Diseases

[F U Clock]

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...

[Topcatyo]

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.

[buttplug]

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.

[VCRClock]

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

[PolyhedronClock]

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.

[NintendrCkolc]

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..





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.

[F U Clock]

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

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.

[AnimeClock]

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.

[AbsintheClock]

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.

[F U Clock]

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.

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.

[DrClock]

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.

[VCRClock]

edit:

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).

[patriotclock]

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 have ulcerative colitis. It's kinda like Crohns disease. It made me have to get a blood transfusion earlier this year

[BoomStick Clock]

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.

[d u m p y]

i have this shit so hard

[SpongeClock SquarePants]

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.

[SirClock]

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.

[AstronautClock]

its worth a shot before you spend a billion dollars on drugs and treatment anyways.

lol american healthcare

[AnimeClock]

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 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.

[Soup Clock]

I'm afraid of getting AIDS cause I have lots of unprotected sex with women and men.