The Worst Non Life-Threatening Illness You Can Remember.

[Cynical Misanthrope]

I have what is considered to be an inoperable Class 1 Benign Tumor in my brain. I've had this for all my life. I'd experienced migraines during growth spurts in my childhood and teen years but they turned into just random occasional headaches due to the pauses in the growth of the tumor. The odd thing is that this....thing in my head doesn't follow the 'normal' pattern of most, since the MRI's and CAT scans show a few tendrils of tissue from the main body spread out into different areas of my brain (supposedly this type of growth pattern is extremely rare, and some doctor's I've seen before wanted to biopsy some samples, in case the tumor was actually a birth defect caused from part of an 'absorbed' twin sibling).

 

The usual symptoms; random headaches, slight dizziness, occasional muscle 'tics', temporary spurts of memory loss, mild disassociative fugue states, slight losses of balance, and some very odd sensations in extremities (numbness, phantom pain, cold and heat, etc....).

 

Removal of this entire thing by surgery is said to be impossible, and highly risky for just the main body itself. I guess 'We' are stuck with each other... .

 

WoW, many of these symptoms fits me as well. I might have to check it up. Do you also eat any medicine?

[Chbaakal]

 

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WoW, many of these symptoms fits me as well. I might have to check it up. Do you also eat any medicine?

 

 

I never take any medication for it. Tried a few a long time ago, but the doctors never could get a proper mix right, and it would of probably caused more harm than good. Lived this long without 'chemical cocktails' messing with other bodily fuctions...

 

edit: And I also 'smell' odd odors from memory occasionally. Burning odors when there's no fire, strawberries or spices when not near any food, etc...

 

 

[BurgerBum]

well, it wasnt life threatening because i had proper treatement almost immediatly but my left leg was nearly severed after it was shot. (yes, my nieghborhood is that bad) 

i layed in the hospital playing pokemon and eating mini pizzas my nurse braught me. (which turned out to be one of my close friends because she works at that hospital)

 

 

OH! i guess if you call being trans an illness then that. but it is life threatening (looking at our 82% scuicide rate :/ ) and i dont call it an illness, rather a birth defect that my mind rejects my body. :/ 

[BurgerBum]

I have what is considered to be an inoperable Class 1 Benign Tumor in my brain. I've had this for all my life. I'd experienced migraines during growth spurts in my childhood and teen years but they turned into just random occasional headaches due to the pauses in the growth of the tumor. The odd thing is that this....thing in my head doesn't follow the 'normal' pattern of most, since the MRI's and CAT scans show a few tendrils of tissue from the main body spread out into different areas of my brain (supposedly this type of growth pattern is extremely rare, and some doctor's I've seen before wanted to biopsy some samples, in case the tumor was actually a birth defect caused from part of an 'absorbed' twin sibling).

 

The usual symptoms; random headaches, slight dizziness, occasional muscle 'tics', temporary spurts of memory loss, mild disassociative fugue states, slight losses of balance, and some very odd sensations in extremities (numbness, phantom pain, cold and heat, etc....).

 

Removal of this entire thing by surgery is said to be impossible, and highly risky for just the main body itself. I guess 'We' are stuck with each other... .

*gentle hug*

:/ 

[BurgerBum]

Not really an illness, but when I was a child I somehow heard of hunger strikes, and got the idea to try it out myself.

 

So when the next holidays arrived and my family had no regular breakfasts and dinners together so I could avoid eating unnoticed a went on a hunger strike. A got a sensation of hunger every six to eight hours for half an hour or so, but otherwise I was fine. I just got exhausted a little quicker than usual. The sensations of hunger started as uncomfortable and eventually became painful, but still tolerable.

However, after more than two days of not eating anything the next sensation of hunger was extremely painful, my entire body went numb and I collapsed on the floor. Luckily my mother found me a felt eternity later. I was so weak she had to cut the bread into pieces and feed me them, and even just chewing was a task that wore me out. I eventually made a full recovery.

this is why i overeat.

in the event i ever become rebellious and risky i have backups of fat to last me untill i get what i want.

(also food is nice :3 )

[BurgerBum]

I have to say my very first migraine headache.  I was in high school and was working on a Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture (I was heavy into math and science) when I noticed some odd wavy lines in my vision.  It started to get progressively worse so I started thinking, "is something stuck in my eyes?"  I didn't realize what it was until about an hour later when it felt like someone was splitting my skull open a millimeter at a time.  The pain got so bad I was actually admitted to the hospital.  Found out later I was diagnosed with chronic migraine.  My lot in life for being a deep thinker.

 

Fortunately I learned over time how to fight them.  I keep migraine medicine within arms reach, learned to massage the back of my head with a chair that has a built in neck massage and learned the best thing you can eat to combat a migraine is bananas and yogurt.  I've been accused of being very right brained (emotional, loving, artistic and creative) and my doctor told me as a result I may experience more severe migraines than usual.

right brains unite.  

 

*gentle hug with everyone else i've hugged today*

ive had minor headaches before, i cant imagine how bad that must be. :'c

[Pavaux]

 

OH! i guess if you call being trans an illness then that. but it is life threatening (looking at our 82% scuicide rate :/ ) and i dont call it an illness, rather a birth defect that my mind rejects my body. :/ 

 

I would most definitely say that being trans is not an illness. Its purely natural, or it would not occur through nature. You guys/girls are also not alone, population rates for transgenders is increasing.

 

Quote Wikipedia : "A presentation at the LGBT Health Summit in Bristol, UK, based upon figures from a number of reputable European and UK sources, shows that this population is increasing rapidly (14% per year) and that the mean age of transition is actually rising."

 

[joemonco]

Does a Twilight marathon count?

[Redflyingmonkey]

Does a Twilight marathon count?

 

Please, "non life-threatening" illnesses only 

[Cynical Misanthrope]

I never take any medication for it. Tried a few a long time ago, but the doctors never could get a proper mix right, and it would of probably caused more harm than good. Lived this long without 'chemical cocktails' messing with other bodily fuctions...

 

edit: And I also 'smell' odd odors from memory occasionally. Burning odors when there's no fire, strawberries or spices when not near any food, etc...

 

 

Since this is a none-life-threatening illness thread, I guess it's not lethal then?

I guess it could be, but since you don't eat any medication (and seems to function fairly well otherwise? ),

I guess it's one of those things you simply have to learn to live with (?).

 

Also, I get these "smells" as well. I thought at first it was linked to my ADD (people with ADD can hear some sounds much louder than others), so I never really bothered with it. But now I start to think I might haver something similar. Any other symptoms?

 

[Chbaakal]

 

I never take any medication for it. Tried a few a long time ago, but the doctors never could get a proper mix right, and it would of probably caused more harm than good. Lived this long without 'chemical cocktails' messing with other bodily fuctions...

 

edit: And I also 'smell' odd odors from memory occasionally. Burning odors when there's no fire, strawberries or spices when not near any food, etc...

 

 

Since this is a none-life-threatening illness thread, I guess it's not lethal then?

I guess it could be, but since you don't eat any medication (and seems to function fairly well otherwise? ),

I guess it's one of those things you simply have to learn to live with (?).

 

Also, I get these "smells" as well. I thought at first it was linked to my ADD (people with ADD can hear some sounds much louder than others), so I never really bothered with it. But now I start to think I might haver something similar. Any other symptoms?

 

I'm really not sure there are other symptoms. I'm taking into account my age (47) and Anosmia (skiing accident; broke both cheekbones and severed the nerves to my olfactory senses), so I can't tell if food tastes any different than bland.

 

I do know that a few times I lost abilities I once knew well, like sketching (could draw pretty good as a kid; after age 23 I suck at it), ice/roller skating (my sense of balance changed after age 19), and I can't remember how to write in cursive (teachers used to love my handwriting: now 3rd-graders can do better than I). I guess some 'muscle-memory' loss would be considered a symptom, like briefly forgetting which foot to put forward when bowling, or trying to remember your hand positions on a bamboo shinai after three months in Kendo (still can't remember... ).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[aRuthSA]

Lyme's Disease.

 

Fall of 2013 I had what looked like a stroke. After that was ruled out, blood work was run, which found the Lymes. I lost feeling and fine motor control of my hands and feet, and the left side of my face, had extensive damage to my retina and damage to the nerve that regulates the heart. The muscle weakness was unbelievable. Over night I went from daily runs and weight lifting to unable to walk unassisted across a room or lift a glass of water.

 

It's been over a year and I'm still not fully recovered, although I've made remarkable progress (recovered most of the nerve damage, have feeling and most of my vision again, and just recently started workouts again).

 

 

[Chbaakal]

Lyme's Disease.

 

Fall of 2013 I had what looked like a stroke. After that was ruled out, blood work was run, which found the Lymes. I lost feeling and fine motor control of my hands and feet, and the left side of my face, had extensive damage to my retina and damage to the nerve that regulates the heart. The muscle weakness was unbelievable. Over night I went from daily runs and weight lifting to unable to walk unassisted across a room or lift a glass of water.

 

It's been over a year and I'm still not fully recovered, although I've made remarkable progress (recovered most of the nerve damage, have feeling and most of my vision again, and just recently started workouts again).

 

A cousin of mine had gone through the same ordeal about 3 years ago. Hope you can shake this off and get back to your routine soon, mate... .

 

[jadusstone]

hmm lets see...iv been sick alot in my life...but i think the worse was when i had anonia. I got off the school bus complaining of a headache, mom saw i was ghostly white so she took me to the doctor. I was in the hospital was nearly a month, amonia turned into double amonia and i got allergic to the first medicine they gave me. I was feverish to the point where i was even hallucenating..at first it was kinda fun when i saw digimon talking to me around my bed..now it's like a creepypasta nightmare. Thank god the medicine worked and i got better after a month, maybe a bit longer i was only 10 when this happened. 

[JMKAM]

Not necessarily an illness, but in October I broke my right femur in half, I had 4 pelvic fractures which resulted in both "rings" of the pelvis breaking off entirely and floating around in me, and 2 'sacrum' fractures which were about as close to my spine as possible without it being a spinal injury. I was unconscious a whole day and a half after the wreck, when I woke up and got moved into a normal hospital room (was in ER/ICU), the next morning therapists came in and wanted me to sit up...3 days after I had wrecked my car.

 

I literally had no strength, the attempt to sit up was met with the mental know-how but the physical inability to do so.

So, the therapists decided to "help" me by forcing me to sit up. 

The way I was broken, when they held my hands and tried to pull me up my lower half was not moving with my upper half so I honestly felt like I was being pulled in half.

Mind you I was on all manner of drugs and had a steady Morphine IV with a button if I needed it and all of these things still did NOTHING for this pain, it is without a doubt the 10/10 on my pain scale. Nothing has ever hurt more than this.

 

Now, as for actual illnesses...

 

I got MRSA in the Rehab center/Hospital from, in the Doctor's own words, "Lack of proper care by nursing staff and aids"..... Wish I could fucking sue for that one.

MRSA took me about 3 1/2 months of antibiotics to clear up. It was developed within the two sites where I had steel pins going into my pelvis, an External Fixator holding me together, and the pressure from that pus-filled sore against the bar hurt like hell when I moved.

 

Not long after the MRSA cleared up, I had a round of Kidney Stones for the first time in my life.

.... Anyone who has had kidney stones knows the pain, now add freshly broken bones (At this time I was still in a Wheelchair with no walking capability and nowhere near healed) which prevent you from moving almost entirely without severe pain, and it's disastrous. 

Ever had to heave and hunch over to puke when your bones make it nearly impossible?

Fun stuff.

[Guest mayaktheunholy]

Not necessarily an illness, but in October I broke my right femur in half, I had 4 pelvic fractures which resulted in both "rings" of the pelvis breaking off entirely and floating around in me, and 2 'sacrum' fractures which were about as close to my spine as possible without it being a spinal injury. I was unconscious a whole day and a half after the wreck, when I woke up and got moved into a normal hospital room (was in ER/ICU), the next morning therapists came in and wanted me to sit up...3 days after I had wrecked my car.

 

I literally had no strength, the attempt to sit up was met with the mental know-how but the physical inability to do so.

So, the therapists decided to "help" me by forcing me to sit up. 

The way I was broken, when they held my hands and tried to pull me up my lower half was not moving with my upper half so I honestly felt like I was being pulled in half.

Mind you I was on all manner of drugs and had a steady Morphine IV with a button if I needed it and all of these things still did NOTHING for this pain, it is without a doubt the 10/10 on my pain scale. Nothing has ever hurt more than this.

 

Now, as for actual illnesses...

 

I got MRSA in the Rehab center/Hospital from, in the Doctor's own words, "Lack of proper care by nursing staff and aids"..... Wish I could fucking sue for that one.

MRSA took me about 3 1/2 months of antibiotics to clear up. It was developed within the two sites where I had steel pins going into my pelvis, an External Fixator holding me together, and the pressure from that pus-filled sore against the bar hurt like hell when I moved.

 

Not long after the MRSA cleared up, I had a round of Kidney Stones for the first time in my life.

.... Anyone who has had kidney stones knows the pain, now add freshly broken bones (At this time I was still in a Wheelchair with no walking capability and nowhere near healed) which prevent you from moving almost entirely without severe pain, and it's disastrous. 

Ever had to heave and hunch over to puke when your bones make it nearly impossible?

Fun stuff.

 

I had similar experiences during both both of my surgeries, so I can relate in some ways (see below for the full story). They want to get you up and out of there as quickly as they can, that's for sure. You definitely had a more traumatic experience though, neither of mine were from actual injury. (sounds awful, hope you make a good recovery when all is aid and done)

 

My most recent one was just last year, I had a disc in my lower back that they thought was discitis (infected disc). They still don't know what was really wrong with it, but it was causing me terrible pain for a long time. Sometimes so bad I could not stand up from being seated in a chair. Anyway, we decided it was best to remove it since it showed no signs of improving. The surgery went well enough itself (disc removal and replacement), but they somehow forgot to give me any pain relief for when I woke up, so I woke up in a lot of pain right off the bat. Then they want you to get up and walk the first night, (very) painful but doable. And every day after that, physical therapists have you walking up and down the hallway and up and down some stairs (to make sure you can when you go home). It was painful, of course, but I didn't feel unsteady on my feet or anything, which was good. I have been recovering since, and it looks like there will be some long term effects. One leg has near constant pins and needles down the top side, and I get occasional sharp pains through my side. I was told this is due to the nerves being stretched during surgery (they have to stretch out the spine to remove the disc). All in all though, it wasn't as bad as the previous experience:

 

Earlier in life, back in 1997, I had an aneurysmal bone cyst (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurysmal_bone_cyst) in my hip, in the femoral neck. These things are almost impossible to catch early, it just felt like I had pulled a muscle. But the pain wouldn't go away, so eventually I went to see joint specialist. When X-rayed, they found it easily enough, it had eaten halfway through the femoral neck. I had to go to a different specialist to get what was nearly considered emergency surgery (it was in danger of breaking just from walking on it). The cyst was the size of a baseball when removed and they had to insert a pin, a plate and 5 screws down the side of my femur. They also had to take a bone graft from the top of my hip to fill in the hole, which left me with some nerve damage in that leg as well. 2 incisions totaling 56 staples. I can still count the staple holes as they were large enough to leave scars lol. Lost enough blood I had to receive some, almost passed out the first time they got me up. And to make things even more fun, I had an allergic reaction to the first pills they gave me when they took me off the morphine. Threw up all over the place lol. The worst pain actually came later though, after I went home. Before the incisions had healed, I had some kind of muscle spasm where the muscles bunched up around the incisions. That was definitely the worst part. That and how long it took to heal, was on crutches for 9 months waiting for the bone graft to fill in.

[kingkong]

i have a big habit of getting each year a stiff neck as far i remember from childhood .  it is so usual and i get it for about 2 weaks  from below shoulder blade to the top of the neck.  And i almost do not feel it, it is just ennoying.

 

But 4 years ago  it got worse , this time it was like propagating to all my back and the pain was here like hell, could not concentrate nor think and i do not talk about sleeping .  It lasted 5 weaks, it was so tense and so visible that every one around me was calling me " robocope "  . hell i hate this shit movie !

 

it was the last time i had a stiff neck. and it is like  i kind of missing it !!!

[nonusnomeni]

http://www.patient.co.uk/health/eustachian-tube-dysfunction

[Guest mayaktheunholy]

http://www.patient.co.uk/health/eustachian-tube-dysfunction

 

That reminded me, as a kid I had a ruptured eardrum (from some kind of infection). Not the worst thing to happen to me in life, but as a little kid it was pretty rough. Really painful, and my parents thought I was making it up, and didn't believe me until blood started draining from it later on.

[eifrag]

german measles

[Guest]

I've been in a lot of pain throughout my life, but luckily I don't really get sick that often. Let's start with the beginning...

 

I don't remember it, but when I was very small (1 or 2) I had a hernia in my groin. My parents had no idea why I was in so much pain and it was early in the morning so I had to go to the hospital. The scar isn't too bad though, especially not with what is coming up next.

 

I've had migraines every couple years or so since I was little, so has my mother. Just bad genes I would assume.

 

You want to know what really sucks though? Testicular torsion. The spermatic cord wraps around itself cutting off all circulation to the testicles. The pain is immediate, intense, and never-ending. After lying in bed for 3 to 4 hours unable to shout for help or move my parents found me curled up in a ball. They rushed me to the hospital but the one that we went to did not have the required doctor for children (I was 17 or 18, he was actually perfectly able to operate on me) and the doctors tried to contact another nearby hospital. For another 1 or 2 hours I sat in the bed in stunning pain without meds until about every nurse had come into the room to feel up my junk. After I finally got some pain meds they took me in for a sonogram (you really aren't supposed to do this) and determined that it was indeed torsion (duh). Another couple hours went by talking to the other hospital and the guy there finally cursed the guy at mine off and told him to operate on me (they were rivals). I have a near 50/50 chance of being sterile now! Isn't that nice? But yeah, the doctors were stupid and the nurses were borderline abusive making for the single worst day and a half of my life.

 

Two years later my appendix nearly burst, the doctors thought it had but it was actually just getting gangrenous and I was in lots of pain for that. The scar is really impressive actually, normally appendicitis is a very small incision but my scar is about two to three times the normal size because it was all infected and weird. I got a bunch of staples too, which left little dots above the scar. It's the prettiest one I have.

 

As for actual sicknesses, my girlfriend brought back a disease from Trinidad and it basically gave me stomach pain, constant coughs that got so bad they hurt my sides, and mucus buildup that was honestly really gross. I used to get much more ill when I was younger but after I got through highschool in a place that had such bad facilities that I'm not entirely certain the school shouldn't have been shut down, I got over it.   

[Angrybird]

Fucked up colds are bad not because of how shity they make you feel but because of the stuff you have to do regardless of how you feel.