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Someone was asking me about all my pills the other day and, as per usual, I just tried to joke it off. Which got me to thinking...what's the craziest thing you've ever told someone to try to laugh off your illness?
Mine was this:
I got sick during the height of my bar hopping years...and for the first 6 months I was NOT going to let a stupid bug stop me from living my crazy years (I've never been a big drinker, I typically drink soda at the bar, but I LOVE the bar atmosphere!). SO...I would do my IV drip while I was getting my hair and makeup ready (I had the handy little IV balls that I could throw on the counter and let it do it's thing...) and then I'd cover up my picc line and be on my way!!! And, of course, EVERYONE I met would ask me...What's wrong with your arm? What's under that bandage? So, I got inventive. I started telling people I had a really bad heroin addiction and the doctor figured it was so bad he wouldn't try to break me of it he'd just try to get me to stop leaving track marks. EVERYONE KNEW I WAS KIDDING!!!! UNTIL...one night some guy started tapping his arm and said "Yeah man...I know what you're talking about..."
OH MY YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN ME RUN AWAY SO FAST!!! lol And I never said it again... ;-)
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I used to come up with all sorts of excuses for the PICC covering. And the limping "Oh, hockey injury..." And forgetting what I was saying halfway through a sentence or losing my nouns (and I can't even use old age for that one - I'm 27!)
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The biggest joke I made was "If Spiderman gets bit by a Spider and gets powers, what the ****? What about me? Where are my super powers? I'm ****ed."
I laughed after saying it, then I secretly died a little more inside.
-------------------- I am not a physician, so do your own research to confirm any ideas given and then speak with a health care provider you trust.
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I don't know, Metallic Blue. I'd use my super tick powers on evil and make the phrase, "Blood sucking lawyers," a joke.
In the news, another Chronic Lyme disease denying doctor dropped dead today, after a man fell off a large leaf and then attached himself to the unfortunate physician for thirty minutes.
Witnesses say the man had apparently been waiting outside the doctor's apartment for weeks, before the incident, clinging to the vegetation.
Before the police could arrive, the now bloated individual escaped into a nearby woods.
Lyme activists across the world have been reported to be dancing in the streets.
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