoo;1914146i have crohn's disease
bad guts buds
Intestine buddies
:lo5:
Quote from: SirClockBefore any doctors have you on any hard-core (killer) drugs or chemotherapy for any serious health issues, do some research and visit a respected holistic healer. You might be incredibly surprised with what can be resolved by alternative methods before you declare chemical warfare on your body. Even if your skeptical, its worth a shot before you spend a billion dollars on drugs and treatment anyways.
Holy shit this is a bad idea. Do not listen to SirClock. "Alternative" medicine, that is, "medicine" lacking evidence of efficacy, is not going to help your cancer. If you are seriously ill, go to an actual fucking doctor. Don't die over some hippie bullshit. You don't want to die a completely pointless death like Steve Jobs just because you went along with some bullshit trend.
You know what we call medicine that works? Medicine. Even if you're getting your aspirin from willow bark or taking a tulsi tincture,
that's still medicine. Willow bark and tulsi
actually contain an anti-inflammatory and anesthetic respectively. You're better off taking the exracted version, simply because you get more of what you actually need and less of what you don't, but at least it's still legitimately medicine. A lot of this "holistic" stuff is not. Homeopathy isn't medicine, reiki isn't medicine, crystals aren't medicine, acupuncture isn't medicine. Do the research on this stuff. The only thing with
any efficacy in that list is acupuncture, which has a measurable effect on some pain disorders. The thing about acupuncture, though, is that it works just as well if you place the pins randomly. You can certainly pick up some holistic bullshit for some mild illness or discomfort and *feel* better, that's the placebo effect. That kind of stuff might be good for quitting smoking or helping with pain, for that very reason, but it's not going to shrink your tumors and it's not going to stop your cancer from metastasizing.
Alternative medicine is bullshit, but if you want to use it for some minor condition, it can work a decent placebo effect, so go for it if you don't mind shelling out cash for something you could do yourself for free. If you're seriously ill, though, go to a fucking doctor.
Telling people whose lives are at risk to FIRST go fuck around with some shit that doesn't work is
not fucking cool. You're going to get someone killed Creatus. Catching it early and acting fast is everything.
Quote from: VCRClock;1914151Things
Right on.
Quote from: SirClock;1913970Just my personal experience I seriously recommend:
Before any doctors have you on any hard-core (killer) drugs or chemotherapy for any serious health issues, do some research and visit a respected holistic healer. You might be incredibly surprised with what can be resolved by alternative methods before you declare chemical warfare on your body. Even if your skeptical, its worth a shot before you spend a billion dollars on drugs and treatment anyways.
So you personally had cancer? Did you put it into remission with holistic methods?
Quote from: Buttplug;1914226So you personally had cancer? Did you put it into remission with holistic methods?
Quote from: DrClock;1914228
Hahaha, brilliant. "We'd as well be 10 minutes back in time for all the chance you'll change your mind."
I'm concerned about getting Type 2 Diabetes because I drink a lot of soft drinks and don't exercise much, but considering I also don't eat a lot, maybe that won't be a problem.
im chronically smart + handsome : (
Quote from: DigitalLemonClock;1914432im chronically smart + handsome : (
wow that sucjs
Quote from: DigitalLemonClock;1914432im chronically smart + handsome : (
Take two seasons of
Star Trek and call me in the morning.
i have two exceedingly ugly toenails does that count
Quote from: AlbinoClock;1914225Telling people whose lives are at risk to FIRST go fuck around with some shit that doesn't work is not fucking cool. You're going to get someone killed Creatus. Catching it early and acting fast is everything.
Woah there sir. I said try Holistic Healing when the medicine doesn't work, not as a replacement, but please feel free to go on a huge rant about how I'm endangering people's lives... :\
However, you won't see me waltzing in to get chemotherapy anytime soon when
75% of physicians say they would refuse it themselves.
Quote from: clammo;1914493ahhahaha holy shit this post thanks everyone for quoting it otherwise i would have missed it
also, faith healing is "alternative medicine" and we all know how much of a scam that is.
Um no. I'm talking more about energy / meridian / chakra healing. It is not "faith whateverthefuck" you have to go to school to do any of this stuff. Its also better to do this to free up energy blockages before they causes diseases rather then after. But often the case someone who keeps getting sick needs energy healing to cure the problem at its root cause. Physical sickness is often times the result of ignoring / remaining unconscious about many unhealthy tenancies that build up negatively on an energetic level.
But scoff all you want. People who laugh at the idea of energy-treatments and only believe chemical medicine is actual treatment are following the old and beaten road. That mindset will be outgrown as people are already developing a very sophisticated understanding of energy. Mankind will evolve in their ability to heal amongst other things. Those who are less closed-minded and stubborn may get to seize that opportunity before many others.
You said, and I quote
QuoteBefore any doctors have you on any hard-core (killer) drugs or chemotherapy for any serious health issues, do some research and visit a respected holistic healer.
Steve Jobs was afraid of chemo too, and now he's dead.
Also that's not what energy means. Energy is active potential, not dragon ball z shit.
Quote from: AlbinoClock;1914711Also that's not what energy means. Energy is active potential, not dragon ball z shit.
Oh ok thanks for filling me in. I'll submit a complaint report to my local wizard.
sirclock in your professional opinion how much prana do you think I need to become a super saiyan.