Comments on: In Sickness and In Health. (But Mostly Sickness.)

By: gray matter matters

gray matter matters — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:43:21 +0000

Yeah, I had my money on sitting on a woven chair in your shorts. But a waffle robe is just as good!

Good luck at BlogHer, I will be there in spirit, and my spirit will be mocking me because I couldn’t be there and I’m missing out on everything. EVERYTHING. Dammit I NEVER get to do anything. Anything, do you hear me? Marsha Marsha Marsha.

By: Bonnie Childress

Bonnie Childress — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:25:59 +0000

Love you, I for one am so glad you aren’t dying!
I also want to know how someone accidentally licks a shovel.

By: p.huong

p.huong — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:49:40 +0000

I watched an episode of House where the docs thought the patient had skin eating bacteria. I freaked out because I noticed at scab on my tummy. It took me a couple of days to realize I had got it from running into something the other day. Must have been drunk when that happened.

How in the world does one “accidentally” lick a shovel?

By: Lisa (jonnysmommy)

Lisa (jonnysmommy) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:19:20 +0000

I swear…you are just like me. I’ve been having pain in the back of my head this week. I’m sure it’s a tumor. Then I decided it was sinuses. And I’m sure that’s what it is now. But then I had a funny feeling under my arm and I’ve already convinced myself I may have to go through chemo and lose all my hair.

I loved this post. Didn’t get a chance until today to comment on it because we are on “vacation”. No, didn’t go anywhere. THe kid is crazy, the Hubby is…the Hubby and well, I’m not sure it feels much like a vacation.

By: Two Wishes

Two Wishes — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:35:50 +0000

I’m not quite a hypochondriac, in the sense that I actually GET all sorts of odd, rare diseases. Once I even had a podiatrist beg to take photos of me, because my calfbone is something-or-other and “a find like this only comes along once in a podiatry lifetime!”

No leprosy yet, but I *have* had Cat Scratch Fever. Which no one took seriously. I missed one day of work, and my boss got annoyed because, as she explained, “that’s not a disease; it’s a Ted Nugent song.”

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:24:39 +0000

I came home from work one day so tired I was sure I was coming down with something. When I got into my comfy sweat pants I saw my legs were blue from lack of oxygen! I was sure I was having heart issues until I remembered I wore new jeans that day. New jean dye rubbed off on my legs.

By: the mama bird diaries

the mama bird diaries — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:16:54 +0000

Don’t even think of being to sick to show up for Blogher.

I’m so excited the boys of Entourage are back.

By: ann

ann — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:48:53 +0000

Maybe Ted Danson is available.

By: Elisa

Elisa — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:46:22 +0000

Man, leprosy would look so much better if it was in tidy squares rather than all over the place. And you should totally get your island, just in case.

By: StephanieG

StephanieG — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:55:11 +0000

I read somewhere that the only known cure for Waffle Butt is a secluded spa resort and a big bottle of vodka. Kids and husbands aggravate the condition, so for the love of all that is holy, isolate yourself- IMMEDIATELY!

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:14:12 +0000

hit my head last week and was convinced it was going to have me dead by lunch time.
but no such luck.
still had to make lunch.

By: madmad

madmad — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:27:16 +0000

Um…. how does one accidentally lick a shovel? Just wondering.

And you’ll do fine, you’ll see! Part of the funny will be seeing those words come out of that pretty face!

By: Hannah

Hannah — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:52:43 +0000

LOL! Who needs a doctor (and possibly a therapist) when you’ve got your hubby?

By: Judy Larsen

Judy Larsen — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:05:39 +0000

Yeah, well, this past spring I diagnosed myself with Lou Gehrig’s disease and two really bad, quickly fatal cancers. Hallelujah, I’m still here! Amazing, isn’t it? But, there was the time my husband pooh-poohed his son’s sore shoulder after a sledding mishap. Yeah, two days later when he finally took the whiner to the doctor it turned out he’d dislocated it.

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:37:07 +0000

Just a warning:

In my house, I am the normal, sane one, er…I mean…the less prone to illness one, and my husband is the hypochondriac freak…I mean…one who is more prone to illness. He keeps getting CAT scans because he believes he has a brain tumor. I have completely stopped listening to his concerns (endless whining).

Then a couple of weeks ago, he tells me he needs to go to the doctor because he has two pimples on his butt, and makes me look at them. “It’s a butt pimple you idiot!” I said to ease his fears. Over the next week, he continued to fret about his pimples, which apparently were sore. Boo Hoo. Finally, he politely asked me if I would just take a look at them and tell him what I think. I roll my eyes, pull down his pants and…AAARRRGHH! He now had two huge black holes in his ass. Turns out he had a staph infection! Really.

I have been eating crow ever since. But the moral here, is that if you freak your husband out every time you have a waffle robe imprint, you will be the boy who cried wolf, and he won’t take you seriously when you have CANCER. Sorry, didn’t mean to give you any ideas.

By: kate

kate — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:07:48 +0000

The biggest mistake my doctor ever made was giving me a copy of my bloodwork after an appointment…I went home, grabbed my husband’s medical text books and within minutes had myself convinced that I had leukemia, anemia and diabetes. I’m not allowed to use his text books anymore.

By: amy2boys

amy2boys — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:57:40 +0000

I want to hear the shovel licking story. (What has my life come to that I just typed that, and meant it.)

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:44:00 +0000

Sorry it didn’t work out with Wanda. I am the same about worrying that I have every possible type of disease. My husband pretty much ignores me also.

By: jessica

jessica — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:39:43 +0000

at least it goes away and the cure is you just taking your robe off.

By: Lisa Rae @ smacksy

Lisa Rae @ smacksy — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:16:52 +0000

So very glad you are healed.
If WebMd required a co-pay, I would be wearing a barrel.