Ah, confirmation.

[icarus]

Found on a tombstone: "I told you I was sick."

Went to dinner with The Puppy and wildernessguru last night.

The Puppy looked at me as we walked to the Thai restaurant and said, "Miss M..." (I have nicknames, too) "...you look burnt."

That makes me feel so much better. Yeah. I am.

It's like feeling sick for a while, and going to the doctor who tells you, "Oh yes. You have blah-blah-blah!" Weirdly enough, just identifying it makes you feel better.

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[thereallyle.livejournal.com]

Weirdly enough, just identifying it makes you feel better.
I don't see how that's weird. I've gone to doctor after doctor wishing for that result and getting "We have no idea, all your test results are negative." So yeah, it's wonderful to know what's wrong. Or to have your boss ask if you're feeling alright instead of crack a joke about how you should do a better job of "acting" if you're going to leave early saying you're sick. (I'm sure he was kidding, but gahhh...)

Anyway... enough about me. I hope you feel better soon! *hug*

[lttledvl.livejournal.com]

hey, I know you don't know me, but I saw your comment on icarus's page and just had to reply to your comment

that acting crack from your boss, gah does that hit a nerve...most days when I feel like utter crud, people can't tell b/c I look perfectly fine, it's the syndrome of "but you don't look sick" there's even a website titled that

there are days when people pass me in the hall at work and they ask me 'how's it going' or 'how are you' that I'm tempted to tell them the friggin truth instead of giving the expected polite answer of 'fine' or 'okay'. after all, they're just asking to be polite and acknowledge your prescene, not that they really wanna know how you actually feel

btw, hi! I'm LttleDvl and I rant often...
how are you? lol

[thereallyle.livejournal.com]

NO KIDDING! It makes me feel so grateful when I actually look pale and sick instead of fine.

The truth? Rather sluggish and a bit lonely. Contemplating who's in town and might not actually be insanely busy. I'm living in the middle of a city called the University of Massachusetts, and I barely know anyone here, so it's kinda annoying when I decide I'm not in the mood to be all introverted.

Ranting is cool. I don't mind ranting at all. ^—^

[ansku]

I'll join the jumping to conversations :D

I'm so grateful I'm naturally pale and easily sickly looking, it makes life so much easier when you don't actually have to pull out a thermometer to show that yes, I really am sick right now... especially when you are sick often. However, I tend to get that "there's nothing wrong with you" from actual doctors, and that annoys the crap out of me. One even dared to tell me that I didn't ever actually have epilepsy (the weird type that actually gets better when you get older, haven't had any symptoms for over ten years or so and it was never bad enough to get any grand mals, only small stuff) because it's so often misdiagnosed, despite all the symptoms I used to have and the numerous EEG tests I went through that showed typical inconsistencies. And he got that all from a single glance at my medical history, without asking any questions or ever meeting me before. No, wait, I almost forgot. He did ask a single question: what does this term here mean - because he didn't recognize the name of the illness! (The specific type, not epilepsy in general.) That so didn't give me any confidence with his abilities... I wasn't even there for anything related, just getting my throat checked for potential angina or something like that. I really didn't enjoy having to defend my previous doctors' proficiency when I could barely talk for my hurting throat... it was somehow so cheapening, because that clearly implied that no, there's nothing wrong with my brain, I'm just a weirdo who enjoys faking episodes... especially since I was so ashamed of them when I had them and other kids picked on me because of them, oh I can so easily see why I'd like to fake them... not.

Huh. I didn't mean to rant... Sorry :) Still haven't forgiven the bastard and it was like eight years ago or something. Too bad he wasn't even the only one.